查尔斯·C·曼恩是《大西洋月刊》、《科学》和《连线》杂志的撰稿人。他也为《财富》杂志、《纽约时报》、《史密森尼》、《名利场》、《华盛顿邮报》供过稿,还为HBO电视台的连续剧《法律与秩序》撰写过脚本。作为曾三次进入美国国家杂志奖决赛的作者,曼恩至今已被美国律师协会、美国物理研究会、阿尔弗雷德·P·斯隆基金会和兰南基金会授予过与写作相关的奖项。《1491》赢得了美国国家学院传播奖的年度最佳图书奖。他住在马萨诸塞州的阿姆赫斯特。
发表于2024-09-28
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从正月开始,断断续续地花了一个月时间才把这本大部头啃完。 坦言之,本书并不太符合我的心理预期。我期待看到的是古老的印加帝国,危地马拉的金字塔,古老的文明和总被误解却真实存在过的高等文明,是当年在川大望江图书馆里,热血沸腾的读到的《拉丁美洲笔记》那样克制却激...
评分通常我们对印第安人的印象,异国情调的浪漫多于现实:大峡谷中翱翔的雄鹰俯视下,头上戴满羽毛的印第安酋长骑马奔驰而过;这是一种离我们生活的世界远之又远的生活。而对欧洲人来说印第安人“高贵的野蛮人”这一印象也往往挥之不去;蒙田本人就承认是欧洲人“利用印第安人的无...
评分以史为镜,一般理解是反射镜,通过先人、别人,照见(己之)兴衰和更替。不过理解成折射镜(望远镜),或许更解释得通。因为历史并不总是方便读者比对,越是陌生的反而越能够拓展认知和行动的边界。倒是研究者或读者,总不免用自己有限的经验去解读他人的历史,造成歪曲甚至矮...
评分图书标签: 历史 人类学 美洲历史 美国历史 英文版 原住民 拉美 history
In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. From the astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, which had running water, immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city, to the Mexican corn that was so carefully created in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.
这本书没有中译本?
评分copy-edited. 2nd round
评分受益匪浅,跟作者一起重新认识哥伦布到达前的美洲。当然作者也承认自己作为记者的写作局限,但是有不一样的声音总是好的
评分Cultures rise and fall. 印象最深刻的居然是关于食物的描写。
评分To me, it is a revelation. Thanks Mann.
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