保罗•约翰逊,我们这个时代最著名的历史学者之一,入选美国《时代》杂志2000年一百大人物。1928年出生于英国兰开夏,牛津大学麦格德林学院毕业。他曾是一名激进的左翼人士,任《新政治家》编辑,但后来在撒切尔夫人的影响下思想右转,并成为支持英国政治保守主义的著名知识分子代表。
他撰写了一大批具有里程碑意义的历史著作,涵盖历史、哲学及宗教等领域,包括《论知识分子》、《犹太人史》、《当代》、《美国人的历史》、《英国人的历史》、《艺术:一段新历史》等。他定期为全球最著名的报纸及杂志写稿,包括英国《每日电讯报》、《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》,现为《观察家报》、《每日邮报》的专栏作家。
发表于2024-11-05
A History of the American People 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
经常将历史书当成八卦书阅读, 看得兴趣盎然~ 这套书,居然给了两章节详细叙述了肯尼迪家族的八卦, 真是超级爽。 看看人肯尼迪家族的故事,简直是《教父》➕ 升级版《五十度灰》 肯尼迪和杰奎琳根本就完全没feel的一对政治联姻的夫妻。 看这本书,很好的纠偏了民主党人凯瑟...
评分 评分保罗·约翰逊对历史资料和文字的驾驭能力确实一流,细节生动又不乏宏大分析。作为英国人来写美国人的历史,作者力求客观,乐于戳破流行神话,比如罗斯福新政,但同时又毫不掩饰自己右翼保守派的政治立场,比如1925年著名的进化论审判案,以及对历届总统褒贬不一却明显站在共和...
评分保罗·约翰逊拥有一流的文笔,这套书的翻译也十分流畅。作者在序言中提到一件事情,1950年代以前,英国人根本就不在乎美国历史。英国人可能觉得,相较于美国,亚述和雅典与英国人的关系或许更密切一些。就连阿兰·泰勒这样的二战史和外交史专家也只是把美国作为英国史的边角料...
评分一般都是看完了再写,这三本书太长,一千多页,怕看完了再写前面的都忘记了。第一二部介绍美国的由来,谁去的美洲,独立战争怎么开始结束的,我更感兴趣的是开始的最开始的美国人,基本都是在英国由于宗教迫害而过去的,所以基本都是新教徒,这奠定了美国最根本的文化基础;然...
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"The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures," begins Paul Johnson's remarkable new American history. "No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind." Johnson's history is a reinterpretation of American history from the first settlements to the Clinton administration. It covers every aspect of U.S. history--politics; business and economics; art, literature and science; society and customs; complex traditions and religious beliefs. The story is told in terms of the men and women who shaped and led the nation and the ordinary people who collectively created its unique character. Wherever possible, letters, diaries, and recorded conversations are used to ensure a sense of actuality. "The book has new and often trenchant things to say about every aspect and period of America's past," says Johnson, "and I do not seek, as some historians do, to conceal my opinions." Johnson's history presents John Winthrop, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Cotton Mather, Franklin, Tom Paine, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison from a fresh perspective. It emphasizes the role of religion in American history and how early America was linked to England's history and culture and includes incisive portraits of Andrew Jackson, Chief Justice Marshall, Clay, Lincoln, and Jefferson Davis. Johnson shows how Grover Cleveland and Teddy Roosevelt ushered in the age of big business and industry and how Woodrow Wilson revolutionized the government's role. He offers new views of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover and of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and his role as commander in chief during World War II. An examination of the unforeseen greatness of Harry Truman and reassessments of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, and Bush follow. "Compulsively readable," said Foreign Affairs of Johnson's unique narrative skills and sharp profiles of people. This is an in-depth portrait of a great people, from their fragile origins through their struggles for independence and nationhood, their heroic efforts and sacrifices to deal with the `organic sin' of slavery and the preservation of the Union to its explosive economic growth and emergence as a world power and its sole superpower. Johnson discusses such contemporary topics as the politics of racism, education, Vietnam, the power of the press, political correctness, the growth of litigation, and the rising influence of women. He sees Americans as a problem-solving people and the story of America as "essentially one of difficulties being overcome by intelligence and skill, by faith and strength of purpose, by courage and persistence...Looking back on its past, and forward to its future, the auguries are that it will not disappoint humanity." This challenging narrative and interpretation of American history by the author of many distinguished historical works is sometimes controversial and always provocative. Johnson's views of individuals, events, themes, and issues are original, critical, and admiring, for he is, above all, a strong believer in the history and the destiny of the American people.
很经典,但还是感觉作者偏向于共和党的理念。
评分這種書以後真的還是不要買紙板了,太沉了,還是上kindle的。。。每天晚上舉著手腕疼啊
评分好长好长啊...没读完
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A History of the American People 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书