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2024-11-23
A History of the American People 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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...
评分时值考gre期间,断断续续的读完这部《美国人的历史》,感触颇多,在此与大家分享。声明:一下所有内容仅代表个人观点,如有雷同,纯属抄袭。 废话少说,书归正传。这本,不,这一套书分了上中下三部,每一部都是一个历史阶段的集合。上部我可以归结为是“移民者各心...
评分图书标签: 历史 History 美国 American America_History 文化 英文版 英文
"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.
一本5年前买的二手书,看了很久,断断续续,和牛津美国史比真不算写美国历史的佳作,很多地方一笔带过
评分I read this book only because I don't like its author so much that I want to know what he may say about American history. And he is not attractive after all.
评分一本5年前买的二手书,看了很久,断断续续,和牛津美国史比真不算写美国历史的佳作,很多地方一笔带过
评分一本5年前买的二手书,看了很久,断断续续,和牛津美国史比真不算写美国历史的佳作,很多地方一笔带过
评分很经典,但还是感觉作者偏向于共和党的理念。
A History of the American People 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书