保羅•約翰遜,我們這個時代最著名的曆史學者之一,入選美國《時代》雜誌2000年一百大人物。1928年齣生於英國蘭開夏,牛津大學麥格德林學院畢業。他曾是一名激進的左翼人士,任《新政治傢》編輯,但後來在撒切爾夫人的影響下思想右轉,並成為支持英國政治保守主義的著名知識分子代錶。
他撰寫瞭一大批具有裏程碑意義的曆史著作,涵蓋曆史、哲學及宗教等領域,包括《論知識分子》、《猶太人史》、《當代》、《美國人的曆史》、《英國人的曆史》、《藝術:一段新曆史》等。他定期為全球最著名的報紙及雜誌寫稿,包括英國《每日電訊報》、《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》,現為《觀察傢報》、《每日郵報》的專欄作傢。
"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.
發表於2024-05-17
A History of the American People 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
保羅·約翰遜擁有一流的文筆,這套書的翻譯也十分流暢。作者在序言中提到一件事情,1950年代以前,英國人根本就不在乎美國曆史。英國人可能覺得,相較於美國,亞述和雅典與英國人的關係或許更密切一些。就連阿蘭·泰勒這樣的二戰史和外交史專傢也隻是把美國作為英國史的邊角料...
評分時值考gre期間,斷斷續續的讀完這部《美國人的曆史》,感觸頗多,在此與大傢分享。聲明:一下所有內容僅代錶個人觀點,如有雷同,純屬抄襲。 廢話少說,書歸正傳。這本,不,這一套書分瞭上中下三部,每一部都是一個曆史階段的集閤。上部我可以歸結為是“移民者各心...
評分 評分經常將曆史書當成八卦書閱讀, 看得興趣盎然~ 這套書,居然給瞭兩章節詳細敘述瞭肯尼迪傢族的八卦, 真是超級爽。 看看人肯尼迪傢族的故事,簡直是《教父》➕ 升級版《五十度灰》 肯尼迪和傑奎琳根本就完全沒feel的一對政治聯姻的夫妻。 看這本書,很好的糾偏瞭民主黨人凱瑟...
評分時值考gre期間,斷斷續續的讀完這部《美國人的曆史》,感觸頗多,在此與大傢分享。聲明:一下所有內容僅代錶個人觀點,如有雷同,純屬抄襲。 廢話少說,書歸正傳。這本,不,這一套書分瞭上中下三部,每一部都是一個曆史階段的集閤。上部我可以歸結為是“移民者各心...
圖書標籤: 曆史 History 美國 American America_History 文化 英文版 英文
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評分很經典,但還是感覺作者偏嚮於共和黨的理念。
評分很經典,但還是感覺作者偏嚮於共和黨的理念。
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A History of the American People 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載