The Western Heritage

出版者:Pearson

作者:Donald M. Kagan

页数:736

出版时间:2009-6-24

价格:GBP 83.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780205705160

具体描述

Written by leading scholars in the field, this authoritative text presents an engaging and balanced narrative of the central developments in Western history. Seamlessly integrating coverage of social, cultural, and political history, the presentation reflects a flexible chronological organization.

The Tenth Edition provides updated scholarship, expanded coverage of European imperialism prior to World War I, streamlined coverage of the period between the two World Wars, and a brand new feature–Compare & Connect–which presents students with two or more documents that reflect opposing viewpoints on a topic and engages them to become part of the historical discourse.

作者简介

Donald Kagan is Sterling Professor of History and Classics at Yale University, where he has taught since 1969. He received the A.B. degree in history from Brooklyn College, the M.A. in classics from Brown University, and the Ph.D. in history from Ohio State University. During 1958–1959 he studied at the American School of Classical Studies as a Fulbright Scholar. He has received three awards for undergraduate teaching at Cornell and Yale. He is the author of a history of Greek political thought, The Great Dialogue (1965); a four-volume history of the Peloponnesian war, The Origins of the Peloponnesian War (1969); The Archidamian War (1974); The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition (1981); The Fall of the Athenian Empire (1987); a biography of Pericles, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy (1991); On the Origins of War (1995); and The Peloponnesian War (2003). He is coauthor, with Frederick W. Kagan, of While America Sleeps (2000). With Brian Tierney and L. Pearce Williams, he is the editor of Great Issues in Western Civilization, a collection of readings. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal for 2002 and was chosen by the National Endowment for the Humanities to deliver the Jefferson Lecture in 2004.

Steven Ozment is McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University. He has taught Western Civilization at Yale, Stanford, and Harvard. He is the author of eleven books. The Age of Reform, 1250—1550 (1980) won the Schaff Prize and was nominated for the 1981 National Book Award. Five of his books have been selections of the History Book Club: Magdalena and Balthasar: An Intimate Portrait of Life in Sixteenth Century Europe (1986), Three Behaim Boys: Growing Up in Early Modern Germany (1990), Protestants: The Birth of A Revolution (1992), The Burgermeister’s Daughter: Scandal in a Sixteenth Century German Town (1996), and Flesh and Spirit: Private Life in Early Modern Germany (1999). His most recent publications are Ancestors: The Loving Family of Old Europe (2001), A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People (2004), and “Why We Study Western Civ,” The Public Interest 158 (2005).

Frank M. Turner is John Hay Whitney Professor of History at Yale University and Director of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, where he served as University Provost from 1988 to 1992. He received his B.A. degree at the College of William and Mary and his Ph.D. from Yale. He has received the Yale College Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching. He has directed a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute. His scholarly research has received the support of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Guggenheim Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Center. He is the author of Between Science and Religion: The Reaction to Scientific Naturalism in Late Victorian England (1974), The Greek Heritage in Victorian Britain (1981), which received the British Council Prize of the Conference on British Studies and the Yale Press Governors Award, Contesting Cultural Authority: Essays in Victorian Intellectual Life (1993), and John Henry Newman: The Challenge to Evangelical Religion (2002). He has also contributed numerous articles to journals and has served on the editorial advisory boards of The Journal of Modern History, Isis, and Victorian Studies. He edited The Idea of a University by John Henry Newman (1996), Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke (2003), and Apologia Pro Vita Sua and Six Sermons by John Henry Newman (2008). Between l996 and 2006 he served as a Trustee of Connecticut College and between 2004 and 2008 as a member of the Connecticut Humanities Council. In 2003, Professor Turner was appointed Director of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.

用户评价

初次阅读《The Western Heritage》，我被它所营造的那种厚重的历史氛围所深深吸引。它不像一些通俗历史读物那样，只追求表面的刺激和戏剧性，而是以一种沉静而有力的笔触，展现出西方文明内在的逻辑和张力。我发现，这本书在对那些重要的历史人物和事件进行阐述时，并没有陷入简单的歌颂或批判，而是努力去呈现他们所处的时代背景，以及他们决策的复杂动因。我常常在阅读的间隙，会被书中某些深刻的见解所打动，仿佛我正在与那些伟大的思想家、政治家进行一场跨越时空的对话。书中对于文化、艺术、科学、宗教等各个领域的发展的描绘，也让我看到了西方文明是如何在各个层面相互促进，共同发展的。这种多维度的视角，让我对西方文明的认识，更加立体和全面。它让我明白，历史并非直线前进，而是在不断的螺旋式发展中，包含了进步与反复，光明与阴影。这本书带给我的，是一种对历史深度的尊重，以及一种对人类文明复杂性本身的深刻理解。

《The Western Heritage》这本书，在我看来，简直是一场史诗般的旅行，而我，则是有幸成为那名坐在舒适扶手椅上的旅人，透过书页，穿越时空，见证那些波澜壮阔的时刻。这本书最让我着迷的地方，莫过于它那种不动声色的深刻。它不像某些作品那样，用激昂的辞藻去煽动情绪，而是以一种近乎冷静的笔触，勾勒出历史事件的来龙去脉。但正是这种冷静，反而让那些悲剧显得尤为沉重，那些伟大的成就愈发闪耀。我常常在阅读中，脑海中会浮现出书中描绘的场景，仿佛亲眼目睹了古罗马的辉煌，亲身感受了文艺复兴的艺术气息，又或是身临其境地体会了启蒙运动的思想激荡。作者对于细节的把握，我感觉非常到位，那些看似微小的事件，在书的影响下，却仿佛拥有了牵一发而动全身的力量，展现出历史的复杂性和多面性。我从中看到，历史的进程并非一成不变，而是在无数次的碰撞、融合与变革中，不断向前演进。这本书带给我的，不仅仅是知识的积累，更是一种对历史的全新认知，一种对人类文明发展规律的深层理解。

当我拿起《The Western Heritage》，我并不是在阅读一本教科书，而是在与一位智慧的长者对话。这位长者，他见证了太多，也思考了太多，他以一种豁达而又不失严谨的态度，向我娓娓道来西方文明的曲折历程。这本书最让我印象深刻的，是它对于“传承”这个概念的深度挖掘。它不仅仅列举了历史事件，更重要的是，它揭示了思想、文化、制度是如何一代代地传递、演变，甚至被颠覆的。我常常在书的字里行间，看到古希腊的哲学思想如何影响了罗马，罗马的法律如何成为欧洲的基础，而宗教改革又如何重新塑造了欧洲的信仰版图。这种连贯性和关联性，让我对西方文明的形成有了更清晰的认识。作者并没有回避历史中的矛盾和冲突，而是以一种包容的姿态，呈现了不同文明之间的碰撞与交流，以及由此带来的进步与阵痛。我从中获得的，是一种对历史的全局观，一种对人类社会发展动力的深刻洞察。这本书让我明白，我们所处的时代，并非凭空出现，而是过去无数努力、奋斗、甚至牺牲的结晶。

初次翻开《The Western Heritage》，我带着一种混合着好奇与一丝忐忑的心情。我对西方历史一直抱有浓厚的兴趣，但总觉得市面上的一些著作要么过于学术化，让人望而却步，要么过于碎片化，难以形成清晰的脉络。然而，《The Western Heritage》似乎提供了一种截然不同的阅读体验。它的叙事方式，我感觉，并没有直接将大量枯燥的年代和事件一股脑儿地倾倒给读者，而是巧妙地将宏大的历史进程编织进一个个生动的故事和人物之中。我尤其喜欢它对那些在历史洪流中默默无闻但却做出重要贡献的普通人的描绘，这让我觉得历史不再是遥不可及的帝王将相的舞台，而是无数个体命运交织的宏大画卷。书中对不同文化、不同思想流派的梳理，也让我受益匪浅。我常常能在阅读的间隙停下来，思考书中提出的各种观点，反思它们如何塑造了我们今天的世界。它并没有给我一种“被告知”的感觉，而是更像是在一场引人入胜的对话，引导我独立思考，探索历史的深层含义。我期待着在接下来的阅读中，能进一步深入了解西方文明的发展脉络，以及那些塑造了它，也同样塑造了我们今日生活的关键时刻。

《The Western Heritage》这本书，给我的感觉就像是在探索一个巨大的迷宫，而我，则是在循着书中提供的一条条线索，逐渐拨开迷雾，窥见真相。我发现，它在处理那些复杂的历史节点时，展现出了一种非凡的智慧。它并没有简单地将历史事件进行归类和定论，而是尝试从不同的角度去解读，去呈现那些隐藏在表面之下的力量。我常常在阅读中，会停下来，思考书中的一些论点，甚至会去查阅一些旁证的资料，来印证书中的观点。这种互动式的阅读体验，让我觉得我不再是被动地接受信息，而是主动地参与到历史的探索之中。书的语言，我感觉，既有学术的严谨，又不失文学的魅力，读起来并不枯燥，反而充满了吸引力。我尤其喜欢它在描述一些重大转折点时，那种抽丝缕析的笔法，让我能够理解那些看似突如其来的变革，其实背后有着深远的根源。这本书让我明白，历史的进程，远比我们想象的要复杂得多，也精彩得多。它鼓励我去质疑，去探究，去形成自己的判断，而不是盲从任何一种既定的叙事。