SMITHSONIAN STORIES: CHRONICLE OF A GOLDEN AGE, 1964-1984

Book ID/图书代码： 13149015B77950

English Summary/英文概要： Why is the Smithsonian more than the "Nation’s Attic?" Or more than a museum complex? As Wilton S. Dillon shows, the Smithsonian came to be the institution we know today under the forty-year tutelage of "Sun King" S. Dillon Ripley. Ripley aspired to reinvent the Smithsonian as a great university--with museums. Although little understood by the public at large, it began as a basic research center. The Smithsonian remains a key contributor to the world of higher learning and functions diplomatically as the ministry of culture for the United States. Dillon provides backstage insights into Ripley’s quest for the wholeness of knowledge. He describes how he inspired its role as a "theater of ideas as well as artifacts." Under his tutelage, the National Mall became a playground for world intelligentsia, an "intellectual free trade zone" in the shadow of the nation’s political capital. Dillon reminds us that interdisciplinary, international Smithsonian symposia foreshadowed twenty-first-century issues and trends. His descriptions of the educational rewards of balancing tradition with the avant-garde are inspiring. As Dillon reminds us, Ripley’s twenty-year reign may well have helped spark the waning embers of the Enlightenment.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 为什么是史密森比“国家的阁楼？”或比博物馆复杂？就像威尔顿S.狄龙说的，史密森如今天我们所知道的“太阳王”狄龙来普利从师四十年。来普利渴望重塑史密森，把它塑造成大学—有博物馆的。虽然鲜为人知的是，它的开始是个基础的的研究中心。史密森一直是世界高等教育关键的贡献者，在外交上它是美国的文化部。狄龙提供了幕后的关于来普利追求知识的完整性的见解。他描述了他是如何被激励为“理念和工艺品的剧院”。在他的指导下，国家广场成为世界知识分子的操场，一个“知识自由贸易区”在国家的政治资本的影子里。狄龙提醒我们，跨学科的国际史密森研讨会，预示了二十一世纪的问题和趋势。他对平衡传统与先锋派教育回报的描述是令人鼓舞的。狄龙提醒我们，来普利二十年的统治很可能引启蒙运动的衰灭。（YYW）

Awards/获奖情况：“《史密森故事》把聚光灯聚焦在美国文化历史的关键部分。”—爱德华•欧•威尔森，哈佛大学

"Smithsonian Stories is a riveting history that throws a spotlight on a little noticed key part of American cultural history."--Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University

About the Author/作者介绍： 威尔顿S.狄龙是美国史密森学会名誉资深学者，他美国纽约跨文化研究院院长。

Wilton S. Dillon is senior scholar emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution, USA. He served as president of the Institute for Intercultural Studies in New York, USA.

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