INVENTING THE WORLD: VENICE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Book ID/图书代码： 06120020C00002
English Summary/英文概要： Inventing the World is an epic cultural journey that reveals how Venetian ingenuity and inventions -- from reading glasses, to the factory line, the semicolon and forks, to bonds and currency -- shaped modernity.
How did a small, isolated city with a population that never exceeded 100,000, even in its heyday -- come to transform western civilization?
Acclaimed anthropologist Meredith Small examines the unique Venetian social structure that was key to their explosion of creativity and invention that ranged from the material to the social. Whether it was boats or money, the science of epidemiology or child labor laws, these all originated in Venice and have shaped contemporary notions of institutions and conventions ever since. The foundation of how we think about community, health care, finance, consumerism, and globalization all sprung forth from the Laguna Veneta.
As a living city that still embraces its innovative roots, and with climate change affecting rising sea-levels, Venice is on the front lines of preserving its legacy and cultural history, and Small’s deeply researched narrative could not be more timely or relevant.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《创造世界》是一部史诗般的文化之旅，它揭示了威尼斯的独创性和发明——从老花镜到工厂生产线、分号和叉子，再到债券和货币——是如何塑造现代性的。
一个人口从未超过10万的与世隔绝的小城市，即使在其全盛时期，是如何改变西方文明的？
著名人类学家梅雷迪思•斯莫尔研究了威尼斯独特的社会结构，这种结构是威尼斯人创造力和创造力爆炸的关键，这种创造力从物质到社会都有。不管是船还是钱，流行病学还是童工法，这些都起源于威尼斯，并从那时起塑造了当代的制度和习俗。我们如何看待社区、医疗、金融、消费主义和全球化的基础都来自威尼斯。
作为一个仍在创新的城市，随着气候变化影响着海平面的上升，威尼斯正站在保护其遗产和文化历史的前沿。而斯莫尔的深度研究的叙述是不可能更及时或相关的。（WYL）
Awards/获奖情况：“威尼斯并不缺少崇拜者，但这是一个创造性的补充。斯莫尔强调了这座城市的社会结构，她这样描述“一个小地方对西方文化的发展产生了巨大的影响。”威尼斯的爱好者已经熟悉了其他旅行者和历史学家的喝彩，他们会喜欢这种不同的观点。”——柯库斯评论
充满了令人信服的信息。读者可能很难把它放下。——沙龙
不亚于一次解放。充满迷人的智慧和渊博的学识。”——詹姆斯•什里夫，《尼安德特人之谜》的作者
“优雅而迷人。”——《妈妈最后的拥抱》的作者弗朗斯•德瓦尔，纽约时报畅销书
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“Venice does not lack admirers, but this is an inventive addition. Small emphasizes the city’s social structure as she describes ‘how one small place had an outsized influence on the development of Western culture.’ Venice lovers already familiar with plaudits by other travelers and historians will enjoy this different perspective.”—Kirkus Reviews
Packed with compelling information. The reader may have trouble putting it down.”—Salon
“Nothing less than a liberation. Filled with engaging wit and profound scholarship.”—James Shreeve, author of The Neanderthal Enigma
“Elegant and engaging.”
—Frans de Waal, New York Times bestselling author of Mama’s Last Hug
Praise for Inventing the World
“Small catalogs a dizzying array of Venetian innovations in this illuminating account. Small enlivens her research with personal anecdotes about her love for Venice and moves fluidly from one topic to the next. The result is a delightful and informative cabinet of wonders.”---Publishers Weekly
“Venice does not lack admirers, but this is an inventive addition. An anthropologist at Cornell, Small emphasizes the city’s social structureas she describes “how one small place had an outsized influence on the development of Western culture.” Venice lovers already familiar with plaudits by other travelers and historians will enjoy this different perspective.”---Kirkus Reviews
About the Author/作者介绍： 梅雷迪斯•斯莫尔是一位受过古典训练的人类学家，也是康奈尔大学的荣誉教授，她在那里担任了30多年的获奖教师。她是开创性的《我们的孩子》、《宾夕法尼亚大学的访问学者》在世界知名的威尼斯大学担任客座研究员。被美国人类学协会主席誉为“我们这一代的玛格丽特米德”，并为大众读者出版了大量书籍。
Meredith Small is a classically trained anthropologist, and Professor Emerita at Cornell University, where she was an award-winning teacher for over thirty years. She is the author of the groundbreaking Our Babies, Ourselves, a visiting scholar at University of Pennsylvania, and Visiting Researcher at the world renowned Ca’ Foscari, the University of Venice. Small was hailed “the Margaret Mead of our generation” by the President of the American Anthropological Association, and has published numerous books for the popular audience.
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