CONQUEST: HOW SOCIETIES OVERWHELM OTHERS
Book ID/图书代码: 00530008B21099
English Summary/英文概要: This very readable book challenges the ways in which we think about the course of modern history and the present state of the world. Highly praised on its publication in Australia, and already being translated into three other languages, Conquest draws on examples from across the world to reveal the dramatic and often bloody process engaged in by societies as they attempt to supplant the hold that the pre-existing inhabitants enjoy over their lands.
Effortlessly moving back as far as the Aztecs and the founding of Constantinople, and forward to the climactic conflicts of our present time, the book ranges across countless examples, from Columbus’ discovery of the ‘New World’ to the presently changing ethnic composition of Los Angeles; from the Japanese conquest of Hokkaido to the German invasion of Poland.
In doing so, Conquest shows how the process of claiming a territory is a never-ending one that shapes the history of the particular societies, as well as the world at large. More importantly, it creates a new paradigm of supplanting societies that challenges our understanding of the course of modern history and the fundamental forces that have helped to shape it.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 本书质疑我们看待现代历史的过程以及世界目前的状态,利用世界各地的例子揭露了社会重组的弱肉强食,一经出版即在澳大利亚获得高度赞扬,已被翻译成三种语言,可读性强。 它告诉我们:称霸一块领地的过程是永无止境的,它是特定社会历史的沉淀,而且挑战了我们已然成形的现代历史进程的理解。(兼职翻译-XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况:西澳大利亚(West Australian):“在最新的这本书内,作者披露了国家和帝国建立和成长的变化。马克思将阶级斗争看作历史推进器,而法国历史学家截然相反提议地理第一性。作者自有新观点,它将征服的动态当做历史发展的决定因素。”
太阳先锋(Herald Sun):“不知情的情况下,分析、辩论人类社会形成比单纯的讨论问题要重要的多。作者广泛调研,令本书耳目一新。”
2005年最佳读物,澳大利亚金融评论:“”大部分世界历史将被替代。一章一章,有条不紊,通过历史支持自己的观点。
教师(Teacher):“不要忘记,年华韶逝,终有一天我们会离开。移民、外来重新勾勒了场景宿敌。但是,征服是过程这条路上的交通法则,黑色自相矛盾。”·艾美瑞斯(Emeritus),剑桥基督学院大卫•菲尔德教授,《殖民帝国》(The Colonial Empires)作者:“作者清晰地展示动态征服为过去500年历史定义的方面之一。此书极富挑战性。”
作者提出来一些所有社会都要研究的野蛮扩张基础问题。为了寻求答案,他甚至检查了普遍的策略。方法极其原始,表明了全球对比情形的特定知识。各个人种的学生都应该要看一看。
NSW Premier’s Prize评委评论:“作者论点简单明确,然而富有争议性:此刻没有哪个国家或人民占有属于自我绵延不断的土地,也没有征服下的持有人。”
About the Author/作者介绍: 大卫•戴(David Day)是东京大学、都伯林学院访学教授,也是剑桥大学丘吉尔学院一员。在剑桥念博士的时候卖掉了电影版权,一时间名声大噪,《战争中的孟西斯和丘吉尔》(Menzies and Churchill at War)更是大热脱销。不久,又有两本以二战为题材的书籍问世,且一版再版。
1996年,大卫出版了一部澳大利亚开创性历史书,奠定了澳大利亚日后独立社会的演变。他另写有相关历史性获奖书籍。他目前正研究丘吉尔。
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