HISTORY IN QUOTATIONS:REFLECTING 5000 YEARS OF WORLD HISTORY
Book ID/图书代码： 10010004B05593
English Summary/英文概要： The history reference book of the decade: nothing less than a history of the world from the building of the ziggurats to the toppling of Saddam - told via the exciting medium of 9000 chronologically organized quotations. ’History in Quotations’ is an exciting and original work of historical reference. From the Iraq of ancient Babylon to the Iraq war of 2003 - taking in the histories of Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia in a grand global sweep - it uses the innovative medium of some 9000 chronologically arranged quotations to tell the story of more than 5000 years of recorded history.
The quotations are presented in 90 chapters, each of which focuses on a key historical theme or period. Every quotation is accompanied by details of its source, and, where necessary, by an explanatory contextual gloss. Cross-references guide the user from one quotation to another, related by its subject or its author. A comprehensive index of speakers and subjects allows the user to locate quotations by individual speakers and on specific historical subjects quickly and without fuss.
Simultaneously a work of historical reference and an addictively browsable work of popular history, ’History in Quotations’ gives the reader a front-row seat at the unfolding drama of 5000 years of recorded history. Here, expressed through a multitude of historical voices, are words that gave expression to new religious and political creeds; words that voiced the aspirations of the oppressed; words that set nation at war with nation; words that sealed the fates of millions: above all - words that have made history.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《历史引论》是一本集世界5000年历史的著作，它收集了各种不同的引用语，函概了世界历史上的各个重要时刻、各场运动和各位历史人物，它是由历史学家们以观察、亲眼所见的记录、自传评价和回顾评论所构成的并对这些历史事件进行了反映和分析。这些引论除了来自作为古代闪族王朝和美国国体的的第一手观测报告的历史文件外，还有很多著名事件，从塞莫皮莱到天安门广场，从盖茨堡到格尔尼卡，及那些诙谐、幽默的人物描写，从林肯到列宁，从法国总统克里门梭到克林顿，还从希腊历史学家希罗多德到海明威，以及从修西得底斯到塞西格等这些作家、诗人、哲学家们来对这些历史事件进行种种描述。
Awards/获奖情况：’This is a very nice book to meander in and get lost in’---THE HERALD "9,000 extracts taken from every lettered civilisation and period."---SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
’... while this book acts on one hand like a dictionary of memorable phrases, it’s also a primary history of recorded (or attributed) thought. As such, it’s a fascinating encyclopaedia of snippets, telling us much about the way people thought and acted at various stages throughout history as well as revealing the strength of character and vision possessed by individuals... fascinating to dip into at leisure..’---LIVING HISTORY
’This compellingly comprehensive bible of all quotations of any significance since the year 3200 BC will bowl readers over with the sheer scope of its sources and its unfettered coverage of events... As Francis Bacon once said ’[h]istories make men wise’, making this historical heavyweight a must.’---GOOD BOOK GUIDE
’Perhaps the best insight into historical events comes from what people had to say about them at the time - which is why ’History in Quotations’ is such a fascinating book.’---WRITING MAGAZINE
About the Author/作者介绍： M. J. Cohen is a former reference and educational publisher and an experienced compiler of quotations titles. He is the editor of the Penguin Dictionary of Quotations. He lives in North London. John Major is former Reader in Modern History at the University of Hull, and a specialist in modern US history. He lives in Beverley, E. Yorks.
M．J．Cohen在剑桥大学皇后学院读完英语和历史后, 做了很多年教育参考书的出版发行人。当他还是一个学生时，就沉溺于引用语的挖掘，于是他和他的父亲J.M.Cohen 共同编著了企鹅词典引用语；John Major在冈维尔奇学院（剑桥大学成立最古老， 且为最知名的学院之一）读完历史后，在国际事务皇家学院任职，他在赫尔大学度过了他的教学生涯，他教英国、欧洲、美国和中国的历史。他的著作有The New Deal, The Contemporary World, The Oppenheimer Hearing等还有许多获奖作品。
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