Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
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帝国：英国如何创造现代世界
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2002
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N. Ferguson
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N. Ferguson
曾经，地球仪上的大片土地都被染成了帝国红色，不列颠尼亚不仅统治着大海，还统治着美洲的大草原、亚洲的平原、非洲的丛林和阿拉伯的沙漠。北大西洋一个多雨的小岛是如何做到这一切的？为什么这个日不落的帝国最终衰落了呢？尼尔·弗格森广受好评的《帝国》精彩地展现了帝国的辉煌和苦难，展示了一群海盗和淘金者如何播下了历史上最大帝国的种子，并使世界走上了现代化的道路。“他那一代最杰出的英国历史学家...弗格森研究了“海盗，种植园主，传教士，商人，银行家和破产者”在创建历史上最大的帝国中的作用。他写得非常华丽和一个看起来毫不费力，温文尔雅的机智。”（安德鲁·罗伯茨）。“耀眼...非常好读。“（纽约书评）。“这是一部非常清晰可读的完整的大英帝国故事--胜利、欺骗、体面、善良、残酷等等。“（扬·莫里斯）。“《帝国》是一本令人愉快的书，充满了洞察力和智慧。”（《星期日泰晤士报》）。
Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and the deserts of Arabia. Just how did a small, rainy island in the North Atlantic achieve all this? And why did the empire on which the sun literally never set finally decline and fall? Niall Ferguson's acclaimed Empire brilliantly unfolds the imperial story in all its splendours and its miseries, showing how a gang of buccaneers and gold-diggers planted the seed of the biggest empire in all history - and set the world on the road to modernity. "The most brilliant British historian of his generation...Ferguson examines the roles of "pirates, planters, missionaries, mandarins, bankers and bankrupts" in the creation of history's largest empire...he writes with splendid panache...and a seemingly effortless, debonair wit." (Andrew Roberts). "Dazzling...wonderfully readable." (New York Review of Books). "A remarkably readable precise of the whole British imperial story - triumphs, deceits, decencies, kindnesses, cruelties and all." (Jan Morris). "Empire is a pleasure to read and brims with insights and intelligence." (Sunday Times).