"A splendid history.... If Americans want to be convinced of the benefits of empire, as well as apprised of its costs, they need merely pick up Ferguson's dazzling book." -- Weekly Standard The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved. By the eve of World War II, around a quarter of the world's land surface was under some form of British rule. Yet for today's generation, the British Empire seems a Victorian irrelevance. The time is ripe for a reappraisal, and in Empire , Niall Ferguson boldly recasts the British Empire as one of the world's greatest modernizing forces. An important new work of synthesis and revision, Empire argues that the world we know today is in large measure the product of Britain's Age of Empire. The spread of capitalism, the communications revolution, the notion of humanitarianism, and the institutions of parliamentary democracy-all these can be traced back to the extraordinary expansion of Britain's economy, population, and culture from the seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth. On a vast and vividly colored canvas, Empire shows how the British Empire acted as midwife to modernity. Displaying the originality and rigor that have made him the brightest light among British historians, Ferguson shows that the story of the Empire is pregnant with lessons for today-in particular for the United States as it stands on the brink of a new era of imperial power, based once again on economic and military supremacy. A dazzling tour de force, Empire is a remarkable reappraisal of the prizes and pitfalls of global empire.
尼尔·弗格森,英国最著名的历史学家之一。哈佛大学历史系教授、牛津大学高级研究员,同时也是斯坦福大学胡佛研究所的高级研究员。他是极少数能横跨学术界、金融界和媒体的专家之一。著有《货币崛起》等多部畅销书,同时还为多家报纸和杂志撰稿。此外,他还制作了四部非常成功的电视纪录片:《帝国》、《美国巨人》、《世界战争》,以及最近的《货币崛起》。2004年被《时代》周刊评为“影响世界的100人”之一。
刚读完这本书,应该是2016年看的最后一本书了。弗格森讲述了大英帝国的empire building到衰落的过程。英帝国是absent-minded建立起来的,与其说是一个梦想的结果,不如说是自然演进的产物,他们后来所得到的,在最初他们最wild的梦中都没想到过。英国人并不想当救世主,他们以e...
评分自从开始听Ron Paul的《End the Fed》(本身并不是一本好书)之后,我开始爱上了audio book这一模式,它让我路途中少了许多枯燥或拿实体书的不便。但在听过的所有书中,最近听的Niall Ferguson的《Empire》要数最好的一个。 这在一方面是因为之前正在听的《Shadow Country》是...
评分这本书是弗格森的成名作,读来却并不觉得怎样,更像通俗作品,观点多于史料。在今日的社会政治环境下,没有人敢公开为帝国主义和殖民主义进行辩护,但在作者文中,却仍然可以感受到对帝国的幽幽乡愁以及时不时为帝国的辩护。毕竟,帝国的后代,今天仍在受益于帝国当年的扩张。...
评分作者试图从贸易、资本市场、人口迁徙、战争、文化、政体全球化等多个角度,重新梳理大英帝国近500年的历史。 英格兰从做为大航海时代后来者的加勒比海盗小毛贼,到统治全球1/4人口的庞大帝国,最终又黯然回归到亚欧大陆西北角的一个弹丸小国,其间兴衰荣辱,作者并没有...
评分作为入门读物还是很好,但如果只听Ferguson一家之言还是有问题的。
评分怎么说呢,有点流水账的感觉。
评分Biased argument, but easy to read
评分够劲儿,Empire Enthusiast
评分作为入门读物还是很好,但如果只听Ferguson一家之言还是有问题的。
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