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。
"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.
1,想要简单的了解一下大英帝国的兴起衰亡史还是可以一读的,大体的轮廓还是很清楚的; 2,虽然打着金融丛书的标记,书中也有一些特意提到经济金融体质发展等等,但是还是挺浅,没有深入,不够成体系和完整,看的 时候会有许多疑问; 3,好姑且容许我把作者尼尔假想成一个小老...
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...
评分或许没有人会怀疑以下论述:苏格兰人,牛津大学毕业生,哈佛大学历史系和商学院特聘教授,《时代》周刊评选的百位世界最有影响力的人物,尼尔•弗格森先生是这个星球上最富盛名的历史学家,其有关罗斯柴尔德家族,商业货币史的作品广受赞誉。弗格森先生也是一位受到媒体...
评分一本內容涵蓋近代約四百年的大英帝國發展史,其中約二百年期,大英帝國是全球最強大的政體,它崛起自掠劫西班牙金銀、複製荷蘭金融經驗、取得海上軍事霸權、戰勝法國、佔領印度、並在其他殖民地強取豪奪(打著現代文明偽裝)。這本書在以偏重地緣政治與殖民地治理角度,仔細地...
Biased argument, but easy to read
评分Biased argument, but easy to read
评分Biased argument, but easy to read
评分为帝国招魂
评分作者从不同的小方向(比如在非洲的传教与探险,马克沁机枪发明对帝国扩张的巨大影响,对印度的殖民与管理等)以小见大,回顾了日不落帝国从兴起到衰落的四百年历程,以及探讨了其对当今霸权国家的借鉴与启示。英国国的殖民史在作者优美文笔下主观上多了些人情味和怀旧感(当然作者总体立场还是比较客观的),阅读体验很不错。
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