正版 房龙地理(英文彩绘本)(套装共2册)[美]房龙著 中国编译出版社出版

正版图书/房龙地理

内容简介：

       在20世纪的历史学家和科普作家中，房龙不仅素以多才多艺、学识渊博著称，行文汪洋恣肆，辞采丰赡，而且始终以敏锐的目光和深邃的洞察力思考着人类生存与发展的本质问题，以真理之光和宽广的胸怀启迪和滋养着读者的心智。可以说，房龙是少数几位能够站在人文主义的立场审视全人类的历史与文化的思想家。

郁达夫曾评价说：“房龙的笔，有一种魅力……无论大人孩子，读他的书，都娓娓忘倦了。”

著名学者曹聚仁也评价说，房龙的书，“这50年中，我总是看了又看，除了《儒林外史》、《红楼梦》，没有其他的书这么吸引我了。”

目录

• Chapter 1 AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

• Chapter 2 A DEFINITION OF THE WORD GEOGRAPHY AND HOW I SHALL APPLY IT IN THE PRESENT VOLUME
• Chapter3 OUR PLANET: ITS HABITS, CUSTOMS AND MANNERS
• Chapter 4 MAPS. A VERY BRIEF CHAPTER UPON A VERY BIG AND FASCINATING SUBJECT. TOGETHER WITH A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY PEOPLE SLOWLY LEARNED HOW TO FIND THEIR WAY ON THIS PLANET OF OURS
• Chapter 5 THE SEASONS AND HOW THEY HAPPEN
• Chapter 6 CONCERNING THE LITTLE SPOTS OF DRY LAND ON THIS PLANET AND WHY SOME OF THEM ARE CALLED CONTINENTS WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT
• Chapter 7 OF THE DISCOVERY OF EUROPE AND THE SORT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD INTERLUDEJUST A MOMENT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER WHILE I TELL YOU HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
• Chapter 8 GREECE, THE ROCKY PROMONTORY OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WHICH ACTED AS THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THE OLD ASIA AND THE NEW EUROPE
• Chapter9 ITALY, THE COUNTRY WHICH DUE TO ITS GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION COULD PLAY THE ROLE OF A SEA-POWER OR A LAND POWER, AS THE OCCASION DEMANDED
• Chapter10 SPAIN, WHERE AFRICA AND EUROPE CLASHED
• Chapter11 FRANCE, THE COUNTRY THAT HAS EVERYTHING IT WANTS
• Chapter12 BELGIUM, A COUNTRY CREATED BY SCRAPS OF PAPER AND RICH IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT INTER- NAL HARMONY
• Chapter 13 LUXEMBURG, THE HISTORICAL CURIOSITY
• Chapter14 SWITZERLAND, THE COUNTRY OF HIGH MOUNTAINS, EXCELLENT SCHOOLS AND A UNIFIED PEOPLE WHO SPEAK FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
• Chaptcr15 GERMANY, THE NATION THAT WAS FOUNDED TOO LATE
• Chapter16 AUSTRIA, THE COUNTRY THAT NOBODY APPRECIATED UNTIL IT NO LONGER EXISTED
• Chapter17 DENMARK, AN OBJECT LESSON IN CERTAIN ADVANTAGES OF SMALL COUNTRIES OVER LARGEO NES
• Chapter18 ICELAND, AN INTERESTING POLITICAL LABORATORY IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN
• Chapter 19 THE SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA, THE TERRTORY OCCUPIED BY THE KINGDOMS OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY
• Chapter 20 THE NETHERLANDS, THE SWAMP ON THE BANKS OF THE NORTH SEA THAT BECAME AN EMPIRE
• Chapter21 GREAT BRITAIN, AN ISLAND OFF THE DUTCH COAST WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HAPPINESS OF FULLY ONE-QUARTER OF THE
• HUMAN RACE
• Chapter 22 RUSSIA, THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS PREVENTED BY ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION FROM EVER FINDING OUT WHETHER IT WAS PART OF EUROPE OR OF ASIA
• Chapter23 POLAND, THE COUNTRY THAT HAD ALWAYS SUFFERED FROM BEING A CORRIDOR AND THEREFORE NOW HAS A CORRIDOR OF ITS OWN
• Chapter 24 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, A PRODUCT OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
• Chapter25 YUGOSLAVIA, ANOTHER PRODUCT OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
• Chapter26 BULGARIA, THE SOUNDEST OF ALL'BALKAN COUNTRIES, WHOSE BUTTERFLY COLLECTING KING BET ON THE WRONG HORSE DURING THE GREAT WAR AND SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES
• Chapter 27 ROUMANIA, A COUNTRY WHICH HAS OIL AND A OYAL FAMILY
• Chapter 28 HUNGARY, OR WHAT REMAINS OF IT
• Chapter29 FINLAND, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT HARD WORK AND INTELLIGENCE CAN ACHIEVE AMID HOSTILE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS
• Chapter30 THE DISCOVERY OF ASIA
• Chapter31 WHAT ASIA HAS MEANT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD
• Chapter 32 THE CENTRAL ASIATIC HIGHLANDS
• Chapter 33 THE GREAT WESTERN PLATEAU OF ASIA
• Chapter 34 ARABIA OR WHEN IS A PART OF ASIA NOT A PART OF ASIA？
• Chapter35 INDIA, WHERE NATURE AND MAN ARE ENGAGED IN MASS PRODUCTION
• Chapter36 BURMA, SIAM, ANAM AND MALACCA, WHICH OCCUPY THE OTHER GREAT SOUTHERN
• PENINSULA OF ASIA
• Chapter 37 THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE GREAT PENINSULA OF EASTERN ASIA
• Chapter38 KOREA, MONGOLIA AND MANCHURIA, IF THE LATTER STILL EXISTS WHEN THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHED
• Chapter39 THE JAPANESE EMPIRE
• Chapter 40 THE PHILIPPINS, AN OLD ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF MEXICO
• Chapter 41 THE DUTCH EAST IND I ES, THE TAIL THAT WAGS THE DOG
• Chapter 42 AUSTRALIA, THE STEP CHILD OF NATURE
• Chapter 43 NEW ZEALAND
• Chapter44 THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC WHERE PEOPLE NEITHER TOILED NOR SPUN BUT LIVED JUST THE SAME
• Chapter 45 AFRICA, THE CONTINENT OF CONTRADICTIONS AND CONTRASTS
• Chapter 46 AMERICA, THE MOST FORTUNATE OF ALL
• Chapter 47 A NEW WORLD