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美国人民:创建一个国家和一种社会(上卷)

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本书为学生提供了一份对美国过往历史的引人深思的描述,追溯了美国社会何以呈现为她今天这种样式,发展到如今的政府形态。行文关注普通的美国民众与特殊事件之间的相互作用,把对政治事件的讨论与其对社会和经济生活的影响紧密结合,对起源和文化背景各异的所有美利坚民族、社会各阶层、各宗教及他们的生活和经历做了详尽描述。富有想象力的分析揭示了自1492年殖民地时期至今四个世纪以来塑造了和正在重新塑造美国社会的各种政治、社会、经济、技术和文化等各因素之间的相互关联。上册叙述1492-1877年的历史,下册叙事时间1865-2002年。

546 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2008

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Gary B. Nash

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Gary B. Nash was a distinguished American historian known for his scholarship on the American Revolutionary era, slavery, and the experiences of marginalized communities in shaping early U.S. history. A graduate of Princeton University, where he earned both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees, Nash also served in the U.S. Navy before embarking on an academic career. He taught at Princeton and then at UCLA, where he became a full professor and later held key administrative roles focused on educational development.
Nash's work highlighted the roles of working-class individuals, African Americans, Native Americans, and women in the nation's founding, challenging traditional narratives centered solely on elite figures. His inclusive approach often sparked debate, notably with historian Edmund Morgan, who questioned the broader impact of the grassroots movements Nash emphasized.
Beyond academia, Nash was instrumental in shaping history education in the United States. He co-directed the development of the National History Standards and led the National Center for History in the Schools. A past president of the Organization of American Historians, he was also a member of numerous esteemed scholarly societies. Throughout his career, Nash authored or contributed to dozens of influential books, articles, and essays that left a lasting mark on the field.

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一本相對簡明的美國通史上半部,從最早的美洲文明講到了南北戰後,初學者可以很快的對“美國”有初步的概念,不過如想對歷史的前因後果有更明確的認識,之後大量的閱讀是免不了的。

作者自地理大發現早期開始寫起,除了歐洲的白人外,還包括了整個美洲與非洲的原住民,雖然他們和後來的“美國人民“沒有太直接的關係,不過至少把想像中的美國往前推了不少,但可惜的是,講了這麼多中南美洲的原住民,反而北美大陸上的印第安人沒有更進一步的介紹,不知道是不是害怕一旦寫太深就會把北美殖民者的“神聖獨立”給拉下神壇?

加上作者是美國人,自然會從美國的角度出發,獨立前英國如何加稅、如何壓迫、如何不當處置殖民地,但殖民地居民的違法與打砸搶就淡化處理,更別說原來英國承諾印第安人阿拉帕契山以西的土地也在美國獨立後的西北法令中被打破,“美國”才剛獨立就迫不急待的用更甚於英國壓迫殖民地的方式來壓迫原住民,不論作者如何宣稱與英國結盟的印第安部落是戰敗者,但大多數的原住民絕非如此,卻受到了同樣的歧視與欺壓,就算被奉為先賢的國父華盛頓在當時也同樣認為原住民是美國的獵物。老實說,要以北美十三州為主軸來講述美國歷史的話,就無法逃出這項原罪,一個建築在廣大土地與資源、獨立於舊世界威脅、面對相對弱勢原住民的美國,就是美國人民所自豪的天命決定論。

縱觀早期的非英國移民、黑人、印第安人與華人的交往,民族融爐這四個字在美國立國的過程中真的很難看的出來,就算有,也是心不甘情不願的強迫,不過這對一個為了利益衝突而建立的國家,與為了生存而遠渡重洋的移民來說,這不是再正常不過的事嗎?歐洲人找到天涯一角就急著實驗起自己的文明果實,結果就是有稜有角、尖銳帶刺的劃過這片美麗的伊甸園,也許歷史本身就是如此殘忍不堪,不過美國就像一個微波爐食品一樣,急著端上桌的絕不可能是什麼美味佳餚。
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