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美国人民(下卷 1865-2002年)

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《美国人民:创建一个国家和一种社会》(下)(1865-2002年第6版)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。

1069 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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西方人記述歷史的時間並不如我們悠久,也沒有如各朝各代一般產生完整的習慣與制度,甚至對歷史這門學科的看待也不盡相同,這些不同在此可謂是一覽無遺…

本書記載了從工業革命後一直到二十一世紀初美國的政經文化與社會現象,但作者對這些現象卻沒有提出明確的串聯與解釋,當然以社會記錄或社會觀察的角度來說,作者的確具有人文精神與關懷理念,但用這種方式來講歷史只會讓各個事件更像流水帳,而失去了史家最重要釐清脈絡與前因後果的工作,相信讀者看完也只能流於走馬看花而無法建立起完整的概念。以流水帳來寫史所產生的另一個困擾就在於,會讓人不清楚是作者對事件發生的原因研究不夠透徹還是故意避重就輕,比如沒講明三○年代經濟蕭條的背景就跳到社會上的動盪、沒講明政府怎麼處理社會上的動盪就跳到兩黨的易手政權、沒講明美西戰爭的起因就跳到國會如何“不得已”的決定併吞菲律賓、沒講明二戰後美國的“中國白皮書”是國務卿艾奇遜替杜魯門甩鍋所作、沒講明艾森豪不願讓台灣陷入戰爭是因不願讓美國繼韓戰後再度陷入戰爭、沒講明美國支持以色列建國的原因是猶太勢力在背後推動,如果真是因為納粹屠殺,那怎麼美國不支持同樣被屠殺的吉普賽人建國呢?這些例子在書中出現的情形實在太過頻繁,而且越到近現代就越發明顯,讓人想替作者緩頰都不太可能。

講白了,美國許多對外政策都是與經濟利益、強勢文化與國家至上相結合的,這種西方國家的自利自私是有其歷史文化與背景,真的沒有必要太過掩蓋,世界史上真的發生過太多太多了,至少我從沒看過歐美歷史上有什麼像我們一樣“興滅繼絕”、“救亡圖存”、“濟弱扶傾”這種偉大情操,全都是實際利益與相互博弈所決定的,老實說這種影響對西風東漸的我們來說,是最應警惕小心與令人擔憂的…
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