本书抛弃传统的治史思路,绕过每天见诸报端的战争与危机,直接深入人类生活的基本方面,对自1900年以来人类*重要的思想和活动领域进行了描述和分析。作者为美国哥伦比亚大学中东研究所历史 This book abandons the traditional idea of ​​managing history, bypasses the wars and crises that hit the newspapers every day, goes directly to the basic aspects of human life, and describes and analyzes the fields of human thought that have been important to mankind since 1900. The author is the history of the Middle East Institute of Columbia University