美国学生人类史

图书在版编目（CIP）数据 美国学生人类史：全2册/（美）房龙著；沈性仁译. —天津：天津 人民出版社，2013.3 ISBN 978-7-201-08003-1 Ⅰ.①美… Ⅱ.①房… ②沈… Ⅲ.①故事－作品集－美国－现 代 Ⅳ.①I712.45 中国版本图书馆CIP数据核字（2013）第028495号 天津出版传媒集团 天津人民出版社出版、发行 出版人：刘晓津 (天津市西康路35号 邮政编码：300051) 网址：http://www.tjrmcbs.com.cn 电子邮箱：tjrmcbs@126.com 北京建泰印刷有限公司 2013年3月第1版 2013年3月第1次印刷 710×1000毫米 16开本 35.5印张 字数：500千字 插图：175幅 定 价：59.80元（上下册） FOREWORD 序 言 WHEN I was twelve or thirteen years old, an uncle of mine who gave me my love for books and pictures promised to take me upon a memorable expedition. I was to go with him to the top of the tower of Old Saint Lawrence in Rotterdam. And so, one fine day, a sexton with a key as large as that of Saint Peter opened a mysterious door. “Ring the bell,” he said, “when you come back and want to get out,” and with a great grinding of rusty old hinges he separated us from the noise of the busy street and locked us into a world of new and strange experiences. For the first time in my life I was confronted by the phenomenon of audible silence. When we had climbed the first flight of stairs, I added another discovery to my limited knowledge of natural phenomena—that of tangib......