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书名：Cartoon History of the United States 漫画美国历史入门 
作者：Larry Gonick
出版社名称：William Morrow 
出版时间：1991
语种：英文
ISBN：9780062730985
商品尺寸：18.7 x 2.5 x 23.5 cm
包装：平装
页数：392

Cartoon History of the United States《漫画美国历史入门》以漫画的形式介绍了美国的历史，本书为英文版，适合中学及以上水平的美国历史学习者、爱好者阅读。
推荐理由：
1.纽约时报畅销书“Cartoon History Series”系列丛书之一，深受青少年读者喜爱的历史科普读物，历史爱好者必读；
2.将枯燥的历史以漫画的形式展现，图画幽默、文字生动，融历史知识、娱乐性的漫画及学术著作为一体，让你轻松读懂美国历史；
3.按照时间顺序展开讲述，故事流畅，适当加入作者个人观点，并非简简单单地叙述历史；
4.阅读难度不大，语言通俗易懂，是很值得推荐的历史入门书籍。
What? You don’t know what a Burgess is?—You can’t outline the Monroe Doctrine?— Recall the 14th Amendment?— Explain the difference between a sputnik and a beatnik?
Then you need The Cartoon History of the United Statesto fill those gaps. From the first English colonies to the Gulf War and the S&L debacle, Larry Gonick spells it all out from his unique cartoon perspective.
Review
“A perfect gift for that teenager who simply can’t get American history straight…”  —San Francisco Chronicle
“Gonick’s irreverent humor is effective… the text sparkles…”  —Los Angeles Times
“… a vital, dynamic, and consistently challenging panorama of our past.”   —The Comics Journal

Cartoon History of the United States《漫画美国历史入门》是纽约时报畅销书漫画作家拉里·戈尼克创作的“Cartoon History Series”系列丛书之一，叙述了美国400多年来的历史（1585年至1991年）。全书共分为两篇，包括英国殖民地、大陆会议、工业革命的开始、美国内战、南方重建、工人运动、民权运动与新殖民主义、美好生活与世界新秩序等19章内容。
Updated to include the Gulf War, and now published in one complete volume, “The Cartoon History of the United States” has a bold and exciting new look. Illustrated with cartoons throughout.

Larry Gonik拉里•戈尼克，美国知名漫画作家，曾是麻省理工学院（MIT）的“奈特科学新闻学者”，现为美国Muse杂志旗下的员工。他的漫画以独特的视角及叙述方式，形成了自己特殊的风格，历久而不衰。他的作品已销售100多万册，被翻译成十几种文字，代表作有The Cartoon History of the Universe《漫画玩转全球史》、The Cartoon History of the United States《漫画美国史入门》和The Cartoon Guide to Physics《漫画物理学入门》等，这些系列作品兼具知识性、趣味性，深受广大读者，特别是青少年读者的喜爱。
LARRY GONICK has been creating comics that explain history, science, and other big subjects formore than thirty years, starting withBlood From a Stone: A Cartoon Guide to Tax Reform in 1971. He has been aKnight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT and is currently staff cartoonist for Muse magazine. He has nearly one million copies of the Cartoon Guides in print.

PART I: 1585-1865
PROLOGUE: WHO FOUND IT?
1.IN WHICH ENGLAND PLANTS THIS AND THAT
2.NEW COLONIES AND BABY CHICKENS
3.WHEN A COLONY GROWS UP, WHAT DOES IT DO FOR A LIVING?
4.MIGHTY BEEFS FROM LITTLE BEAVERS GROW
5.IN WHICH HAPPINESS IS PURSUED, GUN IN HAND
6.SHOES, MYTHS, THE CONSTITUTION,ETC.
7.MR. JEFFERSON THROWS A PARTY
8.MANIFEST DENTISTRY, OR THE GREAT UPROOTING
9.RAILROADS, OVER-AND UNDERGROUND
10.IN WHICH A WAR IS FOUGHT, FOR SOME REASON
PART II: 1856-1991
11.INTRODUCTION TO PARTⅡ
12.DESTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
13.WHERE THE RAILROADS ROAM
14.LABOR PAINS
15.IN WHICH AN AWFUL LOT HAPPENS
16.WAR AND PEACE AND WARREN HARDING
17.SHOCK THERAPY FOR A GREAT DEPRESSION
18.BRIGHT, WHITE LIGHT
19.REVOLUTION NOW?
AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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