The Story of Our World - The Home of Humanity

Author: (American) A. de Jongh
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The Story of the World We Live In (The Human Family) is a best-selling book by the renowned American writer A. de Jongh, published in 1932. Within a few months of its release, it sold 138,000 copies in the United States alone, and by the following year, it had been translated into 14 languages, including German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, and Chinese. The translation used here is based on the London edition revised by A. de Jongh in 1939. When this book was introduced to China in 1933 under the Chinese title A de Jongh's World Geography, it quickly became a favorite among middle and high school students. Now, half a century later, few Chinese readers are still familiar with it. The book that made A. de Jongh world-famous, despite being written half a century ago and with many data now outdated, remains a valuable read for its rich humanistic knowledge. Its value lies not only in transforming dry historical and geographical content into engaging and lively prose but also in making readers strongly feel the grandeur of history as a grand stage and the wonder of Earth as humanity's home. The shifting of stars and the ebb and flow of time have washed away countless great figures, and looking back at the present from the past, one cannot help but be amazed at the rapid progress of human society.