You want girl power? Meet Annie Oakley! Born in 1860, shebecame one of the best-loved and most famous women of hergeneration. She amazed audiences all over the world with hersharpshooting, horse-riding, action-packed performances. In an agewhen most women stayed home, she traveled the world and forged anew image for American women.
A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit. He found adventure prospecting for silver in Nevada, navigating steamboats down the Mississippi, and making people laugh around the world. But Twain also had a serious streak and decried racism and injustice. His fascinating life is captured candidly in this enjoyable biography.
《中国粮油书系:中国粮油人物志》指出传统史学注重的是人与人之间的关系。在阶级社会出现后，人与人之间的关系首先表现为阶级关系。政治是阶级斗争的技术，而战争是阶级斗争的表现形式，因而过去所谓的历史，主要是政治史和战争史。受当时政治制度和社会环境的影响，古代史学家或史事记录者大多将其视野专注于帝王将相和英雄人物，所谓英雄造时势或时势造英雄，农业在传统史学中是不受重视的。
