This book is two thick books, and it is a textbook of western history department. You don't have to read it from beginning to end. If you have any specific questions and want to know its ins and outs, you can look them up.
2. Lei Haizong: Outline of Western Cultural History, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House.
In my opinion, this book is an indispensable reference book for learning western culture. Who is Mr. Lei Haizong? You probably don't know. He used to be a professor in Tsinghua University. He studied in America in his early years. After he came back, he taught at Wuhan University, and later in the history department of Tsinghua University. When I was in Tsinghua, people said that his lectures were "thunderous and knowledgeable, and he was a master of history". He is such a great scholar.
When the department of 1952 was adjusted, Mr. Lei was supposed to be transferred to the history department of Peking University. I don't know why, all the famous professors of liberal arts in Tsinghua were transferred to Peking University, and a few were transferred to the Academy of Social Sciences, but Mr. Lei Haizong was transferred to Nankai. Nankai University is very popular, so the history department of Nankai University is very distinctive. Find a teacher and develop a subject. Of course, Mr Lei Haizong was inevitably labeled as "Rightist" like other professors, and then he died.
This book is the outline of his lectures at Wuhan University from 65438 to 0937. Now, his students have sorted it out and published it in Nankai. After reading it, I really admire it There are some big topics and small topics in the outline, but if you look at the arrangement of those big topics and small topics, you can feel the openness of his thoughts and the depth of his research.