This magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and the emergence of new technologies, sciences, and ideologies, with vast intellectual daring and aphoristic elegance. Part of Eric Hobsbawm's epic four-volume history of the modern world, along with The Age of Capitalism, The Age of Empire, and The Age of Extremes.

This magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and the emergence of new technologies, sciences, and ideologies, with vast intellectual daring and aphoristic elegance. Part of Eric Hobsbawm's epic four-volume history of the modern world, along with The Age of Capitalism, The Age of Empire, and The Age of Extremes.

索布尔（Albert Soboul，1914—1982），法国著名史学家。1936年毕业于巴黎大学，1938年取得中学历史教师资格，并加入法国共产党。1939—1940年应征入伍，法国溃败后在蒙彼利埃中学教书。1942年7月因参加抵抗运动被捕。1958年以《共和二年的巴黎无套裤汉》通过国家级文学博士学位论文答辩。1967年起任巴黎第一大学法国革命史讲座教授，直至去世。又任罗伯斯庇尔研究会秘书长、《法国革命史年鉴》主编、法国革命史研究所所长等职。著有《法国大革命简史》、《革命前夕的法国》、《理解法国大革命》、《文化与法国大革命》等。

索布尔（Albert Soboul，1914—1982），法国著名史学家。1936年毕业于巴黎大学，1938年取得中学历史教师资格，并加入法国共产党。1939—1940年应征入伍，法国溃败后在蒙彼利埃中学教书。1942年7月因参加抵抗运动被捕。1958年以《共和二年的巴黎无套裤汉》通过国家级文学博士学位论文答辩。1967年起任巴黎第一大学法国革命史讲座教授，直至去世。又任罗伯斯庇尔研究会秘书长、《法国革命史年鉴》主编、法国革命史研究所所长等职。著有《法国大革命简史》、《革命前夕的法国》、《理解法国大革命》、《文化与法国大革命》等。

The best guidebook for those who want to experience the finest art in New York. The first fully illustrated guide to the collections of New York's Museums and Galleries that actually works the way people like to see art. Rather than taking the old fashioned approach of listing the city's various museums and then describing highlights, this book focuses on the art. Arranged ch...(展开全部)

How is ink made? What is the bestselling book of all time? What are the oldest known books in the world? And how does one make sense of the colors found on Penguin paperbacks? The answers to these questions and many more await readers in The Book Lovers’ Miscellany. The Book Lovers’ Miscellany is a cornucopia for bibliophiles. With customary wisdom and wit, Claire Cock-Starkey ...(展开全部)

摩根•福尔克纳（Morgan Falconer），艺术评论家，常驻纽约记者，为Art Review，The New Statementsman，Modern Painters等众多报刊撰写文章。

The best guidebook for those who want to experience the finest art in New York. The first fully illustrated guide to the collections of New York's Museums and Galleries that actually works the way people like to see art. Rather than taking the old fashioned approach of listing the city's various museums and then describing highlights, this book focuses on the art. Arranged ch...(展开全部)

山姆•菲利普斯（Sam Phillips），皇家美术学院艺术杂志编辑，艺术专栏作家，为Time Out、Blueprint、i-D Magazine、The Guardian、Sunday Telegraph等众多报刊撰写文章。

In this fascinating new account of Old Regime Europe, T. C. W. Blanning explores the cultural revolution which transformed eighteenth-century Europe. During this period the court culture exemplified by Louis XIV's Versailles was pushed from the centre to the margins by the emergence of a new kind of space - the public sphere. The author shows how many of the world's most import...(展开全部)