Robert Kee's classic bestseller remains an essential survey of the country and its people; an introduction to the fascinating history that has made modern Ireland, and a thought -provoking examination of how past facts have bred present myths.

Friedman makes clear once and for all that no one is immune from monetary economics-that is, from the effects of its theory and its practices. He demonstrates through historical events the mischief that can result from misunderstanding the monetary system. Index.

Friedman makes clear once and for all that no one is immune from monetary economics-that is, from the effects of its theory and its practices. He demonstrates through historical events the mischief that can result from misunderstanding the monetary system. Index.

In this intense and far-reaching book, acclaimed art historian T. J. Clark offers a new vision of the art of the past two centuries, focusing on moments when art responded directly in extreme terms to the ongoing disaster called "modernity". Modernism, Clark argues, was an extreme answer to an extreme condition - the one Max Weber summed up as "the disenchantment of the world"....(展开全部)

以新马克思主义艺术史家闻名于当代美术界的T.J.克拉克（Timothy J.Clark, 1943- ）早年就学于剑桥大学圣约翰学院，30岁在伦敦大学考陶尔德艺术研究院获得美术史博士学位，同年出版《人民的形象：库尔贝与1848年革命》与《绝对的资产阶级：1848至1851年间的法国艺术家与政治》，立刻被认为是英语国家“新艺术史”的杰作，一举奠定了他作为一位国际型学者的地位。在英国多所大学担任教职后，年仅37岁的他就成为了美国哈佛大学艺术史教授。现为伯克莱加州大学现代艺术校级教授。除上述两部成名作，尚有《现代生活的画像：马奈及其追随者艺术中的巴黎》，从而合成其著名的“新艺术史”三部曲。另著有《告别观念》（2001）及《瞥见死神》（2008）等。

In this intense and far-reaching book, acclaimed art historian T. J. Clark offers a new vision of the art of the past two centuries, focusing on moments when art responded directly in extreme terms to the ongoing disaster called "modernity". Modernism, Clark argues, was an extreme answer to an extreme condition - the one Max Weber summed up as "the disenchantment of the world"....(展开全部)

A quarter-century after Frank McCourt's extraordinary bestseller, Angela's Ashes, Fintan O'Toole, one of the Anglophone world's most consummate stylists, continues the narrative of modern Ireland into our own time. O'Toole was born in the year the revolution began. It was 1958, and the Irish government--in despair, because all the young people were leaving--opened the country t...(展开全部)

A quarter-century after Frank McCourt's extraordinary bestseller, Angela's Ashes, Fintan O'Toole, one of the Anglophone world's most consummate stylists, continues the narrative of modern Ireland into our own time. O'Toole was born in the year the revolution began. It was 1958, and the Irish government--in despair, because all the young people were leaving--opened the country t...(展开全部)

This comprehensive survey of African art discusses the art from the perspective of art history, unlike most account that tend to focus on a more anthropological interpretation. A History of Art in Africa shows how African art has developed from beliefs, traditions, and cultural and historical influences. The book challenges current perceptions of African art and presents it as ...(展开全部)