A History of Modern Europe presents a panoramic survey of modern Europe from the Renaissance to the present day. A seasoned teacher and talented historian, Professor John Merriman offers a carefully crafted narrative that guides students through a vast amount of complex material, integrating the many aspects of the European experience into a larger, interconnected whole. A full...(展开全部)

Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms to grand cathedrals – those vast reservoirs of silence. Philosophers and novelists have long sought solitude and inspiration in...(展开全部)

Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in that inner citadel which great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. Today, when noise is everywhere, distinguished historian Alain Corbin goes back to a time when speech was rare and precious.Silence, prerequisite for contemplation, reverie and prayer, is that private ...(展开全部)

【美】安德鲁•戈登 （Andrew Gordon） 美国哈佛大学历史学教授、现代日本史研究专家，曾任哈佛大学历史系主任及赖肖尔日本研究中心主任，主要研究领域为现代日本的政治史和社会史。 著述、编写及翻译有多部重要著作，2003年出版的《现代日本史：从德川时代到21世纪》已成为欧美高校的核心教科书，并持续修订，成为检验学术研究进展的黄金标准，被译成中文、日文和韩文等近20种语言。他的另一本专著《战前日本的劳工与帝国民主》（Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan）荣获美国历史学会费正清奖。他的新著《制造消费者:现代日本的缝纫机》（Fabricating Consumers: The Sewing Machine in Modern Japan）已于近期出版。 【译者简介】 李朝津 早年就读于台湾大学及香港...(展开全部)

【美】安德鲁•戈登 （Andrew Gordon） 美国哈佛大学历史学教授、现代日本史研究专家，曾任哈佛大学历史系主任及赖肖尔日本研究中心主任，主要研究领域为现代日本的政治史和社会史。 著述、编写及翻译有多部重要著作，2003年出版的《现代日本史：从德川时代到21世纪》已成为欧美高校的核心教科书，并持续修订，成为检验学术研究进展的黄金标准，被译成中文、日文和韩文等近20种语言。他的另一本专著《战前日本的劳工与帝国民主》（Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan）荣获美国历史学会费正清奖。他的新著《制造消费者:现代日本的缝纫机》（Fabricating Consumers: The Sewing Machine in Modern Japan）已于近期出版。 【译者简介】 李朝津 早年就读于台湾大学及香港...(展开全部)

乔纳森·芬比是十八本书的作者，包括备受称赞的《在边缘：法国的困扰》《将军：戴高乐及其拯救的法国》，后者被《纽约时报》誉为“精彩之书……博识敏锐、扣人心弦，让人不忍释卷”。他关注法国逾半个世纪，曾任路透社和《经济学人》巴黎通讯站负责人，也曾在《观察家》和《南华早报》发表和编辑诸多报道。他还被法国授予荣誉军团勋章和国家荣誉勋章。

乔纳森·芬比是十八本书的作者，包括备受称赞的《在边缘：法国的困扰》《将军：戴高乐及其拯救的法国》，后者被《纽约时报》誉为“精彩之书……博识敏锐、扣人心弦，让人不忍释卷”。他关注法国逾半个世纪，曾任路透社和《经济学人》巴黎通讯站负责人，也曾在《观察家》和《南华早报》发表和编辑诸多报道。他还被法国授予荣誉军团勋章和国家荣誉勋章。

A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of historical events that have shaped the last two centuries of the African continent. Stresses the diversity of Africa’s rich variety of people, societies, cultures and religious beliefs Provides a thought-provoking and illuminating journey through the slave trade and colonization to the rise of Islam, struggles for independ...(展开全部)

Updated and revised to emphasise long-term perspectives on current issues facing the continent, the new 2 nd Edition of A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of Africa's political, economic, and social history over the past two centuries. Adopts a long-term approach to current issues, stressing the importance of nineteenth-century and deeper indigenous dynamic...(展开全部)

Unlike most existing textbooks on the economic history of modern Europe, which offer a country-by-country approach, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe rethinks Europe's economic history since 1700 as unified and pan-European, with the material organized by topic rather than by country. This second volume tracks Europe's economic history through three major phases s...(展开全部)