Provides an all-encompassing look at the history of Russia, Central Asia, and Mongolia Beginning with the breakup of the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century, Volume II of this comprehensive work covers the remarkable history of “Inner Eurasia,” from 1260 up to modern times, completing the story begun in Volume I. Volume II describes how agriculture spread through Inner ...(展开全部)

David Christian has taught Russian and Soviet history for many years. He is also the Director of Macquarie University's Big History Institute, and designer and lead teacher on Macquarie University's Coursera based MOOC and Specialization in Big History. He was founding President of the International Big History Association, and is co-founder with Bill Gates, of the Big History ...(展开全部)

Riasanovsky's "History of Russia" has defined the market and set a standard for accurate, balanced interpretation, and attention to political, social, and cultural history and international relations. Featuring a new co-author, Mark Steinberg, this seventh edition includes more information on the politics and economics of post-Socialism and on post-Soviet society and culture. F...(展开全部)

Riasanovsky's "History of Russia" has defined the market and set a standard for accurate, balanced interpretation, and attention to political, social, and cultural history and international relations. Featuring a new co-author, Mark Steinberg, this seventh edition includes more information on the politics and economics of post-Socialism and on post-Soviet society and culture. F...(展开全部)

This is a history of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia from the time of the first inhabitants of the region up to the break up of the Mongol Empire in 1260AD.

Now extensively revised in this ninth edition, A History of Russia covers the entire span of the country's history, from ancient times to the post-communist present. Keeping with the hallmark of the text, Riasanovsky and Steinberg examine all aspects of Russia's history--political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural--with a commitment to objectivity, fairne...(展开全部)

Now extensively revised in this ninth edition, A History of Russia covers the entire span of the country's history, from ancient times to the post-communist present. Keeping with the hallmark of the text, Riasanovsky and Steinberg examine all aspects of Russia's history--political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural--with a commitment to objectivity, fairne...(展开全部)

乔治·寇松（乔治·纳撒尼尔·寇松，George Nathaniel Curzon，1859—1925），英国著名保守党政治家和学者，曾任印度总督、外交大臣。1859年出生于英国的贵族家庭，早年就读于伊顿公学与牛津大学巴利奥尔学院，在牛津大学求学时对英国的中亚和印度事务表现出了浓厚的兴趣。1885年毕业后加入保守党担任索尔兹伯里的秘书，1886年当选保守党的下议院议员，1887年以议员身份游历考察中亚、波斯（今伊朗）、阿富汗、印度、东南亚和俄国和中国，谙熟亚洲历史文化。1891—1892年任印度事务次官，1895—1898年任外交次官，1899年擢任英属印度总督（年仅40岁），任期间实行高压统治，组织觐见大典，推行《大学法》，设置西北边境省，出兵西藏，分割孟加拉，一系列举措致使英印矛盾激化，导致印度人民反英斗争爆发，终于1905年辞职回国。1907年出...(展开全部)

乔治·寇松（乔治·纳撒尼尔·寇松，George Nathaniel Curzon，1859—1925），英国著名保守党政治家和学者，曾任印度总督、外交大臣。1859年出生于英国的贵族家庭，早年就读于伊顿公学与牛津大学巴利奥尔学院，在牛津大学求学时对英国的中亚和印度事务表现出了浓厚的兴趣。1885年毕业后加入保守党担任索尔兹伯里的秘书，1886年当选保守党的下议院议员，1887年以议员身份游历考察中亚、波斯（今伊朗）、阿富汗、印度、东南亚和俄国和中国，谙熟亚洲历史文化。1891—1892年任印度事务次官，1895—1898年任外交次官，1899年擢任英属印度总督（年仅40岁），任期间实行高压统治，组织觐见大典，推行《大学法》，设置西北边境省，出兵西藏，分割孟加拉，一系列举措致使英印矛盾激化，导致印度人民反英斗争爆发，终于1905年辞职回国。1907年出...(展开全部)