Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day. It provides a journey to cities and towns across the continent, in search of the patterns of development that have shaped the urban landscape as indelibly European. The focus is on the built environment, the social and cultural transformations that mark t...(展开全部)

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)

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)

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)

A classic in its field, loved by instructors and students for its narrative flair, humor, authority, and comprehensive coverage. More than 100,000 copies sold! Available in both one-volume and two-volume paperback editions, A History of Modern Europe presents a panoramic survey of modern Europe from the Renaissance to the present day. A single author lends a unified approach an...(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)

沃尔特·科恩是密歇根大学安阿伯分校的英语系的名誉教授，曾于 2014 年至 2024 年在该校任教。他还是康奈尔大学比较文学系的名誉教授，曾于 1980 年至 2014 年在该校任教。在那里，他获得了杰出教学奖，并担任了二十年各种行政职务，包括研究生院院长和大学副教务长。他著有《国家的戏剧：英格兰与西班牙的公共剧场》（1985），并发表了大量关于早期现代文学、文学批评、小说史和世界文学的文章。他还是第三版的“诺顿莎士比亚”系列（2015）的主编之一。本书英文版于 2017 年由牛津大学出版社出版。他目前正在撰写一本暂定名为《文学史的逻辑：因果、解释、诠释》的书。该书将探讨生态灾难文学、过去五千年的非洲文学、犹太文学语言、社会阶层文学以及文学的社会功能等主题。