雷蒙德•P.谢德林，美国犹太神学院中世纪希伯来语文学教授，文化史学家、著名作家兼拉比。著有《葡萄酒、女人和死亡：中世纪希伯来语诗歌论美好生活》（犹太出版社1986年版）等多部专著，并译有多种中世纪希伯来语诗集和《约伯记》。2004年荣获美国国家犹太文化基金会所颁发的文化成就奖。

A Short History of the Jewish People fills a gap in the literature by providing a concise, popularly written narrative account that introduces readers to all of the major political events, wanderings, cultural environments, and individuals to contribute to the shaping of the Jewish people into who they are today. Organized chronologically, the book covers the entire sweep of th...(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)

The Bloodless Revolution is a pioneering history of puritanical revolutionaries, European Hinduphiles, and visionary scientists who embraced radical ideas from the East and conspired to overthrow Western society's voracious hunger for meat. At the heart of this compelling history are the stories of John Zephaniah Holwell, survivor of the Black Hole of Calcutta, and John Stewart...(展开全部)

“Magnificently detailed and wide-ranging.”—Steven Shapin, The New Yorker Hailed by critics on both sides of the Atlantic, The Bloodless Revolution is a comprehensive history of vegetarianism, “draw[ing] the different strands of the subject together in a way that has never been done before” (Keith ...(展开全部)

The Bloodless Revolution is a pioneering history of puritanical revolutionaries, European Hinduphiles, and visionary scientists who embraced radical ideas from the East and conspired to overthrow Western society's voracious hunger for meat. At the heart of this compelling history are the stories of John Zephaniah Holwell, survivor of the Black Hole of Calcutta, and John Stewart...(展开全部)

“Magnificently detailed and wide-ranging.”—Steven Shapin, The New Yorker Hailed by critics on both sides of the Atlantic, The Bloodless Revolution is a comprehensive history of vegetarianism, “draw[ing] the different strands of the subject together in a way that has never been done before” (Keith ...(展开全部)

In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Will Durant here traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the beginning of the modern world. Four years before his death, Will Durant began work on an abbreviated version of his highly...(展开全部)