From the Back Cover The debut title in Ecco's the art of the Story Series—a collection of twelve short works of fiction that showcase Tobias Wolff's extraordinary craft In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, Tobias Wolff's first collection of short fiction, hailed the arrival of a major talent and the beginning of an acclaimed, bestselling career. In each of these sharply...(展开全部)

From the Back Cover The debut title in Ecco's the art of the Story Series—a collection of twelve short works of fiction that showcase Tobias Wolff's extraordinary craft In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, Tobias Wolff's first collection of short fiction, hailed the arrival of a major talent and the beginning of an acclaimed, bestselling career. In each of these sharply...(展开全部)

In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian depicts much more than a break with England. He gives readers a revolution that transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.

杰西卡·米特福德（Jessica Mitford，1917—1996 ），英国出生的著名作家、记者，以其对美国社会各方面的深入调查和批判闻名。1963年，她的第二本著作《美国式死亡》出版，凭借对于美国殡葬业无情而深入的揭露，成为当年的畅销书。米特福德之后有关美国监狱产业、新生儿护理产业以及民权运动的作品，也获得了巨大的反响。

What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk describes the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul and commonwealth. Beginning with the Hebrew prophets, Kirk examines in dramatic fashion the sources of American order. His analytical narrative might be called "a tale of five cities": Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia. For ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 From the Revolution to our own time, freedom has been America's strongest cultural bond and its most perilous fault line, a birthright for some Americans and a cruel mockery for others. Eric Foner takes freedom not as a timeless truth but as a value whose meaning and scope have been contested throughout American history. His sweeping narrative shows freedom to have been...(展开全部)

埃里克·方纳（Eric Foner）是美国哥伦比亚大学德威特·克林顿历史学讲座教授，当代美国最有影响力的历史学家之一。自1970年发表其成名作《自由土地、自由劳力、自由人：内战前共和党的意识形态》起，方纳在美国内战史、重建史、黑人史和政治文化史等领域中著述甚丰，成就显著。重要著述包括《汤姆・潘恩与革命时期的美国》（1976）、《内战时期的政治与意识形态》（1980）、《除了自由一无所有：黑人解放及其遗产》（1983）、《重建：美利坚未完成的革命（1863－1877）》（1988，该书获得象征美国史学界最高荣誉的班克罗夫特奖和其他学术大奖）、《美国自由的故事》（1998）和《谁拥有历史：在变化的世界中重新思考过去》（2002）。方纳是美国艺术与科学院院上和英国皇家科学院通讯院士，并分别在1993年和2000年当选为美国历史学家组织《OAH）和美国历史学...(展开全部)

One of the first U.S. economic history texts on the market, this classic ties America's past to the economic policies and debates of today and beyond. Presenting economic events chronologically for easy understanding, the authors equip readers with a firm foundation in the evolution of American economic history.

An astonishing range of reading in contemporary tracts and modern authorities is manifest, and many aspects of British and colonial affairs are illuminated. As a political analysis this very important contribution will be hard to refute .... -- Frederick B. Tolles, Political Science Quarterly "He produces historical analysis which is as revealing to the political scientist or s...(展开全部)

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., first revealed the sequences that governed American politics over the past two centuries in The Cycles of American History. In this updated edition, the prominent political historian continues to reflect on the "recurring struggle between pragmatism and idealism in the American soul" (Time). Faced with a new century, a new millennium, and social and ...(展开全部)