"Thank God for Nat, who places the soul of the musician above that of his art." --Dizzy Gillespie Writing in a passionate and streetwise style all his own, Nat Hentoff transports us into the diverse worlds of musicians that hold one thing in common: America. In over sixty pieces Hentoff has assembled a mosaic that creates a vivid picture of the music scene as it leaps into th...(展开全部)

The impulse to do AMERICAN MUSIC, writes famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, “came from a desire to return to my original subject and look at it with a mature eye. Bring my experience to it…make it a real American tapestry.” Her ambitious idea became AMERICAN MUSIC, a stunning collection of photographs of the musicians, places and people that enrich the landscape of A...(展开全部)

约瑟夫·奈 “软实力之父”，美国知名政治学家，亚太事务专家，新自由主义学派代表人物之一。 先后受教于普林斯顿大学、牛津大学、哈佛大学，1964年获哈佛大学政治学博士学位，1977年步入政坛，曾出任卡特政府助理国务卿、克林顿政府全国情报委员会主席和美国助理国防部长，后来重回哈佛大学，曾任肯尼迪政府学院院长，现为哈佛大学杰出贡献教授。 ·提出复合相互依赖理论，直接促进了国际关系研究的自由国际主义（理想主义）的复兴，催生了新自由主义 ·最早提出并阐述了“软实力”概念，被称为“软实力之父” ·对美国外交政策影响最大的学者之一

约瑟夫·奈 “软实力之父”，美国知名政治学家，亚太事务专家，新自由主义学派代表人物之一。 先后受教于普林斯顿大学、牛津大学、哈佛大学，1964年获哈佛大学政治学博士学位，1977年步入政坛，曾出任卡特政府助理国务卿、克林顿政府全国情报委员会主席和美国助理国防部长，后来重回哈佛大学，曾任肯尼迪政府学院院长，现为哈佛大学杰出贡献教授。 ·提出复合相互依赖理论，直接促进了国际关系研究的自由国际主义（理想主义）的复兴，催生了新自由主义 ·最早提出并阐述了“软实力”概念，被称为“软实力之父” ·对美国外交政策影响最大的学者之一

What is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Latin America, and Europe. After briefly sketching the growth of the topic up to the 1960s, Marshall Eakin focuses on the past half-century, from the dominance of social history to the cultural turn. He surveys innovative work on topics including slavery, indigen...(展开全部)

Selected by Choice as a 2003 Outstanding Academic Title Selected by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of "The Best of the Best from the University Presses: Books You Should Know About," 2003 Selected as an outstanding book by University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries In this provocative book, one of our most eminent political scientists poses ...(展开全部)

From Tin Pan Alley to grand opera, player-pianos to phonograph records, David Suisman's "Selling Sounds" explores the rise of music as big business and the creation of a radically new musical culture. Around the turn of the twentieth century, music entrepreneurs laid the foundation for today's vast industry, with new products, technologies, and commercial strategies to incorpor...(展开全部)

From Tin Pan Alley to grand opera, player-pianos to phonograph records, David Suisman’s Selling Sounds explores the rise of music as big business and the creation of a radically new musical culture. Around the turn of the twentieth century, music entrepreneurs laid the foundation for today’s vast industry, with new products, technologies, and commercial strategies to incorporat...(展开全部)