Mitch Epstein's latest project tackles one of the most loaded issues on the nation's agenda: what and who powers America? Between 2003 and 2008, prompted by the evacuation of an environmentally contaminated Ohio town, Epstein traveled the United States to document the country's energy "hot spots," where fossil fuel, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind and solar power are produced, enc...(展开全部)

史蒂夫·科尔，哥伦比亚大学新闻学院院长，普利策奖评选委员会成员。前《华盛顿邮报》资深记者，《纽约客》编辑、新美国基金会的CEO。他得过两次普利策奖，两次海外记者俱乐部奖，一次美国笔协的加尔布雷斯奖，一次亚瑟·罗斯奖，一次美国记者协会利文斯顿奖，一次肯尼迪新闻奖，一次吉布尔奖。

In Private Empire Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil's annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries. In many of the countries where it conducts business, ExxonMobil's sway over politics and security is greater than that of t...(展开全部)

This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy. The introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in the United States, focusing on three key factors: uniquely fragmented and decentralized political institutions; an interest grou...(展开全部)

Jeffrey Eugenides’s bestselling novels have shown him to be an astute observer of the crises of adolescence, self-discovery, family love, and what it means to be American in our times. The stories in “Fresh Complaint” explore equally rich―and intriguing―territory. Ranging from the bitingly reproductive antics of “Baster” to the dreamy, moving account of a young traveler’s searc...(展开全部)

Hitler’s rise to power, Germany’s march to the abyss, as seen by Americans—diplomats, military, expats, visiting authors, Olympic athletes—who watched horrified and up close. Some of the Americans in Hitler’s Germany were merely casual observers, others deliberately blind, a few were Nazi apologists. But most began slowly to understand what was unfolding, even when they found ...(展开全部)

安德鲁•纳戈尔斯基，现任纽约国际事务思想库东西学院副院长和公共政治系主任。曾长期担任美国《新闻周刊》驻外总编，驻地包括香港、莫斯科、罗马、波恩、华沙、柏林等。著有《最伟大的战役：斯大林、希特勒和改变二战进程的莫斯科苦斗》等书。

Fredric Jameson’s pathbreaking essay “An American Utopia” radically questions standard leftist notions of what constitutes an emancipated society. Advocated here are—among other things—universal conscription, the full acknowledgment of envy and resentment as a fundamental challenge to any communist society, and the acceptance that the division between work and leisure cannot be...(展开全部)