Well-received in its first edition, this candid and popular study provides an interesting, "readable" account of American military history from the late fifteenth-century British-French Wars in Colonial America to the recent Gulf War. Written in an easy-to-understand manner void of extraneous detail, the book integrates innovative and fascinating mini-biographies of key figures...(展开全部)

The definitive account of transpacific Asian movement through the Spanish empire—from Manila to Acapulco and beyond—and its implications for the history of race and colonization in the Americas. Between 1565 and 1815, the so-called Manila galleons enjoyed a near-complete monopoly on transpacific trade between Spain’s Asian and American colonies. Sailing from the Philippines to ...(展开全部)

The definitive account of transpacific Asian movement through the Spanish empire—from Manila to Acapulco and beyond—and its implications for the history of race and colonization in the Americas. Between 1565 and 1815, the so-called Manila galleons enjoyed a near-complete monopoly on transpacific trade between Spain’s Asian and American colonies. Sailing from the Philippines to ...(展开全部)

托马斯·本德(Thomas Bender)，全球史研究的主要倡导者，美国知名历史学家，纽约大学(NYU)校席教授，纽约大学国际高等研究中心负责人，研究涉及文化史、思想史、城市史等领域，是美国当代富有影响的历史学家之一。 除本书外，著有《纽约智识》(New York Intellect，1987)、《未完成的城市》(The Unfinished City，2002)、《在全球化时代反思美国史》(Rethinking American History in a Global Age，2002)等。曾荣获弗雷德里克·杰克逊·特纳奖(Frederick Jackson Turner Prize)，盖蒂、洛克菲勒和古根海姆基金会奖。

托马斯·本德(Thomas Bender)，全球史研究的主要倡导者，美国知名历史学家，纽约大学(NYU)校席教授，纽约大学国际高等研究中心负责人，研究涉及文化史、思想史、城市史等领域，是美国当代富有影响的历史学家之一。 除本书外，著有《纽约智识》(New York Intellect，1987)、《未完成的城市》(The Unfinished City，2002)、《在全球化时代反思美国史》(Rethinking American History in a Global Age，2002)等。曾荣获弗雷德里克·杰克逊·特纳奖(Frederick Jackson Turner Prize)，盖蒂、洛克菲勒和古根海姆基金会奖。

达娜•戈德斯坦（Dana Goldstein） 记者、《纽约时报》畅销书作家、《纽约时报》全国通讯作者，为《大西洋月刊》等多家杂志供稿。荣获新美国基金会（New America Foundation）的伯纳德•L•施瓦茨（Bernard L. Schwartz）项目奖金和国家研究所（Nation Institute）的海鹦基金会（Puffin Foundation）写作项目奖金。两次入围利文斯顿大奖（Livingston Awards）35岁以下杰出青年记者最终名单。

Why do we acquire the things we do? Behind this apparently ingenuous question are several answers, some straightforward and others more interesting. To feed ourselves, might be the first response, for we can easily see that we expend much energy in the quest for food. Clothing and shelter as well would seem to constitute our basic needs. Yet we quickly see that even in the Gard...(展开全部)

Why do we acquire the things we do? Behind this apparently ingenuous question are several answers, some straightforward and others more interesting. To feed ourselves, might be the first response, for we can easily see that we expend much energy in the quest for food. Clothing and shelter as well would seem to constitute our basic needs. Yet we quickly see that even in the Gard...(展开全部)