How can we best understand the impact of revolutionary technologies on the business cycle, the economy, and society? Why is economics meaningless without history and without an understanding of institutional and technical change? Does the 'new economy' mean the 'end of history'? These are some of the questions addressed in this authoritative analysis of economic growth from the...(展开全部)

In this revelatory examination of the most overlooked force that is changing the face of China, the Oxford historian and scholar of modern Asia Karl Gerth shows that as the Chinese consumer goes, so goes the world. While Americans and Europeans have become increasingly worried about China’s competition for manufacturing jobs and energy resources, they have overlooked an even bi...(展开全部)

Are we what we eat? What does food reveal about how we live and how we think of ourselves in relation to others? And why do people have a strong attachment to their own cuisine and an aversion to the foodways of others? In this engaging account of the crucial significance rice has for the Japanese, "Rice as Self" examines how people use the metaphor of a principal food in conce...(展开全部)

大贯惠美子（Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney），威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校人类学系教授，以历史人类学、象征人类学见长。早年研究底特律的华人，后转向阿伊努人，再转向日本人。美国艺术与科学院院士，多次获古根海姆等其他学术奖。主要作品有：《神风特攻队日记：反思日本学生兵》（2006）；《神风特攻队、樱花与民族主义：日本历史上美学的军国主义化》（2002）；《作为自我的稻米：日本人穿越时间的身份认同》（1993）；《穿越时间的文化：人类学的路径》（主编，1990）；《作为镜子的猴子：日本历史与仪式的转化》（1987）；《当代日本的疾病与文化：人类学的观点》（1984）；《萨哈林岛阿伊努人的疾病与治疗：一个象征解释》（1981）等。 石峰，人类学博士，贵州师范大学历史与政治学院教授。

As Seen is a series of publications that review the work of Chinese artists as presented in public museums and galleries in China. As S een is not exhaustive, but it is the result of extensive exhibition-going. With particular focus on the achievements of young artists, As Seen 2 continues to track the pulse of the times as it underscores artistic content and form. ...............(展开全部)

Reprinted for the first time since its original publication twenty years ago, The Face of China is an evocative and candid collection of some of the first photographs made in that country. Along with descriptive captions, these images describe the daily life and surroundings of an era now passed. The people are as seen through Western eyes, and the places are as traversed by...(展开全部)

The new-look series of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st Century. Sir Claud Amory has discovered the formula for a new powerful explosive, which is stolen by one of the large household of relatives and friends. Locking everyone in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula on the table, no questions asked. When the lights come on, h...(展开全部)

Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat is given to daydreaming. 'Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?' she muses. She has the chance to find out when she discovers a body ... in her drawing room. Desperate to dispose of it, she attempts to persuade her house guests to become accessories and accomplices. Now, a...(展开全部)

See the world of Fifty Shades of Grey anew through the eyes of Christian Grey. In Christian's own words, and through his thoughts, reflections, and dreams, E L James offers a fresh perspective on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the world. Christian Grey exercises control in all things; his world is neat, disciplined, and utterly empty—until the day...(展开全部)