康拉德•科塔克(Conrad Kottak) (生于1942年10月6日，美国佐治亚州亚特兰大)是一位美国人类学家。科塔克从事田野工作的地点遍及世界各地，包括巴西（1962年起）、马达加斯加（1966年起）与美国。他的主要研究兴趣，在于地方文化如何被整合（以及抗拒整合）进入较大的体系中。这项兴趣将他早年对非洲与马达加斯加的生态与国家形成的研究，连结到最近关于全球化变迁、国家与国际文化，以及大众传播媒体的研究。他目前是密歇根大学的人类学教授，他从1968年起在该校任教。他相信许多美国的传说故事，例如星舰奇航记、星际大战与感恩节的故事，已发展成一种神话，有朝一日可与希腊神话、罗马神话相提并论，或者是现在的一些故事被认为是神话。 科塔克因其学术工作成就，获颁多项殊荣：1992年他荣获密歇根大学文学、科学与艺术学院的杰出教学奖。1999年，美国人类学会颁给科...(展开全部)

Until recently, few villagers of rural North China ventured far from their homes. Their intensely local view of the world included knowledge of the immanent sacred realm, which derived from stories of divine revelations, cures, and miracles that circulated among neighboring villages. These stories gave direction to private devotion and served as a source of expert information o...(展开全部)

Until recently, few villagers of rural North China ventured far from their homes. Their intensely local view of the world included knowledge of the immanent sacred realm, which derived from stories of divine revelations, cures, and miracles that circulated among neighboring villages. These stories gave direction to private devotion and served as a source of expert information o...(展开全部)

Inspired by family stories, two-time Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm beautifully blends family lore with America's past in this charming gem of a novel, rich in historical detail, humor, and the unique flavors of Key West. Life isn't like the movies, and eleven-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has see...(展开全部)

Inspired by family stories, two-time Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm beautifully blends family lore with America's past in this charming gem of a novel, rich in historical detail, humor, and the unique flavors of Key West. Life isn't like the movies, and eleven-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has see...(展开全部)

Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished town of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, parks, shopping malls, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. FromVillage toCity paints a vivid portrait of the rapid changes in Zouping and its environs and in the lives of the once-...(展开全部)

Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished town of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, parks, shopping malls, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. FromVillage toCity paints a vivid portrait of the rapid changes in Zouping and its environs and in the lives of the once-...(展开全部)

任柯安（Andrew Byron Kipnis）,人類學家，美國北卡羅萊納大學人類學博士，現任香港中文大學人類學系教授暨系主任。曾任澳大利亞國立大學亞太學院人類學系主任。長期關注中國及東亞地區的發展，研究興趣極廣，包括：治理、教育、城市化、後社會主義與後社會主義社會、主體化過程、親屬與性別、禮物與經濟變遷、儀式產業、語言與文化、真相與後真相等。著有The Funeral of Mr. Wang: Life, Death, and Ghosts in Urbanizing China、From Village to City: Social Transformation in a Chinese County Seat、Contemporary China: Society and Social Change、Governing Educational...(展开全部)

李培林，中国社会科学院社会学研究所所长，兼任中国社会学会常务副会长，博士生导师，国家有突出贡献中青年专家，获得“回国留学人员成就奖”，国家“十一五”规划专家委员会委员。

Gabrielle van Zuylen 出生法国，曾在美国求学。与Anita Péreire合著《法国的私人花园》（Arthaud，1984），由R.佩奇撰写前言，并荣获法兰西学院奖勉。她的第二本著作《R.佩奇的庭园》（Flammarion，1992），在1991年荣获美国庭园作家协会颁予“最佳庭园书籍”奖项。她同时也是国际树木研究协会及庭园爱好者组织成员，曾荣获国家农业功绩骑士勋章。她自己也是个经验十足的园丁。