"For Adams, art is not some timid diversion or self indulgent entertainment, but goes to the heart of who we are as civilized, compassionate human beings."--Jacob Stockinger, The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin "Eight eloquent and thought-provoking essays."--Chris Keledjian, Artweek "The sort of collection of essays to which one can return repeatedly."--Michael Edelson, Camer...(展开全部)

A master practitioner gives us an entertaining tour of the historian's workshop and a spirited defense of the search for historical truth. E. H. Carr's What Is History? , a classic introduction to the field, may now give way to a worthy successor. In his compact, intriguing survey, Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. ...(展开全部)

An analysis of the foundations of the authority of the state and the problems of political authority and moral autonomy in a democracy.

A master practitioner gives us an entertaining tour of the historian's workshop and a spirited defense of the search for historical truth. E. H. Carr's What Is History? , a classic introduction to the field, may now give way to a worthy successor. In his compact, intriguing survey, Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. ...(展开全部)

From the first sets of photographic records made by Western travelers to doctored portraits of Chairman Mao and the avant-garde photographic performances of the post–Cultural Revolution era, photography in China has followed divergent paths. In this book, Wu Hung explores the multiple histories of photographic production in China, using them to tell a larger story about China’s...(展开全部)

本书作者法里德·扎卡里亚是印度裔美国人，拥有耶鲁大学、哈佛大学教育背景，被认为是“这个时代最有影响力的外事政策顾问”，是美国舆论界非常重要的人物。他目前是《时代》周刊特约编辑，《华盛顿邮报》、《纽约时报》专栏作家，著有畅销书《后美国世界》（The Post-American World）和《自由的未来》（The Future of Freedom）。

3030: New Photography in China TThis fully illustrated survey presents the work of 30 of China's most exciting photographers under 30. Here for the first time is presented China’s new generation, unburdened by ideology and immersed in the economic and social changes that have transformed China over the past 20 years. From internationally exhibiting artists to photo-journalists,...(展开全部)

The world’s preeminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure, arts, crafts, and even military strategies that form our understanding of Chinese science, making instructive comparisons along the way to similar elements of Indian, Hellenistic, and Arabic cultures. A major portion of the book concentrates on Taoist alchemy that led not only to the ...(展开全部)

戴维·马登（David Madden），伦敦政治经济学院社会学系与城市项目助理教授。在城市研究类期刊上发表过多篇论文，担任《城市》期刊（City）编辑，并有评论常见于《伦敦政治经济学院书评》（LSE Review of Books）、《华盛顿邮报》（Washington Post）和《卫报》（Guardian）等媒体。 彼得·马库塞（Peter Marcuse），哥伦比亚大学建筑规划及保护研究生院城市规划名誉教授。他在美国、英国和其他欧洲国家用英语和德语写作了大量的作品，发表于《国家》（Nation）、《纽约日报》（New York Newsday）、《每月评论》（Monthly Review）、《庇护之力》（Shelterforce）等报刊。

Peter Marcuse has long been recognised as one of the foremost critical urban scholars of our era. He has been writing about and participating in urban politics since the 1950s and remains on the cutting edge of urban activism today. In this book, co-written with David Madden, he argues that the housing question is not an architectural or moral question but a political and econo...(展开全部)