From the Cadillac to the Apple Mac, the skyscraper to the Tiffany lampshade, the world in which we live has been profoundly influenced for over a century by the work of American designers. But the product is only the end of a story that is full of fascinating questions. What has been the social and cultural role of design in American society? To produce useful things that consu...(展开全部)

When Robert Kincaid drives through the heat and dust of an Iowa summer and turns into Francesca Johnson's farm lane looking for directions, the world-class photographer and the Iowa farm wife are joined in an experience of uncommon truth and stunning beauty that will haunt them forever. The romantic classic of the 1990's.

When Robert Kincaid drives through the heat and dust of an Iowa summer and turns into Francesca Johnson's farm lane looking for directions, the world-class photographer and the Iowa farm wife are joined in an experience of uncommon truth and stunning beauty that will haunt them forever. The romantic classic of the 1990's.

Follow the heartbeat of America through towering forests, undulating fields, pulsating metropolises and offbeat oases. Whether day-tripping from the Big Apple s core or dreaming of the California Coast, this definitive, award-winning guide inspires you to go the distance and discover the USA s very best. DISCOVER & DECONSTRUCT - in-depth culture and history sections o...(展开全部)

安东尼·比弗（Antony Beevor），英国历史学家、历史题材畅销书作者。比弗曾就读于温彻斯特大学和桑德赫斯特皇家军事学院，后随军在英国和德国服役5年。他发表了很多脍炙人口的作品。 比弗曾荣获法国政府颁发的文学艺术骑士勋章，被肯特大学授予荣誉博士学位，他还是伦敦大学贝克特学院历史学、古典文学和考古学的访问学者。 石迪，北京航空航天大学毕业，工学博士，军事历史爱好者。

An argument that America's economy needs a strong and innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. “There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.”—Bill Gates In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary ...(展开全部)

瓦科拉夫•斯米尔（Vaclav Smil），马尼托巴大学终身名誉教授，曾在2010年被《外交政策》（Foreign Policy）杂志评选为“全球百位思想家”。他研究的领域涉猎广泛，并作跨学科研究，包括能源、环境、食品、人口、经济、历史和公共政策等。他还将这些方法应用到研究中国的能源、食品和环境问题上。 瓦科拉夫•斯米尔曾在能源、环境、粮食和技术发展史等领域出版了30多本专著，其中包括MIT出版社出版的《全球化的原动机：柴油机和蒸汽涡轮机的历史和影响》（Prime Movers of Globalization：The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines）和《生物圈的丰收：我们从自然界拿走了什么》（Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Ta...(展开全部)

An argument that America's economy needs a strong and innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. “There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.”—Bill Gates In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary ...(展开全部)

瓦科拉夫•斯米尔（Vaclav Smil），马尼托巴大学终身名誉教授，曾在2010年被《外交政策》（Foreign Policy）杂志评选为“全球百位思想家”。他研究的领域涉猎广泛，并作跨学科研究，包括能源、环境、食品、人口、经济、历史和公共政策等。他还将这些方法应用到研究中国的能源、食品和环境问题上。 瓦科拉夫•斯米尔曾在能源、环境、粮食和技术发展史等领域出版了30多本专著，其中包括MIT出版社出版的《全球化的原动机：柴油机和蒸汽涡轮机的历史和影响》（Prime Movers of Globalization：The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines）和《生物圈的丰收：我们从自然界拿走了什么》（Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Ta...(展开全部)