We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer --- to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarassment --- from status anxiety. For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, ec...(展开全部)

We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer --- to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarassment --- from status anxiety. For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, ec...(展开全部)

In Class Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality with eagle-eyed irreverence and iconoclastic wit. This bestselling, superbly researched, exquisitely observed guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American class system is always outrageously on the mark as Fussell shows us how our status is revealed by everything we do, say, and own. He descr...(展开全部)

The United States was founded on the principle of equal opportunity for all, and this ethos continues to inform the nation’s collective identity. In reality, however, absolute equality is elusive. The gap between rich and poor has widened in recent decades, and the United States has the highest level of economic inequality of any developed country. Social class and other differ...(展开全部)

Previous studies of the practice of footbinding in imperial China have theorized that it expressed ethnic identity or that it served an economic function. By analyzing the popularity of footbinding in different places and times, Footbinding as Fashion investigates the claim that early Qing (1644-1911) attempts by Manchu rulers to ban footbinding made it a symbol of anti-Manchu ...(展开全部)

柏文莉，美国加州大学伯克利分校博士（1991），现为加州大学历史系教授，主要研究宋宋元时期的性别、妇女与家庭史。论文有《宋元墓志中的“妾”在家庭中的意义及其历史变化 》、《贞操的想象：从贞妓到节妇》等。

North Korea's Kŭmgangsan is one of Asia's most celebrated sacred mountain ranges, comparable in fame to Mount Tai in China and Mount Fuji in Japan. Carving Status at Kŭmgangsan marks a paradigm shift in the research about East Asian mountains by introducing an entirely new field: autographic rock graffiti. The book details how late Chosŏn (ca. 1600–1900 CE) Korean elite travele...(展开全部)

Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today’s New Gilded Age, the world’s moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, and former fashion model Ashley Mears takes readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit—from New York Cit...(展开全部)

作者简介 阿什利·米尔斯（Ashley Mears），荷兰阿姆斯特丹大学文化社会学和新媒体教授兼系主任，曾就职于波士顿大学社会学系。主要致力于经济社会学、文化社会学与性别研究的交叉领域，包括劳动市场、审美价值、无偿资源、精英阶层、消费文化及社交媒体等场景中的价值生产与交换逻辑。著有《美丽的标价：模特行业的规则》《VIP世界》等作品。 译者简介 时川萌，生于北京。哈佛大学文理学院区域国别研究方向文学硕士，埃默里大学社会学学士。关注文化社会学、时尚与艺术。