The study of philanthropy has transcended the structure of traditional disciplines, often involving non-historians in historical analysis. This book presents professional historians addressing the dominant issues and theories offered to explain the history of American philanthropy and its role in American society. The essays develop and enlighten the major themes proposed by th...(展开全部)

The study of philanthropy has transcended the structure of traditional disciplines, often involving non-historians in historical analysis. This book presents professional historians addressing the dominant issues and theories offered to explain the history of American philanthropy and its role in American society. The essays develop and enlighten the major themes proposed by th...(展开全部)

In "American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History," Charles Murray describes how America’s geography, ideology, politics, and daily life set the new nation apart from Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. He then discusses the ways that exceptionalism changed during America’s evolution over the course of the 20th century. Which changes are gains to be applauded? Which are ...(展开全部)

In "American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History," Charles Murray describes how America’s geography, ideology, politics, and daily life set the new nation apart from Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. He then discusses the ways that exceptionalism changed during America’s evolution over the course of the 20th century. Which changes are gains to be applauded? Which are ...(展开全部)

史蒂文.夏平,当代著名的英国科学史家和科学知识社会学家,曾长期在爱丁堡大学科学研究部任职,目前为圣地亚哥加州大学社会学和元科学研究教授。

How do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational statement over another? This study engages these universal questions through a recreation of a crucial period in the history of early modern science: the social world of gentlemen-philosophers in 17th-century England. The au...(展开全部)

The renowned historian Keith Thomas has written a peerless study of the place of civility in the shaping of English society between the early sixteenth and the late eighteenth centuries. Dramatic changes in court fashion and manners took place, but equally important was the emergence of an urban trading and manufacturing class with new values and standards of behavior. Traditio...(展开全部)

作者简介： [英]基思·托马斯(Keith Thomas)，英国历史学家，代表作为《16和17世纪英格兰大众信仰研究》和《人类与自然世界》。牛津大学万灵学院的荣誉院士。曾任牛津大学基督圣体学院院长、牛津大学副校长、《牛津国家人物传记大辞典》顾问。1988年因对早期现代英国历史研究的贡献，被女王授予骑士爵位。在知名历史刊物《今日历史》创刊六十周年的历史学家评选上，基思·托马斯是仅有的被三位专家推选的史学大家。 译者简介： 戴雷，英国德蒙福特大学翻译学博士，中国翻译协会专家会员。现为武汉理工大学外国语学院副教授，硕士生导师，主要研究方向为欧美文化与翻译。

What did it mean to be ‘civilized’ in Early Modern England? Keith Thomas's seminal studies Religion and the Decline of Magic, Man and the Natural World, and The Ends of Life, explored the beliefs, values and social practices of the years between 1500 and 1800. In Pursuit of Civility continues this quest by examining what the English people thought it meant to be `civilized' an...(展开全部)

What did it mean to be ‘civilized’ in Early Modern England? Keith Thomas's seminal studies Religion and the Decline of Magic, Man and the Natural World, and The Ends of Life, explored the beliefs, values and social practices of the years between 1500 and 1800. In Pursuit of Civility continues this quest by examining what the English people thought it meant to be `civilized' an...(展开全部)