Ancient China and Greece are two classical civilizations that have exerted far-reaching influence in numerous areas of human experience and are often invoked as the paradigms in East-West comparison. This book examines gender relations in the two ancient societies as reflected in convivial contexts such as family banquets, public festivals, and religious feasts. Two distinct pa...(展开全部)

Davis and Trani show where American images of Russia and China originated, how they evolved, and how they have often helped sustain foreign policies generally negative toward the former and positive toward the latter. This wide-ranging survey draws on memoirs, archives, and interviews, much of it appearing in print for the first time, to show how influential individuals shaped ...(展开全部)

Fifth Edition

Fifth Edition

This book explores the complicated nature of China's new nationalism and presents the reader with a very different picture to that portrayed in Western readings on Chinese nationalism. Yongnian Zheng argues that China's new nationalism has been a reaction to changes in the country's international circumstances and can be regarded as a "voice" over the existing unjustified inter...(展开全部)

郑永年（1962—）浙江省余姚人。中国政治、社会问题与国际关系专家，前任新加坡国立大学东亚研究所所长，《国际中国研究杂志》（国际社会科学核心期刊）和《东亚政策》主编，罗特里奇出版社《中国政策丛书》主编和世界科技书局《当代中国研究丛书》共同主编。历任北京大学政治与行政管理系助教、讲师，新加坡国立大学东亚研究所研究员、资深研究员，英国诺丁汉大学中国政策研究所教授和研究主任。先后获得美国社会科学研究会/麦克阿瑟基金会（1995-1997）和美国麦克阿瑟基金会（2003-2005）研究基金。主要从事中国内部转型及其外部关系研究。其主要兴趣和研究领域为民族主义与国际关系；国际和东亚地区安全；中国的外交政策；全球化、国家制度和社会转型；社会运动与民主化；中国政治与中央地方关系。