Both Western historians and Chinese nationalists have argued that from early times China had the features of a nation state: a common language, culture, and bureaucracy. This argument is important not only because it affects our understanding of how nations are constructed but also because Chinese nationalism is today a vital ingredient in both the domestic politics of the Peop...(展开全部)

The telegraph and the telephone were the first electrical communications networks to become hallmarks of modernity. Yet they were not initially expected to achieve universal accessibility. In this pioneering history of their evolution, Richard R. John demonstrates how access to these networks was determined not only by technological imperatives and economic incentives but also ...(展开全部)

Using 18th-century France as a case study, David Bell offers an alternative argument about the origins of nationalism. Before the 18th century, the very idea of nation building - a central component of nationalism - did not exist. During this period, leading French intellectual and political figures came to see perfect national unity as a critical priority, and so sought ways t...(展开全部)

INVENTING THE MIDDLE AGES The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century In this ground-breaking work, Norman Cantor explains how our current notion of the Middle Ages-with its vivid images of wars, tournaments, plagues, saints and kings, knights and ladies-was born in the twentieth century. The medieval world was not simply excavated through ...(展开全部)

INVENTING THE MIDDLE AGES The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century In this ground-breaking work, Norman Cantor explains how our current notion of the Middle Ages-with its vivid images of wars, tournaments, plagues, saints and kings, knights and ladies-was born in the twentieth century. The medieval world was not simply excavated through ...(展开全部)

"Chinese people should consume Chinese products!" This slogan was the catchphrase of a movement in early twentieth-century China that sought to link consumption and nationalism by instilling a concept of China as a modern "nation" with its own "national products." From fashions in clothing to food additives, from museums to department stores, from product fairs to advertising, ...(展开全部)

“Chinese people should consume Chinese products!” This slogan was the catchphrase of a movement in early twentieth-century China that sought to link consumption and nationalism by instilling a concept of China as a modern “nation” with its own “national products.” From fashions in clothing to food additives, from museums to department stores, from product fairs to advertising, ...(展开全部)

李翔 文 一 危险的中国叙述 每次金奇（James Kynge）坐上北京的出租车，如果司机是一位老北京，他总会感到一阵愉悦。他喜欢他们说话的腔调和他们恣意的议论。这些老北京人喜欢在词语的后面加上“儿”。他跟他们学会了不少中国的谚语，比如“肉包子打狗”，司机用这个词语来比喻对政府的徒劳的抗议；再比如，藕断丝连。金奇会很认真地将这些词语写下来。 他1982年时就已经作为一名学生到中国来了，不过那时候他不在北京，他去的是山东大学，对于这位英国人来说，这也未尝不好，中国最伟大的哲学家孔子出生在山东，那条伟大的河流黄河流经山东。 再次来到中国时，他已经是英国《金融时报》的驻华记者了，他以这个身份在中国渡过了将近十年，目睹了他所说的“饥饿之国的崛起”。 写一本关于中国的书颇具危险性。存在着关于写一本讲中国的书的大量笑谈。一个著名的说法是，当你在中国呆上一周，你会...(展开全部)

"Chinese people should consume Chinese products!" This slogan was the catchphrase of a movement in early twentieth-century China that sought to link consumption and nationalism by instilling a concept of China as a modern "nation" with its own "national products." From fashions in clothing to food additives, from museums to department stores, from product fairs to advertising, ...(展开全部)