From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives reveal the complex dramas of power, politics, and sexuality that were being played out in late nineteenth-century Britain, and how th...(展开全部)

苏珊·M·斯奎尔 (Susan M· Squier)，斯坦福大学博士，宾夕法尼亚州立大学女性研究学院与英语学院布里尔荣休教授，曾任美国文学、科学与人文协会主席。她的代表著作有：《女性作家与城市：女性主义文学批评论文集》（1984)、《武器和女性：战争、性别与文学再现》（1989)、《阈限处的生命：想象生物医学前沿的人类》（2004）等。

This illustrated history of the City of London provides a nostalgic look at the Square Mile's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs ar

长篇小说《欢喜城》分《琥珀之城》《沉睡之城》《应许之城》三部分，以第三人称讲述叶贞青，一个徘徊在伤害与救赎之间的八零后女孩的故事，“城”是舞台，人是粉墨登场的角色。矛盾重重的家庭、与骆俊、路鸣之间的情感纠缠以及在城市遭遇的人和事，这些构成了“欢喜城”的悲欢离合，是继《薄暮》《锦葵》之后，作者第一次以全新姿态挑战新故事、新题材，试图将叙事野心深入人和城的内核，演绎新城市的故事。 编辑推荐： 和作者之前出版的《薄暮》《锦葵》相比，《欢喜城》更注重叙事的平稳和内敛，在故事题材和人物形象的刻画上，都力求做到客观传神、简练明快。与大多数书写年轻人成长故事的小说相比，《欢喜城》在讲故事的技巧上以及所描述的人和城的关系，所传达的对世界、对人生的体悟上，都会显得更加成熟老练，力求摆脱校园爱情故事的“学生腔”，以更加精准的文字，描写人情世故，爱恨悲欢。 林培源是一位执...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗·希伯特（Christopher Hibbert，1924—2008），出生于英国莱斯特郡，毕业于牛津大学拉德利和奥里尔学院。二战期间他在伦敦爱尔兰步枪团任步兵军官，曾两次负伤，并于1945年获得军功十字勋章。普拉姆教授（J. H. Plumb）称其为“能力极高的作家”，《新政治家》称其为“传记作者中的明珠”。他是一位久负盛名的通俗历史学家。 其作品以治学严谨著称，包括《拉格伦王的灭亡》（The Destruction of Lord Raglan，荣获1962年海涅曼文学奖）、《温莎宫廷》（The Court at Windsor）、《查尔斯·狄更斯成名之路》（The Making of Charles Dickens）、《猛龙觉醒：1793—1911年的中国与西方》（The Dragon Wakes: China and the Wes...(展开全部)

During the Tang dynasty, the imperial capital of Chang’an (present-day Xi’an) was unrivaled in its monumental scale, with about one million inhabitants dwelling within its walls. It was there that one of the most enduring cultural and political institutions of the empire—the civil service examinations—took shape, bringing an unprecedented influx of literati men to the city seeki...(展开全部)

"Victorian Popularizers of Science" focuses on the journalists and writers who wrote about science for a general audience in the second half of the nineteenth century. Bernard Lightman examines more than thirty of the most prolific and influential popularizers of the day, investigating how they communicated with their audience. By focusing on a forgotten coterie of science writ...(展开全部)

For much of its extraordinary life, Baghdad, known for centuries as the "City of Peace," enjoyed both cultural and commercial preeminence. For five centuries it was the seat of the Abbasid Empire, a marvel of glittering palaces, exquisite parks, magnificent mosques, and Islamic colleges. It was a city boasting the most accomplished astronomers, mathematicians, doctors, musician...(展开全部)

Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great hardships, beset by epidemics, famines, floods, and numerous foreign invasions...(展开全部)