胡素珊（Suzanne Pepper），美国学者。1972年获美国加州大学柏克莱分校博士学位。长期居住香港，从事中国问题特别是中国教育问题的研究和写作。除本书外，著有：《中国的大学》（1984），《20世纪80年代的中国教育改革》（1990），《激进主义与20世纪的中国教育改革》（1996）。《剑桥中国史》第13卷（中华民国部分）1945至1949年的篇章便出于她的手笔，她还为《剑桥中国史》第14、15卷（中华人民共和国部分）撰写了有关教育问题的三章。

胡素珊（Suzanne Pepper），美国学者。1972年获美国加州大学柏克莱分校博士学位。长期居住香港，从事中国问题特别是中国教育问题的研究和写作。除本书外，著有：《中国的大学》（1984），《20世纪80年代的中国教育改革》（1990），《激进主义与20世纪的中国教育改革》（1996）。《剑桥中国史》第13卷（中华民国部分）1945至1949年的篇章便出于她的手笔，她还为《剑桥中国史》第14、15卷（中华人民共和国部分）撰写了有关教育问题的三章。

Civility is desirable and possible, but can this fragile ideal be guaranteed? The Importance of Being Civil offers the most comprehensive look at the nature and advantages of civility, throughout history and in our world today. Esteemed sociologist John Hall expands our understanding of civility as related to larger social forces--including revolution, imperialism, capitalism, ...(展开全部)

The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series. This non-illustrated edition interweaves the author's narrative with the voices of the men and women who lived through that cataclysmic trail of our nationhood, from Abraham Lincoln to ordinary foot soldiers. Includes essays by distinguished historians of the ...(展开全部)

Though China's economy is projected to become the world's largest within the next twenty years, industrial pollution threatens both the health of the country's citizens and the natural resources on which their economy depends. Capturing the consequences of this reality, Bryan Tilt conducts an in-depth, ethnographic study of Futian Township, a rural community reeling from pollut...(展开全部)

Bryan Tilt is assistant professor of anthropology at Oregon State University. His research focuses on economic development and environmental protection in China, and he has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.

[加]卜正民（Timothy Brook） 当代最著名的汉学家之一。多伦多大学文学士，哈佛大学文学硕士、哲学博士。历任多伦多大学、斯坦福大学等校教授，英国牛津大学邵氏汉学教授，现为加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学圣约翰学院历史系教授。卜正民学术视野广阔，主要从事亚洲历史和文化的研究，研究领域涉及明代社会和文化史、二战时期日本在中国的占领、当代人权问题等。编撰著作（含合著合编）数种，主要有：《纵乐的困惑：明代的商业与文化》《为权力祈祷：佛教与晚明中国士绅社会的形成》《中国与历史资本主义：汉学知识的系谱学》《民族的构建：亚洲精英及其民族身份》《明代的社会与国家》《维梅尔的帽子：从一幅画看全球化贸易的兴起》《鸦片政权：中国、英国和日本，1839—1952年》《通敌：战时中国的日本代领与地方精英》《明清历史的地理动因》《亚细亚生产方式在中国》《杀千刀：中西视野下的凌迟...(展开全部)

The concept of "civil society" was borrowed from eighteenth-century Europe to provide a framework for understanding the transition to post-authoritarian regimes in Latin America and postcommunist regimes elsewhere. In China, the Democracy Movement forced the concept onto the intellectual agenda during the struggle to come to terms with the growth of dissent and the failure of s...(展开全部)

The war against japan in North china remained almost unknown to the outside world from 1938 to 1944.This book contains the only photographic record by a foreign observer who worked in the Chinese Communist organisation during this period.

The war against japan in North china remained almost unknown to the outside world from 1938 to 1944.This book contains the only photographic record by a foreign observer who worked in the Chinese Communist organisation during this period.