At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the vocabulary of civility and civilization is very much at the forefront of political debate. Most of these debates proceed as if the meaning of these words were self-evident. This is where Civilizing Emotions intervenes, tracing the history of the concepts of civility and civilization and thus adding a level of self-reflexivity to...(展开全部)

In White's view, beyond the surface level of the historical text, there is a deep structural, or latent, content that is generally poetic and specifically linguistic in nature. This deeper content - the metahistorical element - indicates what an "appropriate" historical explanation should be.

In White's view, beyond the surface level of the historical text, there is a deep structural, or latent, content that is generally poetic and specifically linguistic in nature. This deeper content - the metahistorical element - indicates what an "appropriate" historical explanation should be.

本书为西方史学家名著，自1913年初版以来，一再重版。作者古奇是英国第一流史学家。他博览群书，对十九世纪时的西方史学家作品很熟悉，对他们所写的人物(如拿破仑)或古代史(如希腊罗马的历史)都了如指掌，所以他对当时的史学家及其作品都有独到的评论。这部书也可以说是一部史学书评。

本书为西方史学家名著，自1913年初版以来，一再重版。作者古奇是英国第一流史学家。他博览群书，对十九世纪时的西方史学家作品很熟悉，对他们所写的人物(如拿破仑)或古代史(如希腊罗马的历史)都了如指掌，所以他对当时的史学家及其作品都有独到的评论。这部书也可以说是一部史学书评。

This popular book in the "Fashion in Detail" series now available with a new cover, showcases the opulence and variety of nineteenth-century fashion through exquisite colour photography and line drawings of the complete garments. From the delicate embroidery on neoclassical gowns to the vibrant colours of crinolines and the elegant tailoring of men's coats, the richness of the ...(展开全部)

Terry Eagleton provides a novel account of Ireland's neglected national intellectuals, an extraordinary group, including such figures as Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde, Charles Lever, Samuel Ferguson, Isaac Butt, Sheridan Le Fanu. They formed a kind of Irish version of Bloomsbury, but one composed, exceptionally, of scientists, mathematicians, economists, and lawyers, rathe...(展开全部)

Terry Eagleton provides a novel account of Ireland's neglected "national" intellectuals, an extraordinary group, including such figures as Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde, Charles Lever, Samuel Ferguson, Isaac Butt, Sheridan Le Fanu. They formed a kind of Irish version of "Bloomsbury", but one composed, exceptionally, of scientists, mathematicians, economists, and lawyers, r...(展开全部)

For courses in Twentieth Century Europe. Written by a noted intellectual historian, this concise, interpretive history of twentieth-century European society and civilization surveys the full range of social, political, economic, cultural, and diplomatic events - from pre-World War I to the 1990s.

萧公权（1897年-1981年），生于江西南安（今大余县），萧叔玉之弟。早年就读于清华大学，后赴美留学。1926年回国，历任南开、东北、燕京、清华、四川、光华、台湾、华盛顿等大学教授。1948年，选作中央研究院第一届院士。 后去台湾，寻又赴美，长期从事研究、教学。1981年11月4日卒于美国。 萧公权先生治政治学，著有《中国政治思想史》、《康有为思想研究》、《政治多元论》、《宪政与民主》、《中国乡村》、《翁同龢与戊戌维新》等。卒后，全部著作由汪荣祖教授编为九卷本的《萧公权全集》。此人乃近百年来于文化变局中立定脚根、深入西方学术的领城，然后心平气和地在中西新旧各种学问之间，加以折衷调和、锤铸涵融，自成二家之言的中国人文学者。