Cultures invest great efforts into creating a long-term memory on the basis of oral transmission, media technology and institutional frameworks. This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, focusing on the 'arts' of its construction, particularly various media such as writing, images, bodily practices, places and monuments. Examining the period from the...(展开全部)

Summary An examination of how nonprofessional archivists, especially media fans, practice cultural preservation on the Internet and how “digital cultural memory” differs radically from print-era archiving. The task of archiving was once entrusted only to museums, libraries, and other institutions that acted as repositories of culture in material form. But with the rise of digit...(展开全部)

This book explores the historical interactions between Beijing and the West before the Opium War. It focuses on the experiences of Western travellers, missionaries and envoys who visited Beijing during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. As the capital of Imperial China since the Yuan dynasty, Beijing has been central to communication between China and the West. The study uses f...(展开全部)

杰克逊•J.斯皮瓦格尔（Jackson J.Spielvogel），美国宾西法尼亚州立大学历史学荣退副教授，曾师从著名宗教改革史家哈罗德•格里姆（Harold J. Grimm）。专长神圣罗马帝国、宗教改革史和德国史的研究，并且长期致力于西方文明的通史教学与教材编写。他最早在宾州开设“西方文明史”课程，先后共获五次重大教学奖，其中包括宾州大学最具殊荣的教学基金奖——宾州教学奖。他撰写西方文明史及其他世界史教科书，多次再版，被美国各大院校广泛采用。

保罗•亨利•朗（Paul HenryLang，1901--1991）原籍匈牙利。少年时代曾学习大管、研习作曲，但天生多方面的文化兴趣使他最终转向音乐学。青年时代，眼看右翼政治势力上台，社会形势恶化，同时受到作曲家、民族音乐学家贝拉•巴托克的鼓励，转道去德国海德堡大学（学习音乐学、比较文学和文化史）和法国巴黎大学（学习文学、音乐学、艺术史和美学）求学。虽然最后的博士学位在美国康奈尔大学获得，但整体的知识背景和思想基础均源自欧洲。这种对西方（尤其是欧洲）文化传统全方位的透彻了解和博闻强记其实是他日后撰写《西方文明中的音乐》的直接前奏。

Urgent Archives argues that archivists can and should do more to disrupt white supremacy and hetero-patriarchy beyond the standard liberal archival solutions of more diverse collecting and more inclusive description. Grounded in the emerging field of critical archival studies, this book uncovers how dominant western archival theories and practices are oppressive by design, whil...(展开全部)

Urgent Archives argues that archivists can and should do more to disrupt white supremacy and hetero-patriarchy beyond the standard liberal archival solutions of more diverse collecting and more inclusive description. Grounded in the emerging field of critical archival studies, this book uncovers how dominant western archival theories and practices are oppressive by design, whil...(展开全部)

This brief, best-selling Western civilization book has helped thousands of readers learn about the world they live in by exploring the story of its past. Jack Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative weaves the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as memorable as it is instructive. Ea...(展开全部)