This is a fascinating and diverse collection of images from the author's extensive photographic archive recalling Wigton's rich heritage both past and present. You will be taken on a journey through t

Boston, as any Bostonian will proudly tell you, has a long history of achievements and a fine heritage of preserved buildings and structures. Built on the banks of the River Witham in the late elevent

Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, with an urban area population of 57,663 in 2004. It is located on the northern bank of the Riv

It is hard to imagine the Middlesbrough area before its industrial might was established. In 1801, the area was a small hamlet with a population of just twenty-five. Middlesbrough's growth began with

迈克尔•本森，美国作家，知名太空摄影家，电影制片人，同时他也是纽约时报的撰稿人和记者。著有Beyond: A Solar System Voyage及Beyond: Visions Of The Interplanetary Probes。在过去十年中，他曾主办过多次大 规模的有关行星的展览。

作者 | 张光直（Kwang-chih Chang，1931—2001） 当代著名人类学家、考古学家。毕生致力于中国史前考古。著有《古代中国考古学》《商文明》《中国青铜时代》等多部重要作品。他是沟通中西方考古学的“架桥人”，主张将中国考古学置于世界文化舞台。 作者 | 薛爱华（Edward Hetzel Schafer，1913—1991） 美国历史学家、汉学家，任教于加州大学伯克利分校，曾任美国东方学会会长，以唐史研究而著称。著有《撒马尔罕的金桃：唐代舶来品研究》《朱雀：唐代的南方意象》《珠崖：12世纪之前的海南岛》《神女：唐代文学中的龙女与雨女》等作品。 作者 | 牟复礼（Frederick W. Mote，1922—2005） 美国汉学家、中国史学者，普林斯顿大学东亚系的奠基人。曾主持编写《剑桥中国史·明代史》，将萧公权名著《中国政治思想史》译...(展开全部)

The London to Brighton Line was opened in 1841 by the London & Brighton Railway, providing a service between London Bridge Station and the fashionable South Coast. Although the railway started carryin

Material culture surrounds us and yet is habitually overlooked. So integral is it to our everyday lives that we take it for granted. This attitude has also afflicted the academic analysis of material culture, although this is now beginning to change, with material culture recently emerging as a topic in its own right within the social sciences. Carl Knappett seeks to contribute...(展开全部)

These essays by one of anthropology's most original theorists consider such fundamental questions as: Is cognition language-based? How reliable a guide to memory are people's narratives about themselves? What connects the "social recalling" studied by anthropologists to the "autobiographical memory" studied by psychologists? Now gathered in accessible form for the first time an...(展开全部)