From the author of the immensely influential and best-selling Of Paradise and Power— a major reevaluation of America’s place in the world from the colonial era to the turn of the twentieth century. Robert Kagan strips away the myth of America’s isolationist tradition and reveals a more complicated reality: that Americans have been increasing their global power and influence s...(展开全部)

罗伯特·卡根（Robert Kagan），美国历史学家、外交政策批评家，现任布鲁金斯研究所高级研究员（2010年9月至今）、美国乔治敦大学历史学副教授。曾担任卡内基国际和平基金会高级助理长达13年。多次被《外交政策》杂志评为“全球顶级百位思想家”。卡根曾因《危险的国家》于2007年入围莱昂内尔?吉尔伯图书奖（Lionel Gelber Prize），2008年获得约瑟夫?雷普戈德图书奖（Joseph Lepgold Prize）。 1958年9月26日生于希腊雅典。耶鲁大学历史系毕业，获得哈佛大学约翰?肯尼迪政府管理学院公共政策硕士，美国大学华盛顿特区分校美国史博士。著有《历史的回归与梦想的终结》（The Return of History and the End of Dreams，Knopf, 2008)）和畅销欧美并被纽约时报评为畅销书的《天堂...(展开全部)

The study of ancient Greek history has been central to the western conception of history since the Renaissance. Oswyn Murray traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which each generation has reinterpreted the Greeks in the light of their contemporary world. His book also raises for all students of history, not just historians of the an...(展开全部)

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while giving weight to the characteristics of each country. This narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath" to connect leaders with the lives of those they ruled. The result is a tapestry from which...(展开全部)

Clothes define people. A person’s attire, whether it’s a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even faith. Founded in 1978, the Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothes from sociological, historical, and artistic perspectives. With one of the world’s most extensive clothing collections, ...(展开全部)

A fashion history from the 18th to the 20th century Clothes define people. A person's clothing, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality, or even religion. The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothing sociologically, historically, and artistically. Founded in 1978, the KCI hol...(展开全部)

In the parade of highlights with which many have tried to sum up the twentieth century, the overarching patterns and fundamental transformations often fail to come into focus. The Columbia History of the 20th Century, however, is much more than a chronicle of the previous century's front-page news. Instead, the book is a series of twenty-three linked interpretive essays on the ...(展开全部)

In the parade of highlights with which many have tried to sum up the twentieth century, the overarching patterns and fundamental transformations often fail to come into focus. The Columbia History of the 20th Century, however, is much more than a chronicle of the previous century's front-page news. Instead, the book is a series of twenty-three linked interpretive essays on the ...(展开全部)

Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering results. Our homes and workplaces turned into veritable galleries of style and innovation. From furniture to graphics, its all here - the work of artists who have shaped and recr...(展开全部)

Although the history of technological and scientific illustrations is a well-established field in the West, scholarship on the much longer Chinese experience is still undeveloped. This work by Peter Golas is a short, illustrated overview tracing the subject to pre-Han inscriptions but focusing mainly on the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. His main theme is that technologi...(展开全部)