The Dutch saying, "a Jan Steen household," originated in the seventeenth century, and has come to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous family gatherings. The paintings of Steen, along with those of other Dutch and Flemish genre painters, are the direct inspiration behind the layered, domestic scenes of Julie Blackmon's photographic work. Raised as ...(展开全部)

Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest for...(展开全部)

Table of Contents List of contributors Foreword: The mirror of technology / Marilyn Strathern Acknowledgements Introduction / Roger Silverstone, Eric Hirsch 1 Pt. I Conceptual and thematic issues 1 Information and communication technologies and the moral economy of the household / Roger Silverstone, Eric Hirsch, David Morley 15 2 The circuit of technology: gender, identity and ...(展开全部)

Why do countries differ so greatly in their patterns of political cleavage and coalition? Extending some basic findings of economic theories of international trade, Ronald Rogowski suggests a startling new answer. Testing his hypothesis chiefly against the evidence of the last century and a half, but extending it also to the ancient world and the sixteenth century, he finds a s...(展开全部)

Increasingly scholars of international relations are rallying around the idea that 'domestic politics matters'. Few, however, have articulated precisely how or why it matters. In this significant book, Helen Milner lays out the first fully developed theory of domestic politics, showing exactly how domestic politics affects international outcomes. In developing this rational-cho...(展开全部)

Why do countries differ so greatly in their patterns of political cleavage and coalition? Extending some basic findings of economic theories of international trade, Ronald Rogowski suggests a startling new answer. Testing his hypothesis chiefly against the evidence of the last century and a half, but extending it also to the ancient world and the sixteenth century, he finds a s...(展开全部)

""An impressive reference work." - Library Journal (on the 1997 edition)" "A richly detailed and easy-to-use reference to 500 years of architectural details and styles." Owners and potential buyers of period houses, restorers, architects, interior designers and historical preservationists will find this reference invaluable. The Elements of Style is the most comprehensive vi...(展开全部)