This innovative volume provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia prior to 1900: twelve events that everyone interested in the history of world politics should know. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new and different cases, patterns, and findings that will expand horizons from the Western, Eurocentric e...(展开全部)

This innovative volume provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia prior to 1900: twelve events that everyone interested in the history of world politics should know. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new and different cases, patterns, and findings that will expand horizons from the Western, Eurocentric e...(展开全部)

DescriptionContentsResourcesCoursesAbout the Authors Editors Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego Stephan Haggard is Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies at the University of California San Diego. He has written widely on the political economy of East Asia, including Pathways from the Periphery (1990), The Political Economy of the Asian ...(展开全部)

The “Global” and the “Local” in Early Modern and Modern East Asia presents a unique set of historical perspectives by scholars from two important universities in the East Asian region—The University of Tokyo (Tōdai) and Fudan University, along with East Asian Studies scholars from Princeton University. Two of the essays address the international leanings in the histories of the...(展开全部)

The “Global” and the “Local” in Early Modern and Modern East Asia presents a unique set of historical perspectives by scholars from two important universities in the East Asian region—The University of Tokyo (Tōdai) and Fudan University, along with East Asian Studies scholars from Princeton University. Two of the essays address the international leanings in the histories of the...(展开全部)

彼得·弗塔多拥有牛津大学历史和艺术史学位，担任英国权威月刊《今日历史》（History Today）编辑一职达十年之久，《今日历史》是现存历史最久远的历史类杂志。过去三十年来，彼得撰写并编辑了大量历史主题作品。 迈克尔·伍德著有多部备受推崇的英国历史作品，摄制了八十余部纪录片，主持了大量历史题材电视纪录片，如《印度的故事》（The Story of India），并在美国公共电视台（PBS）做节目。他也是英国皇家历史学会成员。

彼得·弗塔多拥有牛津大学历史和艺术史学位，担任英国权威月刊《今日历史》（History Today）编辑一职达十年之久，《今日历史》是现存历史最久远的历史类杂志。过去三十年来，彼得撰写并编辑了大量历史主题作品。 迈克尔·伍德著有多部备受推崇的英国历史作品，摄制了八十余部纪录片，主持了大量历史题材电视纪录片，如《印度的故事》（The Story of India），并在美国公共电视台（PBS）做节目。他也是英国皇家历史学会成员。

If medieval China, that vast commercial empire glimpsed by Marco Polo, had gunpowder, paper, a huge army, the compass and other technological wonders, then why didn't the Industrial Revolution occur there instead of Western Europe? Why did the Chinese remain technically backwards for centuries and fall prey to the West's political dominance? These questions are addressed in thi...(展开全部)

幽默的生活经济学大师蒂姆·哈福德（Tim Harford），深受读者追捧的卧底经济学家，被誉为“当前幽默的生活经济学大师”。他主笔的“亲爱的经济学家”专栏已成为《金融时报》关注度极高的专栏之一，在专栏中，他用前沿的经济学理论为读者五花八门的疑问和牢骚提供轻松诙谐的经济学解读。 著有《卧底经济学》，这本书已经被翻译为30 种语言，在世界多国发行。他还曾在世界银行工作，担任牛津大学的经济学教授，为国际知名金融公司担任经济学家。目前他与妻子及两个孩子一起住在伦敦。