Consolidating major figures and film movements into their decade of greatest influence or prestige, this "no-nonsense" book offers a generously illustrated, concise, and very readable history of fiction movies with an emphasis on American cinema. Eclectic in methodology and written in a plain English style that audiences can relate to, it examines the full scope of traditional ...(展开全部)

作者简介： 路易斯•贾内梯（Louis Giannetti)，美国著名电影理论家和影评人,俄亥俄州凯斯西储大学荣誉教授。贾内梯先生毕业于爱荷华大学及波士顿大学，20世纪60年代晚期开始讲授18世纪英语文学，后转入电影研究。他的作品雅俗共赏，内容涵盖政论、文学和戏剧等多方面，代表作有《美国电影大师》、《认识电影》、《戈达尔及其他：电影形式论文集》等。 斯科特•艾曼（Scott Eyman），美国著名作家、编辑，主要为《棕榈滩邮报》及《纽约观察》撰稿。其作品有《好莱坞之狮：路易斯•梅耶的生活与传奇》、《刘别谦：天堂中的笑声》、《玛丽•毕克馥：美国甜心》以及《声音的速度：好莱坞与有声片革命》等。他为约翰•福特撰写的生平传记《铸就传奇：约翰•福特的生命与时光》被《洛杉矶时报》提名为1999年最佳图书。在新闻、评论、电视编剧领域屡获殊荣。 译者简介 焦雄屏，著...(展开全部)

Since its coinage in mid-19th century Germany, Realpolitik has proven both elusive and protean. To some, it represents the best approach to meaningful change and political stability in a world buffeted by uncertainty and rapid transformation. To others, it encapsulates an attitude of cynicism and cold calculation, a transparent and self-justifying policy exercised by dominant n...(展开全部)

This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy, psychoanalysis to prozac. The origins of current debat...(展开全部)

This is the first book to explore the production and significance of lines. As walking, talking, gesticulating creatures, human beings generate lines wherever they go: here, Tim Ingold lays the foundations for an anthropological archaeology of the line. He investigates: speech and song in the cultures of Papua New Guinea, the Navaho and Meso America paths, trails and maps drawi...(展开全部)

This is the first book to explore the production and significance of lines. As walking, talking, gesticulating creatures, human beings generate lines wherever they go: here, Ingold lays the foundations for an anthropological archaeology of the line. He investigates: speech and song in the cultures of Papua New Guinea, the Navaho and Meso America paths, trails and maps drawing, ...(展开全部)

作者介绍： 彼得·N.斯特恩斯（Peter N. Stearns），世界史顶尖学者，美国乔治梅森大学历史系教授、教务长，曾任教于哈佛大学、芝加哥大学、罗格斯大学和卡内基梅隆大学等。他创办并主编了《社会历史杂志》，曾担任AP世界史委员会的创始主席和美国历史协会教学副主席。撰写、编辑了130余种图书，包括《欧洲社会历史百科全书》《世界历史百科全书》《情感与社会变革》《1848年：欧洲革命浪潮》《世界历史上的西方文明》等。 译者介绍：聂永光，毕业于武汉大学世界史试验班，译有《黄金时代》等。

The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It’s easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world ov...(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)