Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500. In this account, Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaisance and Reformation down to the present in the d...(展开全部)

Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500. In this account, Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaisance and Reformation down to the present in the d...(展开全部)

雅克·巴尔赞（Jacques Barzun） ◎美国“国宝级历史学家”； ◎50年来罕见登上《时代》周刊封面的思想家； ◎获法国政府颁授的最高荣誉——“荣誉军团勋章”； ◎2003年，获小布什颁授的“总统自由勋章”； ◎2010年，获奥巴马颁授的“国家人文勋章”。 美国著名史学大师，文化史研究的奠基人之一。1907年生于法国，1920年随父抵美，进入哥伦比亚大学研读历史与法律。毕业后即留校执教，历任塞思•洛历史学教授、教务长和院长。他是英国皇家艺术学会会员，并且曾两度担任美国艺术和文学学会主席。他一生致力于通过推行大学“通识教育”把欧洲的博雅文化传统引入美国，对推动美国现代的“通识教育”贡献极大。 巴尔赞在众多领域堪称权威，一生著作等身，出版有30余部著作，涉猎的内容可谓包罗万象，包括历史学、哲学、科学、文学、音乐、艺术；他曾两度荣获美国艺术和文学学...(展开全部)

Humour is without doubt a vital element of the human condition but it has rarely been the subject of serious historical research. Yet a closer look at jokes and other comic phenomena shows us that the nature of humour changes from one period to another, and that these changes can provide us with important insights into the social and cultural developments of the past. This impo...(展开全部)

Humour is without doubt a vital element of the human condition but it has rarely been the subject of serious historical research. Yet a closer look at jokes and other comic phenomena shows us that the nature of humour changes from one period to another, and that these changes can provide us with important insights into the social and cultural developments of the past. This impo...(展开全部)

This volume provides a survey of the history of architecture in Europe and North America, from ancient Greece to the present. Ian Sutton focuses both on the technological achievements of architects, and on aesthetic considerations, and stresses that architecture is both a part of history, and an art form in its own right. Arranged chronolgically, the book is divided into chapte...(展开全部)

This volume provides a survey of the history of architecture in Europe and North America, from ancient Greece to the present. Ian Sutton focuses both on the technological achievements of architects, and on aesthetic considerations, and stresses that architecture is both a part of history, and an art form in its own right. Arranged chronolgically, the book is divided into chapte...(展开全部)

"AriA]s traces Western man's attitudes toward mortality from the early medieval conception of death as the familiar collective destiny of the human race to the modern tendency, so pronounced in industrial societies, to hide death as if it were an embarrassing family secret." -- Newsweek

In 2010, scientists led by J. Craig Venter became the first to successfully create 'synthetic life' -- putting humankind at the threshold of the most important and exciting phase of biological research, one that will enable us to actually write the genetic code for designing new species to help us adapt and evolve for long-term survival. The science of synthetic genomics will h...(展开全部)

Fredric Jameson's The Years of Theory introduces the major themes of French theory, including existentialism, structuralism, poststructuralism, semiotics, feminism, psychoanalysis, and Marxism. In a series of accessible lectures, Jameson places this effervescent period of thought in the context of its most significant political conjunctures, including the Liberation of Paris, t...(展开全部)