This is the book to take with you to Spain: an absorbing, well-written account of Spanish cultural history from prehistory to the Romans, Jews, Moors and Golden Age, and on to Franco and his legacy in modern Spain. Originally published in 1963, the book reflects the author's personally gleaned wisdom, lore and deep insights into the Spanish people and their psychology -- as sha...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 迪伦·莱利，加州大学伯克利分校跨学科研究部主任，研究方向为政治社会学、比较历史社会学和社会理论。擅长从广泛的比较和历史角度研究资本主义、社会主义、民主、威权主义和知识体制。 【译者简介】 黄佩映，香港中文大学传播学博士，现任教于汕头大学长江新闻与传播学院。研究方向为媒介文化理论、传播思想史、公共文化变迁。

【作者简介】 迪伦·莱利，加州大学伯克利分校跨学科研究部主任，研究方向为政治社会学、比较历史社会学和社会理论。擅长从广泛的比较和历史角度研究资本主义、社会主义、民主、威权主义和知识体制。 【译者简介】 黄佩映，香港中文大学传播学博士，现任教于汕头大学长江新闻与传播学院。研究方向为媒介文化理论、传播思想史、公共文化变迁。

斯坦利·莱恩-普尔（Stanley Lane-Poole，1854—1931） 著名东方学家、考古学家，都柏林大学教授，阿拉伯史权威学者。主要著作有《摩尔人统治下的西班牙》《土耳其人的故事》《中世纪的埃及》《萨拉丁和耶路撒冷王国的陷落》等。被誉为是一位“没有偏见的欧洲历史学家”，其作品对人们客观认识欧洲以外的历史有重要影响。

Description Contents Resources Courses About the Authors The growth of institutional capacity in the developing world has become a central theme in twenty-first-century social science. Many studies have shown that public institutions are an important (some would argue the most important) determinant of long-run rates of economic growth. This book argues that to understand the d...(展开全部)

From a leading scholar of our country’s foreign policy, the brilliant essay about America and the world that has caused a storm in international circles now expanded into book form. European leaders, increasingly disturbed by U.S. policy and actions abroad, feel they are headed for what the New York Times (July 21, 2002) describes as a “moment of truth.” After years of mutual ...(展开全部)

From a leading scholar of our country’s foreign policy, the brilliant essay about America and the world that has caused a storm in international circles now expanded into book form. European leaders, increasingly disturbed by U.S. policy and actions abroad, feel they are headed for what the New York Times (July 21, 2002) describes as a “moment of truth.” After years of mutual ...(展开全部)

Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire provides the first wide-ranging environmental history of the heyday of European imperialism, from the late nineteenth century to the end of the colonial era. It focuses on the ecological dimensions of the explosive growth of tropical commodity production, global trade, and modern resource management strategies that still visibly shape our ...(展开全部)

Why did modern states and economies develop first in the peripheral and late-coming culture of Europe? This historical puzzle looms behind every study of industrialization and economic development. In this analytical and comparative work Eric Jones sees the economic condition forming where natural environments and political systems meet: Europe's economic rise is explained as a...(展开全部)