理查德·劳埃德·帕里（Richard Lloyd Parry） 英国著名驻外记者、作家，旅居日本20余年，现任《泰晤士报》亚洲主编兼东京分社社长。他本人关注日本社会议题，撰写了大量文章和著作，其中，《疯狂之时》（In the Time of Madness）被提名斯坦福·杜曼年度旅行图书奖，《吞噬黑暗的人》（People Who Eat Darkness）入围塞缪尔约翰逊图书奖长名单。《巨浪下的小学》一书于2018年获福里奥文学奖，并出版日译本。

理查德·劳埃德·帕里（Richard Lloyd Parry） 英国著名驻外记者、作家，旅居日本20余年，现任《泰晤士报》亚洲主编兼东京分社社长。他本人关注日本社会议题，撰写了大量文章和著作，其中，《疯狂之时》（In the Time of Madness）被提名斯坦福·杜曼年度旅行图书奖，《吞噬黑暗的人》（People Who Eat Darkness）入围塞缪尔约翰逊图书奖长名单。《巨浪下的小学》一书于2018年获福里奥文学奖，并出版日译本。

On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of north-east Japan. By the time the sea retreated, more than 18,500 people had been crushed, burned to death, or drowned. It was Japan’s greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis, and the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. And even a...(展开全部)

On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of north-east Japan. By the time the sea retreated, more than 18,500 people had been crushed, burned to death, or drowned. It was Japan’s greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis, and the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. And even a...(展开全部)

In rural China funerals were conducted locally: on village land by village elders. But in urban areas people have neither land for burials nor elder relatives who can conduct a funeral. Chinese urbanization, which has picked up drastically in the last decades, has involved the creation of cemeteries, state-run funeral homes, and small private funerary businesses. The Funeral of...(展开全部)

In rural China funerals were conducted locally: on village land by village elders. But in urban areas people have neither land for burials nor elder relatives who can conduct a funeral. Chinese urbanization, which has picked up drastically in the last decades, has involved the creation of cemeteries, state-run funeral homes, and small private funerary businesses. The Funeral of...(展开全部)

It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon through insights from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, each a specialist in one of these areas, have worked in close collaboration to pro...(展开全部)

In the grand tradition of Paul Kennedy s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers comes this provocative history of world democracy, which begins with the ancient Myceans and ends in our fractious present. Overturning long-cherished notions, John Keane poses challenging questions: Did democracy actually begin in ancient Greece or earlier in Mesopotamia? Do the American and British...(展开全部)

The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: how did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling...(展开全部)

In the grand tradition of Paul Kennedy s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers comes this provocative history of world democracy, which begins with the ancient Myceans and ends in our fractious present. Overturning long-cherished notions, John Keane poses challenging questions: Did democracy actually begin in ancient Greece or earlier in Mesopotamia? Do the American and British...(展开全部)