Originally published in 1999 this exceptionally clear and lucid book quickly became the standard overview of what are now called 'governmentality studies'. In this timely Second Edition, Mitchell Dean engages with the full textual basis of Foucault's lecturers and once again provides invaluable insights into the traditions, methods, and theories of political power identifying t...(展开全部)

罗志田，1952年生，四川大学历史系七七级毕业，新墨西哥大学硕士、普林斯顿大学博士。先后在四川师范大学、四川大学、北京大学历史系任教，现任四川大学杰出教授。新书有《经典淡出之后：20世纪中国史学的转变与延续》（三联书店），另《道出于二：过渡时代的新旧之争》即将出版。

罗志田，1952年生，四川大学历史系七七级毕业，新墨西哥大学硕士、普林斯顿大学博士。先后在四川师范大学、四川大学、北京大学历史系任教，现任四川大学杰出教授。新书有《经典淡出之后：20世纪中国史学的转变与延续》（三联书店），另《道出于二：过渡时代的新旧之争》即将出版。

This unusual and interesting book is a fascinating account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing.

This unusual and interesting book is a fascinating account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing.

This classic collection of essays has already established itself as a rich source of material for students of sixteenth and seventeenth-century France. Natalie Davis focuses on the lower social orders - peasants, artisans, the poor generally - and in a series of brilliantly penetrating cast-studies throws fresh light on some of the great issues of social change: the impact of p...(展开全部)

Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe offers students a concise introduction to health and healing in Europe from 1500 to 1800. Bringing together the best recent research in the field, Mary Lindemann examines medicine from a social and cultural perspective, rather than a narrowly scientific one. Drawing on medical anthropology, sociology, and ethics as well as cultural an...(展开全部)

Popular operas in late imperial China were a major part of daily entertainment, and were also important for transmitting knowledge of Chinese culture and values. In the twentieth century, however, Chinese operas went through significant changes. During the first four decades of the 1900s, led by Xin Wutai (New Stage) of Shanghai and Yisushe of Xi’an, theaters all over China exp...(展开全部)