For centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Now conventional agriculture is threatening disaster for the world’s growing population. In Growing a Revolution, geologist David R. Montgomery travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore...(展开全部)

For centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Now conventional agriculture is threatening disaster for the world’s growing population. In Growing a Revolution, geologist David R. Montgomery travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore...(展开全部)

'This book tackles some of the most important educational questions of the day...It is rare to find a book on education which is theoretically sophisticated and practically relevant: this book is.' - "From the Foreword by Hugh Lauder". What is it in the twenty-first century that we want young people, and adults returning to study, to know? What is it about the kind of knowledge...(展开全部)

Until recently, dominant theoretical paradigms in the comparative social sciences did not highlight states as organizational structures or as potentially autonomous actors. Indeed, the term 'state' was rarely used. Current work, however, increasingly views the state as an agent which, although influenced by the society that surrounds it, also shapes social and political process...(展开全部)

Until recently, dominant theoretical paradigms in the comparative social sciences did not highlight states as organizational structures or as potentially autonomous actors. Indeed, the term 'state' was rarely used. Current work, however, increasingly views the state as an agent which, although influenced by the society that surrounds it, also shapes social and political process...(展开全部)

Until recently, dominant theoretical paradigms in the comparative social sciences did not highlight states as organizational structures or as potentially autonomous actors. Indeed, the term 'state' was rarely used. Current work, however, increasingly views the state as an agent which, although influenced by the society that surrounds it, also shapes social and political process...(展开全部)

Until recently, dominant theoretical paradigms in the comparative social sciences did not highlight states as organizational structures or as potentially autonomous actors. Indeed, the term 'state' was rarely used. Current work, however, increasingly views the state as an agent which, although influenced by the society that surrounds it, also shapes social and political process...(展开全部)

【著者简介】 [英] 基娅拉·玛丽亚·佩特罗：伦敦自然历史博物馆地球科学部岩石学与火山学主导研究员。 [意] 罗伯特·斯坎多内：意大利国家地球物理和火山研究所，维苏威火山天文台助理研究员。 [英] 亚历克斯·惠特克：英国伦敦帝国理工学院科学与工程专业地球系构造学高级讲师。 【译者简介】 邓柯彤：复旦大学翻译系硕士，现任复旦大学出版社外语分社编辑，从事专著、期刊、教材、译著等出版工作。

作者简介 菲奥娜·麦卡锡（1940—2020），英国知名传记作家、艺术史学家。尤以19—20世纪艺术和设计史研究为专长。著有《拜伦传 : 传记与传奇》《最后的拉斐尔前派：爱德华·伯恩-琼斯传》《埃里克·吉尔传》《格罗皮乌斯：包豪斯缔造者》等，广获奖誉。菲奥娜是英国皇家艺术学院高级研究员，皇家文学会会员，牛津大学玛格 丽特·霍尔夫人学会荣誉会员；2009年获赐英帝国官佐勋衔（OBE）。 —————————————— 译者简介 彭凌玲，武汉大学美学博士，大连理工大学建筑与艺术学院副教授。

President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into the current economic crisis, and offers specifi...(展开全部)