First published in 1985, "Habits of the Heart" continues to be one of the most discussed interpretations of modern American society, a quest for a democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions. In a new preface the authors relate the arguments of the book both to the current realities of American society and to the growing debate about the countr...(展开全部)

Meanwhile, the authors' antidote to the American sickness--a quest for democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions--has contributed to a vigorous scholarly and popular debate. Attention has been focused on forms of social organization, be it civil society, democratic communitarianism, or associative democracy, that can humanize the market and t...(展开全部)

A panoramic history of American individualism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s divided public square Individualism is a defining feature of American public life. Its influence is pervasive today, with liberals and conservatives alike promising to expand personal freedom and defend individual rights against unwanted intrusion, be it from big government, big corpora...(展开全部)

The author reminds us that outbreaks of germs like AIDS and Ebola is nothing new, and that the first great "germ panic" in American history peaked in the early 1900s. Exploring the modern disease consciousness, Nancy Tomes shows how advances in bacteriology in the late-19th century showed people that they could prevent disease by taking precautions. Drawing upon sources like ad...(展开全部)

A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured. In prose of outstanding immediacy, Jane Jacobs write...(展开全部)

作者简介 亨特•S. 汤普森（Hunter S. Thompson），美国著名记者、作家，具有广泛影响力的政治评论家，美国“新新闻”代表人物，《滚石》头牌作家，也是其中最传奇的一位。 一生写作无数，主要作品包括《朗姆酒日记》《地狱天使》《惧恨拉斯维加斯》《猎鲨记》《 爽过性爱》《恐惧王国》和《无望者之歌》等等，是美国六七十年代亚文化的重要推动者，作品中有多部被改编成电影。 2005年2月20日，汤普森在家中吞枪自杀，根据遗愿，他的骨灰被放入礼炮中打向夜空。 译者简介 经雷，曾任中国电影出版社外国编辑室编辑，现为纽约时报中文网翻译编辑。

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken. Now this cult classic of gonzo journalism is a major motion picture from Universa...(展开全部)

作者简介 亨特•S. 汤普森（Hunter S. Thompson），美国著名记者、作家，具有广泛影响力的政治评论家，美国“新新闻”代表人物，《滚石》头牌作家，也是其中最传奇的一位。 一生写作无数，主要作品包括《朗姆酒日记》《地狱天使》《惧恨拉斯维加斯》《猎鲨记》《 爽过性爱》《恐惧王国》和《无望者之歌》等等，是美国六七十年代亚文化的重要推动者，作品中有多部被改编成电影。 2005年2月20日，汤普森在家中吞枪自杀，根据遗愿，他的骨灰被放入礼炮中打向夜空。 译者简介 经雷，曾任中国电影出版社外国编辑室编辑，现为纽约时报中文网翻译编辑。

For undergraduate and graduate-level business courses that cover the skills of negotiation. This text provides an integrated view of what to do and what to avoid at the bargaining table, facilitated by an integration of theory, scientific research, and practical examples. Illustrative Case Studies and Real Life Negotiations Illustrative examples and actual cases of negotiating ...(展开全部)