The profession of peddling has until now received only slight and fragmentary scholarly attention. Usually treated in an anecdotal fashion, the pedlar has generally been thought of as a marginal figure, closer in character to a vagabond than a trader. In this first sustained account of the profession in Europe, Laurence Fontaine argues that peddling, particularly as a means of ...(展开全部)

In this, the first sustained account of pedlars and peddling, Laurence Fontaine argues that pedlars and the networks they built up played a crucial role in the birth of the modern European economy.

In this, the first sustained account of pedlars and peddling, Laurence Fontaine argues that pedlars and the networks they built up played a crucial role in the birth of the modern European economy.

盖伊·加夫里尔·凯，加拿大小说家，被誉为“托尔金的传人”，曾整理过托尔金遗作《精灵宝钻》，后创作出大获成功的“费奥纳瓦织锦”三部曲。盖伊擅长“架空历史奇幻小说”，近期以中国历史为背景的小说《天下》《星河》分别入围IMPAC都柏林文学奖及轨迹奖决选名单，并在国际上获得了众多读者的一致好评。

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In this volume, Neil Harding presents the first comprehensive reinterpretation of Leninism to be produced in many years. Challenging much of the conventional wisdom regarding Leninism’s effectiveness as a mobilizing body of ideas, its substance, and its origins and evolution, Harding offers both a controversial exposition of this ideology and a critical engagement with its cons...(展开全部)

彼得·布雷特（Peter V. Brett) 自幼爱好奇幻故事，1995年在布法罗大学取得英国文学及艺术史学士学位，2005年开始从事奇幻创作。 他的处女作《魔印人》刚上市就荣登《纽约时报》畅销书榜，先后获得英国亚马逊&美国图书馆协会年度最佳奇幻小说、2008年最轰动的奇幻新人作品、 2009年英伦奇幻奖最佳小说奖，并入围首届大卫·盖梅尔传奇大奖。截至2015年，他已创作出版了魔印人系列共四卷，即《魔印人》《沙漠之矛》《白昼之战》《骷髅王座》，第五卷《地心魔域》已经开始创作。魔印人系列已售出二十多个国家和地区的版权。电影《生化危机》团队以高达一亿美元买下该系列书的电影版权，将推出媲美《魔戒》的3D奇幻大片。 作者个人网页：www.peterVbrett.com封面图片画师：Larry Rostant, 美国知名画师，曾为美版冰与火之歌系列图书封面画图...(展开全部)

Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands--Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand--whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful c...(展开全部)