What is the role of the material world in shaping the tensions and paradoxes of imperial sovereignty? Scholars have long shed light on the complex processes of conquest, extraction, and colonialism under imperial rule. But imperialism has usually been cast as an exclusively human drama, one in which the world of matter does not play an active role. Lori Khatchadourian argues in...(展开全部)

作者萨缪尔•E•芬纳，英国著名政治学家、历史学家。毕业于牛津大学，曾执教于贝利奥尔学院，后任基尔大学政治学教授，1966年开始任曼彻斯特大学政治学系主任，1974年回到牛津大学并任格拉斯顿讲座教授。芬纳还曾任英国政治学会主席和国际政治科学协会副主席（1965－1969）。芬纳一生博学多产、著作等身，代表作有《马背上的人：军事力量在政治中的作用》（1962）、《比较政府：政治学研究导论》（1974）和三卷本《统治史》。 译者王震，上海社会科学院世界中国学所副研究员、法学博士，兼任西亚北非研究中心秘书长，主要研究领域为国际政治、世界历史等。2005-2006年曾赴以色列特拉维夫大学访学，多次参与国家社科基金、教育部等委托的重大科研项目，目前独立主持国家社科基金和上海市社科规划办委托项目，研究成果曾获“第九届上海市决策咨询研究成果一等奖”。已在《社会科学》...(展开全部)

作者萨缪尔•E•芬纳，英国著名政治学家、历史学家。毕业于牛津大学，曾执教于贝利奥尔学院，后任基尔大学政治学教授，1966年开始任曼彻斯特大学政治学系主任，1974年回到牛津大学并任格拉斯顿讲座教授。芬纳还曾任英国政治学会主席和国际政治科学协会副主席（1965－1969）。芬纳一生博学多产、著作等身，代表作有《马背上的人：军事力量在政治中的作用》（1962）、《比较政府：政治学研究导论》（1974）和三卷本《统治史》。 译者王震，上海社会科学院世界中国学所副研究员、法学博士，兼任西亚北非研究中心秘书长，主要研究领域为国际政治、世界历史等。2005-2006年曾赴以色列特拉维夫大学访学，多次参与国家社科基金、教育部等委托的重大科研项目，目前独立主持国家社科基金和上海市社科规划办委托项目，研究成果曾获“第九届上海市决策咨询研究成果一等奖”。已在《社会科学》...(展开全部)

The civilization of ancient Persia was among the most splendid, powerful and long lasting of the great historical cultures. But our knowledge of it is all too often confined to a few masterpieces of early Persian art and the Persians' role of Goliath to the Greeks' David. The Heritage of Persia is based on a firsthand study of the sources archaeological, documentary and linguis...(展开全部)

The civilization of ancient Persia was among the most splendid, powerful and long lasting of the great historical cultures. But our knowledge of it is all too often confined to a few masterpieces of early Persian art and the Persians' role of Goliath to the Greeks' David. The Heritage of Persia is based on a firsthand study of the sources archaeological, documentary and linguis...(展开全部)

Even before the romanticized golden era of Shanghai in the 1930s, the famed Asian city was remarkable for its uniqueness and East-meets-West cosmopolitanism. Meng Yue analyzes a century-long shift of urbanity from China’s heartland to its shore. During the period between the decline of Jiangnan cities such as Suzhou and Yangzhou and Shanghai’s early twentieth-century rise, the ...(展开全部)

Even before the romanticized golden era of Shanghai in the 1930s, the famed Asian city was remarkable for its uniqueness and East-meets-West cosmopolitanism. Meng Yue analyzes a century-long shift of urbanity from China’s heartland to its shore. During the period between the decline of Jiangnan cities such as Suzhou and Yangzhou and Shanghai’s early twentieth-century rise, the ...(展开全部)

Meng Yue is assistant professor of East Asian languages and literature at the University of California, Irvine.

The 400 years which followed the spread of Islam in the 7th century brought a unique fusion of cultures to Persia as Islam was embraced and continuity with Persian heritage maintained. This book describes these centuries of great achievement in the arts, sciences and medicine.

The 400 years which followed the spread of Islam in the 7th century brought a unique fusion of cultures to Persia as Islam was embraced and continuity with Persian heritage maintained. This book describes these centuries of great achievement in the arts, sciences and medicine.