埃里克•霍布斯鲍姆（Eric Hobsbawm，1917—2012），享誉全球的思想大师、备受推崇的马克思主义史学大家，英国科学院院士及美国艺术和科学院外籍院士，先后被多个国家的大学授予名誉学位。 作为俄国十月革命的同龄人，1917年出生于埃及名城亚历山大港的一个中产家庭。父亲是移居英国的俄国犹太后裔，母亲来自哈布斯堡王朝统治下的奥地利。1919年，举家迁往维也纳，十年后父母相继去世，孤儿霍布斯鲍姆于1931年投奔叔父，徙居柏林，在“一战”后受创最深的德奥两国度过童年。希特勒上台后，1933年转赴英国，幸运地躲过之后的纳粹大屠杀，完成中学教育，并进入剑桥大学学习历史。“二战”爆发后，投笔从戎，至1946年退伍，回到剑桥完成博士学位，博士论文题目是英国费边社的历史。1947年成为伦敦大学伯克贝克学院讲师，1959年升任高级讲师，1978年成为该校经济和...(展开全部)

In today's rapidly changing air transport environment, aviation professionals require access to advanced and comprehensive knowledge, coupled with an in-depth understanding of the needs of the airline industry. Drawing on the editors' extensive experience with airline and air transport issues, "The Global Airline Industry" provides a definitive introduction to our air transport...(展开全部)

In today's rapidly changing air transport environment, the aviation professionals require access to advanced and comprehensive knowledge, coupled with an in-depth understanding of the needs of the airline industry. Drawing on the editors’ extensive experience with airline and air transport issues, The Global Airline Industry provides a definitive introduction to our air trans...(展开全部)

"The Organization of Industry" collects essays written over two decades--pieces prepared especially for this volume, previously unpublished material, and reprinted articles drawn from numerous sources, many which include additional commentary by the author. The essays are unified by George J. Stigler's careful analysis and by his clear and witty style. In part one, Stigler exa...(展开全部)

Numerical Python by Robert Johansson shows you how to leverage the numerical and mathematical modules in Python and its Standard Library as well as popular open source numerical Python packages like NumPy, FiPy, matplotlib and more to numerically compute solutions and mathematically model applications in a number of areas like big data, cloud computing, financial engineering, b...(展开全部)

Review "Scott Lash and Celia Lury reconceptualize our understanding of cultural industries in the context of globalization. By analysing and documenting the shift from representation to objects in contemporary production of meaning, they open new avenues for research on communication and culture: things materialize our imaginary, we communicate through objects. This pathbreakin...(展开全部)

In the first half of the twentieth century, Theodor Adorno wrote about the ‘culture industry’. For Adorno, culture too along with the products of factory labour was increasingly becoming a commodity. Now, in what they call the ‘global culture industry’, Scott Lash and Celia Lury argue that Adorno’s worst nightmares have come true. Their new book tells the compelling story of ho...(展开全部)

The major American industries agriculture, petroleum, electricity, banking, telecommunications, movies, college sports, airlines, health care, and the beer, cigarette, and automotive industries intersect our lives every day. Studying these industries raises a number of economic questions: How are the individual industries organized and structured? What is their history? What ar...(展开全部)

This book examines the rise of the iron industry during the Warring States and Western Han periods (ca. 400 BCE–9 CE) in ancient China, which is characterized not only by various technological innovations but also as a remarkable phenomenon, leading to the widespread distribution of iron implements and the emergence of massive ironworks that were rarely seen in later periods. W...(展开全部)

The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twentieth century. It is out of this background that the great critic Theodor Adorno emerged. His finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture. He argued that the culture ...(展开全部)