Inked is a social history of common soldiers of the Song dynasty, most of whom would have been recognized by their tattooed bodies. Overlooked in the historical record, tattoos were an indelible aspect of the Song world, and their ubiquity was tied to the rise of the penal–military complex, a vast system for social control, warfare, and labor. Although much has been written abo...(展开全部)

In 1894–1895, after suffering defeat against Japan in a war primarily fought over the control of Korea, the Qing government initiated fundamental military reforms and established “New Armies“ modeled after the German and Japanese military. Besides reorganizing the structure of the army and improving military training, the goal was to overcome the alleged physical weakness and l...(展开全部)

埃里克·埃克（Erick Eyck（1878—1964），生于德国柏林，曾就读于柏林大学和弗莱堡大学，以法律记者、议员的身份在上诉法院从事法律工作。1937年为躲避纳粹迫害，他移居英国，在伦敦大学和牛津大学讲学，并开始反思德意志民族崛起之路。埃克博士论著宏富，著有《魏玛共和国史》（商务印书馆，1994）、《俾斯麦研究》等论著。《俾斯麦与德意志帝国》是他以牛津大学的课堂讲义为基础写成的总结性专著，是公认的经典之作。

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674088429 The occupation of the northern half of the Chinese territories in the 1120s brought about a transformation in political communication in the south that had lasting implications for imperial Chinese history. By the late eleventh century, the Song court no longer dominated the production of information about itself and its...(展开全部)

A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history. Assyria’s wide-ranging conquests...(展开全部)

This ambitious book explores the role of empire in world history. What does it mean to be an empire? How does one empire differ from another? Why does an empire rise and why fall? Why have empires flourished in some eras and regions of the world but not in others? On an unusally wide canvas, Dominic Lieven addresses all these questions. His central focus is on the rise and...(展开全部)

Dominic Lieven, a former Kennedy scholar at Harvard University, is professor of Russian government at the London School of Economics. Among his many publications are the highly praised Nicholas II and Russia’s Rulers under the Old Regime, published by Yale University Press.

How does one empire differ from another? Why do empires rise and fall? What has made empires flourish in some eras and regions of the world but not in others? In this broad and ambitious book, Dominic Lieven explores the place and meaning of empire from ancient Rome to the present. The central focus of the book is Russia and the rise and fall of the Tsarist and the Soviet Empir...(展开全部)

How does one empire differ from another? Why do empires rise and fall? What has made empires flourish in some eras and regions of the world but not in others? In this broad and ambitious book, Dominic Lieven explores the place and meaning of empire from ancient Rome to the present. The central focus of the book is Russia and the rise and fall of the Tsarist and the Soviet Empir...(展开全部)

克里斯蒂·皮奇切罗（Christy Pichichero），乔治梅森大学历史和艺术史专业教授，人文与社会科学学院主任。主要研究领域为近代法国与法兰西第一帝国的文学和文化。现任法国历史研究学会执行委员会委员。本书入选奥斯卡·肯舒尔图书奖最终名单。 李海峰，四川外国语大学翻译学院副教授，硕士生导师。曾赴英国爱丁堡大学与南安普敦大学进行学术访问和交流。在《中国翻译》《外国语文》《翻译教学与研究》等学术期刊发表论文10余篇，编著教材4部。主持中华学术外译项目1项，参与2项。在帕尔格雷夫·麦克米伦出版社（Palgrave Macmillan）、世界科学出版社（World Scientific）、北京大学出版社和外语教学与研究出版社等国内外著名出版社出版学术译著6部。