As early modern Europe launched its multiple projects of global empire, it simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of describing and picturing the world. The shapes and meanings of the extraordinary global images that emerged from this process form the subject of this highly original and richly textured study of cultural geography. Inventing Exoticism draws on a vast ra...(展开全部)

As early modern Europe launched its multiple projects of global empire, it simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of describing and picturing the world. The shapes and meanings of the extraordinary global images that emerged from this process form the subject of this highly original and richly textured study of cultural geography. Inventing Exoticism draws on a vast ra...(展开全部)

作者简介： 英国地理学家、地缘政治学家、教育家。先后在阿伯里斯特维斯大学和牛津大学耶稣学院学习，曾长期担任中学地理教师，后任教于伦敦大学教育学院。主要从事人文地理学和地缘政治学的研究，深受英国著名地理学家哈尔福德‧麦金德的影响，代表作有《地理与世界霸权》《学校地理学》（Geography in School）等。 译者简介： 胡坚， 1977年参军， 18年后退役。自2008年开始发表翻译作品，译作有《英国陆军史》《美国人眼中最真实的越南战争》等。

What can the great crises of the past teach us about contemporary revolutions? Arguing from an exciting and original perspective, Goldstone suggests that great revolutions were the product of 'ecological crises' that occurred when inflexible political, economic, and social institutions were overwhelmed by the cumulative pressure of population growth on limited available resourc...(展开全部)

杰克·A.戈德斯通，乔治·梅森大学公共政策学院VirginiaE.andJohnT.HazelJr.讲座教授，曾因其学术名著《早期现代世界的革命与反抗》（加利福尼亚大学出版社1991年版）一书而获得美国社会学协会奖。

杰克·A.戈德斯通，乔治·梅森大学公共政策学院VirginiaE.andJohnT.HazelJr.讲座教授，曾因其学术名著《早期现代世界的革命与反抗》（加利福尼亚大学出版社1991年版）一书而获得美国社会学协会奖。

What can the great crises of the past teach us about contemporary revolutions? Arguing from an exciting and original perspective, Goldstone suggests that great revolutions were the product of 'ecological crises' that occurred when inflexible political, economic, and social institutions were overwhelmed by the cumulative pressure of population growth on limited available resourc...(展开全部)

In the wake of expanding commercial voyages, many people in early modern Europe became curious about the plants and minerals around them and began to compile catalogues of them. Drawing on cultural, social and environmental history, as well as the histories of science and medicine, this book argues that, amidst a growing reaction against exotic imports - whether medieval spices...(展开全部)

In the wake of expanding commercial voyages, many people in early modern Europe became curious about the plants and minerals around them and began to compile catalogues of them. Drawing on cultural, social and environmental history, as well as the histories of science and medicine, this book argues that, amidst a growing reaction against exotic imports - whether medieval spices...(展开全部)

罗伯特·泰伊（Robert Tye），一位一度隐居在苏格兰西北方南乌斯特岛（Isle of South Usit）上的业余钱币学家，专长于研究古代世界钱币重量标准。1995年，罗伯特·泰尔出版了《吉塔尔》（Jitals）一书，详细阐述了起源于公元8世纪印度–沙希王朝、后流行于西亚、中亚和南亚长达500多年的吉塔尔银币。《世界古代货币与重量标准》是罗伯特·泰尔2009年出版的著作。 徐丽丽，中央财经大学金融学博士，现就职于中邮理财有限责任公司,长期从事金融风险管理、大数据分析方面的研究，在《国际金融研究》、《当代财经》等权威期刊发表多篇论文。