In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag , acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway. At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union to its surprise and delight found itself in control o...(展开全部)

This welcome second edition of A History of Eastern Europe provides a thematic historical survey of the formative processes of political, social and economic change which have played paramount roles in shaping the evolution and development of the region. Subjects covered include: Eastern Europe in ancient, medieval and early modern times the legacies of Byzantium, the Ottoman E...(展开全部)

In the 1780s, the Habsburg monarch Joseph II decreed that henceforth German would be the language of his realm. His intention was to forge a unified state from his vast and disparate possessions, but his action had the opposite effect, catalyzing the emergence of competing nationalisms among his Hungarian, Czech, and other subjects, who feared that their languages and cultures ...(展开全部)

Packed with exclusive content, this fully illustrated tome treats fans to a comprehensive, unique and privileged behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind the state-of-the-art technology used in the blockbuster motion picture. Follow the film's complete artistic evolution, from initial concept through armor design and on to the final rendering seen on screen. Here i...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗·道森（Christopher Dawson, 1889-1970），英国当代著名的文化哲学家、历史学家、文化史学家和社会学家。代表著作有《神祇时代》《欧洲的形成：欧洲统一史导论》《理解欧洲》《世界历史的动力》等。道森以文化史、文化哲学、宗教哲学研究闻名于世， 横跨历史学、社会学、人类学等多个领域，是20世纪知识分子的典范。

作者简介 拉姆齐•缪尔（Ramsay Muir ，1872—1941），英国著名历史学家，自由党派政治家、思想家，提倡相互依赖的国际关系，一生著述颇丰，代表作有《帝国之道：欧洲扩张400年》《英帝国诸邦史》《政治与进步》等。 译者简介 许磊，安徽大学外语学院教师，博士，主要从事文学翻译实践与研究。代表译作有《情不可挡》《巴尔卡尼亚浴室》《元散曲英译》等。 傅悦，安徽大学外语学院教师，博士，主要从事文学翻译实践与研究。代表译作有《男孩特工全书》《元散曲英译》等。 万世长，安徽大学外语学院教师，主要从事专门用途英语翻译实践与研究。代表译作包括《空战的历史》《罗马尼亚简史》《元散曲英译》等。

克里斯托弗·道森（Christopher Dawson, 1889-1970），英国当代著名的文化哲学家、历史学家、文化史学家和社会学家。代表著作有《神祇时代》《欧洲的形成：欧洲统一史导论》《理解欧洲》《世界历史的动力》等。道森以文化史、文化哲学、宗教哲学研究闻名于世， 横跨历史学、社会学、人类学等多个领域，是20世纪知识分子的典范。

Resistance and Rebellion: Lessons from Eastern Europe explains how ordinary people become involved in resistance and rebellion against powerful regimes. The book shows how a sequence of casual forces - social norms, focal points, rational calculation - operate to drive individuals into roles of passive resistance and, at a second stage, into participation in community-based reb...(展开全部)