This highly original book -- the first in a series analyzing historical population behavior in Europe and Asia -- pioneers a new approach to the comparative analysis of societies in the past. Using techniques of event history analysis, the authors examine 100,000 life histories in 100 rural communities in Western Europe and Asia to analyze the demographic response to social and...(展开全部)

This highly original book -- the first in a series analyzing historical population behavior in Europe and Asia -- pioneers a new approach to the comparative analysis of societies in the past. Using techniques of event history analysis, the authors examine 100,000 life histories in 100 rural communities in Western Europe and Asia to analyze the demographic response to social and...(展开全部)

"In which societies," Roland Barthes asked, "and at which times, have we cried? Since when have men (and not women) ceased to cry? Why, at a certain moment, did sensibility sink into sentimentality?" These are just some of the questions which Anne Vincent-Buffault sets out to answer. Concentrating on 18th and 19th century France, she traces the curious evolution of the function...(展开全部)

"In which societies," Roland Barthes asked, "and at which times, have we cried? Since when have men (and not women) ceased to cry? Why, at a certain moment, did sensibility sink into sentimentality?" These are just some of the questions which Anne Vincent-Buffault sets out to answer. Concentrating on 18th and 19th century France, she traces the curious evolution of the function...(展开全部)

Zygmunt Bauman's new book is a brilliant exploration, from a sociological point of view, of the 'taboo' subject in modern societies: death and dying. The book develops a new theory of the ways in which human mortality is reacted to, and dealt with, in social institutions and culture. The hypothesis explored in the book is that the necessity of human beings to live with the cons...(展开全部)

Zygmunt Bauman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds. He is the author of many books, including Modernity and the Holocaust and Modernity and Ambivalence.

Zygmunt Bauman's new book is a brilliant exploration, from a sociological point of view, of the 'taboo' subject in modern societies: death and dying. The book develops a new theory of the ways in which human mortality is reacted to, and dealt with, in social institutions and culture. The hypothesis explored in the book is that the necessity of human beings to live with the cons...(展开全部)

查尔斯·科尔（Charles A.Corr）博士自1975年开始便在南伊利诺伊大学教授死亡与临终、儿童与死亡等课程。1978年。他成为死亡教育与咨询协会成员，及美国国家临终关怀及姑息治疗组织成员。科尔博士还是死亡、临终和悲痛事务国际工作组前主席和常任理事。 目前，他还是佛罗里达阳光海岸安养协会的董事会成员。这个协会是美国国家安养与照护组织中儿童安养照护服务的首席咨询机构，同时还是国家捐献者家庭理事会执行委员会成员。他的著作包括36本书和手册，例如《帮助儿童应对死亡：指导和资料》、《儿童与死亡》、《青少年与死亡》、《青少年的死亡与悲痛手册》等。 科尔博士的工作得到了死亡教育与咨询协会的认可，并被授予杰出个人贡献奖（1988）；国际儿童安养组织授予他世界儿童安养工作杰出贡献奖（1989）；之后他还获得了创立查尔斯·科尔基金的终身成就奖（1995）等等。 ...(展开全部)

达妮埃尔·齐布尔斯基（Danièle Cybulskie）十多年来一直在研究中世纪，并围绕着这一主题进行写作。她曾是一名大学教授，也是中世纪文学和文艺复兴戏剧方面的专家，还是Medievalists.net的特约作家。她曾多次在国际杂志上发表作品，主题从百年战争到罗马长袍不一而足。她的目标就是让历史变得生动有趣和引人入胜。

达妮埃尔·齐布尔斯基（Danièle Cybulskie）十多年来一直在研究中世纪，并围绕着这一主题进行写作。她曾是一名大学教授，也是中世纪文学和文艺复兴戏剧方面的专家，还是Medievalists.net的特约作家。她曾多次在国际杂志上发表作品，主题从百年战争到罗马长袍不一而足。她的目标就是让历史变得生动有趣和引人入胜。