Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe offers students a concise introduction to health and healing in Europe from 1500 to 1800. Bringing together the best recent research in the field, Mary Lindemann examines medicine from a social and cultural perspective, rather than a narrowly scientific one. Drawing on medical anthropology, sociology, and ethics as well as cultural an...(展开全部)

In this magisterial new study, Peter Burke explores the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution, arguing that, from a linguistic point of view, 1450 to 1789 should be regarded as a distinct period. One major theme of the book is the relation between languages and communities (regions, c...(展开全部)

In this magisterial new study, Peter Burke explores the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution, arguing that, from a linguistic point of view, 1450 to 1789 should be regarded as a distinct period. One major theme of the book is the relation between languages and communities (regions, c...(展开全部)

This classic collection of essays has already established itself as a rich source of material for students of sixteenth and seventeenth-century France. Natalie Davis focuses on the lower social orders - peasants, artisans, the poor generally - and in a series of brilliantly penetrating cast-studies throws fresh light on some of the great issues of social change: the impact of p...(展开全部)

娜塔莉•泽蒙•戴维斯（Natalie Zemon Davis，1928－），著名历史学家，美国新文化史领军人物，主要研究欧洲近代早期史。先后执教于布朗大学、多伦多大学、伯克利加州大学、普林斯顿大学，曾任美国历史学会主席，现为普林斯顿大学荣休Henry Charles Lea历史学教授，兼任加拿大多伦多大学历史学与中世纪研究教授、比较文学中心高级研究员。著有《法国近代早期的社会与文化》、《马丁•盖伊返乡记》、《档案中的虚构》、《银屏上的奴隶》、《边缘女人》、《16世纪法国的礼物》等。

It is often assumed that natural philosophy was the forerunner of early modern natural sciences. But where did these sciences' systematic observation and experimentation get their starts? In "Materials and Expertise in Early Modern Europe", the laboratories, workshops, and marketplaces emerge as arenas where hands-on experience united with higher learning. In an age when chemis...(展开全部)

许田波，现为美国圣母大学政治学系助理教授。她2000年毕业于美国哥伦比亚大学政治学系，获博士学位，并曾先后获得哈佛大学约翰·奥林战略研究所、斯坦福大学国际安全与合作中心、圣母大学海伦·凯洛格国际研究所、哈里·弗兰克·古根海姆基金会和世界政治研究所的研究资助。

许田波，现为美国圣母大学政治学系助理教授。她2000年毕业于美国哥伦比亚大学政治学系，获博士学位，并曾先后获得哈佛大学约翰·奥林战略研究所、斯坦福大学国际安全与合作中心、圣母大学海伦·凯洛格国际研究所、哈里·弗兰克·古根海姆基金会和世界政治研究所的研究资助。

This is an accessible introduction to the European developments in medicine during the 19th and early 20th century. It examines military and colonial medicine, the role of women in medicine, and access to care.

By examining the dynamic interplay between discourses of fiction and medicine, Novel Medicine demonstrates how fiction incorporated, created, and disseminated medical knowledge in China, beginning in the sixteenth century. Critical readings of fictional and medical texts provide a counterpoint to prevailing narratives that focus only on the "literati" aspects of the novel, show...(展开全部)