'It was tempting to think, at times like this, that some bizarre hysteria had gripped the British people' Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and London, where frenzied riots give way to Olympic fever, Middle England follows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time of immense change. There a...(展开全部)

New-for-this-edition features include 'First Time' for visitors who haven't been to England before, museum itineraries to help readers get to the heart of attractions like the British Museum, and driving routes around the Cotswolds;The maps in the London chapter will be in full-colour to help readers better navigate the country's capital.

In 1960, after spending an intense year photographing a notorious Brooklyn street gang called The Jokers, Bruce Davidson decided that he needed to get away from the tension, depression, and potential violence connected to that work. He took on a commission to photograph Marilyn Monroe during the making of John Houston's film The Misfits in the Nevada desert, and then traveled...(展开全部)

自从马格南摄影师马丁·帕尔开始摄影以来，英格兰一直是他作品的一个关键主题。《审视英格兰》是一本关于英格兰身份认同的滑稽、固执己见、深情讽刺、色彩丰富的摄影随笔。 随着苏格兰和威尔士巩固了他们作为国家的地位，而大不列颠开始瓦解，这本新书为“作为英格兰人意味着什么”的辩论做出了贡献。帕尔本人是典型的英格兰人，他作为一名摄影师的伟大成就在于，他有能力将明显的事物转化为令人惊讶的事物，将英国性的陈词滥调重塑为挑衅性的启示。显而易见，他对英格兰的巡视包括阿斯科特和慈善商店、海滨度假胜地、绿色栅栏、随买随卖的摊位、黄瓜三明治和茶杯、烤豆和劣质鞋。 帕尔的作品已经进入了英国的视觉词汇；这本书是他第一本专门以英格兰为主题的书，对其进行了进一步的拓展。所有的照片都是用环形闪光灯相机（通常用于拍摄医学照片）拍摄的，这是他在过去四年中选择的媒介。

本书作者George Macaulay Trevelyan(1876-1962)，其姓旧译屈勒味林，今译特里维廉。英国自由主义史学家。毕业于哈罗公学及剑桥大学三一学院。1927年任剑桥大学近代史钦定讲座教授，1940年任三一学院院长。撰有《威克利夫时代之英格兰》等，其书兼具学术性与普及性。其中《英格兰史》被钱端升译为《英国史》。 译者钱端升（1900-1989），法学家，法学教育家，政治学家。生于江苏松江府钱家塘。1919-1924年留学美国，主攻政治学，获哈佛大学哲学博士学位。归国后任教于清华大学、北京大学、南京中央大学、西南联合大学等名校。1947年任哈佛大学客座教授。1949年后先后任北京大学法学院院长、北京政法学院首任院长。被视为“中国当代政治法律界的奠基人之一”，“中国现代政治学的开创者”，“中国现代政治学和比较宪法研究的开创者之一”。著有...(展开全部)

The village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very centre of England. It has a church, some pubs, the Grand Union Canal, a First World War Memorial - and many centuries of recorded history. In the thirteenth century the village was bought by William de Merton, who later founded Merton College, Oxford, with the result that documents covering 750 years of village history ...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

One of the greatest figures of his age, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) was widely admired throughout his life for his prose, poetry, political acumen and oratorical skills. Among the most successful and enthralling histories ever written, his "History of England" won instantaneous success following the publication of its first volumes in 1849, and was rapidly translated in...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

V.S. Naipaul undertook this Caribbean journey at the invitation, in 1960, of Dr Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of independent Trinidad, the author's birthplace. At that time, the plantation colonies of the region were formed, culturally, in the image of the metropolis. Racial and political assertion had yet to catch up with them in varying ways. In Trinidad, African ra...(展开全部)