In this highly readable and engaging work, Linda Walton presents a dynamic survey of China's history from the tenth through the mid-fourteenth centuries from the founding of the Song dynasty through the Mongol conquest when Song China became part of the Mongol Empire and Marco Polo made his famous journey to the court of the Great Khan. Adopting a thematic approach, she highlig...(展开全部)

In this highly readable and engaging work, Linda Walton presents a dynamic survey of China's history from the tenth through the mid-fourteenth centuries from the founding of the Song dynasty through the Mongol conquest when Song China became part of the Mongol Empire and Marco Polo made his famous journey to the court of the Great Khan. Adopting a thematic approach, she highlig...(展开全部)

This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. A senior scholar of this epoch, F. W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule. No other work provides a similar synthesis: generational events, personalities, and the spirit of the age co...(展开全部)

【作者介绍】 许倬云，1930年生，江苏无锡人，1962年获美国芝加哥大学博士学位，先后执教于台湾大学、美国匹兹堡大学，其间多次受聘为香港中文大学、美国夏威夷大学、美国杜克大学、香港科技大学讲座教授。1986年荣任美国人文学社荣誉会士。学贯中西的史学耆宿，精通中国上古史、 文化史、社会史，熟悉西方历史及其理论与思想，擅长利用不同学科的视角和方法来研究历史，尤其是考察中国的历史与文化；不囿于书斋，时时心怀天下，关心中国文化的发展与走向。代表著作有《西周史》《汉代农业》《中国古代社会史论》《万古江河》《我者与他者》《说中国》等。 【作者自述】 我写这本书就是要给大家一个可读的东西，我不要再去记录朝代、皇帝、祖国的光荣，我要摆开看，老百姓过日子怎么样，老百姓怎么想。我的书里没有一个英雄人物。我希望把引导读者进入一个包含中国，却超越中国的新的人类社会。 我讲...(展开全部)

A New History of Christianity in China, written by one of the world's the leading writers on Christianity in China, looks at Christianity's long history in China, its extraordinarily rapid rise in the last half of the twentieth century, and charts its future direction. Provides the first comprehensive history of Christianity in China, an important, understudied area in both Asi...(展开全部)

A New History of Christianity in China, written by one of the world's the leading writers on Christianity in China, looks at Christianity's long history in China, its extraordinarily rapid rise in the last half of the twentieth century, and charts its future direction. Provides the first comprehensive history of Christianity in China, an important, understudied area in both Asi...(展开全部)

About the Book By the end of the nineteenth century, after a long period during which the weakness of China became ever more obvious, intellectuals began to go abroad for new ideas. What emerged was a musical genre that Liu Ching-chih terms "New Music." With no direct ties to traditional Chinese music, New Music reflects the compositional techniques and musical idioms of eighte...(展开全部)

By the end of the nineteenth century, after a long period during which the weakness of China became ever more obvious, intellectuals began to go abroad for new ideas. What emerged was a musical genre that Liu Ching-chih terms "New Music." With no direct ties to traditional Chinese music, New Music reflects the compositional techniques and musical idioms of eighteenth-, nineteen...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介 大卫•班布里基（David Bainbridge），英国剑桥大学临床兽医解剖学家，圣凯瑟琳学院（St Catharine’s College）的艺术与人文领域研究员。受过完整兽医师训练，在摄政公园动物学研究中心（Institute of Zoology）、 皇家兽医学院（Royal Veterinary College）、康奈尔大学、悉尼大学和牛津大学做过人类、动物怀孕的研究。曾出版科普作品，以动物学方法研究人类生理特性，包括怀孕、基因和性别、头脑和青春期。 …………………… ◎ 译者简介 周沛郁，台湾森林系硕士。在森林里待了七年之后，还是放不开对文学和语言的热爱，于是投身翻译。

David Bainbridge is a vet with a particular interest in evolutionary zoology - and he has just turned forty. As well as the usual concerns about greying hair, failing eyesight and goldfish levels of forgetfulness, he finds himself pondering some bigger questions: have I come to the end of my productive life as a human being? And what I am now for? By looking afresh at the lates...(展开全部)