Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. Now Thomas Sowell offers a sweeping historical and global look at a large number of migrations over a long period of time.Migrations and Cultures: shows the persistence of cultural traits, in pa...(展开全部)

杰里米·里夫金，美国华盛顿特区的经济趋势基金会（Foundation on EcOnomic Trends）总裁，著有关于经济趋势、科学技术和文化方面的著作七部，被译成15种语言，其中《熵：一种新的世界观》、《时间大战》、《生物圈政治学》和《工作的终结》等书有广泛影响。

杰里米·里夫金，美国华盛顿特区的经济趋势基金会（Foundation on EcOnomic Trends）总裁，著有关于经济趋势、科学技术和文化方面的著作七部，被译成15种语言，其中《熵：一种新的世界观》、《时间大战》、《生物圈政治学》和《工作的终结》等书有广泛影响。

In the Fourth Edition of Cultures and Societies in a Changing World, author Wendy Griswold illuminates how culture shapes our social world and how society shapes culture. Through this book, students will gain an understanding of the sociology of culture and explore stories, beliefs, media, ideas, art, religious practices, fashions, and rituals from a sociological perspective. C...(展开全部)

Thoroughly updated to cover world affairs up to 2009, Comparative Politics Today continues to set the standard for comparing the world’s political systems and for examining the purpose of government. This text includes thematic chapters and country studies that define fundamental political science concepts, lay out a theoretical framework, and analyze differences and similariti...(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。

Visiting Italy with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional lower-class Mr. Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England she becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world in which she moves and the passionate yearnings of her heart. As Fo...(展开全部)

introduction by Mona Simpson

introduction by Mona Simpson

Visiting Italy with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional lower-class Mr. Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England she becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world in which she moves and the passionate yearnings of her heart. As Fo...(展开全部)