Mixing Medicines explores the dynamic and complex world of early modern Russian medical drugs. The first study of Russia’s involvement in the early modern drug trade, it provides unique insight into how the dramatic reshaping of global trade affected the day-to-day lives of subjects and tsars alike.Early modern Russians preferred one method of treating the sick above all others...(展开全部)

The Wellcome Trust supported the research for this book and the Open Access edition, which will be available soon. Early modern Russians preferred one method of treating the sick above all others: prescribing drugs. The Moscow court sourced pharmaceuticals from Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and the Americas, in addition to its own sprawling empire, to heal its ailing tsars. Mix...(展开全部)

The “Global” and the “Local” in Early Modern and Modern East Asia presents a unique set of historical perspectives by scholars from two important universities in the East Asian region—The University of Tokyo (Tōdai) and Fudan University, along with East Asian Studies scholars from Princeton University. Two of the essays address the international leanings in the histories of the...(展开全部)

In this beautifully conceived book, Ayesha Ramachandran reconstructs the imaginative struggles of early modern artists, philosophers, and writers to make sense of something that we take for granted: the world, imagined as a whole. Once a new, exciting, and frightening concept, “the world” was transformed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. But how could one envision som...(展开全部)

In this beautifully conceived book, Ayesha Ramachandran reconstructs the imaginative struggles of early modern artists, philosophers, and writers to make sense of something that we take for granted: the world, imagined as a whole. Once a new, exciting, and frightening concept, “the world” was transformed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. But how could one envision som...(展开全部)

This volume sheds light on the important role of copper in early modern Sino-Japanese trade. By examining the demand for copper and the policy on copper procurement in Japan and China as well as the role of Osaka merchant houses, this volume provides a new slant on the “life” of Japanese copper – from production and distribution to consumption. In addition, papers on other sign...(展开全部)

In The Merchants of Siberia, Erika Monahan reconsiders commerce in early modern Russia by reconstructing the trading world of Siberia and the careers of merchants who traded there. She follows the histories of three merchant families from various social ranks who conducted trade in Siberia for well over a century. These include the Filat'evs, who were among Russia's most illust...(展开全部)

This volume sheds light on the important role of copper in early modern Sino-Japanese trade. By examining the demand for copper and the policy on copper procurement in Japan and China as well as the role of Osaka merchant houses, this volume provides a new slant on the “life” of Japanese copper – from production and distribution to consumption. In addition, papers on other sign...(展开全部)

Global trade is of vital interest to citizens as well as policymakers, yet it is widely misunderstood. This compact exposition of the market forces underlying international commerce addresses both of these concerned groups, as well as the needs of students and scholars. Although it contains no equations, it is almost mathematical in its elegance, precision, and power of express...(展开全部)

唐纳德·R·基尔希（Donald R. Kirsch） 博士，有35年药物研发经验，拥有24项与药物有关的专利，撰写了50篇论文，一直是著名期刊的评论员，曾在惠氏（Wyeth）、氨基氰（Cyanamid）、施贵宝（Squibb）和威尔士制药（Cambria Pharmaceuticals）等公司担任领导、研究团队主管和首席科学家，目前在哈佛进修学校教授药物研发。他目前居住在马萨诸塞州的贝德福德。 奥吉·奥加斯（Ogi Ogas） 哲学博士，专业的科学作家。《十亿个邪恶想法》（A Billion Wicked Thoughts）和《收缩》（Shrinks）的合著者，曾在《华尔街日报》（Wall Street Journal）、《波士顿环球报》（Boston Globe）、《连线》（Wired）、《魅力》（Glamour）、《种子》（Seed）、《今日心...(展开全部)