'Modern Japanese Cuisine is one of those rare scholarly books that should appeal to the palate of the general literary omnivore as well as to the more specialized tastes of the professional scholar . . . well-researched and concise.' - Monumenta Nipponica 'Culinary history has opened up new perspectives in the study of culture, technology, economics, and politics as well as oth...(展开全部)

In National Past-Times, Ann Anagnost explores the fashioning and refashioning of modern Chinese subjectivity as it relates to the literal and figurative body of the nation. In essays revealing the particular temporality of the modern Chinese nation-state, Anagnost examines the disparate eras of its recent past and its propensity for continually looking backward in order to face...(展开全部)

The Radiance of France asks how it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or "radiance," which also means "radiation" in French) became synonymous in France as nowhere else. In the aftermath of World War II, as France sought a distinctive role for itself in the modern, postcolonial world, the nation and its leaders enthusiastically embraced large technological ...(展开全部)

【亞洲與戰後日本：去帝國、公民行動與國家認同】 戰爭、敗北與帝國的崩解觸動了戰後日本社會的各方面，深刻地形塑日本人如何重構國家認同，重新與亞洲人接觸。「美國」提供了一個從戰災中再興的願景，「亞洲」卻暴露出戰爭罪行的創傷與種族責任的折磨。潛藏在戰後日本復興陰影裡的，是後帝國時代的幽靈，它的作祟使這個國家的精神復原變得既複雜又錯亂。 《亞洲與戰後日本：去帝國、公民行動與國家認同》（Asia and Postwar Japan: Deimperialization, Civic Activism, and National Identity）檢視1945年至21世紀初期的日本去帝國化。聚焦於進步派的行動者與知識份子的思想與作為，他們致力克服關於「亞洲」的刻板印象，對抗後帝國責任帶來的影響，形成新的區域團結與亞洲想像。Simon Avenell（澳洲國立大學...(展开全部)

丸山真男（1914-1996年），日本著名政治思想史学者，东京大学名誉教授，并获美国哈佛大学、普林斯顿大学分别授予名誉法学博士和名誉文学博士。其政治学被日本学界称为“丸山政治学”。著有《日本政治思想史研究》（1952年）、《现代政治的思想与行动》（1956-1957年）、《日本的思想》（1961年）、《忠诚与叛逆——转型期日本的精神状态》（1992年）等。 陈力卫，现为日本成城大学教授，译有《风土》（和辻哲郎著），列入商务印书馆“日本学术文库”出版。他同时为“日本学术文库”主编之一。

In 1895 Japan acquired Taiwan as its first formal colony after a resounding victory in the Sino-Japanese war. For the next fifty years, Japanese rule devastated and transformed the entire socioeconomic and political fabric of Taiwanese society. In "Becoming Japanese", Leo Ching examines the formation of Taiwanese political and cultural identities under the dominant Japanese col...(展开全部)

The fossil fuel revolution is usually rendered as a tale of historic advances in energy production. In this perspective-changing account, Christopher F. Jones instead tells a story of advances in energy access―canals, pipelines, and wires that delivered power in unprecedented quantities to cities and factories at a great distance from production sites. He shows that in the Amer...(展开全部)

The fossil fuel revolution is usually rendered as a tale of historic advances in energy production. In this perspective-changing account, Christopher F. Jones instead tells a story of advances in energy access―canals, pipelines, and wires that delivered power in unprecedented quantities to cities and factories at a great distance from production sites. He shows that in the Amer...(展开全部)