During the early medieval Islamicate period (800–1400 CE), discourses concerned with music and musicians were wide-ranging and contentious, and expressed in works on music theory and philosophy as well as literature and poetry. But in spite of attempts by influential scholars and political leaders to limit or control musical expression, music and sound permeated all layers of t...(展开全部)

During the early medieval Islamicate period (800–1400 CE), discourses concerned with music and musicians were wide-ranging and contentious, and expressed in works on music theory and philosophy as well as literature and poetry. But in spite of attempts by influential scholars and political leaders to limit or control musical expression, music and sound permeated all layers of t...(展开全部)

大卫•埃利斯顿•艾伦（David Elliston Allen），人类学科班出身，曾任不列颠群岛植物学会、博物学史学会主席，两大县级植物区系的市场调查分析师及合作作者，常年负责博物学史领域的大型学术研究项目，曾任韦尔科姆基金会医学史项目的协调人。他也是韦尔科姆医学史学院的生命科学史名誉讲师，同时执教于伦敦大学学院。出版过的书籍包括《植物学家》和《维多利亚时代的蕨类植物热潮》。

大卫•埃利斯顿•艾伦（David Elliston Allen），人类学科班出身，曾任不列颠群岛植物学会、博物学史学会主席，两大县级植物区系的市场调查分析师及合作作者，常年负责博物学史领域的大型学术研究项目，曾任韦尔科姆基金会医学史项目的协调人。他也是韦尔科姆医学史学院的生命科学史名誉讲师，同时执教于伦敦大学学院。出版过的书籍包括《植物学家》和《维多利亚时代的蕨类植物热潮》。

A beautifully illustrated, totally engrossing celebration of the piano, and the composers and performers who have made it their own. With honed sensitivity and unquestioned expertise, Stuart Isacoff—pianist, critic, teacher, and author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization —unfolds the ongoing history and evolution of t...(展开全部)

For many years, Ottomanist historians have been accustomed to study the Ottoman Empire and/or its constituent regions as entities insulated from the outside world, except when it came to 'campaigns and conquests' on the one hand, and 'incorporation into the European-dominated world economy' on the other. However, now many scholars have come to accept that the Ottoman Empire was...(展开全部)

For many years, Ottomanist historians have been accustomed to study the Ottoman Empire and/or its constituent regions as entities insulated from the outside world, except when it came to 'campaigns and conquests' on the one hand, and 'incorporation into the European-dominated world economy' on the other. However, now many scholars have come to accept that the Ottoman Empire was...(展开全部)

This illustrated introduction offers a fresh approach to the history of the Islamic world from its origins to the present day. Told in six chapters, arranged both chronologically and thematically, and richly enhanced with outstanding images, it provides an illuminating insight into the material culture produced from West Africa to Southeast Asia through art and artifacts, peopl...(展开全部)

This illustrated introduction offers a fresh approach to the history of the Islamic world from its origins to the present day. Told in six chapters, arranged both chronologically and thematically, and richly enhanced with outstanding images, it provides an illuminating insight into the material culture produced from West Africa to Southeast Asia through art and artifacts, peopl...(展开全部)