乌尔里希•贝克 Ulrich Beck 1944年生于斯武普斯克, 曾在弗莱堡和慕尼黑学习过社会学，哲学，心理学和政治学。目前在慕尼黑大学和伦敦经济学院教授社会学。 伊丽莎白•贝克 Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim爱尔兰根-纽伦堡大学的社会学教授。她主要研究社会变化产生的问题与家庭在社会中角色的变化。

乌尔里希•贝克 Ulrich Beck 1944年生于斯武普斯克, 曾在弗莱堡和慕尼黑学习过社会学，哲学，心理学和政治学。目前在慕尼黑大学和伦敦经济学院教授社会学。 伊丽莎白•贝克 Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim爱尔兰根-纽伦堡大学的社会学教授。她主要研究社会变化产生的问题与家庭在社会中角色的变化。

大卫·帕金翰（David Buckingham），伦敦大学教育学院副教授，是近年来在英国媒介素养教育研究领域颇有建树的学者。主要论著有《守望媒介的学问》《在孩子面前》《解读受众》《儿童说电视》等。

What will be the fate of childhood in the twenty-first century? Will children increasingly be living 'media childhoods', dominated by the electronic screen? Will their growing access to adult media help to abolish the distinctions between childhood and adulthood? Or will the advent of new media technologies widen the gaps between the generations still further? In this book, Dav...(展开全部)

A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history:  the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.  On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants.  To this strange and provocative planet comes ...(展开全部)

A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history:  the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.  On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants.  To this strange and provocative planet comes ...(展开全部)

The rise of feminine illustration in the arts & design is a development that has had an enormous effect on today's visual landscape, not only influencing but often driving contemporary aesthetic practices and trends in all disciplines. Highlighting the prevalence and importance of the female hand in our modern culture, The Age of Feminine Drawing showcases works from some of th...(展开全部)

The rise of feminine illustration in the arts & design is a development that has had an enormous effect on today's visual landscape, not only influencing but often driving contemporary aesthetic practices and trends in all disciplines. Highlighting the prevalence and importance of the female hand in our modern culture, The Age of Feminine Drawing showcases works from some of th...(展开全部)

Europe's social model – its system of welfare and social protection – is regarded by many as the jewel in the crown. It is what helps to give the European societies their distinctive qualities of social cohesion and care for the vulnerable. Over recent years, however, the social model has come under great strain in many states within the European Union – unemployment, for examp...(展开全部)

Europe's social model – its system of welfare and social protection – is regarded by many as the jewel in the crown. It is what helps to give the European societies their distinctive qualities of social cohesion and care for the vulnerable. Over recent years, however, the social model has come under great strain in many states within the European Union – unemployment, for examp...(展开全部)