Throughout history, human societies have been organized preeminently as territories―politically bounded regions whose borders define the jurisdiction of laws and the movement of peoples. At a time when the technologies of globalization are eroding barriers to communication, transportation, and trade, Once Within Borders explores the fitful evolution of territorial organization ...(展开全部)

媒体推荐 Bookshop, A Most Anticipated Title of the Year "A terrific work on how borders work to keep both people and plants separated." —Lorraine Berry, The Los Angeles Times "Contemplative, elegant." —Sophie McBain, The New Statesman "Weaving material from literary, personal, scientific and historical sources, Lee examines plants—including seaweed and far beyond it—that broach hum...(展开全部)

The world is not always what we think it is. This book presents unusual borders, enclaves and exclaves, divided or non-existent cities and islands. Numerous conflicts have left countries divided and often shattered. Remnants of countries can by design or accident be left behind as a legal anomaly in this complex world. Most people believe that a country’s borders are clearly de...(展开全部)

The world is not always what we think it is. This book presents unusual borders, enclaves and exclaves, divided or non-existent cities and islands. Numerous conflicts have left countries divided and often shattered. Remnants of countries can by design or accident be left behind as a legal anomaly in this complex world. Most people believe that a country’s borders are clearly de...(展开全部)

迈克尔·约翰斯顿是科尔盖特大学的政治学查尔斯·A. 达纳（Charles A.Dana）讲席教授和社会学系主任。

迈克尔·约翰斯顿是科尔盖特大学的政治学查尔斯·A. 达纳（Charles A.Dana）讲席教授和社会学系主任。

卜正民 享誉世界汉学界的史学大家，毕业于美国哈佛大学，历任多伦多大学、斯坦福大学等校教授，英国牛津大学邵氏汉学教授，美国亚洲学会前任会长。学术视野广阔，主要从事亚洲历史和文化的研究，研究领域涉及明代社会和文化史、二战时期日本在中国的占领等。已翻译为中文的作品多达十几种，代表作有《觊觎权力》《纵乐的困惑》等。 吕西安•科帕拉罗 里斯本大学社会科学研究所博士后，当代欧洲经济和政治史、国际贸易史等方面的专家，在《国际史评论》《当代欧洲史》等期刊上发表了大量文章。 弗朗辛•麦肯齐 韦仕敦大学历史系副教授，主要研究兴趣集中在国际关系史、全球贸易史等方面。

The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such divergent views of the universe have always been in fierce opposition? Actually, that’s not the case, says Peter Harrison: our very concepts of science and religion are relatively recent, emerging only in the past three hundred years, and it is those very categories, rather than their under...(展开全部)

The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such divergent views of the universe have always been in fierce opposition? Actually, that’s not the case, says Peter Harrison: our very concepts of science and religion are relatively recent, emerging only in the past three hundred years, and it is those very categories, rather than their under...(展开全部)

本杰明·史华兹，生于1916年12月12日，卒于1999年11月14日。1960年起任哈佛大学教授，并以其博雅和睿智，在核校东亚中被尊称为“学者的学者”。除了作为其扛鼎之作的本书，还写有《中国的共产主义和毛的兴起》、《共产主义和中国：变动中的思想意识》、《中国文化的价值》和《中国及其他》等。