◎ 著者 吉姆·恩德斯比（Jim Endersby），于英国剑桥大学取得科学史和科学哲学专业博士学位，现为英国苏塞克斯大学科学史系教授。他特别感兴趣植物园史、帝国对19世纪的英国科学和社会的影响、科学和文学、达尔文主义出现以后的接受度以及所产生的影响。吉姆与英国皇家植物园邱园保持着长期合作，除了本职研究，他还曾为邱园策划展览和提供志愿者培训，也曾在英国广播公司BBC四套主持与邱园相关的节目。《兰花诸相》中有关兰花的众多精美插图即选自邱园的收藏。 ◎ 译者 刘夙，2012年毕业于中国科学院大学（中国科学院植物研究所），获博士学位。现为上海辰山植物园研究员，从事通俗读物编著、翻译和植物知识网站建设工作。参著或翻译有植物文化图书《植物名字的故事》《魔豆》《鲜花人类学》等多种。

One of the most common--and wounding--misconceptions about literary scholars today is that they simply don't love books. While those actually working in literary studies can easily refute this claim, such a response risks obscuring a more fundamental question: why should they? That question led Deidre Shauna Lynch into the historical and cultural investigation of Loving Literat...(展开全部)

Global warming and the future of the climate is one of the greatest challenges of our time, but what do we know about climate variations 500 years ago, or 5000 years ago? How can we know anything at all about the history of weather? What impact have climate changes had on human prosperity and the spirit of invention? In this major new book Wolfgang Behringer introduces us to th...(展开全部)

How has our understanding of medicine evolved over the past 2,500 years? A Cultural History of Medicine, as the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of medicine from ancient times to modernity, discusses this. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years of human history, this is the definitive reference work on the subject. Indi...(展开全部)

One of the most common—and wounding—misconceptions about literary scholars today is that they simply don’t love books. While those actually working in literary studies can easily refute this claim, such a response risks obscuring a more fundamental question: why should they? That question led Deidre Shauna Lynch into the historical and cultural investigation of Loving Literatur...(展开全部)

【作者介绍】 许倬云，1930年生，江苏无锡人，1962年获美国芝加哥大学博士学位，先后执教于台湾大学、美国匹兹堡大学，其间多次受聘为香港中文大学、美国夏威夷大学、美国杜克大学、香港科技大学讲座教授。1986年荣任美国人文学社荣誉会士。学贯中西的史学耆宿，精通中国上古史、 文化史、社会史，熟悉西方历史及其理论与思想，擅长利用不同学科的视角和方法来研究历史，尤其是考察中国的历史与文化；不囿于书斋，时时心怀天下，关心中国文化的发展与走向。代表著作有《西周史》《汉代农业》《中国古代社会史论》《万古江河》《我者与他者》《说中国》等。 【作者自述】 我写这本书就是要给大家一个可读的东西，我不要再去记录朝代、皇帝、祖国的光荣，我要摆开看，老百姓过日子怎么样，老百姓怎么想。我的书里没有一个英雄人物。我希望把引导读者进入一个包含中国，却超越中国的新的人类社会。 我讲...(展开全部)

The publication of Cultural Studies 1983 is a touchstone event in the history of Cultural Studies and a testament to Stuart Hall's unparalleled contributions. The eight foundational lectures Hall delivered at the University of Illinois in 1983 introduced North American audiences to a thinker and discipline that would shift the course of critical scholarship. Unavailable until n...(展开全部)

The publication of Cultural Studies 1983 is a touchstone event in the history of Cultural Studies and a testament to Stuart Hall's unparalleled contributions. The eight foundational lectures Hall delivered at the University of Illinois in 1983 introduced North American audiences to a thinker and discipline that would shift the course of critical scholarship. Unavailable until n...(展开全部)

Carlos Rojas presents a sweeping survey of the historical and political significance of one of the world's most recognizable monuments. Although the splendor of the Great Wall has become virtually synonymous with its vast size, the structure's conceptual coherence is actually grounded on the tenuous and ephemeral stories we tell about it. These stories give life to the Wall and...(展开全部)

`A Short Histrory of Cultural Studies will prove a seminal text for its author's erudition, wit and unmatched ability to re-embed abstract concepts and debates where they belong - in rich historical, political and cultural contexts' - Cultural Studies Review 'Hartley's book is refreshing, breathtaking, and quite a lot of fun. Given its relatively small size, the book can't do e...(展开全部)