An authoritative look at monopoly medicine from the dawn of patents through the race for COVID-19 vaccines and how the privatization of public science has prioritized profits over people. Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the legal right to produce lifesaving medicines. Medical science began as a discipline geared toward the ...(展开全部)

An authoritative look at monopoly medicine from the dawn of patents through the race for COVID-19 vaccines and how the privatization of public science has prioritized profits over people. Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the legal right to produce lifesaving medicines. Medical science began as a discipline geared toward the ...(展开全部)

马克·霍尼斯鲍姆（MARK HONIGSBAUM） 英国作家、医学史学者。现任英国城市大学（City University, London）讲师，曾执教于伦敦玛丽女王大学，主要研究方向为医学史；也曾经担任《观察家报》首席记者，并为《卫报》《星期日泰晤士报》等知名报刊供稿。1996年，他在BBC的调查报道入围英国皇家电视协会奖最佳实事纪录片奖。 他著有多部医学史作品，包括《人类大瘟疫：一个世纪以来的全球性流行病》《全球大流感史：死亡、恐慌和歇斯底里，1830—1920》《热病之旅：探寻治疗疟疾之路》《与恩扎一起生活：被遗忘的英国故事和1918年流感大流行》（2009年被提名为英国皇家学会的年度科学图书）等。他的写作兼具记者的敏锐观察、作家的戏剧冲突与学者的深邃洞见。

Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of technological change as well as the impact of powerful individuals and revolutionary ideas, these societies have engendered events familiar to every schoolchild - from the empires...(展开全部)

Designed for survey courses in the field A History of Medicine presents a wide-ranging overview for those seeking a solid grounding in the medical history of Western and non-Western cultures. Invaluable to instructors promoting the history of medicine in pre-professional training, and stressing major themes in the history of medicine, this third edition continues to stimulate f...(展开全部)

Designed for survey courses in the field A History of Medicine presents a wide-ranging overview for those seeking a solid grounding in the medical history of Western and non-Western cultures. Invaluable to instructors promoting the history of medicine in pre-professional training, and stressing major themes in the history of medicine, this third edition continues to stimulate f...(展开全部)

This classic work lays out the main outlines and most important turning points of British history — from the point of view of the ordinary people — in a clear and jargon-free style. Fascinating for the general reader and the historian alike, A People's History of England is the indispensable work on the subject.

This classic work lays out the main outlines and most important turning points of British history — from the point of view of the ordinary people — in a clear and jargon-free style. Fascinating for the general reader and the historian alike, A People's History of England is the indispensable work on the subject.

Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of — and in the words of — America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the boo...(展开全部)

Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of — and in the words of — America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the boo...(展开全部)