Based on unexplored and often confidential sources from AT&T, the National Association of Manufacturers, Standard Oil, and other major institutions, this book shows how the art of public relations has molded the "public mind" and warped the contours of American democracy. Beginning during the first World War, the book chronicles the birth pangs and coming of age of the PR cultu...(展开全部)

阿萨·布里格斯，1921年生于约克郡的凯利，毕业于剑桥大学悉尼·苏塞克斯学院，1944年任教于牛津大学伍斯特学院。从1976年至1991年，他一直担任该学院院长。从1968年到1976年，他担任苏塞克斯大学的名誉副校长。在1978年至1994年期间，他担任英国开放大学的校长。 阿萨·布里格斯撰写了许多有关19世纪和20世纪英国历史的文章和著作，其中包括维多利亚时代三部曲（《维多利亚时代的城市》《维多利亚时代的人民》和《维多利亚时代的物品》），他还撰写了《改进的时代》和五卷本的《联合王国的广播史》以及合著《传媒的社会史：从古滕堡到互联网》等。阿萨·布里格斯一直担任英国社会史和文化史学会以及维多利亚协会的主席。阿萨·布里格斯已婚，有4个孩子。1976年他被封为终身贵族。 作为英中了解协会的主席，他曾访问中国并对之非常了解。他的作品目前译成中文的除本书外，...(展开全部)

An exploration of how a supposedly apolitical form of philosophy owes its continuing power to social and political forces Analytic philosophy is the dominant form of philosophy in the English-speaking world, and beyond, today. What explains its continuing success? Christoph Schuringa argues that its enduring power can only be understood by examining its social history. Analytic...(展开全部)

An exploration of how a supposedly apolitical form of philosophy owes its continuing power to social and political forces Analytic philosophy is the dominant form of philosophy in the English-speaking world, and beyond, today. What explains its continuing success? Christoph Schuringa argues that its enduring power can only be understood by examining its social history. Analytic...(展开全部)

The theme of this extraordinary book is the evolution of the modern conception of family life and the modern image; of the nature of children. Aries traces the evolution of the concept of childhood from the end of the Middle Ages, when the child was regarded as a small adult, to the present child-centered society, by means of diaries, paintings, games, and school curricula. Ir...(展开全部)

作者简介 玛丽莲•亚隆(Marilyn Yalom)，女性主义史学家。斯坦福大学性别研究中心研究员。1991年获得法国学术教育最高荣誉“学术界棕榈叶勋章”。其大量学术著作已被翻译成二十种语言出版。 特雷莎•多诺万•布朗 (Theresa Donovan Brown)，小说与非小说类的获奖作者，在斯坦福大学研究创意写作 。 译者简介 张宇 苏州大学文学博士，嘉兴学院文法学院副教授。学人、译者和编剧。先后翻译出版《最后的礼物：与危重病人想出的创造性模式》《象语者》《隔壁的知更鸟：与哈珀•李一起生活》等多部作品。 邬明晶 英语语言文学硕士，黑龙江工程学院英语教师，副教授，讲授大学英语以及希腊罗马神话课程，业余时间从事翻译工作。

Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the present day. Steven Miles places Chinese migrants and their families at the center of his narrative through a series of engaging case studies taking readers from the heart of Ming China to the global property markets of the twenty-first ce...(展开全部)

Stephen Moss's book is the first to trace the history and development of birdwatching on both sides of the Atlantic, from Gilbert White, the country parson who wroteThe Natural History of Selbornein the 18th century, through the British servicemen who studied black redstarts from their German prisoner-of-war camp, to today's driven "life-listers" and twisters who think nothing ...(展开全部)