托马斯•卡莱尔（Thomas Carlyle，1795—1881），英国19世纪文坛巨擘，政治思想家、历史学家、文学家。著有《席勒传》《旧衣新裁》《法国大革命》《英雄与英雄崇拜》等。 卡莱尔在19世纪振聋发聩的正义之声不仅是为英国民族的振兴而发，更是为整个人类文明的进步而发。他对人类文明的忧思、对人类终极幸福的预示，显示了他不仅是他所生活的那个时代的智者，站在未来之世界看，更是一位跨时代的思想启迪者。——卡莱尔在《文明的忧思》中充分显示了他的这两种能力，无愧于他“为后代而活着”的先知的称号。

"African American Literary Theory is an extraordinary gift to literary studies. It is necessary, authoritative and thorough. The timing of this book is superb!" --Karla F.C. Holloway, Duke University "The influence of African American literature can be attributed, in no small part, to the literary theorists gathered in this collection. This is a superb anthology that represent...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1940, this book charts the origins and evolution of academies of art from the sixteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century. Pevsner expertly explains the political, religious and mercantile forces affecting the education of artists in various countries in Western Europe, and the growing 'academisation' of artistic training that he saw is ...(展开全部)

The culmination of twenty years of research, this essential book completes distinguished historian Philip C. C. Huang's pathbreaking trilogy on Chinese law and society from late imperial times to the present. Huang shows how, at the level of ideology and theory, traditional Chinese law has been rejected time and again in the past century by China's own lawmakers, first in the l...(展开全部)

The culmination of twenty years of research, this essential book completes distinguished historian Philip C. C. Huang's pathbreaking trilogy on Chinese law and society from late imperial times to the present. Huang shows how, at the level of ideology and theory, traditional Chinese law has been rejected time and again in the past century by China's own lawmakers, first in the l...(展开全部)

The landscapes of human habitation are not just perceived; they are also imagined. What part, then, does imagining landscapes play in their perception? The contributors to this volume, drawn from a range of disciplines, argue that landscapes are 'imagined' in a sense more fundamental than their symbolic representation in words, images and other media. Less a means of conjuring ...(展开全部)

Filling a gap in the literature, this volume explores the struggles and accomplishments of women from both past and present-day Tibet. Here are queens from the imperial period, yoginis and religious teachers of medieval times, Buddhist nuns, oracles, political workers, medical doctors, and performing artists. Most of the essays focus on the lives of individual women, whether fr...(展开全部)

State capacity - the government's ability to accomplish its intended policy goals - plays an important role in market-oriented economic development today. Yet state capacity improvements are often difficult to achieve. This Element analyzes the historical origins of state capacity. It evaluates long-run state development in Western Europe - the birthplace of both the modern sta...(展开全部)

Jason Epstein has led arguably the most creative career in American book publishing during the past half-century. Here he discusses the severe crisis facing the book business today, affecting writers and readers as well as publishers, and looks ahead to the radically transformed industry that will revolutionise the idea of the book.