"An important and quite beautiful book". ("Library Journal"). "[Eliade] throws a searching and humbling light on our modern fragmented existence". ([London] "Times Literary Supplement"). "Treatment of such subjects as the meaning of the sacred, sun and moon worship, water symbolism, sacred stones, fertility cults, the earth mother, symbols of regeneration and the myth of eterna...(展开全部)

This book is now firmly established as the standard treatment of its subject. The history of comparative religion is traced in detail from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, in the work of scholars such as Max Muller and anthropologists - such as Tylor, Lang, Robertson-Smith and Frazer - through the American psychologists of religion - such as Starbuck, Leuba, William Ja...(展开全部)

For junior/senior-level courses in Religion and Society in departments of Sociology and Religious Studies. Using an unbiased, balanced approach, the 8th edition of this text puts religion in its social context by discussing the impact of society on religion and helps students understand the role and function of religion in society that occur regardless of anyone's claims about ...(展开全部)

Praise for Design Patterns in Ruby "Design Patterns in Ruby documents smart ways to resolve many problems that Ruby developers commonly encounter. Russ Olsen has done a great job of selecting classic patterns and augmenting these with newer patterns that have special relevance for Ruby. He clearly explains each idea, making a wealth of experience available to Ruby developers fo...(展开全部)

作者简介： 杨庆堃（C. K. Yang）（1911-1999），华裔美国社会学家。 第一位从宽广社会学角度来证明中国宗教存在形式、合理性及历史传统的宗教社会学家。原籍广东南海。1932年获燕京大学社会学学士学位，1934年获该校硕士学位。1939年获美国密歇根大学社会学博士学位。先后任纽约商报编辑、华盛顿大学助理教授。回国后，1948年起任岭南大学社会学系副教授兼系主任，并在广州近郊鹭江村从事农村社区的调查工作。1951年再度赴美，任麻省理工学院国际研究中心研究员。1953年任匹兹堡大学社会学系副教授、教授。1970年代在香港中文大学创办社会学系。 编辑推荐： 欧大年：这部著作简直可以被称为研究中国宗教的“圣经”。 弗里德曼：因为杨氏的书，社会学传统在此到达了一个顶峰，他使中国宗教成为一个实体。 赵文词：本书是一部了不起的著作，目前仍未有可与之匹敌...(展开全部)

Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) was a prominent English mathematician and philosopher who co-authored the highly influential Principia Mathematica with Bertrand Russell. Religion in the Making, which originated in a series of four lectures delivered in King's Chapel, Boston, during February 1926, constitutes an exploration of the relationship between human nature and religio...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 An accessible guide to understanding and using technical chart patterns Chart pattern analysis is not only one of the most important investing tools, but also one of the most popular. Filled with in–depth insights and practical advice, Getting Started in Chart Patterns is designed to help both new and seasoned traders profit by tracking and identifying specific ch...(展开全部)

梅耶（Antoine Meillet，1866—1936），是19世纪末20世纪初继索绪尔之后最有威望、影响最深远的法国语言学家。 1866年出生于法国木兰（Moulins）。自1877年在木兰班维尔古典中学攻读古希腊文和拉丁文，到1936年逝世这五十多年期间，研习了许多印欧系语言和方言，并先后在东方语言学院、高等研究学院以及法兰西学院等教授比较语法和各种语言。 梅耶毕生从事语言教学与研究工作，著作等身。他一生对语言研究特别是历史比较语言学的研究做出了巨大贡献，其主要著作除本书外还有：《印欧语比较研究导论》、《印欧语方言》等，在语言学史上占有重要地位。