作者：爱德华·吉利克，韦尔兹利学院教授、历史学家，曾于抗日战争期间在中国的教会学校任教，对中国近现代史有独到的研究。 丛书主编：周振鹤，生于1941年，福建厦门人，1978年考入复旦大学读研究生，师从谭其骧院士，1983年获历史学博士学位，现任复旦大学中国历史地理研究所教授、博士生导师。著有《西汉政区地理》、《中国地方行政制度史》、《体国经野之道》、《中国历史文化区域研究》、《中华文化通志·地方行政制度志》等十余部，发表论文百余篇。 译者：董少新，复旦大学历史系教师。

The railways of Manchuria offer an intriguing vantage point for an international history of northeast Asia. Before the completion of the Trans-Siberian railway in 1916, the only rail route from the Imperial Russian capital of St. Petersburg to the Pacific port of Vladivostok transited Manchuria. A spur line from the Manchurian city of Harbin led south to ice-free Port Arthur. C...(展开全部)

"This is the amazing story of a little boy, Peter, who adores his mother so much that he wants to give her the moon as a present. But the moon is so far and he is so small He climbs onto his father's shoulders, but still he is not tall enough to reach the moon. He asks his cousins for help, but still Peter cannot reach the moon... After having built a huge human pyramid, he r...(展开全部)

"This is the amazing story of a little boy, Peter, who adores his mother so much that he wants to give her the moon as a present. But the moon is so far and he is so small He climbs onto his father's shoulders, but still he is not tall enough to reach the moon. He asks his cousins for help, but still Peter cannot reach the moon... After having built a huge human pyramid, he r...(展开全部)

Once in a great while a science fiction story is so visionary, yet so close to impending scientific developments that it becomes not only an accurate predictor, but itself the locus for new discoveries and development. True Names by Vernor Vinge, first published in 1981, is such a work. Here is a feast of articles by computer scientists and journalists on the cutting edge of th...(展开全部)

Once in a great while a science fiction story is so visionary, yet so close to impending scientific developments that it becomes not only an accurate predictor, but itself the locus for new discoveries and development. True Names by Vernor Vinge, first published in 1981, is such a work. Here is a feast of articles by computer scientists and journalists on the cutting edge of th...(展开全部)