Pluralist Universalism: An Asian Americanist Critique of U.S. and Chinese Multiculturalisms by Wen Jin is an extended comparison of U.S. and Chinese multiculturalisms during the post–Cold War era. Her book situates itself at the intersection of Asian American literary critique and the growing field of comparative multiculturalism. Through readings of fictional narratives that a...(展开全部)

Wen Jin is assistant professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University.

"Imagine Otherwise" is an incisive critique of the field of Asian American studies. Recognizing that the rubric 'Asian American' elides crucial differences, Kandice Chuh argues for re framing Asian American studies as a study defined not by its subjects and objects, but by its critique. Toward that end, she urges the foregrounding of the constructedness of 'Asian American' form...(展开全部)

Principles of Marketing: An Asian Perspective provides an authoritative, comprehensive, innovative, managerial, and practical introduction to the fascinating world of Asian marketing. While providing the most up-to-date marketing coverage, this book also makes learning about and teaching Asian marketing easier and more exciting for both students and instructors. Marketing is...(展开全部)

In this major new study, Nicolas Tackett proposes that the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127) witnessed both the maturation of an East Asian inter-state system and the emergence of a new worldview and sense of Chinese identity among educated elites. These developments together had sweeping repercussions for the course of Chinese history, while also demonstrating that there has ex...(展开全部)

In this major new study, Nicolas Tackett proposes that the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127) witnessed both the maturation of an East Asian inter-state system and the emergence of a new worldview and sense of Chinese identity among educated elites. These developments together had sweeping repercussions for the course of Chinese history, while also demonstrating that there has ex...(展开全部)

《十年轮回(从亚洲到全球的金融危机)》从内部人的视角对当前世界金融风暴进行了独特描述。作者是一个亚洲金融的监管者，曾亲身参与有关监管政策和国际金融体系设计的重要讨论。在书中，他结合自身经历，从制度及其演进的角度，在历史、宏观、微观三个层面审视了导致20世纪90年代后期和2007～2009 年这场目前仍在进行的全球危机的种种原因：陈旧的思维模式、市场原教旨主义、宽松的货币政策、利差交易、松懈的监管、贪婪、裙带关系以及金融工程等。作者全面生动地回顾了亚洲金融危机期间各国（地区）的遭遇和危机发生前后的经济金融状况，并对危机各国（地区）采取的应对措施及国际金融机构的救援措施进行了反思，读者可以从中了解到，日本抵抗通缩的零利率政策诱发了利差交易，利差交易催生了亚洲的泡沫，而泡沫的破灭则摧毁了亚洲的经济。这一研究的主要目的是要表明，全球金融互相关联、互相影响的程...(展开全部)

阿尔弗雷德·索恩—雷特尔（Alfred Sohn—Rethel）（1899—1990）。德国著名的国民经济学家和社会哲学家，曾任不莱梅大学教授。早年曾师从奥地利马克思主义学派经济学家勒德尔（Emil Lederer），于1928年在海德堡获得国民经济学博士学位。其哲学思想接近法兰克福学派，从20世纪20年代开始便与批判理论的代表人物阿多诺、霍克海默和本雅明等交往密切。二战期间流亡英国，曾为丘吉尔等人从事过经济分析，并长期与马克思主义者汤普森交往。雷特尔的哲学思想即在本书中系统阐述的唯物主义认识理论，曾在20世纪60年代的激进学生运动中产生重要影响。作者还著有《认识的社会学理论》、《商品形式与思维形式》等。

Bernard Faure examines the study of Chan / Zen from the standpoint of postmodern human sciences and literary criticism, challenging this inversion of traditional 'Orientalist' discourse: whether the Other is caricatured or idealized, ethnocentric premises marginalize important parts of Chan thought.

Intelligent, deeply moving firsthand account of Civil War military campaigns by former U.S. President and key figure in the Union’s victory. Considered by many the finest military memoirs ever written, the volume offers students and historians an incomparable vantage point on that conflict. Includes Grant’s letters to his wife, historic photographs by Mathew Brady, maps of mili...(展开全部)