In his most irreverent novel yet, Ryu Murakami creates a rivalry of epic proportions between six aimless youths and six tough-as-nails women who battle for control of a Tokyo neighborhood. At the outset, the young men seem louche but harmless, their activities limited to drinking, snacking, peering at a naked neighbor through a window, and performing karaoke. The six "aunties" ...(展开全部)

The present volume provides an overview of new forms of popular memory, in particular critical memory, of the Mao era. Focusing on the processes of private production, public dissemination, and social sanctioning of narratives of the past in contemporary China, it examines the relation between popular memories and their social construction as historical knowledge. The three par...(展开全部)

The present volume provides an overview of new forms of popular memory, in particular critical memory, of the Mao era. Focusing on the processes of private production, public dissemination, and social sanctioning of narratives of the past in contemporary China, it examines the relation between popular memories and their social construction as historical knowledge. The three par...(展开全部)

What's more romantic than two people embracing, looking into each other's eyes, and kissing each other? But how should we make sense of this iconic act? How and when did it become a vital sign of romance and love? When the kiss first started to appear in narratives, poetry, and the songs of the medieval period, it was as something desirable, yet forbidden. Since then it has evo...(展开全部)

When it first appeared in 1964, Stuart Hall and Paddy Whannel's The Popular Arts opened up an almost unprecedented field of analysis and inquiry into contemporary popular culture. Counter to the prevailing views of the time, Hall and Whannel recognized popular culture's social importance and considered it worthy of serious study. In their analysis of everything from Westerns an...(展开全部)

约翰·菲斯克（John Fiske）是美国威斯康辛大学麦迪逊校区的传播艺术教授，并曾在澳大利亚与英国从事教学工作。他共参与过5本书的写作，或独立创作，或与人合作，包括《解读电视》、《电视文化》等，另著有大量涉及大众文化的论文。

One of the greatest and most influential books of social psychology ever written, brilliantly instructive on the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd, its sentiments and morality, ideas, reasoning power, imagination, opinions and much more. A must-read volume not only for students of history, sociology, law and psychology, but for every politician, statesman, inv...(展开全部)

One of the greatest and most influential books of social psychology ever written, brilliantly instructive on the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd, its sentiments and morality, ideas, reasoning power, imagination, opinions and much more. A must-read volume not only for students of history, sociology, law and psychology, but for every politician, statesman, inv...(展开全部)

19世纪80年代到20 世纪20 年代，美国出现了许多社会、政治和经济的改革实践。这个时期被称为“进步时代”。进步时代是美国历史上最具重要意义的时期之一。当时，美国社会正经历从农业社会向工业社会的急剧变革，美国经济迅速发展，但也产生了大量的经济社会问题。传统历史学家认为，反垄断、环境保护、禁酒、妇女参政权、儿童保护、产品质量控制成为当时进步主义改革者的重要选择。 有别于传统的历史学家，罗斯巴德在本书中并非向读者详细描述进步时代。相反，他以大量史料为基础，对这个时代进行了革命性诠释，深入分析了当时政策选择背后的原因、推动群体。在罗斯巴德看来，进步主义带来了有组织种族主义的胜利，南部黑人被剥夺选举权，移民终止，联邦政府推动建设的大政府、大企业和大工会三方联盟，对军人形象和征兵的大肆赞美，以及美国的海外扩张。简而言之，进步时代启动了美国现代政治经济体系的形...(展开全部)