In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet fifty years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Italian patricians, their curiosity fueled by new voyages of exploration and the humanist rediscovery of nature, created vast collections as a means of knowing the world and used this knowledg...(展开全部)

In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet fifty years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Italian patricians, their curiosity fueled by new voyages of exploration and the humanist rediscovery of nature, created vast collections as a means of knowing the world and used this knowledg...(展开全部)

This classic collection of essays has already established itself as a rich source of material for students of sixteenth and seventeenth-century France. Natalie Davis focuses on the lower social orders - peasants, artisans, the poor generally - and in a series of brilliantly penetrating cast-studies throws fresh light on some of the great issues of social change: the impact of p...(展开全部)

This classic collection of essays has already established itself as a rich source of material for students of sixteenth and seventeenth-century France. Natalie Davis focuses on the lower social orders - peasants, artisans, the poor generally - and in a series of brilliantly penetrating cast-studies throws fresh light on some of the great issues of social change: the impact of p...(展开全部)

This book is a path-breaking study of print culture in early modern China. It argues that printing with both woodblocks and movable type exerted a profound influence on Chinese society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book examines the rise and impact of print culture from both economic and cultural perspectives. In economic terms, the central issues were th...(展开全部)

This book is a path-breaking study of print culture in early modern China. It argues that printing with both woodblocks and movable type exerted a profound influence on Chinese society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book examines the rise and impact of print culture from both economic and cultural perspectives. In economic terms, the central issues were th...(展开全部)

This book is a path-breaking study of print culture in early modern China. It argues that printing with both woodblocks and movable type exerted a profound influence on Chinese society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book examines the rise and impact of print culture from both economic and cultural perspectives. In economic terms, the central issues were the pri...(展开全部)

The concept of cultural history has in the last few decades come to the fore of historical research into early modern Europe. Due in no small part to the pioneering work of Peter Burke, the tools of the cultural historian are now routinely brought to bear on every aspect of history, and have transformed our understanding of the past. First published in 1978, this study examines...(展开全部)

彼得·伯克（Peter Burke），英国历史学家。1937年生，现为剑桥大学文化史教授和伊曼纽尔学院研究员。伯克毕业于牛津大学，获圣约翰学院学士学位和圣安东尼学院硕士学位。一度任苏塞克斯大学高级讲师。1970年转入剑桥大学执教。伯克的研究专长在欧洲近代早期的社会史、思想史和文化史，主要著作包括《文艺复兴时代的历史观》（1970年）、《文艺复兴时代意大利的文化与社会：1420－1540年》（1972年）、《文艺复兴时代意大利的传统和创新：一种社会学的研究方法》（1974年）、《威尼斯和阿姆斯特丹：17世纪上层社会研究》（1974）、《欧洲近代早期的大众文化》（1978年）、《社会学和历史学》（1980年）、《蒙泰涅》（1981年）、《维科》（1985年）、《法国的史学革命：年鉴学派1929－1989年》（1990年）、《制作路易十四》（1992年）、...(展开全部)

People have always been xenophobic, but an explicit philosophical and scientific view of human racial difference only began to emerge during the modern period. Why and how did this happen? Surveying a range of philosophical and natural-scientific texts, dating from the Spanish Renaissance to the German Enlightenment, Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference charts the evoluti...(展开全部)