The new edition of G. R. Elton's classic work is a wide-ranging, succinct and practical introduction for all students and general readers of history. It makes a major contribution to the question "what is history?".

The new edition of G. R. Elton's classic work is a wide-ranging, succinct and practical introduction for all students and general readers of history. It makes a major contribution to the question "what is history?".

Reinhart Koselleck is one of the most important theorists of history and historiography of the last half century. His work has implications for contemporary cultural studies that extend far beyond discussions of the practical problems of historical method. He is the foremost exponent and practitioner of Begriffsgeschichte, a methodology of historical studies that focuses on the...(展开全部)

Reinhart Koselleck is one of the most important theorists of history and historiography of the last half century. His work has implications for contemporary cultural studies that extend far beyond discussions of the practical problems of historical method. He is the foremost exponent and practitioner of Begriffsgeschichte, a methodology of historical studies that focuses on the...(展开全部)

The Practice of History in Africa offers a history of African historiography from an African perspective. It attempts to answer some of the questions concerning the practice of history from the civilizations of ancient Egypt, through the varied cultures and regions of the continent to contemporary times. The book presents the philosophy of the oral tradition as it co-existed an...(展开全部)

This is the English version of Otto Pacht's classic text on art history. His approach to art history is shaped by his conviction that visual art, like music, can express ideas in its own medium that no other can. He aims to sharpen the reader's perceptions by recreating the social and cultural context in which an object was made, clarifying unfamiliar notions of space and time ...(展开全部)

罗伯特•C•艾伦（Robert C. Allen），北卡罗来纳大学历史系教授，主要研究美国大众娱乐与流行文化史，著有关于美国广播电视史的《话说肥皂剧》，关于美国19世纪与20世纪早期大众戏院的《令人不快的愉悦：杂耍表演与美国文化》。他开设有美国影视媒体史，全球化与民族身份，美国家庭社会变迁，社会与文化历史比较等课程。 道格拉斯•戈梅里（Douglas Gomery），马里兰大学美国广播与电影图书馆（世界五大广播图书馆之一）资深学者、荣休教授，曾在马里兰大学教授传播学，为《村声》杂志撰稿，出版了十余本关于美国媒体经济学与历史学的著作，如《好莱坞制片厂制度史》、《声音的到来》等，大量著作已被翻译为八种语言。

When Siraj, the ruler of Bengal, overran the British settlement of Calcutta in 1756, he allegedly jailed 146 European prisoners overnight in a cramped prison. Of the group, 123 died of suffocation. While this episode was never independently confirmed, the story of "The black hole of Calcutta' was widely circulated and seen by the British public as an atrocity committed by savag...(展开全部)