Privacy: A Short History provides a vital historical account of an increasingly stressed sphere of human interaction. At a time when the death of privacy is widely proclaimed, distinguished historian, David Vincent, describes the evolution of the concept and practice of privacy from the Middle Ages to the present controversy over digital communication and state surveillance pro...(展开全部)

It is widely recognized that our privacy is under threat. Electronic surveillance, biometrics, CCTV, ID cards, RFID codes, online security, encryption, the interception of email, the monitoring of employees--all raise fundamental questions about privacy. Legal expert Raymond Wacks here provides a compact introduction to this complex and controversial concept. He explores the te...(展开全部)

It is widely recognized that our privacy is under threat. Electronic surveillance, biometrics, CCTV, ID cards, RFID codes, online security, encryption, the interception of email, the monitoring of employees--all raise fundamental questions about privacy. Legal expert Raymond Wacks here provides a compact introduction to this complex and controversial concept. He explores the te...(展开全部)

This book which incorporates maps, photographs, and an extensive bibliography, is a basic resource for everyone interested in the full sweep of Thai history.

“We need a nation,” declared a certain Phillippe Grouvelle in the revolutionary year of 1789, “and the Nation will be born.”—from Nationalism Nationalism, often the scourge, always the basis of modern world politics, is spreading. In a way, all nations are willed into being. But a simple declaration, such as Grouvelle’s, is not enough. As historian Liah Greenfeld shows in her n...(展开全部)

诺曼·斯通：英国历史学家，曾任牛津大学近代史教授，现任土耳其比尔肯大学国际关系学院教授。撒切尔政府顾问。英国沃尔夫森历史奖、方塔那欧洲历史奖得主。曾出版《一战简史》《二战简史》等。

诺曼·斯通：英国历史学家，曾任牛津大学近代史教授，现任土耳其比尔肯大学国际关系学院教授。撒切尔政府顾问。英国沃尔夫森历史奖、方塔那欧洲历史奖得主。曾出版《一战简史》《二战简史》等。

米凯莱·阿拉塞维奇(Michele Alacevich)，博洛尼亚大学经济史副教授。教授国际历史，重点关注20世纪的发展制度和思想。曾任哈佛大学、哥伦比亚大学、新经济思想研究所和世界银行的研究员。 安娜·索尼(Anna Soci)博洛尼亚大学经济学教授，剑桥大学克莱尔·霍尔学院终身教职，曾任哥伦比亚大学意大利高等研究院研究员、牛津大学纳菲尔德学院Jemolo研究员。

"Altogether an excellent book, at once interesting and authoritative" The Year's Work in English Studies This complete revision and updating of Professor Robins' classic text offers a comprehensive account of the history of linguistic thought from its European origins some 2500 years ago to the present day. It examines the independent development of linguistic science in China...(展开全部)

许德宝，1978年就读于山西太原师范学院（中文系），1982年考入北京师范大学中文系汉语史音韵专业研究生，1985年获硕士学位。同年赴美，就读于伊利诺州立大学语言学系，1988年获硕士学位，1991年获博士学位。同年开始在纽约州汉弥尔顿（Hamilton）文理学院任教，教授现代汉语、古代汉语、汉语史等课程，现为该学院东亚语言文学系主任。1993-1999年与黄正德共同主编《当代语言学理论丛书》（第一版、八种）。著有《北京话三声变调——音系与句法的交叉研究》（博士论文，1991）、《中文突破》（剑桥，波士顿，1995）、《生成音系学——理论及其应用》（与鲍智明、侍建国合著，中国社会科学出版社，1997）、《中国社会文化写实》（剑桥，波士顿，2000）、《汉语音系的生成研究》（学术出版社，纽约，2001）、《中国之路》（剑桥，波士顿，2002）、《留学中...(展开全部)