史蒂夫·科尔，哥伦比亚大学新闻学院院长，普利策奖评选委员会成员。前《华盛顿邮报》资深记者，《纽约客》编辑、新美国基金会的CEO。他得过两次普利策奖，两次海外记者俱乐部奖，一次美国笔协的加尔布雷斯奖，一次亚瑟·罗斯奖，一次美国记者协会利文斯顿奖，一次肯尼迪新闻奖，一次吉布尔奖。

In Private Empire Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil's annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries. In many of the countries where it conducts business, ExxonMobil's sway over politics and security is greater than that of t...(展开全部)

Mitch Epstein's latest project tackles one of the most loaded issues on the nation's agenda: what and who powers America? Between 2003 and 2008, prompted by the evacuation of an environmentally contaminated Ohio town, Epstein traveled the United States to document the country's energy "hot spots," where fossil fuel, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind and solar power are produced, enc...(展开全部)

This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy. The introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in the United States, focusing on three key factors: uniquely fragmented and decentralized political institutions; an interest grou...(展开全部)

If legal scholar Richard Epstein is right, then the New Deal is wrong, if not unconstitutional. Epstein reaches this sweeping conclusion after making a detailed analysis of the eminent domain, or takings, clause of the Constitution, which states that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation. In contrast to the other guarantees in the Bill of ...(展开全部)

An excellent addition to the critical communications research literature, Schiller's book presents a comprehensive treatment that critically examines the structure and policy of mass communications in the United States in relation to their most important functions: the economic and political. Lightning Print On Demand Title

Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way -- through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as ...(展开全部)

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more than a third of the land surface of the planet. These sprawling empires encompassed not only rainforests, deserts, and savannahs but also some of the world’s most magnificent rivers, lakes, marshes, and seas. Liquid Empire tells the story of how the waters of the colonial world shap...(展开全部)

作者简介 Jenifer Van Vleck，本科毕业于布朗大学，博士毕业于耶鲁大学。曾在耶鲁大学执教美国和世界历史，现在史密森航空学会从事研究工作。研究方向为美国对外关系历史，重点关注文化、技术和私营企业如何塑造美国的世界角色。她也是著名的世界航空发展史的研究者和学者。 译者简介 姜哲人，先后获得北京航空航天大学经济学学士学位、法国图卢兹高等商学院MBA学位。曾供职于中国航空工业集团有限公司民机产业部，从事航空外贸、政策研究、民机发展规划、国际合作等工作，主笔了《中国航空工业民用航空“十三五”产业发展规划实施意见》。长期关注并研究欧美航空工业发展历史及情况，同时也是一名航空科普志愿者。