How Britain lost its early dominance in computing by systematically discriminating against its most qualified workers: women. In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing. By 1974, the British computer industry was all but extinct. What happened in the intervening thirty years holds lessons for all postindustrial superpowers. As Britain struggled to use technology to ...(展开全部)

Four decades of economic reform have made China one of the most unequal countries in the world – but the impact of this inequality is not just socioeconomic. Love Troubles is the first book to examine the emotional cost of this inequality to the intimate and emotional lives of China's people. Drawing on first-hand ethnographic research among rural migrant factory workers in the...(展开全部)

Four decades of economic reform have made China one of the most unequal countries in the world – but the impact of this inequality is not just socioeconomic. Love Troubles is the first book to examine the emotional cost of this inequality to the intimate and emotional lives of China's people. Drawing on first-hand ethnographic research among rural migrant factory workers in the...(展开全部)

Once luxury was available only to the rarefied and aristocratic world of old money and royalty. It offered a history of tradition, superior quality, and a pampered buying experience. Today, however, luxury is simply a product packaged and sold by multibillion-dollar global corporations focused on growth, visibility, brand awareness, advertising, and, above all, profits. Award-w...(展开全部)

Once luxury was available only to the rarefied and aristocratic world of old money and royalty. It offered a history of tradition, superior quality, and a pampered buying experience. Today, however, luxury is simply a product packaged and sold by multibillion-dollar global corporations focused on growth, visibility, brand awareness, advertising, and, above all, profits. Award-w...(展开全部)

Insulated from the dust, noise, and crowds churning outside, China's luxury hotels are staging areas for the new economic and political landscape of the country. These hotels, along with other emerging service businesses, offer an important, new source of employment for millions of workers, but also bring to light levels of inequality that surpass most developed nations. Examin...(展开全部)

Eileen Otis is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon.

Insulated from the dust, noise, and crowds churning outside, China's luxury hotels are staging areas for the new economic and political landscape of the country. These hotels, along with other emerging service businesses, offer an important, new source of employment for millions of workers, but also bring to light levels of inequality that surpass most developed nations. Examin...(展开全部)

Eileen Otis is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon.

【作者】 戴维·雷诺兹（David Reynolds） 英国国家学术院院士，剑桥大学国际关系史荣休教授、基督学院院士，著有12部关于20世纪历史的作品，包括《峰会：影响20世纪的六场元首会谈》、《看得见的世界：1945年以来的世界史》，以及获2004年沃尔夫森奖的《掌控历史：丘吉尔与第二次世界大战》、获2014年赫塞尔–蒂尔特曼奖的《长长的阴影》。他还为英国广播公司四台（BBC Radio 4）制作过多部历史纪录片，包括90集纪录片《美国：自由帝国》，善用丰富史料和通俗语言表达独到的观点。 =================== 【译者】 廖平，博士毕业于英国牛津大学沃尔夫森学院，现为上海师范大学世界史系青年教师，从事近代早期英国史方向研究。