Latin America has been of vital importance to the United States almost since the birth of our nation, and the significance of this relationship has only increased in recent decades. But mutual understanding between these regions is lacking, even as Latin Americans are striving to promote the values of democracy in their native countries and beyond. Why has this process proved t...(展开全部)

Few milestones in human history are as dramatic and momentous as the meeting of three great civilizations on American soil in the sixteenth century. Latin America in Colonial Times presents that story in an engaging but scholarly new package, revealing how a new civilization - Latin America - emerged from that encounter. The authors give equal attention to the Spanish and Portu...(展开全部)

Few milestones in human history are as dramatic and momentous as the meeting of three great civilizations on American soil in the sixteenth century. Latin America in Colonial Times presents that story in an engaging but scholarly new package, revealing how a new civilization - Latin America - emerged from that encounter. The authors give equal attention to the Spanish and Portu...(展开全部)

Now thoroughly updated in its seventh edition, Modern Latin America is a lively interpretive history and the leading text in the field. Featuring vivid anecdotal illustrative boxes, the book uses case studies to discuss the major countries and themes of the region over the past 150 years. Modern Latin America, Seventh Edition, will continue to be an exceptional text for underg...(展开全部)

This book depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America. The nature of book production and distribution in this period resulted in the development of a truly international market. The integration of the book market was facilitated by networks of printers and booksellers, who were responsible for the connection of distant places, as well as local pro...(展开全部)

This book depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America. The nature of book production and distribution in this period resulted in the development of a truly international market. The integration of the book market was facilitated by networks of printers and booksellers, who were responsible for the connection of distant places, as well as local pro...(展开全部)

The new edition of a popular collection that traces the history of American invention from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. This volume traces the history of American technology-its inventions and inventors-from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. The focus on inventors acknowledges that technology is a fundamental form of human behavior and...(展开全部)

恩里克·克劳泽（Enrique Krauze），墨西哥历史学家，牛津大学圣安东尼学院客座教授，墨西哥学院历史研究所教授，墨西哥历史学会会员。曾为奥克塔维奥·帕斯创办的《回归》杂志担任编辑。著有《墨西哥权力传》《奥克塔维奥·帕斯传》《埃米利亚诺·萨帕塔传》等作品。

马丁·吉伦斯 加州大学洛杉矶分校教授，曾任普林斯顿大学政治学教授，美国人文与科学学院院士。他的研究领域包括：代表性、公众舆论和大众媒体，特别是与不平等和公共政策有关的问题。他的主要著作包括：《为什么美国人讨厌福利:种族、媒体和反贫困政策的政治》（Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy）《美国的民主？:哪里出了问题，我们能做些什么》（Democracy in America?: What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do about It）。 译者 孟天广 清华大学社会科学学院副院长、政治学系长聘副教授、教育部青年长江学者，兼任清华大学计算社会科学平台执行主任、苏世民书院兼聘教授。主要研究领域为中国...(展开全部)

Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy--but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economically advantaged. Affluence and Influence definitively explores how political inequalit...(展开全部)