In recent decades the history of premodern states and empires has undergone major revision. At the heart of this process stood the court, encompassing the household as well as government institutions. This volume for the first time brings together the fruits of research on royal courts from antiquity to the modern world, from Asia to Europe. The authors are acknowledged special...(展开全部)

For courses in Imperialism/Colonialism as well as the second half of the World History survey course, this textbook addresses modern imperialism and colonialism from a truly global and holistic perspective. From the formation of centralized gunpowder empires in Eurasia and parts of Africa to the demise of the bi-polar Cold War world, Modern Imperialism and Colonialism...(展开全部)

Licentious Worlds is a history of sexual attitudes and behavior through five hundred years of empire-building around the world. In a graphic and sometimes unsettling account, Julie Peakman examines colonization and the imperial experience of women (as well as marginalized men), showing how women were not only involved in the building of empires, but how they were also almost in...(展开全部)

The concepts of economic backwardness, Asiatic despotism and orientalism have strongly influenced perceptions of modernization, democracy and economic growth over the last three centuries. This book provides an original view of Russian and Asian history that views both in a global perspective. Via this analysis, Alessandro Stanziani opens new dimensions in the study of state fo...(展开全部)

Alessandro Stanziani Alessandro Stanziani is Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France

作者:(美)埃里克·希雷 译者:郑世彦 译者:刘思诗 译者:柴丹 译者:张潇涵 埃里克·希雷(Eric Shiraev)，埃里克·希雷是一位教授、研究员和作者。他在俄罗斯圣彼得堡大学获得学士学位，在美国加州大学洛杉矶分校完成了博士后项目，先后任职于美国俄勒冈州立大学、乔治·华盛顿大学、乔治·梅森大学。他的研究兴趣广泛，曾独自撰写、与人合著多部关于跨文化心理学、政治心理学、心理学史的著作。在他的著作中，他开发出一种独特的、跨学科的方法来分析人类行为。除了教学和学术工作外，他还为世界各地的媒体撰写评论文章。他的个人网站是www.ericshiraev.com。

History has been a crucial element in underpinning national identities across the globe for a very long time. Each construction of national identity is incorporating a sense of a long, proud and preferably unbroken history. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities i...(展开全部)

This book provides an original approach to the study of nationalism of relevance to the current debates concerning the nation state and its anticipated demise and to the debates concerning panEuropeanism.

Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows that in Britain wages were high and capital and energy cheap in comparison t...(展开全部)

Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows that in Britain wages were high and capital and energy cheap in comparison t...(展开全部)