This intensively researched urban study dissects Russian Imperial and early Soviet rule and colonial society in Islamic Central Asia from the diverse viewpoints of tsarist functionaries, soviet bureaucrats, Russian workers, and lower-class women as well as Muslim notables and Central Asian traders. Jeff Sahadeo's stimulating analysis reveals how political, social, cultural, and...(展开全部)

This intensively researched urban study dissects Russian Imperial and early Soviet rule and colonial society in Islamic Central Asia from the diverse viewpoints of tsarist functionaries, soviet bureaucrats, Russian workers, and lower-class women as well as Muslim notables and Central Asian traders. Jeff Sahadeo's stimulating analysis reveals how political, social, cultural, and...(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)

In the middle of the nineteenth century, the Russian empire made a dramatic advance on the Pacific by annexing the vast regions of the Amur and Ussuri rivers. Although this remote realm was a virtual terra incognita for the Russian educated public, the acquisition of an 'Asian Mississippi' attracted great attention nonetheless, even stirring the dreams of Russia's most outstand...(展开全部)

作者简介： 杨庆堃（C. K. Yang）（1911-1999），华裔美国社会学家。 第一位从宽广社会学角度来证明中国宗教存在形式、合理性及历史传统的宗教社会学家。原籍广东南海。1932年获燕京大学社会学学士学位，1934年获该校硕士学位。1939年获美国密歇根大学社会学博士学位。先后任纽约商报编辑、华盛顿大学助理教授。回国后，1948年起任岭南大学社会学系副教授兼系主任，并在广州近郊鹭江村从事农村社区的调查工作。1951年再度赴美，任麻省理工学院国际研究中心研究员。1953年任匹兹堡大学社会学系副教授、教授。1970年代在香港中文大学创办社会学系。 编辑推荐： 欧大年：这部著作简直可以被称为研究中国宗教的“圣经”。 弗里德曼：因为杨氏的书，社会学传统在此到达了一个顶峰，他使中国宗教成为一个实体。 赵文词：本书是一部了不起的著作，目前仍未有可与之匹敌...(展开全部)

弗•伊•涅米罗维奇－丹钦科（1858—1943），生于格鲁吉亚奥祖尔盖蒂，苏联戏剧导演、剧作家、戏剧教育家、评论家。早年从事剧本和小说创作，1898年与斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基共同创建莫斯科艺术剧院，此后联合执导了契诃夫的《海鸥》《万尼亚舅舅》《三姊妹》《樱桃园》和高尔基的《底层》等名剧。1928年以后成为剧院的主要负责人，先后将托尔斯泰的小说《复活》《安娜•卡列尼娜》搬上舞台，并重排了《三姊妹》。1936年获“苏联人民艺术家”称号。 译者简介： 焦菊隐（1905—1975），生于天津，原名焦承志，戏剧导演、戏剧理论家、翻译家，北京人民艺术剧院的创建人之一。1928年毕业于燕京大学，1938年获巴黎大学文学博士学位。1952年被任命为北京人民艺术剧院第一副院长兼总导演，开创了北京人艺演剧学派。导演代表作有《龙须沟》《虎符》《茶馆》《关汉卿》《蔡文姬》等，译著...(展开全部)

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Exile was a potent form of punishment and a catalyst for change in colonial Asia between the seventeenth and early twentieth centuries. Vast networks of forced migration supplied laborers to emerging colonial settlements, while European powers banished rivals to faraway locations. Exile in Colonial Asia explores the phenomenon of exile in ten case studies by way of three catego...(展开全部)