One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812—winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal—turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as “seapowers” inform...(展开全部)

安德鲁·兰伯特（Andrew Lambert），英国历史学家，伦敦国王学院劳顿教席（为纪念知名的世界海军史学家约翰·劳顿教授创建）教授，英国皇家历史学会成员，海洋研究学会安德森奖章获得者。主要研究方向为世界海军史及海陆地理框架下的文明史，著有《风帆时代的海上战争》（ War at Sea in the Age of Sail）等书。

One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812—winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal—turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as “seapowers” inform...(展开全部)

One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812—winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal—turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as “seapowers” inform...(展开全部)

安德鲁·兰伯特（Andrew Lambert），英国历史学家，伦敦国王学院劳顿教席（为纪念知名的世界海军史学家约翰·劳顿教授创建）教授，英国皇家历史学会成员，海洋研究学会安德森奖章获得者。主要研究方向为世界海军史及海陆地理框架下的文明史，著有《风帆时代的海上战争》（ War at Sea in the Age of Sail）等书。

One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812—winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal—turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as “seapowers” inform...(展开全部)

Today's world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation, it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However, this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution, Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as...(展开全部)

Today's world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation, it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However, this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution, Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as...(展开全部)

Drawing on a grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on life and death, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary scienc...(展开全部)