Now available again, this pioneering work examines one of the most controversial periods in Chinese history: the relationship between the Chinese civil and military authorities and the British trading community in Guangdong province on the eve of the Taiping Rebellion, one the most calamitous events in Chinese history. Wakeman shows how prevailing rural discontent, urban riots,...(展开全部)

Now available again, this pioneering work examines one of the most controversial periods in Chinese history: the relationship between the Chinese civil and military authorities and the British trading community in Guangdong province on the eve of the Taiping Rebellion, one the most calamitous events in Chinese history. Wakeman shows how prevailing rural discontent, urban riots,...(展开全部)

What caused physicians in the USA to confront committees, forms, and active patients? Tracing the revolution that transformed the doctor-patient relationship, this book takes the reader into the laboratory and the examining room, tracing the development of new technologies and social attitudes.

David Rothman gives us a brilliant, finely etched study of medical practice today. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the practice of medicine in the United States underwent a most remarkable--and thoroughly controversial--transformation. The discretion that the profession once enjoyed has been increasingly circumscribed, and now an almost bewildering number of parties and procedures ...(展开全部)

What caused physicians in the USA to confront committees, forms, and active patients? Tracing the revolution that transformed the doctor-patient relationship, this book takes the reader into the laboratory and the examining room, tracing the development of new technologies and social attitudes.

David Rothman gives us a brilliant, finely etched study of medical practice today. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the practice of medicine in the United States underwent a most remarkable--and thoroughly controversial--transformation. The discretion that the profession once enjoyed has been increasingly circumscribed, and now an almost bewildering number of parties and procedures ...(展开全部)

In her best-selling story collection, Birds of America (“[it] will stand by itself as one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability” —James McManus, front page of The New York Times Book Review ), Lorrie Moore wrote about the disconnect between men and women, about the precariousness of women on the edge, and about loneliness and loss. Now, in ...(展开全部)

洛丽·摩尔，1957年生于纽约州，毕业于康奈尔大学创意写作系，1983年凭第一部短篇小说集《自助》奠定其在美国文坛的声誉。之后她相继出版短篇小说集《就像生活》《美国鸟人》，以及长篇小说《字谜游戏》《谁将开办青蛙医院？》和《门在楼梯口》等。她的短篇小说《你也很丑》被约翰·厄普代克收入他主编的《二十世纪美国最佳短篇小说》。 洛丽·摩尔曾在威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校教授创意写作30年。2013年起开始在范德堡大学任教。此外她还在密歇根大学、普林斯顿大学等教授创意写作。 2006年，洛丽·摩尔被推选为美国艺术暨文学学会成员。 她最近的一部作品是出版于2014年的短篇小说集《树皮》。

洛丽·摩尔，1957年生于纽约州，毕业于康奈尔大学创意写作系，1983年凭第一部短篇小说集《自助》奠定其在美国文坛的声誉。之后她相继出版短篇小说集《就像生活》《美国鸟人》，以及长篇小说《字谜游戏》《谁将开办青蛙医院？》和《门在楼梯口》等。她的短篇小说《你也很丑》被约翰·厄普代克收入他主编的《二十世纪美国最佳短篇小说》。 洛丽·摩尔曾在威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校教授创意写作30年。2013年起开始在范德堡大学任教。此外她还在密歇根大学、普林斯顿大学等教授创意写作。 2006年，洛丽·摩尔被推选为美国艺术暨文学学会成员。 她最近的一部作品是出版于2014年的短篇小说集《树皮》。

洛丽·摩尔，1957年生于纽约州，毕业于康奈尔大学创意写作系，1983年凭第一部短篇小说集《自助》奠定其在美国文坛的声誉。之后她相继出版短篇小说集《就像生活》《美国鸟人》，以及长篇小说《字谜游戏》《谁将开办青蛙医院？》和《门在楼梯口》等。她的短篇小说《你也很丑》被约翰·厄普代克收入他主编的《二十世纪美国最佳短篇小说》。 洛丽·摩尔曾在威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校教授创意写作30年。2013年起开始在范德堡大学任教。此外她还在密歇根大学、普林斯顿大学等教授创意写作。 2006年，洛丽·摩尔被推选为美国艺术暨文学学会成员。 她最近的一部作品是出版于2014年的短篇小说集《树皮》。