Based on the Latin literature of the times, the unofficial language in which students made jokes and alchemists preserved their prided recipes, historian and mediaeval scholar Haskins offers authoritative studies of many facets of mediaeval life. He includes illuminating sidelights on the life of the time in the individual chapters on the mediaeval student as seen in his letter...(展开全部)

Ideal for any cultural anthropology course, this brief and inexpensive collection of ethnographic case studies exposes students to fifteen different cultures. "Culture Sketches" introduces students to ethnography without overwhelming them with excessive reading material. Each sketch, or chapter, was selected for its relevance to students and for its ability to reflect the basic...(展开全部)

One of this century's foremost historians describes the complex culture from which working class institutions emerged in England.

Customs in Common is the remarkable sequel to E.P. Thompson’s influential, landmark volume of social history, The Making of the English Working Class. The product of years of research and debate, Customs in Common describes the complex culture from which working class institutions emerged in England—a panoply of traditions and customs that the new working class fought to preser...(展开全部)

One of this century's foremost historians describes the complex culture from which working class institutions emerged in England.

This book is an examination of the impact of Greek learning, literature, and religion on central aspects of Roman life in the middle Republic. Acclaimed historian Erich S. Gruen discusses the introduction of and resistance to new cults, the relationship between Roman political figures and literary artists schooled in Greek, and the reaction to Hellenic philosophy and rhetoric b...(展开全部)

In Five Volumes. Volume 1, Ancient Art; Volume 2, Mediaeval Art; Volume 3, Renaissance Art; Volume 4, Modern Art; Volume 5, The Spirit Of The Forms.

艾黎•福尔（1873—1937），法国著名艺术评论家、艺术史与历史学家，最早将艺术与文化进行跨领域研究的艺术史学家之一。他运用高度诗意化的语言讲述艺术史的方法使本书深受读者喜爱，一经问世被陆续译成多种语言在世界各地相继出版，至今仍不断重印。 译者简介： 张延风，北京语言大学教授，1969年毕业于北京外国语学院法语系。著有《法国现代美术》《中西方文化掇英》等，译有《黑非洲艺术》，现致力于中西方艺术比较和文化艺术研究。 张泽乾，武汉大学教授，武汉大学外语学院院长。多年从事法国文化研究。著有《法国文化史》《法国文明史》《20世纪法国文学史》等。