* 2001 Thomas J. Wilson Prize of Harvard University Press * 2005 James Willard Hurst Prize, Sponsored by the Law and Society Association * 2005 William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Prize, American Society for Legal History In the five decades after the Civil War, the United States witnessed a profusion of legal institutions designed to cope with the nation's exceptionally acute i...(展开全部)

John Fabian Witt argues that experiments in accident law at the turn of the twentieth century arose out of competing views of the loose network of ideas and institutions that historians call the ideology of free labour. These experiments a century ago shaped twentieth- and twenty-first-century American accident law; they laid the foundations of the American administrative state...(展开全部)

Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the War on Terror are only symptoms of deeper pathologies. Ackerman points to a series of developments that have previously been treated independently of one another -...(展开全部)

Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the War on Terror are only symptoms of deeper pathologies. Ackerman points to a series of developments that have previously been treated independently of one another -...(展开全部)

More than three decades have passed since the events described in John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick . The three divorcées—Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie—have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world, to such foreign lands as Canada, Egypt, and China, and renew old acquaintance. Why not, Sukie and Jane ...(展开全部)

More than three decades have passed since the events described in The Witches of Eastwick and the three divorcees – Alexandra, Jane and Sukie – have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world to exotic lands such as Canada, China and Egypt and renew old acquaintances. And then, one summer, they decide to ...(展开全部)

约翰•厄普代克的新作《东威克的遗孀们》，是其25年前的小说《东威克的巫婆们》的续篇，讲述的是三十年后"今天"的故事。如今年华已逝、婚姻不幸、又都丧夫不久的三位女主角，决定再次回到东威克，共同享受一段夏日时光。斗转星移，物事人非。当初令她们爱恨交织的神秘人，戴瑞•范•霍恩已经死了。她们的丈夫与情人们，也已经与她们阴阳相隔。曾经青春曼妙的身体，早已随着失败的婚姻和无情的复仇不复存在，取而代之的是病痛的折磨与年老体衰。然而，三个女人之间的关系依然微妙而敏感，神奇的魔力依然弥漫在东威克的空气当中。很快她们就发现，这里仍有人对她们曾经的"罪行"耿耿于怀，并且正等着看她们"恶有恶报"。 《东威克的遗孀们》延续了上一部《东威克的巫婆们》当中的整蛊风格与魔幻色彩，并进而再造出一种新的情感愿景。书中对于青春的流逝进行了敏锐的探究，用讽刺的视角观察当代美国生活，是...(展开全部)

From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J. Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation’s founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders–Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilt...(展开全部)

National Bestseller Acclaimed historian Joseph J. Ellis brings his unparalleled talents to this riveting account of the early years of the Republic. The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when a dedicated group of men undertook a bold experiment in political ideals. It was a time of both triumphs and tragedie...(展开全部)