This volume presents the nearly complete oeuvre of ShenYüeh, Hsieh T’iao, and Wang Jung, i.e. the full original texts, Professor Richard Mather’s full annotated translations, and brief biographies of these three classical poets, who all had such a profound impact on succeeding centuries. The reader will here find first-hand reactions and ruminations by highly sensitive and arti...(展开全部)

"PPPP ...To compress 200 years of psychiatric theory and practice into a compelling and coherent narrative is a fine achievement ...What strikes the reader [most] are Shorter's storytelling skills, his ability to conjure up the personalities of the psychiatrists who shaped the discipline and the conditions under which they and their patients lived."--Ray Monk The Mail on Sunday...(展开全部)

In 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historians attribute its demise to the Manchu invasion of China, but the truth is far more profound. The Price of Collapse provides an entirely new approach to the economic and social history of China, exploring how global climate crisis spelled the end of Ming rule. T...(展开全部)

In 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historians attribute its demise to the Manchu invasion of China, but the truth is far more profound. The Price of Collapse provides an entirely new approach to the economic and social history of China, exploring how global climate crisis spelled the end of Ming rule. T...(展开全部)

'If a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight; but if he professes to write A Life, he must represent it really as it was.' In the last of his major writings, Samuel Johnson looked back over the previous two centuries of English Literature in order to describe the personalities as well as the achievements of the leading English poets. The major Lives - of ...(展开全部)

Walter Benjamin, one of the foremost cultural commentators and theorists of this century, is perhaps best known for his analyses of the work of art in the modern age and the philosophy of history. Yet it was through his study of the social and cultural history of the late nineteenth-century Paris, examined particularly in relation to the figure of the great Parisian lyric poet ...(展开全部)

安德斯·温罗特（Anders Winroth） 1965年生于瑞典卢德维卡，现任耶鲁大学中世纪史教授。从斯德哥尔摩大学毕业之后，他于哥伦比亚大学攻读硕士及博士学位，师从美国哲学家、社会学家罗贝特·萨默维尔（Robert Somerville）教授。此后赴纽卡斯尔大学从事博士后研究，并在那里成为“詹姆斯·克诺特爵士”研究员，与著名中世纪史学者罗伯特·伊恩·摩尔（R.I.Moore）共事。 温罗特教授专攻中世纪欧洲史，尤其是宗教、文化和法律史，以及维京史，此外，他在瑞典谱系学研究中也颇有建树。 2003年，温罗特因其在中世纪教会法相关研究中展现出的非凡创造力荣获“麦克阿瑟奖”。

史蒂文·J.迪纳（Steven J.Diner），美国罗格斯大学纽瓦克分校（Rutgers University，Newark）教务和历史学教授。著有《一座城市和它的大学：芝加哥的公共政策》（A City and Its Universities：Public Policy in Chicago）等5本著作。