所有家长都需要读：这是一部划时代的调查，探讨智能手机、社交媒体和大型科技时代青少年心理健康状况的崩溃，并提出了一个更健康、更自由的童年计划。 在经历了十多年的稳定或改善之后，青少年的心理健康状况在2010年代初急剧下降。抑郁、焦虑、自残和自杀的发生率急剧上升，许多指标都翻了一番多。原因何在？ 在《焦虑的一代》一书中，社会心理学家乔纳森·海特（Jonathan Haidt）阐述了青少年精神疾病同时席卷多个国家的事实。随后，他探究了童年的本质，包括为什么儿童需要玩耍和独立探索才能成长为有能力、蓬勃发展的成年人。海特展示了“以玩耍为基础的童年”如何在20世纪80年代开始衰落，以及它如何在2010年代初被“以手机为基础的童年”所取代。他列举了十几种这种“童年大重塑”干扰儿童社会和神经发育的机制，涵盖了从睡眠不足到注意力分散、成瘾、孤独、社会感染、社会攀比以及...(展开全部)

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. “Erudite, engaging, combative, crusading.” —New York Times Book Review “Words that chill the parental ...(展开全部)

When plague broke out in Manchuria in 1910 as a result of transmission from marmots to humans, it struck a region struggling with the introduction of Western medicine, as well as with the interactions of three different national powers: Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. In this fascinating case history, William Summers relates how this plague killed as many as 60,000 people in le...(展开全部)

This work provides a phenomenological account of the experience of illness and the manner in which meaning is constituted by the patient and the physician. The author provides a detailed account of the way in which illness and body are apprehended differently by doctor and patient. This title has been awarded the first Edwin Goodwin Ballard Prize in Phenomenology.

From one of the world's foremost physicians and researchers, a monumental work that radically redefines our conventional conceptions of health and illness to offer new methods for living a long, healthy life. After considering the discoveries that have led to progress in treating some diseases, Dr. David B. Agus asked an essential question: Why aren't we better at curing illne...(展开全部)

作者 尼尔·波兹曼（Neil Postman，1931—2003），世界著名的媒介文化研究者和批评家，是继麦克卢汉之后世界最重要的媒介文化研究学者之一，他在纽约大学首创了媒介生态学专业。他认为强势媒介能够以一种隐蔽却强大的暗示力量重新定义现实世界，甚至塑造一个时代的文 化精神，人们实际上是生存在媒介所制造的巨大隐喻世界中而不自知，因此发展出了“媒介即隐喻”的理论。波兹曼出版过20余部著作，《娱乐至死》和《童年的消逝》是他的两部代表作，已被译成多种文字出版。 译者 吴燕莛，加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学新闻硕士，现任教于上海外国语大学传媒学院。

After crossing oceans, a man and a boy arrive in a new land. Here they are each assigned a name and an age, and held in a camp in the desert while they learn Spanish, the language of their new country. As Simon and David they make their way to the relocation centre in the city of Novilla, where officialdom treats them politely but not necessarily helpfully. Simon finds a job i...(展开全部)

<STRONG>The Sociology of Childhood</STRONG> is the <STRONG>Second Edition</STRONG> of a text that has been universally acclaimed as the best book on the subject available today. It is the only text that thoroughly covers children and childhood from a sociological perspective. The second edition retains the same quality coverage of social theories of childhood, the consideration...(展开全部)

This new edition of "the only text" that thoroughly covers children and childhood from a sociological perspective includes updated coverage of peer relations, friendship, children s peer cultures, and the social problems experienced by children. Throughout the book, the author s original research and the compelling photographs and vivid illustrations bring the topics to life.