Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn’t always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how ...(展开全部)

Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn’t always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how ...(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)

沃爾特．拉科爾（Walter Laqueur） 美國著名歷史學者與國際政治評論者。拉科爾於華盛頓「戰略與國際問題研究中心國際研究理事會」擔任共同主席，亦是布蘭代斯大學和喬治城大學的教授，並於哈佛大學、芝加哥大學、特拉維夫大學和約翰．霍普金斯大學擔任客座教授。針對國際政治發展，拉科爾已有多本重要著作出版，並於《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》等報章雜誌發表過多篇重要政治評論。其重要著作有《歐洲末日：舊大陸的墓誌銘》、《猶太復國主義史》、《法西斯主義：過去、現在、未來》。 譯者簡介 朱怡康 台大政治學研究所碩士。現為專職譯者、國際特赦組織翻譯志工。譯有《瑜伽之心》（合譯）、《複製、基因與不朽：基因革命的反思》（合譯）、《信仰本能》、《治癒生命的創傷》、《耶穌比宗教大》等書，其它歷史、科普譯作散見於《BBC知識》月刊。

Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western culture by a historian of legendary intellect, it is an astonishingly informed, forcefully eloquent, thrillingly controversial work that advances a world view based on the cyclical rise and ...(展开全部)

The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important and most characteristic of all modern institutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, many existing states are either combining into larger communities or falling apart. Many of their functions are being taken over by a variety of organizations which, whatever their precise natu...(展开全部)

The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important and most characteristic of all modern institutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, many existing states are either combining into larger communities or falling apart. Many of their functions are being taken over by a variety of organizations which, whatever their precise natu...(展开全部)

Regarding issues of urban sprawl Visit Sprawl Net, at Rice University. It's under construction, but it should be an interesting resource. Check out the traffic in the land of commuting. And, finally, enjoy Los Angeles: Revisiting the Four Ecologies.