Although Byzantium is known to history as the Eastern Roman Empire, scholars have long claimed that this Greek Christian theocracy bore little resemblance to Rome. Here, in a revolutionary model of Byzantine politics and society, Anthony Kaldellis reconnects Byzantium to its Roman roots, arguing that from the fifth to the twelfth centuries CE the Eastern Roman Empire was essent...(展开全部)

Two thousand years ago, the Qin/Han and Roman empires were the largest political entities of the ancient world, developing simultaneously yet independently at opposite ends of Eurasia. Although their territories constituted only a small percentage of the global land mass, these two Eurasian polities controlled up to half of the world population and endured longer than most pre-...(展开全部)

沃尔特·沙伊德尔（Walter Scheidel），美国斯坦福大学人文学科迪卡森讲席教授、古典学和历史学教授，古罗马研究领域当前最重要、最活跃的学者之一。所涉领域主要包括古代社会和经济史，前现代历史人口学以及世界历史的比较和跨学科研究。其作品已被翻译成中文出版的有《罗马与中国：比较视野下的古代世界帝国》《不平等社会：从石器时代到21 世纪，人类如何应对不平等》。

Hailed as "the most dramatic and comprehensive account" of the early years of Russian capitalism (New York Times Book Review) David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light onto the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these cunning and ruthless men--Alexander Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, Anatoly Ch...(展开全部)

This is an updated edition of 'the most dramatic and comprehensive account' of the early years of Russian capitalism, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Dead Hand". "The New York Times". David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, exposes the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these cunning and ...(展开全部)

戴维•霍夫曼（David E. Hoffman），美国作家、记者。1982年加入《华盛顿邮报》，在里根及老布什的任期内报道白宫新闻，包括美苏首脑峰会；随后负责国外新闻，1992年出任耶路撒冷记者站站长；于牛津大学学习俄语后派驻俄罗斯，1995年至2001年间出任《华盛顿邮报》莫斯科记者站站长；现为《华盛顿邮报》特约编辑。 2002年出版第一本书《寡头：新俄罗斯的财富与权力》，被誉为终结这一主题的里程碑之作；2010年出版的《死亡之手：超级大国冷战军备竞赛及苏联解体后的核生化武器失控危局》获美国普利策非虚构作品奖。

This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long as it did? Josiah Ober seeks the answer by analyzing the sociology of Athenian politics and the nature of communication between elite and nonelite citizens. After a preliminary survey of the development of the Athenia...(展开全部)

From a leading scholar of our country’s foreign policy, the brilliant essay about America and the world that has caused a storm in international circles now expanded into book form. European leaders, increasingly disturbed by U.S. policy and actions abroad, feel they are headed for what the New York Times (July 21, 2002) describes as a “moment of truth.” After years of mutual ...(展开全部)

From a leading scholar of our country’s foreign policy, the brilliant essay about America and the world that has caused a storm in international circles now expanded into book form. European leaders, increasingly disturbed by U.S. policy and actions abroad, feel they are headed for what the New York Times (July 21, 2002) describes as a “moment of truth.” After years of mutual ...(展开全部)

爱德华·杰·艾普斯坦（Edward Jay Epstein，1935— ），于康乃尔大学和哈佛大学攻读政治学，1973年取得哈佛大学博士学位，其硕士论文以追寻政治真相为题材（Inquest：The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth），博士论文以电视新闻为题材（Neus from Nowhere）,两篇论文皆已出版成书。爱德华原本在MIT和UCLA教授政治学，后来觉得写书的教化功能更强而专事写作。现居美国纽约市。 译者简介 宋伟航，台大历史系、台大历史研究所中国艺术史组毕业。曾任出版编辑，现专事翻译。译有《我的动物天堂》《补缀的星球》《人类大世纪》《重拾山居岁月》《灵魂考》《酷男的异想世界》《丘吉尔：乐在危险的人生》《我在DK的出版岁月》《秃鹰律师》《无辜主人》《帮凶律师》等书。