In this fascinating new account of Old Regime Europe, T. C. W. Blanning explores the cultural revolution which transformed eighteenth-century Europe. During this period the court culture exemplified by Louis XIV's Versailles was pushed from the centre to the margins by the emergence of a new kind of space - the public sphere. The author shows how many of the world's most import...(展开全部)

In this fascinating new account of Old Regime Europe, T.C.W. Blanning explores the cultural revolution which transformed eighteenth-century Europe. During this period the court culture exemplified by Louis XIV's Versailles was pushed from the centre to the margins by the emergence of a new kind of space - the public sphere. The author shows how many of the world's most importan...(展开全部)

Pierre Bourdieu is a prominent social theorist and researcher in contemporary sociology. In this critical examination of his oeuvre David Swartz focuses on a central theme in Bourdieu's work - the complex relationship between culture and power, and explains that sociology for Bourdieu is a mode of political intervention. Swartz clarifies Bourdieu's difficult concepts, noting wh...(展开全部)

Once considered a mere caretaker for collections, the curator is now widely viewed as a globally connected auteur. Over the last twenty-five years, as international group exhibitions and biennials have become the dominant mode of presenting contemporary art to the public, curatorship has begun to be perceived as a constellation of creative activities not unlike artistic praxis....(展开全部)

In this updated edition of his classic account, Charles Nauert charts the rise of humanism as the distinctive culture of the social, political and intellectual elites in Renaissance Europe. He traces humanism's emergence in the unique social and cultural conditions of fourteenth-century Italy and its gradual diffusion throughout the rest of Europe. He shows how, despite its eli...(展开全部)

戴维·斯沃茨(David Swartz，1945-)，1984年毕业于波士顿大学，获博士学位。曾在巴黎大学、卫斯理大学(Wesleyan University)以及耶鲁大学教授和研究社会学和社会理论。现为波士顿大学社会学系教授。近来的研究兴趣集中在知识分子研究、政治学研究、精英和社会分层研究等方面。

维克托•戴维斯•汉森（Victor Davis Hanson），军事历史学家，加利福尼亚州立大学弗雷斯诺校区古典文化学教授。汉森先生的著述涉及古代历史与古典时代战争等领域，包括The Other Greeks， The Western Way of War，以及 The Soul of Battle等。 傅翀，毕业于浙江大学。除译有《杀戮与文化》一书外，目前正在翻译乔纳森•萨姆欣（Jonathan Sumption）的《百年战争》（The Hundred Years War）一书。 吴昕欣，毕业于浙江大学外语学院，现从事版权引进工作。

This monumental work of cultural history was nominated for a National Book Award. It chronicles America's transformation, beginning in 1880, into a nation of consumers, devoted to a cult of comfort, bodily well-being, and endless acquisition. 24 pages of photos.