Distinguished historian John Merriman maintains that the Age of Modern Terror began in Paris on February 12, 1894, when anarchist Emile Henry set off a bomb in the Café Terminus, killing one and wounding twenty French citizens. The true story of the circumstances that led a young radical to commit a cold-blooded act of violence against innocent civilians makes for riveting read...(展开全部)

作者简介： 约翰•梅里曼（John Merriman，1946—），密歇根大学历史学博士，耶鲁大学历史学杰出讲席教授，布兰福德学院前院长，美国欧洲史学界权威学者。曾获法国政府颁发的荣誉博士学位、波兰教育部颁发的荣誉勋章、耶鲁大学杰出教学奖。著述甚丰，包括奠定其学术地位并已成为美国高校通行教材的《现代欧洲史》。其主讲的耶鲁大学开放课程“欧洲文明”具有世界性影响 译者简介： 范譞，北京大学社会学系博士，任教于中华女子学院女性学系。研究领域为社会理论、身体社会学与性别研究。

The fascinating story of a long-forgotten "war on terror" that has much in common with our own On a February evening in 1894, a young radical intellectual named mile Henry drank two beers at an upscale Parisian restaurant, then left behind a bomb as a parting gift. This incident, which rocked the French capital, lies at the heart of The Dynamite Club, a mesmerizing account of H...(展开全部)

In 1871 Paris was a city in crisis. Besieged during the Franco–Prussian War, its buildings and boulevards were damaged, its finances mired in debt, and its new government untested. But if Parisian authorities balked at the challenges facing them, entrepreneurs and businessmen did not. Selling Paris chronicles the people, practices, and politics that spurred the largest building...(展开全部)

In 1871 Paris was a city in crisis. Besieged during the Franco–Prussian War, its buildings and boulevards were damaged, its finances mired in debt, and its new government untested. But if Parisian authorities balked at the challenges facing them, entrepreneurs and businessmen did not. Selling Paris chronicles the people, practices, and politics that spurred the largest building...(展开全部)

"This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel."--New Yorker At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be...(展开全部)

Many are familiar with European modernists' interest in Chinese art and poetry, however less well known is that Russian literature and art at the turn of 20th century also flourished in a sustained dialogue with China. In Fin-de-siècle Russia and Chinese Aesthetics, Jinyi Chu reconsiders the place of Russia in the genealogy of global modernism by exploring the enduring impact o...(展开全部)

Many are familiar with European modernists' interest in Chinese art and poetry, however less well known is that Russian literature and art at the turn of 20th century also flourished in a sustained dialogue with China. In Fin-de-siècle Russia and Chinese Aesthetics, Jinyi Chu reconsiders the place of Russia in the genealogy of global modernism by exploring the enduring impact o...(展开全部)

作者简介： 约翰•梅里曼（John Merriman，1946—），密歇根大学历史学博士，耶鲁大学历史学杰出讲席教授，布兰福德学院前院长，美国欧洲史学界权威学者。曾获法国政府颁发的荣誉博士学位、波兰教育部颁发的荣誉勋章、耶鲁大学杰出教学奖。著述甚丰，包括奠定其学术地位并已成为美国高校通行教材的《现代欧洲史》。其主讲的耶鲁大学开放课程“欧洲文明”具有世界性影响 译者简介： 范譞，北京大学社会学系博士，任教于中华女子学院女性学系。研究领域为社会理论、身体社会学与性别研究。

萨特是二十世纪极具影响的哲学家之一。对当代思想和政治都有极深远的影响。列维这本书以详实的资料为基础，深入地探计了萨特思想的形成，他所受的影响，以及他发挥的作用，是一本有深度的萨特研究专著。《萨特的世纪》是法国著名的新哲学家贝尔纳·亨利·列维所著的一本研究萨特哲学的重要著作。