The most famous firsthand account of the Kingdom of Angkor was left by the imperial Chinese envoy Zhou Daguan. But Zhou's was not the only portrait of Angkor and the kingdoms that came before it. The Empire Looks South draws on other sources to provide new and engrossing perspectives on early Cambodia up to and including the time of Angkor. These sources include accounts in off...(展开全部)

Magnum photographer Steve McCurry has beautifully and evocatively photographed the temples of Angkor in Cambodia, among the world's most impressive monuments. Published for the first time in paperback ,over one hundred of his images of the site are collected in this stunning book, which documents a magical world of carved gods, weathered masonry, tangled vegetation and orange-r...(展开全部)

Occupying much of imperial China's Yangzi River heartland and costing over twenty million lives, the Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) was no ordinary peasant revolt. What most distinguished this dramatic upheaval from earlier rebellions was the Taiping faith of the rebels. Inspired by a Protestant missionary tract, the core of the Taiping faith focused on the belief that Shangdi, ...(展开全部)

巴瑞特（Timothy Hugh Barrett），1949年生，英格兰吉尔福德人。1971年毕业于剑桥大学，在剑桥期间师从崔瑞德学习中国文化。后到美国跟随温士敦学习中国宗教，1978年以论文《李翱思想中的佛教、道教和儒教》获耶鲁大学博土学位。曾在日本东京做访问学者。1975年至1986年执教于剑桥大学。1986年至今在伦敦大学东方与非洲研究院任职。主要著作有《李翱——释子、道土还是新儒家》、《唐代道教——中国历史上黄金时期的宗教与帝国》、《儒家的智慧》（合着）、《发明印刷术的妇女》、《寒山诗研究》（合着），发表有《与的流传》、《唐代道教教权的出现》、《唐代道教和藏文佛经中提及的景教和摩尼教》等大量关于中国宗教与历史的文章。

巴瑞特（Timothy Hugh Barrett），1949年生，英格兰吉尔福德人。1971年毕业于剑桥大学，在剑桥期间师从崔瑞德学习中国文化。后到美国跟随温士敦学习中国宗教，1978年以论文《李翱思想中的佛教、道教和儒教》获耶鲁大学博土学位。曾在日本东京做访问学者。1975年至1986年执教于剑桥大学。1986年至今在伦敦大学东方与非洲研究院任职。主要著作有《李翱——释子、道土还是新儒家》、《唐代道教——中国历史上黄金时期的宗教与帝国》、《儒家的智慧》（合着）、《发明印刷术的妇女》、《寒山诗研究》（合着），发表有《与的流传》、《唐代道教教权的出现》、《唐代道教和藏文佛经中提及的景教和摩尼教》等大量关于中国宗教与历史的文章。

From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe, a new history of Russian imperialism In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine. While the world watched in outrage, this blatant violation of national sovereignty was only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom,...(展开全部)

From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe, a new history of Russian imperialism In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine. While the world watched in outrage, this blatant violation of national sovereignty was only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom,...(展开全部)