Depression has colonized the world. Today, more than 300 million of us have been diagnosed as depressed. But 150 years ago, “depression” referred to a mood, not a sickness. Does that mean people weren’t sick before, only sad? Of course not. Mental illness is a complex thing, part biological, part social, its definition dependent on time and place. But in the mid-twentieth centu...(展开全部)

A major new history of the eastern Roman Empire, from Constantine to 1453. In recent decades, the study of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium, has been revolutionized by new approaches and more sophisticated models for how its society and state operated. No longer looked upon as a pale facsimile of classical Rome, Byzantium is now considered a vigorous state of i...(展开全部)

In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so much, for so long, to millions of Central Europeans. Across divides of language, religion, region, and history, ordinary women and men felt a common attachment to their empire, while bureaucrats, soldiers, politicians, and academics devised inventive solutions to the challenges of...(展开全部)

In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so much, for so long, to millions of Central Europeans. Across divides of language, religion, region, and history, ordinary women and men felt a common attachment to their empire, while bureaucrats, soldiers, politicians, and academics devised inventive solutions to the challenges of...(展开全部)

斯文·贝克特（Sven Beckert）是哈佛大学的美国历史莱尔德·贝尔教授，教授现代资本主义政治经济、美国资本主义历史、镀金时代美国史、劳工历史、全球资本主义课程。贝克特还是哈佛大学资本主义研究项目的联合主席，也是韦瑟黑德全球史计划的联合主席。贝克特写作范围广泛，涉及资本主义的经济、社会和政治历史。他是美国学术协会理事会会员，约翰·西蒙古根海姆纪念基金会的研究员。

斯文·贝克特（Sven Beckert）是哈佛大学的美国历史莱尔德·贝尔教授，教授现代资本主义政治经济、美国资本主义历史、镀金时代美国史、劳工历史、全球资本主义课程。贝克特还是哈佛大学资本主义研究项目的联合主席，也是韦瑟黑德全球史计划的联合主席。贝克特写作范围广泛，涉及资本主义的经济、社会和政治历史。他是美国学术协会理事会会员，约翰·西蒙古根海姆纪念基金会的研究员。

If art and science have one thing in common, it's a hunger for the new - new ideas and innovations, new ways of seeing and depicting the world. But that desire for novelty carries with it a fundamental philosophical problem: If everything has to come from something, how can anything truly new emerge? Is novelty even possible? In Novelty, Michael North takes us on a dazzling tou...(展开全部)

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the ...(展开全部)

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the ...(展开全部)

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance. A nation whose impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbours in the Middle East but on the world as a whole - and through ideas and creativity rather than by the...(展开全部)