The period between the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907 and the establishment of the Song in 960 is often dismissed as a bleak chapter in Chinese history, a half-century of national disunity and anarchy. However, while it is true that the north during this time was continually ravaged by attacks from Khitans and Turks, the south enjoyed a time of peace, economic prosperity, a...(展开全部)

作者简介： 菲利普•鲍尔（Philip Ball），英国著名科学与科普作家，英国皇家化学学会会士。拥有牛津大学化学专业学士学位和布里斯托大学物理学博士学位。曾在世界科学期刊《自然》杂志担任编辑超过20年，目前仍是《自然》的顾问编辑。已出版十余部脍炙人口的科普读物，2005年获得世界著名科普图书奖项“安万特科学图书奖”。代表作有《预知社会：群体行为的内在法则》《明亮的泥土：颜料发明史》《分子》《好奇心：科学何以执念万物》等。曾在中国高校做过访问学者，多次来中国进行学术交流，对中国的历史和文化十分着迷。 译者简介 张慧哲，资深译者，译有《螺旋楼梯》《两万五千英里的爱情》等多部作品。

作者简介： 菲利普•鲍尔（Philip Ball），英国著名科学与科普作家，英国皇家化学学会会士。拥有牛津大学化学专业学士学位和布里斯托大学物理学博士学位。曾在世界科学期刊《自然》杂志担任编辑超过20年，目前仍是《自然》的顾问编辑。已出版十余部脍炙人口的科普读物，2005年获得世界著名科普图书奖项“安万特科学图书奖”。代表作有《预知社会：群体行为的内在法则》《明亮的泥土：颜料发明史》《分子》《好奇心：科学何以执念万物》等。曾在中国高校做过访问学者，多次来中国进行学术交流，对中国的历史和文化十分着迷。 译者简介 张慧哲，资深译者，译有《螺旋楼梯》《两万五千英里的爱情》等多部作品。

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)

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)

费子智（C. P. Fitzgerald），原名查尔斯·帕特里克·菲茨杰拉德（Charles Patrick Fitzgerald），一九〇二年出生于英国伦敦，曾在伦敦亚非学院学习汉语，因对中国文化兴趣浓厚，一九二三年来华后在此居住和工作了十多年。其间曾到中国各地考察，他不仅对中国了解很深，而且十分推崇中国文化。他一九五〇年离开中国后赴澳大利亚国立大学任教，直至一九九二年去世。他毕生从事中国历史、文化和外交关系的研究，著有《中国文化简史》《武则天女皇》《五华楼》《胡床》等多部作品，对中国历史文化研究做出了杰出贡献。

费子智（C. P. Fitzgerald），原名查尔斯·帕特里克·菲茨杰拉德（Charles Patrick Fitzgerald），一九〇二年出生于英国伦敦，曾在伦敦亚非学院学习汉语，因对中国文化兴趣浓厚，一九二三年来华后在此居住和工作了十多年。其间曾到中国各地考察，他不仅对中国了解很深，而且十分推崇中国文化。他一九五〇年离开中国后赴澳大利亚国立大学任教，直至一九九二年去世。他毕生从事中国历史、文化和外交关系的研究，著有《中国文化简史》《武则天女皇》《五华楼》《胡床》等多部作品，对中国历史文化研究做出了杰出贡献。

Book Description The Open Empire presents a fresh approach to Chinese history in the premodern period, drawing on stunning evidence from recent archaeological finds and exciting currents in scholarship. Departing from the dynastic structure typical of other histories, Valerie Hansen charts the broad social changes that transcend the artificial chronological boundaries of dynat...(展开全部)

An innovative approach to early Chinese history, now updated and expanded up to 1800. The Open Empire takes an integrative, thematic approach to early Chinese history, using the concept of the “open empire” to highlight the dynamic, porous nature of China’s past. Hansen builds her chronological narrative on a rich variety of archeological and literary sources to flesh out the d...(展开全部)

In South of the Border, West of the Sun , the simple arc of a man's life--with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment--becomes the exquisite literary terrain of Haruki Murakami's most haunting work. Born in 1951 in an affluent Tokyo suburb, Hajime-- beginning in Japanese--has arrived at middle age wanting for almost nothing. The postwar years have brought him a...(展开全部)