A new updated edition of the headline-making work that was acclaimed for its perceptive insights on the self-destructing aspects of the Japanese economic system when originally published.

From TV’s “real housewives” to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on “easy street”? In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers—including hedge fund financiers and corporate lawyers, profe...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·苏兹曼（James Suzman） 苏格兰圣安德鲁斯大学人类学学士，爱丁堡大学社会人类学博士。自1996年起，他便开始在博茨瓦纳和纳米比亚的卡拉哈里沙漠，与每个主要的布须曼族群共同生活和工作。苏兹曼在卡拉哈里当地更广为人知的名字是“昆塔”（/Kunta），这是他的昆族( !Kung）名字。直到今天，布须曼人仍对苏兹曼保留着深刻的记忆。 2001—2004年，苏兹曼获剑桥大学非洲研究斯穆兹联邦奖学金（Smuts Commonwealth Fellowship）。2007年，加入戴比尔斯集团公司（De Beers Group of Companies），担任全球公共事务主管。 自2013年以来，苏兹曼一直在持续研究卡拉哈里的相关问题，并于英国剑桥大学创立了人类学智库“人类”(Anthropos）。

“Insightful and well-written . . . [Suzman chronicles] how much humankind can still learn from the disappearing way of life of the most marginalized communities on earth.” -Yuval Noah Harari, author of SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMAN KIND and HOMO DEUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TOMORROW WASHINGTON POST'S 50 NOTABLE WORKS OF NONFICTION IN 2017 AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2017 A vibrant port...(展开全部)

In this wide-ranging study of Japanese cultural expression, Alan Tansman reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibility - present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writings - helped create an 'aesthetic of fascism' in the years leading up to World War II. Evoking beautiful moments of violence, both real and imagined, these works did...(展开全部)

Widely recognized both in America and Japan for his insider knowledge and penetrating analyses of Japanese politics, Gerald Curtis is the political analyst best positioned to explore the complexities of the Japanese political scene today. Curtis has personally known most of the key players in Japanese politics for more than thirty years, and he draws on their candid comments to...(展开全部)

For survey courses in the History of Asia and the History of Japan. This brief survey of the long and rich history of Japan, written by one of the world's leading scholars in the field, provides an overall framework for understanding this great nation from its origins to the present day. The book explores the arts and literature, political change, economic advancement, and...(展开全部)

阿尔伯特·克雷格（Albert M.Craig），哈佛燕京学社社长，赖肖尔日本研究所主席，哈佛东亚研究中心副主任。1949年毕业于美国西北大学哲学系，1959年获得哈佛大学博士学位。曾荣获古根海姆奖学金、富布莱特奖学金，先后前往日本京都大学、东京大学、庆应大学访学，1988年被日本政府授予旭日章。代表著作：《明治维新时期的长州》（1961）、《东亚文明：传统与变革》（1989，与费正清、赖肖尔合著）、《世界文明的遗产》（2000）《中国文明的遗产》（2001）、《日本文明的遗产》（2002）、《文明与启蒙：福泽渝吉早期思想探析》（2009）等。 李虎，青年翻译家，北京大学硕士，现就职于国家海洋局第三海洋研究所。从事海洋科学、生物多样性和科学史的翻译工作。译著《地球上最伟大的表演：进化的证据》、《众病之王：癌症传》、《物种源始》（第1版）、《忧天:全球...(展开全部)

A brilliantly inventive novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with things One year after the death of his beloved musician father, thirteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house—a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sen...(展开全部)

https://www.routledge.com/China-in-the-Eyes-of-the-Japanese/Xiuli-Wei-Yunxiang/p/book/9780367685843 The relation between China and Japan is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world but how did the Japanese view China in ancient times? How did views change throughout the course of history? How could China’s image be improved in Japanese people’s eyes? This ...(展开全部)