Why did modern states and economies develop first in the peripheral and late-coming culture of Europe? This historical puzzle looms behind every study of industrialization and economic development. In this analytical and comparative work Eric Jones sees the economic condition forming where natural environments and political systems meet: Europe's economic rise is explained as a...(展开全部)

埃里克·琼斯，澳大利亚墨尔本大学墨尔本商学院的教授研究员、联合王国（英国）雷丁大学国际商业研究生中心的经济学教授。由于比较经济史方面的工作而被授予牛津大学高级博士学位。

Why did modern states and economies develop first in the peripheral and late-coming culture of Europe? This historical puzzle looms behind every study of industrialization and economic development. In this analytical and comparative work Eric Jones sees the economic condition forming where natural environments and political systems meet: Europe's economic rise is explained as a...(展开全部)

埃里克·琼斯，澳大利亚墨尔本大学墨尔本商学院的教授研究员、联合王国（英国）雷丁大学国际商业研究生中心的经济学教授。由于比较经济史方面的工作而被授予牛津大学高级博士学位。

American security and prosperity now depend on Asia. William H. Overholt offers an iconoclastic analysis of developments in each major Asian country, Asian international relations, and U.S. foreign policy. Drawing on decades of political and business experience, he argues that obsolete Cold War attitudes tie the U.S. increasingly to an otherwise isolated Japan and obscure the r...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·斯塔夫里迪斯，美国海军上将(已退役)，毕业于美国海军学院，在美国海军服役逾35年，曾指挥过多艘驱逐舰和一个航母战斗群。服役期的最后7年获美国海军四星上将军衔，担任北约欧洲盟军司令近4年。退役后，斯塔夫里迪斯在2013年被任命为塔夫茨大学弗莱彻法律与外交学院院长。曾在《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》发表过多篇关于全球安全问题的文章。

From one of the most admired admirals of his generation—and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO—comes a remarkable voyage through all of the world’s most important bodies of water, providing the story of naval power as a driver of human history and a crucial element in our current geopolitical path. From the time of the Greeks and the Persians clashin...(展开全部)

Observing the dramatic shift in world politics since the end of the Cold War, Peter J. Katzenstein argues that regions have become critical to contemporary world politics. This view is in stark contrast to those who focus on the purportedly stubborn persistence of the nation-state or the inevitable march of globalization. In detailed studies of technology and foreign investment...(展开全部)

【作者介绍】 大卫·I.科泽（David I. Kertzer），美国艺术与科学学院院士，布朗大学社会科学小保罗·杜比（Paul Dupee, Jr.）校级教授、人类学系教授和意大利研究系教授，《现代意大利研究》合作创刊人及主编之一。曾任布朗大学教务长，美国社会科学史协会主席和美国欧洲人类学学会主席。主要研究领域为意大利政治历史、梵蒂冈研究、天主教会和犹太人。科泽曾两次凭借年度最佳意大利历史著作获美国历史学会意大利历史研究会马拉罗奖（Marraro Prize）。其所著《埃德加多·摩尔塔拉的绑架》入围1997年美国国家图书奖决选，并已被改编成电影；《反犹教宗》入围马克·林顿历史奖（Mark Lynton History Prize）决选。 【译者介绍】 陶泽慧，毕业于厦门大学英文系，现为译林出版社图书编辑，业余从事文学、历史翻译，另译有《奇想之年》《...(展开全部)

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI’s secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports from Mussolini’s spies inside the highest levels of the Church, will forever change our under...(展开全部)