弗吉尼亚·波斯特雷尔（Virgi Postrel），美国记者、独立学者、《彭博·观点》专栏作家，在此之前曾担任《华尔街日报》和《纽约时报》专刊作家。她的研究涵盖从社会科学到时尚的广泛主题，尤其关注文化、商业和技术等交叉领域。著有两部备受赞誉的作品《风格的实质，魅力的力量》（The Substance of Style,The Power of Glamour）和《未来及其敌人》（The Future and lts Enemies）。 张洁，本科毕业于复旦大学历史学系，获历史学学士学位。研究生就读于复旦大学国际关系与公共事务学院国际关系专业，研究方向为中美关系，获法学硕士学位。现任职于复旦大学。译作有《少数给中国的飞机》、《行走的柠檬》等。

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide. The story of humanity is the story of textiles — as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virg...(展开全部)

弗吉尼亚·波斯特雷尔（Virgi Postrel），美国记者、独立学者、《彭博·观点》专栏作家，在此之前曾担任《华尔街日报》和《纽约时报》专刊作家。她的研究涵盖从社会科学到时尚的广泛主题，尤其关注文化、商业和技术等交叉领域。著有两部备受赞誉的作品《风格的实质，魅力的力量》（The Substance of Style,The Power of Glamour）和《未来及其敌人》（The Future and lts Enemies）。 张洁，本科毕业于复旦大学历史学系，获历史学学士学位。研究生就读于复旦大学国际关系与公共事务学院国际关系专业，研究方向为中美关系，获法学硕士学位。现任职于复旦大学。译作有《少数给中国的飞机》、《行走的柠檬》等。

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide. The story of humanity is the story of textiles — as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virg...(展开全部)

Today's world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation, it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However, this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution, Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as...(展开全部)

Today's world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation, it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However, this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution, Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as...(展开全部)

奈杰尔•斯皮维（Nigel Spivey） 英国剑桥大学古典艺术与考古学学者。著有《青铜上的歌》《古代奥运会》等书，曾担任BBC/PBS纪录片《艺术创世记》主持人。 盛夏（译者） 独立撰稿人、翻译工作者。美国艾奥瓦州立大学博士。2013年起从事艺术领域翻译工作，与《艺术新闻》《艺术界》等媒体以及豪瑟沃斯画廊等知名艺术机构长期合作。

The Times (UK) book of the year! Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their birth. While this initially seemed like a novel concept, by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left? In The Aristocracy of Tale...(展开全部)

Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their status at birth. For much of history this was a revolutionary thought, but by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left? Adrian Wooldridge traces the history of m...(展开全部)

约翰·迪基（John Dickie），作家、历史学家，英国伦敦大学学院艺术与人文学院意大利研究教授，意大利史、黑手党研究权威。出版有多本意大利研究相关著作。