The Gender Knot, Allan Johnson's response to the pain and confusion that men and women experience by living with gender inequality, explains what patriarchy is and isn't, how it works, and what gets in the way of understanding and doing something about it. Johnson's simple yet powerful approach avoids the paralyzing trap of guilt, blame, anger, and defensive denial that often r...(展开全部)

作者简介： 艾伦·约翰逊（Allan Johnson，1946—2017） 美国社会学家、非虚构作家。 1972年获密歇根大学社会学博士。在一生中的大部分时间，他都在研究性别、种族和社会阶级等问题。代表作包括《见树又见林》《特权、权力与差异》。 译者简介： 杨晓琼 自由译者，另译有《想象共和国》《扳手》《中亚行纪》《维塔》《性权利》。

作者简介： 艾伦·约翰逊（Allan Johnson，1946—2017） 美国社会学家、非虚构作家。 1972年获密歇根大学社会学博士。在一生中的大部分时间，他都在研究性别、种族和社会阶级等问题。代表作包括《见树又见林》《特权、权力与差异》。 译者简介： 杨晓琼 自由译者，另译有《想象共和国》《扳手》《中亚行纪》《维塔》《性权利》。

作者简介： 艾伦·约翰逊（Allan Johnson，1946—2017） 美国社会学家、非虚构作家。 1972年获密歇根大学社会学博士。在一生中的大部分时间，他都在研究性别、种族和社会阶级等问题。代表作包括《见树又见林》《特权、权力与差异》。 译者简介： 杨晓琼 自由译者，另译有《想象共和国》《扳手》《中亚行纪》《维塔》《性权利》。

作者简介： 艾伦·约翰逊（Allan Johnson，1946—2017） 美国社会学家、非虚构作家。 1972年获密歇根大学社会学博士。在一生中的大部分时间，他都在研究性别、种族和社会阶级等问题。代表作包括《见树又见林》《特权、权力与差异》。 译者简介： 杨晓琼 自由译者，另译有《想象共和国》《扳手》《中亚行纪》《维塔》《性权利》。

The Gender Knot, Allan Johnson's response to the pain and confusion that men and women experience by living with gender inequality, explains what patriarchy is and isn't, how it works, and what gets in the way of understanding and doing something about it. Johnson's simple yet powerful approach avoids the paralyzing trap of guilt, blame, anger, and defensive denial that often r...(展开全部)

Knots are familiar objects. We use them to moor our boats, to wrap our packages, to tie our shoes. Yet the mathematical theory of knots quickly leads to deep results in topology and geometry. "The Knot Book" is an introduction to this rich theory, starting with our familiar understanding of knots and a bit of college algebra and finishing with exciting topics of current researc...(展开全部)

In this lucid and entertaining book, Mel Greaves argues that evolutionary biology offers a new perspective that can help us unravel the riddle of cancer. Why, for example, have women always had such a raw deal in the cancer stakes? And why are some cancers, such as prostate cancer, increasing in incidence? Greaves argues that Darwinian selection millions of years ago has endowe...(展开全部)

Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of rediscovery in recent times is evident in Euro...(展开全部)