The astonishing story of the Sassoons, one of the nineteenth century's preeminent commercial families and 'the Rothschilds of the East' The Sassoons were one of the great business dynasties of the nineteenth century, as eminent as traders as the Rothschilds were bankers. This book reveals the secrets behind the family's phenomenal success: how a handful of Jewish exiles from Ot...(展开全部)

The investor-owned corporation is the conventional form for structuring large-scale enterprise in market economies. But it is not the only one. Even in the United States, noncapitalist firms play a vital role in many sectors. Employee-owned firms have long been prominent in the service professions - law, accounting, investment banking, medicine - and are becoming increasingly i...(展开全部)

l Presents a comprehensive analysis on the development of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, a historic landmark in the history of China l Provides detailed information on different aspects of the capital, including the political events, economic environment, and cultural contribution l Discusses the importance and influence of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty l Reviews va...(展开全部)

雅尼斯·瓦鲁法克斯（Yanis Varoufakis，1961— ），希腊当代著名政治经济学家，主要研究领域为政治经济学和博弈论，曾先后任教埃塞克斯大学、东英吉利大学、悉尼大学、雅典大学、德克萨斯大学，现为雅典大学经济学教授。2015年1月出任希腊财政部长，7月辞职。他还著有《博弈论批判导引》、《现代政治经济学》（合著）等作品。

【作者简介】 汤姆•霍兰（Tom Holland）英国著名历史学家，著有多部畅销作品，尤其擅长古希腊罗马历史写作。《王朝》一书的前作《卢比孔河》（Rubicon）获塞缪尔•约翰逊奖提名，并荣获2004年赫塞尔-蒂尔特曼历史学奖，《波斯战火》（Persian Fire）获2006年朗西曼奖。霍兰曾翻译了希罗多德的《历史》，并为英国广播公司（BBC）改编了荷马、修昔底德、维吉尔等人的作品。他于2007年荣获古典协会奖，该奖主要授予“在促进古希腊罗马语言、文学及文明之研究上做出突出贡献的学者”。 【译者简介】 严华容，西南政法大学法律英语学士，历史迷与语言迷，精通英语与西语，译有《来份杂碎：中餐在美国的文化史》。

Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubicon—his masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of the fall of the Roman republic—with Dynasty, a luridly fascinating history of the reign of the first five Roman emperors. Dynasty continues Rubicon's story, opening where that book ended: with the mur...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 汤姆•霍兰（Tom Holland）英国著名历史学家，著有多部畅销作品，尤其擅长古希腊罗马历史写作。《王朝》一书的前作《卢比孔河》（Rubicon）获塞缪尔•约翰逊奖提名，并荣获2004年赫塞尔-蒂尔特曼历史学奖，《波斯战火》（Persian Fire）获2006年朗西曼奖。霍兰曾翻译了希罗多德的《历史》，并为英国广播公司（BBC）改编了荷马、修昔底德、维吉尔等人的作品。他于2007年荣获古典协会奖，该奖主要授予“在促进古希腊罗马语言、文学及文明之研究上做出突出贡献的学者”。 【译者简介】 严华容，西南政法大学法律英语学士，历史迷与语言迷，精通英语与西语，译有《来份杂碎：中餐在美国的文化史》。

"Singularly interesting and stimulating. . . . A passionate and original work of scholarship."—Richard Wollheim, Times Literary Supplement "With the publication [of Rembrandt's Enterprise], Svetlana Alpers has firmly established herself in the front ranks of art historians at work today. . . . The book is not a long one. Yet, there is more perceptive scholarship packed into i...(展开全部)

The Opium War of 1839-42, the first military conflict to take place between China and the West, is a subject of enduring interest. Mao Haijian, one of the most distinguished and well-known historians working in China, presents the culmination of more than ten years of research in a revisionist reading of the conflict and its main Chinese protagonists. Mao examines the Qing part...(展开全部)

The Opium War of 1839-42, the first military conflict to take place between China and the West, is a subject of enduring interest. Mao Haijian, one of the most distinguished and well-known historians working in China, presents the culmination of more than ten years of research in a revisionist reading of the conflict and its main Chinese protagonists. Mao examines the Qing part...(展开全部)