When plague broke out in Manchuria in 1910 as a result of transmission from marmots to humans, it struck a region struggling with the introduction of Western medicine, as well as with the interactions of three different national powers: Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. In this fascinating case history, William Summers relates how this plague killed as many as 60,000 people in le...(展开全部)

Zizek returns to untangle a heady mix of fantasy and ideology. With his idiosyncratic blend of ideas from Lacan and Hegel, the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek has emerged as one of the most original thinkers of our time. Never missing an opportunity to recount a revealing anec-dote or joke his writing is as entertaining as it is informative. In his latest book, Zizek approac...(展开全部)

所有家长都需要读：这是一部划时代的调查，探讨智能手机、社交媒体和大型科技时代青少年心理健康状况的崩溃，并提出了一个更健康、更自由的童年计划。 在经历了十多年的稳定或改善之后，青少年的心理健康状况在2010年代初急剧下降。抑郁、焦虑、自残和自杀的发生率急剧上升，许多指标都翻了一番多。原因何在？ 在《焦虑的一代》一书中，社会心理学家乔纳森·海特（Jonathan Haidt）阐述了青少年精神疾病同时席卷多个国家的事实。随后，他探究了童年的本质，包括为什么儿童需要玩耍和独立探索才能成长为有能力、蓬勃发展的成年人。海特展示了“以玩耍为基础的童年”如何在20世纪80年代开始衰落，以及它如何在2010年代初被“以手机为基础的童年”所取代。他列举了十几种这种“童年大重塑”干扰儿童社会和神经发育的机制，涵盖了从睡眠不足到注意力分散、成瘾、孤独、社会感染、社会攀比以及...(展开全部)

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. “Erudite, engaging, combative, crusading.” —New York Times Book Review “Words that chill the parental ...(展开全部)

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. “Erudite, engaging, combative, crusading.” —New York Times Book Review “Words that chill the parental ...(展开全部)

所有家长都需要读：这是一部划时代的调查，探讨智能手机、社交媒体和大型科技时代青少年心理健康状况的崩溃，并提出了一个更健康、更自由的童年计划。 在经历了十多年的稳定或改善之后，青少年的心理健康状况在2010年代初急剧下降。抑郁、焦虑、自残和自杀的发生率急剧上升，许多指标都翻了一番多。原因何在？ 在《焦虑的一代》一书中，社会心理学家乔纳森·海特（Jonathan Haidt）阐述了青少年精神疾病同时席卷多个国家的事实。随后，他探究了童年的本质，包括为什么儿童需要玩耍和独立探索才能成长为有能力、蓬勃发展的成年人。海特展示了“以玩耍为基础的童年”如何在20世纪80年代开始衰落，以及它如何在2010年代初被“以手机为基础的童年”所取代。他列举了十几种这种“童年大重塑”干扰儿童社会和神经发育的机制，涵盖了从睡眠不足到注意力分散、成瘾、孤独、社会感染、社会攀比以及...(展开全部)

A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome’s power—a story of nat...(展开全部)

A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome’s power—a story of nat...(展开全部)

This new, updated edition of compelling essays focuses on changing disease patterns in history and some of the key events and people involved in them, and includes recent events. This book will be a welcome addition to the library of all those interested in the history of medicine. The following topics are covered:

阿瑟·O.洛夫乔伊（Arthur Oncken Lovejoy,1873-1962） 美国哲学家，批判实在主义代表之一。曾任霍普金斯大学教授，1916-1917年任美国哲学协会会长。1940年创办《思想史杂志》，并任编辑。与桑塔亚那、赛拉斯等合著的《批判实在主义论文集》为批判实在主义的代表作。主要著作还有《批判实在主义》、《对二元论的反叛》。