David Hackett Fischer, one of our most prominent historians, has garnered a reputation for making history come alive - even stories as familiar as Paul Revere's ride, or as complicated as the assimilation of British culture in North America. Now, in The Great Wave, Fischer has done it again, marshalling an astonishing array of historical facts in lucid and compelling prose to o...(展开全部)

A unique view of historical change, based on the rise and fall of prices.

Flora Kimmich has translated J.G. Droysen's classic study into English for the first time. Through her masterly rendering she brings this foundational work of modern historiography of the ancient world to a new audience. Based entirely on ancient sources, this is an exhaustive, beautifully narrated account of Alexander from the origins of the ancient Macedonian kingdom to Alexa...(展开全部)

The two great financial crises of the past century are the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession, which began in 2008. Both occurred against the backdrop of sharp credit booms, dubious banking practices, and a fragile and unstable global financial system. When markets went into cardiac arrest in 2008, policymakers invoked the lessons of the Great Depression in a...(展开全部)

罗杰斯·普莱斯是东英吉利大学(University of East Anglia)的一名历史课讲师，毕业于斯旺西--威尔士大学的现代历史和政治专业。他发表了很多作品，包括1972年的《法兰西第二共和国：社会历史(The French Second Republic: A Social History)》，1981年的《现代法国经济史，1730~1914 (An Economic History of Modern France, 1730-1914)》，1983年的《法国农村的现代化(The Modernisation of Rural France)》, 以及1987年的《19世纪法国社会史(A Social History of Nineteenth Century France)》。

"A how-to manual for a local or state government that wants to redesign its budget to emphasize and maximize results" ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune ) Already adopted by city governments across the country, this long-awaited paperback edition puts David Osborne and Peter Hutchinson's renowned guide into the hands of all state and local governments facing fiscal crisis. In a time ...(展开全部)

Trapped in a boring, dead-end day job in a department store, stage designer Therese Belivet finds her life forever changed when she encounters--and falls in love with--Carol Aird, an alluring suburban housewife in the midst of a divorce, as they set out on a cross-country odyssey, pursued by a private investigator who forces Carol into choosing between her daughter and her love...(展开全部)

莉莲·诺尔斯（LilianKnowles，1870—1926），英国经济史学家，英国皇家经济学会和皇家历史学会理事会成员。在剑桥大学获得历史和法律一等学位，1921年成为伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）第一位经济史教授。1920—1924年担任伦敦大学经济学院院长。英国经济学家威廉·贝弗里奇评价她是当时“伦敦政治经济学院极具影响力的人物之一，也是创始人之一”。

莉莲·诺尔斯（LilianKnowles，1870—1926），英国经济史学家，英国皇家经济学会和皇家历史学会理事会成员。在剑桥大学获得历史和法律一等学位，1921年成为伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）第一位经济史教授。1920—1924年担任伦敦大学经济学院院长。英国经济学家威廉·贝弗里奇评价她是当时“伦敦政治经济学院极具影响力的人物之一，也是创始人之一”。