【著者简介】 琳达·科利（Linda Colley），英国国家学术院院士、英国皇家文学学会会员、欧洲科学院院士、剑桥大学基督学院首位女研究员，现为普林斯顿大学历史系教授，研究专长为英国史、帝国史、1700年后的全球史。著有《英国人》《伊丽莎白·马什的磨难》等。1993年获沃尔夫森历史奖。

A work of extraordinary range and striking originality, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen traces the global history of written constitutions from the 1750s to the twentieth century, modifying accepted narratives and uncovering the close connections between the making of constitutions and the making of war. In the process, Linda Colley both reappraises famous constitutions and reco...(展开全部)

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-?ve years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture...(展开全部)

At the start of the third Christian millennium we are aware of massive political, economic and ideological changes which condition the chances of liberty, wealth and equality. Yet it is surprisingly difficult for us to understand these forces, for we cannot see what surrounds us so closely. This book analyzes our condition by looking at the work of two great thinkers, one of wh...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 乔舒亚•B.弗里曼是一位杰出的历史教授，在纽约城市大学皇后学院和研究生中心。他的早期著作包括《美利坚帝国》（American Empire）和《纽约工人阶级》（Working-Class New York）等。他住在纽约市。 . . 【译者简介】 李珂，1997年生，本科毕业于河南大学，现为白俄罗斯国立大学历史系在读研究生，民族学人类学方向。 研究问题：俄苏的车臣问题、晚期莫卧儿帝国。豆瓣主页kekede1997

A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on society. We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since their beginnings, when William Blake called them "dark Satanic mills." Many factories that o...(展开全部)

维克多•塞巴斯蒂安 记者。 著有： 《十二天：1956年革命》（TWELVE DAYS: REVOLUTION 1956 ），Weidenfeld, 2006 《1989年革命》（REVOLUTION 1989: FALL OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE），W&N, 2009

维克多•塞巴斯蒂安 记者。 著有： 《十二天：1956年革命》（TWELVE DAYS: REVOLUTION 1956 ），Weidenfeld, 2006 《1989年革命》（REVOLUTION 1989: FALL OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE），W&N, 2009

Why are coffee, tobacco, and marijuana available the world over, but not peyote or qat? Why are alcohol and tobacco legal, but not heroin or cocaine? What drives the drug, and how has it come to be what it is today - a vast, chequered pattern of use and abuse, medicine and recreation, commerce and interdiction? A global history of the acquisition of progressively more potent me...(展开全部)

沃尔特•拉塞尔•米德为外交关系委员会美国外交亨利•基辛格学者。他定期为《外交事务》杂志撰写书评，为《美国利益》杂志编委、新美国基金会董事会创始成员。他经常为《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》和《时尚先生》撰稿。他撰写的著作有2002年获得莱昂内尔•吉尔伯图书奖（非小说类作品最 重要的奖项——《经济学人》）的《特殊天佑》，和《权力、恐怖、和平与战争》。他现居美国纽约市杰克逊高地。 涂怡超，复旦大学美国研究中心副研究员，兼任察哈尔学会研究员。复旦大学法学博士（2007）、乔治敦大学博士后（2009-2010），美国国家人文中心研究员（2014-2015），研究方向为宗教与国际关系、宗教与政治、基督教史。 罗怡清，资深电视人，美国金门大学整合行销传播专业硕士，美国“圆桌奖学金”获得者。