By developing the broadest and most inclusive definition of the term "map" ever adopted in the history of cartography, this inaugural volume of the "History of Cartography" series has helped redefine the way maps are studied and understood by scholars in a number of disciplines. Volume One addresses the prehistorical and historical mapping traditions of premodern Europe and th...(展开全部)

The focus of Fernand Braudel's great work is the Mediterranean world in the second half of the sixteenth century, but Braudel ranges back in history to the world of Odysseus and forward to our time, moving out from the Mediterranean area to the New World and other destinations of Mediterranean traders. Braudel's scope embraces the natural world and material life, economics, dem...(展开全部)

In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems, illuminate the many ways in which various human cultures have interpreted spatial re...(展开全部)

诺曼·思罗尔生于1919，先后求学于美国弗吉尼亚大学和威斯康星大学，于1958年获地理学博士学位。他于1957年始执教于加利福尼亚大学地理系，直至1990年退休。1981年后的六年，他还兼任大学的图书馆馆长，在其任内，“17-18世纪研究中心”得以建立。1973-1975年，他任“发现史学会”的主席，他还创办了加利福尼亚地图协会。1962年，他获古根汉姆奖，1993年得到西班牙国王KING JUAN CARLOS的ORDEN DEL MERITO CIVIL一等十字勋章，1997年得到国际地图收藏协会的HELEN WALLIS奖，1999年获加利福尼亚大学的最富创造力的终身教授奖。

For most of the twentieth century, maps were indispensable. They were how governments understood, managed, and defended their territory, and during the two world wars they were produced by the hundreds of millions. Cartographers and journalists predicted the dawning of a “map-minded age,” where increasingly state-of-the-art maps would become everyday tools. By the century’s end...(展开全部)

The first in a four-volume set, The Cambridge World History of Violence, volume I provides a comprehensive examination of violence in prehistory and the ancient world. Covering the period through to the end of classical antiquity, the chapters take a global perspective spanning sub-Saharan Africa, the Near East, Europe, India, China, Japan and Central America. Unlike many previ...(展开全部)

Edited by Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's leading archaeologists, this book provides a comprehensive account of prehistoric Europe from the coming of the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire. Unique in its approach, it is a history of both humanity and the environment, looking at the changing landscape of Europe and the responses and adaptations to these changes. With ...(展开全部)

Katouzian (Oxford) has written a history of Iran designed to appeal to both specialists and general readers. The author begins with the earliest times when history emerges from the myths and legends embodied in the Shahnama (the Iranian national legend), and concludes with the turmoil following the reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency of Iran in 2009. Approximate...(展开全部)

In recent years, Iran has gained attention mostly for negative reasons - for its authoritarian religious government, disputed nuclear programme, and controversial role in the Middle East - but there is much more to the story of this ancient land than can be gleaned from the news. This authoritative and comprehensive history of Iran, written by Homa Katouzian, an acclaimed exper...(展开全部)

In recent years, Iran has gained attention mostly for negative reasons - for its authoritarian religious government, disputed nuclear programme, and controversial role in the Middle East - but there is much more to the story of this ancient land than can be gleaned from the news. This authoritative and comprehensive history of Iran, written by Homa Katouzian, an acclaimed exper...(展开全部)