作者萨缪尔•E•芬纳，英国著名政治学家、历史学家。毕业于牛津大学，曾执教于贝利奥尔学院，后任基尔大学政治学教授，1966年开始任曼彻斯特大学政治学系主任，1974年回到牛津大学并任格拉斯顿讲座教授。芬纳还曾任英国政治学会主席和国际政治科学协会副主席（1965－1969）。芬纳一生博学多产、著作等身，代表作有《马背上的人：军事力量在政治中的作用》（1962）、《比较政府：政治学研究导论》（1974）和三卷本《统治史》。 译者王震，上海社会科学院世界中国学所副研究员、法学博士，兼任西亚北非研究中心秘书长，主要研究领域为国际政治、世界历史等。2005-2006年曾赴以色列特拉维夫大学访学，多次参与国家社科基金、教育部等委托的重大科研项目，目前独立主持国家社科基金和上海市社科规划办委托项目，研究成果曾获“第九届上海市决策咨询研究成果一等奖”。已在《社会科学》...(展开全部)

No one has hitherto had the breadth of imagination and intellectual boldness to describe and analyse government throughout recorded history and throughout the world. This unique study of government is the culmination of the work of the late S. E. Finer, one of the leading political scientists of the twentieth century. Ranging over 5,000 years, from the Sumerian city state to th...(展开全部)

No country’s past can match Egypt’s in antiquity, richness, and variety. Rarely, however, is this nation’s history presented as a comprehensive panorama, since scholars tend to divide it into distinct eras―pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, medieval Islamic, Ottoman, and modern―that are rarely studied in connection to each other, despite the strong elements of continuity running t...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 [埃及] 杰森·汤普森（Jason Thompson） 美国科尔比学院教授，埃及知名历史学家，对埃及史的研究广博而深入，以讲述通俗历史而著名。著有《加德纳·威尔金森爵士和他的圈子》（Sir Cardiner Wilkinson and His Circle），编有《埃及谈》（Description of Egypt）《漫谈现代埃及人的风俗文化》（An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians）等作品。 —————————— 【译者简介】 刘梦迪 苏州大学外国语学院英语翻译硕士，利物浦大学社会语言学博士在读，研究方向为多语、语言与身份构建、翻译理论与实践、中国文化翻译与对外传播。

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while giving weight to the characteristics of each country. This narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath" to connect leaders with the lives of those they ruled. The result is a tapestry from which...(展开全部)

作者萨缪尔•E•芬纳，英国著名政治学家、历史学家。毕业于牛津大学，曾执教于贝利奥尔学院，后任基尔大学政治学教授，1966年开始任曼彻斯特大学政治学系主任，1974年回到牛津大学并任格拉斯顿讲座教授。芬纳还曾任英国政治学会主席和国际政治科学协会副主席（1965－1969）。芬纳一生博学多产、著作等身，代表作有《马背上的人：军事力量在政治中的作用》（1962）、《比较政府：政治学研究导论》（1974）和三卷本《统治史》。 译者王震，上海社会科学院世界中国学所副研究员、法学博士，兼任西亚北非研究中心秘书长，主要研究领域为国际政治、世界历史等。2005-2006年曾赴以色列特拉维夫大学访学，多次参与国家社科基金、教育部等委托的重大科研项目，目前独立主持国家社科基金和上海市社科规划办委托项目，研究成果曾获“第九届上海市决策咨询研究成果一等奖”。已在《社会科学》...(展开全部)

The ultimate work of historical reference From cavemen to the Cold War, from Alexander the Great to global warming, from warfare through the ages to the great voyages of exploration, The Times Complete History of the World is the book that has all the answers. This is the most comprehensive, authoritative and accessible work on world history available today. It has sold over 2....(展开全部)

The ultimate work of historical reference From cavemen to the Cold War, from Alexander the Great to global warming, from warfare through the ages to the great voyages of exploration, The Times Complete History of the World is the book that has all the answers. This is the most comprehensive, authoritative and accessible work on world history available today. It has sold over ...(展开全部)

An authoritative and sweeping history of Britain from the Romans to the present day—in a newly revised edition for the next generation of readers. The Story of Britain is an accessible one-volume history that clearly depict Britain's origins—and explain how the past shaped the nation's current identity. He begins the story of Britain from the very earliest recorded Celtic times...(展开全部)

The Story of Britain is an accessible one-volume history that clearly depict Britain's origins--and explain how the past shaped the nation's current identity. He begins the story of Britain from the very earliest recorded Celtic times, and with this new edition has now brought it up to date via the Blair years and into the present day of Brexit Britain. A magnificently eloquent...(展开全部)