In the nineteenth century, as Britain attained a leading economic and political position in Europe, British policymakers embarked on a bold experiment with small and limited government. By the outbreak of the First World War, however, this laissez-faire philosophy of government had been abandoned and the country had taken its first steps toward becoming a modern welfare state. ...(展开全部)

In the nineteenth century, as Britain attained a leading economic and political position in Europe, British policymakers embarked on a bold experiment with small and limited government. By the outbreak of the First World War, however, this laissez-faire philosophy of government had been abandoned and the country had taken its first steps toward becoming a modern welfare state. ...(展开全部)

本书是近代私法史领域影响深远的巨著。在本书中，作者以历史比较的方法，对1800年至1914年间欧陆各国私法的发展做同步描摹，探寻其社会经济史和思想史基础，以揭示欧陆各国私法在民族国家化之后的共同性。在权利主体、法律行为、物权、债权、亲属、继承、票据、保险、海商等传统私法问题之外，本书还考察了19世纪欧洲各国共同面临的一些新问题，如新的公司形式、竞争法、知识产权法、劳动法以及不动产法的新构造。 本书视野开阔，取精用宏，洵为大师手笔，对于理解欧洲私法的历史与现状具有不可替代的价值。

The cult of the free market has dominated economic policy-talk since the Reagan revolution of nearly thirty years ago. Tax cuts and small government, monetarism, balanced budgets, deregulation, and free trade are the core elements of this dogma, a dogma so successful that even many liberals accept it. But a funny thing happened on the bridge to the twenty-first century. While l...(展开全部)

On the night of November 19, 1973, following surgery, thirty-one-year-old wife and mother Betty J. Eadie died.... This is her extraordinary story of the events that followed, her astonishing proof of life after physical death. She saw more, perhaps than any other person has seen before and shares her almost photographic recollections of the remarkable details. Compelling, inspi...(展开全部)

In this phenomenal， word-of-mouth， New York Times bestseller， Betty Eadie recounts the people she met， the truths she learned， and the magnificent realities of the spirit world which she encountered， when she "died" in a hospital at the age of 31， after undergoing surgery. (Gold Leaf Press)

On the night of November 19, 1973, following surgery, thirty-one-year-old wife and mother Betty J. Eadie died.... This is her extraordinary story of the events that followed, her astonishing proof of life after physical death. She saw more, perhaps than any other person has seen before and shares her almost photographic recollections of the remarkable details. Compelling, inspi...(展开全部)

马尔科姆·安德鲁斯，肯特大学英语学院荣誉退休教授，狄更斯研究专家，也长期从事维多利亚时代与视觉艺术的研究，已出版数本探讨艺术与文学作品中的风景的著作，包括《寻找如画美》（The Search for the Picturesque）、《如画美：文学资料与文献》（The Picturesque: Sources and Documents）、《风景与西方艺术》（Landscape and Western Art）等。

马尔科姆·安德鲁斯，肯特大学英语学院荣誉退休教授，狄更斯研究专家，也长期从事维多利亚时代与视觉艺术的研究，已出版数本探讨艺术与文学作品中的风景的著作，包括《寻找如画美》（The Search for the Picturesque）、《如画美：文学资料与文献》（The Picturesque: Sources and Documents）、《风景与西方艺术》（Landscape and Western Art）等。

Between 1760 and 1800, British aristocrats became preoccupied with the acquisition of ancient Greek and Roman artifacts. From marble busts to intricately painted vases, these antiquities were amassed in vast collections held in country houses and libraries throughout Britain. In "Fabricating the Antique," Viccy Coltman examines these objects and their owners, as well as dealers...(展开全部)