“The Lonely Crowd . . . remains not only the best‑selling book by a professional sociologist in American history, but arguably one that has had the widest influence on the nation at large.”—Orlando Patterson, New York Times Considered by many to be one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, The Lonely Crowd opened exciting new dimensions in our understanding o...(展开全部)

The Lonely Crowd is considered by many to be the most influential book of the twentieth century. Its now-classic analysis of the 'new middle class' in terms of inner-directed and other-directed social character opened exciting new dimensions in our understanding of the psychological, political, and economic problems that confront the individual in contemporary American society....(展开全部)

One of the greatest and most influential books of social psychology ever written, brilliantly instructive on the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd, its sentiments and morality, ideas, reasoning power, imagination, opinions and much more. A must-read volume not only for students of history, sociology, law and psychology, but for every politician, statesman, inv...(展开全部)

One of the greatest and most influential books of social psychology ever written, brilliantly instructive on the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd, its sentiments and morality, ideas, reasoning power, imagination, opinions and much more. A must-read volume not only for students of history, sociology, law and psychology, but for every politician, statesman, inv...(展开全部)

本书是一本研究大众心理学的著作。在书中，勒庞阐述了群体以及群体心理的特征，指出了当个人是一个孤立的个体时，他有着自己鲜明的个性化特征，而当这个人融入了群体后，他的所有个性都会被这个群体所淹没，他的思想立刻就会被群体的思想所取代。而当一个群体存在时，他就有着情绪化、无异议、低智商等特征。

约瑟夫•J. 埃利斯（Joseph J. Ellis） 美国著名历史学家和畅销书作家，撰写了一系列脍炙人口的美国建国史作品。他的《杰斐逊传：美国的斯芬克斯》和《奠基者：独立战争那一代》分别荣获美国国家图书奖和美国普利策历史奖。 埃利斯早年就读于威廉玛丽学院和耶鲁大学。他曾在美国军中服役并在西点军校任教，军衔达到陆军上尉。埃利斯目前执教于马萨诸塞大学。 埃利斯主要研究美国殖民地和建国时代的历史，是该领域的权威学者和历史普及作家，为广大历史读者打开了了解美国建国史的窗口。《福布斯》杂志曾盛赞埃利斯的读者声望，称他是“历史学家中的罗杰•费德勒”。

The Japanese believe that until the age of three children, whether Japanese or not, are gods, each one an okosama, or "lord child." On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of the human race. In Amelie Nothomb's new novel "The Character of Rain," we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover.

This classic text, originally published in 1948, is a study of the public administration movement from the viewpoint of political theory and the history of ideas. It seeks to review and analyze the theoretical element in administrative writings and to present the development of the public administration movement as a chapter in the history of American political thought.The obje...(展开全部)

德怀特·沃尔多（Dwight Waldo，1913－2000），曾任美国加州大学伯克利分校政治学教授和雪城大学马克斯韦尔学院公共行政学教授。其著述甚丰，包括Ideas and Issues in Public Administration和The Study of Public Administration。他曾连续11年担任美国公共行政学旗舰杂志《公共行政评论》（Public Administration Review）的主编。为了纪念沃尔多的突出贡献，美国公共行政学会(ASPA)设立了“德怀特·沃尔多奖”，该奖项被公认为美国公共行政学领域的*高学术奖项。