An accessible, documents-based introduction to the history of the Mongols. The volume opens with a brief original essay by Morris Rossabi, one of the world’s foremost scholars on the Mongols. Rossabi’s essay gives a historical and interpretive overview of the Mongols and charts their invasions and subsequent rule over the largest contiguous land empire in world history. Follo...(展开全部)

An accessible, documents-based introduction to the history of the Mongols. The volume opens with a brief original essay by Morris Rossabi, one of the world’s foremost scholars on the Mongols. Rossabi’s essay gives a historical and interpretive overview of the Mongols and charts their invasions and subsequent rule over the largest contiguous land empire in world history. Follo...(展开全部)

How has feminism developed? What have feminists achieved? What can we learn from the global history of feminism? Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being repeatedly written off as a political movement that has achieved its aim of female liberation, it has been continually redefined as new generations of women campaign against the gend...(展开全部)

S. J. 迈克尔·F. 苏亚雷斯（Michael F. Suarez S. J.），弗吉尼亚大学教授兼珍本学院主任。他是《剑桥英国书籍史，第五卷，1695—1830》和《杰拉德·曼利·霍普金斯文集，第八卷》的联合主编，并担任“牛津学术出版在线”的主编。 H. R. 沃德海森（H. R. Woudhuysen），牛津大学林肯学院院长，英国社会科学院研究员。他与大卫·诺布鲁克合编了《企鹅文艺复兴诗集》；为阿登版莎士比亚作品第三系列编辑《爱的徒劳》，并与凯瑟琳·邓肯-琼斯共同编辑《莎士比亚诗集》。他的著作《菲利普·锡德尼爵士与手稿的流通，1558—1640》于1996年出版。 吴奕俊，毕业于英国华威大学翻译学专业，现任教于暨南大学外国语学院，出版译著有《设计通史》《一阅千年：纸的历史》《46亿年的地球物语》《iPhone简史：划时代的创新路线图》《敦刻尔...(展开全部)

A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three mille...(展开全部)

The Greeks is the story of a culture that has contributed more than any other to the way we live today in the West. The way we think, the way we learn; the forms of entertainment we seek and the systems by which we allow ourselves to be ruled - all of this finds its roots in a small group of people who first emerged in Mycenae over 3,000 years ago. It is a story that covers the...(展开全部)

If humankind can be said to have a single greatest creation, it would be those places that represent the most eloquent expression of our species’s ingenuity, beliefs, and ideals: the city. In this authoritative and engagingly written account, the acclaimed urbanist and bestselling author examines the evolution of urban life over the millennia and, in doing so, attempts to answe...(展开全部)

One of the most significant developments in world history, the Enlightenment transformed Europe by promoting reason over faith and advancing skepticism, the scientific method, and intellectual inquiry. It reshaped political and cultural history and formed the foundation for many of today's institutions. The Enlightenment: History, Documents, and Key Questions is a one-stop refe...(展开全部)

One of the most significant developments in world history, the Enlightenment transformed Europe by promoting reason over faith and advancing skepticism, the scientific method, and intellectual inquiry. It reshaped political and cultural history and formed the foundation for many of today's institutions. The Enlightenment: History, Documents, and Key Questions is a one-stop refe...(展开全部)