How the modern world understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter today. The study of ancient Greece has been central to Western conceptions of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which successive generations have reinterpreted the Greeks in the light of their contemporary wor...(展开全部)

The study of ancient Greek history has been central to the western conception of history since the Renaissance. Oswyn Murray traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which each generation has reinterpreted the Greeks in the light of their contemporary world. His book also raises for all students of history, not just historians of the an...(展开全部)

Covering Western costume from Ancient Egypt to contemporary haute couture, this is a fully illustrated companion volume to John Peacock's "Fashion Sourcebooks". The last 4000 years has seen an astonishing variety of ways in which the human form can be dressed, from the relative simplicity of the ancient world, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance to the changing conventions ...(展开全部)

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)

A Short History of Ethics is a significant contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. For the second edition Alasdair MacIntyre has included a new preface in which he examines his book "thirty years on" and considers its impact. It remains an important work, ideal for all students interested in ethics and morality. "The second edition of this classic...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 海伦娜•罗森布拉特（Helena Rosenblatt），纽约城市大学研究生中心历史学教授，是18世纪到19世纪欧洲学术史研究领域的专家，研究兴趣还包括自由主义、共和主义、基督教思想和启蒙运动等。她著有《自由价值观：邦雅曼•贡斯当和宗教政治》（Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion），《与卢梭一起思考：从马基雅维利到施密特》（Thinking with Rousseau: From Machiavelli to Schmitt）等。 【译者简介】 徐曦白，牛津大学政治与国际关系博士候选人，澎湃新闻等媒体欧美政治专栏撰稿人，从事公民社会、国家与社会关系方面的研究。译有《资本主义还有未来吗？》《瓶颈：新的机会平等理论》等。

【作者简介】 海伦娜•罗森布拉特（Helena Rosenblatt），纽约城市大学研究生中心历史学教授，是18世纪到19世纪欧洲学术史研究领域的专家，研究兴趣还包括自由主义、共和主义、基督教思想和启蒙运动等。她著有《自由价值观：邦雅曼•贡斯当和宗教政治》（Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion），《与卢梭一起思考：从马基雅维利到施密特》（Thinking with Rousseau: From Machiavelli to Schmitt）等。 【译者简介】 徐曦白，牛津大学政治与国际关系博士候选人，澎湃新闻等媒体欧美政治专栏撰稿人，从事公民社会、国家与社会关系方面的研究。译有《资本主义还有未来吗？》《瓶颈：新的机会平等理论》等。

The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry—and a term of derision—in today’s increasingly divided public square. Taking readers from ancient Rome to today, Helena Rosenblatt traces the evolution of the words “liberal” and “liberalism,” revealing the heated debates that have taken place over their m...(展开全部)

The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry—and a term of derision—in today’s increasingly divided public square. Taking readers from ancient Rome to today, Helena Rosenblatt traces the evolution of the words “liberal” and “liberalism,” revealing the heated debates that have taken place over their m...(展开全部)

From Ancient Greece to the dawn of the 21st century, this text unravels all of the tightly woven social, cultural, economic and political strands of European history. It looks at the creation of huge empires - including the Roman, Spanish and Soviet - and at the once unimaginable prospect of a united federal Europe. The lives and achievements of figures from all aspects of Euro...(展开全部)