Nearly as global in its ambition and sweep as its subject, Franco Moretti's "The Novel" is a watershed event in the understanding of the first truly planetary literary form. A translated selection from the epic five-volume Italian Il Romanzo (2001-2003), "The Novel's" two volumes are a unified multiauthored reference work, containing more than one hundred specially commissioned...(展开全部)

Geography and History is the first book for more than a century to examine comprehensively the interdependence of the two disciplines. Alan Baker, an internationally honoured historical geographer, focuses upon the work of North American, British and French historians and geographers but takes a global and interdisciplinary perspective upon the theory and practice of historical...(展开全部)

Eric Voegelin's Israel and Revelation is the opening volume of his monumental Order and History, which traces the history of order in human society. This volume examines the ancient near eastern civilizations as a backdrop to a discussion of the historical locus of order in Israel. The drama of Israel mirrors the problems associated with the tension of existence as Israel attem...(展开全部)

Eric Voegelin's Israel and Revelation is the opening volume of his monumental Order and History, which traces the history of order in human society. This volume examines the ancient near eastern civilizations as a backdrop to a discussion of the historical locus of order in Israel. The drama of Israel mirrors the problems associated with the tension of existence as Israel attem...(展开全部)

In The Greeks, Ian Morris and Barry B. Powell try to see ancient Greece as a whole: not just a narrative of events or an overview of culture, but history and culture taken together. From ancient Greece comes the modern conviction that through open discussion and the exercise of reason a society of free citizens can solve the problems that challenge it. In one period of Greek hi...(展开全部)

Organized chronologically, this text presents a complete picture of Greek civilization as a history and features sections on the art, architecture, literature, and thought of each period.

1942年生于西班牙，1979年起任教于加州大学伯克利校区社会学与城市和区域规划学系，曾在巴黎大学任教12年，还曾任教与客座访问于马德里、智利、蒙特利尔、坎皮纳斯、卡拉卡斯、墨西哥、日内瓦、哥本哈根、威斯康星、波士顿、南加州、香港、新加坡、台湾、阿姆斯特丹、莫斯科、新西伯利亚、东京／一桥以及巴塞罗那等地。已出版了20余种著作，包括1989的《信息化城市》，古根海默（Guggenheim）会员，殴盟执委会委员。曾获得莱特・米尔斯奖与罗伯特和海伦・林德奖。

1942年生于西班牙，1979年起任教于加州大学伯克利校区社会学与城市和区域规划学系，曾在巴黎大学任教12年，还曾任教与客座访问于马德里、智利、蒙特利尔、坎皮纳斯、卡拉卡斯、墨西哥、日内瓦、哥本哈根、威斯康星、波士顿、南加州、香港、新加坡、台湾、阿姆斯特丹、莫斯科、新西伯利亚、东京／一桥以及巴塞罗那等地。已出版了20余种著作，包括1989的《信息化城市》，古根海默（Guggenheim）会员，殴盟执委会委员。曾获得莱特・米尔斯奖与罗伯特和海伦・林德奖。