This book provides a unique perspective on the story of photography through the particular history of the photobook. The first of two extensive volumes, it is a study of the major trends and movements that have shaped the photobook genre since the birth of photography in the early nineteenth century. It represents a valuable catalogue of rare and important photobooks. This volu...(展开全部)

Much Anticipated Second Volume of the Story of Photography through the History of the Photobook; Compiled by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger "The Photobook: A History, Volume I, by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, is the most important contribution to the field since modern histories of photography began to appear in the early twentieth century. We can be sure that t...(展开全部)

In this newest installment in Chicago's series of Jacques Derrida's seminars, the renowned philosopher attempts one of his most ambitious goals: the first truly philosophical argument against the death penalty. While much has been written against the death penalty, Derrida contends that Western philosophy is massively, if not always obviously, complicit with a logic in which a ...(展开全部)

This two-volume narrative of English history draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging students to interpret the full range of England's social, economic, cultural, and political past. A History of England, Volume 1 (Prehistory to 1714), focuses on the most important developments in the history of England through the early 18th century. Topics inc...(展开全部)

Appian (Appianus) was a Greek official of Alexandria. He saw the Jewish rebellion of 116 CE, and later became a Roman citizen and advocate and received the rank of "eques" (knight). In his older years he held a procuratorship. He died during the reign of Antoninus Pius who was emperor 138-161 CE. Honest admirer of the Roman empire though ignorant of the institutions of the earl...(展开全部)

Giovanni Boccaccio's Genealogy of the Pagan Gods is an ambitious work of humanistic scholarship whose goal is to plunder ancient and medieval literary sources so as to create a massive synthesis of Greek and Roman mythology. The work also contains a famous defense of the value of studying ancient pagan poetry in a Christian world. The complete work in fifteen books contains a ...(展开全部)

The World interweaves two stories--of our interactions with nature and with each other. The environment-centered story is about humans distancing themselves from the rest of nature and searching for a relationship that strikes a balance between constructive and destructive exploitation. The culture-centered story is of how human cultures have become mutually influential and ye...(展开全部)

菲利普·费尔南德兹一阿迈斯托，现任美国圣母大学威廉·P．雷诺兹历史学讲座教授。他在牛津大学取得硕士和博士学位后，曾长期留校任教。他还获得了拉特罗布大学和洛斯安第斯大学荣誉博士学位。 他多次出国访学，2000年担任伦敦大学玛丽女王学院全球环境史讲座教授；2005-2009 年，担任塔夫斯大学阿斯图里亚斯王子讲座教授；他还担任过荷兰人文与社会科学高级研究院研究员、明尼苏达大学太平洋联盟客座教授。 他是芝加哥大学出版社制图学史编辑委员会成员、莱顿大学海外史研究编辑委员会成员、《社会、历史、旅行比较研究》以及《全球史》杂志编辑，他还是哈克卢特协会顾问委员、国际笔会英国理事会成员，以及国际笔会文学基金会主席。 他近来荣获的奖项包括：世界历史学会优秀图书奖（2007），西班牙天文协会颁发的2005年度国家级研究奖，西班牙地理协会颁发的2004年度国家级研究奖；他...(展开全部)

The World interweaves two stories–of our interactions with nature and with each other. The environment-centered story is about humans distancing themselves from the rest of nature and searching for a relationship that strikes a balance between constructive and destructive exploitation. The culture-centered story is of how human cultures have become mutually influential and yet ...(展开全部)