[英]T.M.迪瓦恩(T. M. Devine)， 爱尔兰皇家科学院名誉会员、爱丁堡皇家学会会员及英国学术院会员，是英国和爱尔兰唯一位同时在上述三个学会拥有会员身份的历史学家，现为爱丁堡大学历史学讲座教授、苏格兰侨民研究中心主任。迪瓦恩在2001年被授予苏格兰的最高学术荣誉——皇家金质奖章，他的代表作包括《苏格兰的帝国:全球苏格兰侨民的起源》 (Scotland' s Empire: The 0rigins of the Global Diaspora) 和《直到大地尽头:遍布世界的苏格兰侨民》 (To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland' s Global Diaspora) 。

Part of a trilogy on Scottish history, T.M. Devine's "The Scottish Nation: A Modern History" traces the epic story of a nation from the Union with England to today's debates on the possibilities of Scottish independence. Drawing on extensive research and exploring everything from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growing levels of ...(展开全部)

David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers the student a clear, accessible interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these historically significant thinkers. Organised thematically, it takes the student through ...(展开全部)

David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers the student a clear, accessible interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these historically significant thinkers. Organised thematically, it takes the student through ...(展开全部)

A new nation has appeared within the United States since the Civil War, but it has been only accidentally connected with that catastrophe. The Constitution emerged from the confusion of strife and reconstruction substantially unchanged, but the economic development of the United States in the sixties and seventies gave birth to a society that was, by 1885, already national in i...(展开全部)

Both Western historians and Chinese nationalists have argued that from early times China had the features of a nation state: a common language, culture, and bureaucracy. This argument is important not only because it affects our understanding of how nations are constructed but also because Chinese nationalism is today a vital ingredient in both the domestic politics of the Peop...(展开全部)

This book offers the first extended comparison of the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and David Hume. Jeffrey Bell argues that Deleuze's early work on Hume was instrumental to Deleuze's formulation of the problems and concepts that would remain a focus of his entire corpus. Reading Deleuze's work in light of Hume's influence, along with a comparison of Deleuze's work with Willia...(展开全部)

This book offers the first extended comparison of the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and David Hume. Jeffrey Bell argues that Deleuze's early work on Hume was instrumental to Deleuze's formulation of the problems and concepts that would remain a focus of his entire corpus. Reading Deleuze's work in light of Hume's influence, along with a comparison of Deleuze's work with Willia...(展开全部)