Five millennia of civilization masterfully condensed into an absorbing, fast-paced narrative of how India became the world’s largest democracy and a rising global power India is an amalgam of customs, races, castes, languages, and spiritual beliefs— woven together throughout the ages into a colossal history. From ancient migrations and the Harappān civilization to Muslim invade...(展开全部)

This text offers a rapid overview of European civilisation, describing its birth from an unlikely mixture of three elements - classical learning, Christianity & German warrior culture. Over the centuries, this unstable blend produced distinctive characters, & its coming apart provided the dynamic of European history in modern times.

【英】詹姆斯•霍斯（James Hawes） 英国小说家、历史学家。 出生于1960年。在牛津大学赫特福德学院学习德语，毕业后在威尔士短暂研习戏剧，而后前往西班牙任英语老师。 1987至1989年，在伦敦大学学院攻读博士学位，研究方向是尼采和德国文学。其后在梅努斯大学、谢菲尔德大学和斯旺西大学担任德语讲师。目前负责布鲁克斯大学创意写作课程。 霍斯出版了6部小说，其中两本被改编为电影剧本。《为英格兰辩护》预言了英国脱欧事件，传记作品《卡夫卡考》引起巨大轰动。《英国佬与德国佬》从全新角度审视19世纪后期英国和德国的关系。 新作《德国极简史》广受好评，一度位列《星期日泰晤士报》大众平装书榜榜单第二名。《经济学家》称之为“必读书”，水石书店将其列为全英月度非虚构类好书。 ------------------- 译者： 舒云亮 浙江宁波人，1982年毕业于...(展开全部)

This new edition of Burton Stein's classic A History of India builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture, and politics from 7000 BC to the present. New edition of Burton Stein’s classic text provides a narrative from 7000 BC up to the twenty-first century Includes updated and extended coverage of the moder...(展开全部)

赫尔曼·库尔克 基尔大学亚洲史教授。著有《国王和祭仪：印度和东南亚的国家形成和合法化》（Kings and Cults:State Formation and Legitimation in India and Southeast Asia) (1993）等 迪特玛尔·罗特蒙特 海德堡大学南亚研究所历史学教授和负责人。著有《印度经济史》（An Economic History of India)(1993)和《1929-1939年大萧条的全球影响》（The Global Impact of the Great Depression,1929-1939) (1996)等。

Presenting the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present, A History of India is a detailed and authoritative account of the major political, economic, social and cultural forces that have shaped the history of the Indian subcontinent. Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund provide a comprehensive overview of the structural pattern of Indian history, covering eac...(展开全部)

After more than twenty-five years in print, A New History of India continues to be the most readable and popular one-volume history of India available. Now in its eighth edition, this acclaimed text features updated scholarship and bibliographic material throughout and integrates new research on such incisive topics as the Indian diaspora, the economy, and the nuclear issue. In...(展开全部)

In a second edition of their successful Concise History of Modern India, Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf explore India's modern history afresh and update the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 2004, India's huge advances in technology and the country's new role as a major player in world ...(展开全部)

托马斯·特劳特曼（Thomas R. Trautmann），美国历史学家、文化人类学家，密歇根大学历史与人类学荣休教授，曾任密歇根大学历史系主任和南亚研究中心主任。1997—2006年，担任《社会与历史比较研究》（Comparative Studies in Society and History）主编。著有《大象与国王：一部环境史》（Elephants and Kings: An Environmental History，2015年）、《语言与国家》（Languages and Nations，2006年）、《雅利安人与英属印度》（Aryans and British India，2004年）。 特劳特曼的研究主要集中在古代印度历史、人类学史和其他相关学科，尤其专精于研究古印度梵语论典。他还撰写了有关印度达罗毗荼人亲属关系和美国印第安人亲属关系的...(展开全部)