A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas that reveals the crucial role of animals in the shaping of the modern world. When the men and women of the island of Guanahani first made contact with Christopher Columbus and his crew on October 12, 1492, the cultural differences between the two groups were vaster than the oceans that had separated ...(展开全部)

A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas reveals the crucial role of animals in the shaping of the modern world. In The Tame and the Wild, Marcy Norton tells a new history of the colonization of the Americas, placing wildlife and livestock at the center of the story. Encounters between European and Indigenous beliefs about animal life trans...(展开全部)

A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas that reveals the crucial role of animals in the shaping of the modern world. When the men and women of the island of Guanahani first made contact with Christopher Columbus and his crew on October 12, 1492, the cultural differences between the two groups were vaster than the oceans that had separated ...(展开全部)

迈克尔•陶西格，1940年出生于澳大利亚，在伦敦经济学院获得人类学博士学位，后在哥伦比亚大学担任人类学教授，以其富有挑战性的民族志研究和非传统的学术风格而闻名。他在医学人类学领域发表了大量的著作，同时他对卡尔•马克思和瓦尔特•本雅明的评论，尤其是关于商品拜物教思想的评论，最为人称道。代表作有《南美洲的恶魔和商品拜物教》《萨满教、殖民主义与野人》《美女与野兽》等。 王浩娉，本科毕业于北京外国语大学，后留学美国明尼苏达大学，曾任社会科学文献出版社学术编辑。 赵玉燕，女，博士，湖南师范大学社会学系副教授、硕士生导师。

迈克尔•陶西格，1940年出生于澳大利亚，在伦敦经济学院获得人类学博士学位，后在哥伦比亚大学担任人类学教授，以其富有挑战性的民族志研究和非传统的学术风格而闻名。他在医学人类学领域发表了大量的著作，同时他对卡尔•马克思和瓦尔特•本雅明的评论，尤其是关于商品拜物教思想的评论，最为人称道。代表作有《南美洲的恶魔和商品拜物教》《萨满教、殖民主义与野人》《美女与野兽》等。 王浩娉，本科毕业于北京外国语大学，后留学美国明尼苏达大学，曾任社会科学文献出版社学术编辑。 赵玉燕，女，博士，湖南师范大学社会学系副教授、硕士生导师。

'I used to be human once. So I'm told. I don't remember it myself, but people who knew me when I was small say I walked on two feet just like a human being...' Ever since he can remember, Animal has gone on all fours, the catastrophic result of what happened on That Night when, thanks to an American chemical company, the Apocalypse visited his slum. Now not quite twenty, he lea...(展开全部)

First published in 1985, Pollock and After established itself as a widely-read and highly influential collection of key writings on Abstract Expressionism. This revised edition, featuring ten new articles, is fully updated to take account of new critical approaches to post-war American art. Contributors: Anna C. Chave, T J Clark, Eva Cockcroft, David Craven, Michael Fried, An...(展开全部)