大卫·兰德斯，哈佛大学柯立芝荣誉历史学教授、经济学教授，另著有《国家的财富与穷困》、《剑桥经济史》等书。

For over thirty years David S. Landes's The Unbound Prometheus has offered an unrivalled history of industrial revolution and economic development in Europe. Now, in this updated edition, the author reframes and reasserts his original arguments in the light of debates about globalisation and comparative economic growth. The book begins with a classic account of the characterist...(展开全部)

This outstanding history describes and accounts for Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdeveloped countries) and the effects of all these on the life of the British people.

This comprehensive survey of the history of the Church in Western Europe, considers the Church both as a set of institutions and as a spiritual body. The first half concentrates on the structures of religious belief and practice in the period 900-1050; the second half concentrates on the revolutionary changes associated with the rise of the papacy to an ascended level of ruler-...(展开全部)

This volume provides a survey of the history of architecture in Europe and North America, from ancient Greece to the present. Ian Sutton focuses both on the technological achievements of architects, and on aesthetic considerations, and stresses that architecture is both a part of history, and an art form in its own right. Arranged chronolgically, the book is divided into chapte...(展开全部)

【作者】肯尼斯·克拉克爵士（Sir Kenneth Clark, 1903—1983） 20 世纪杰出的艺术史家。三十岁即出任英国国家美术馆馆长，二战期间主持战时艺术家计划 （War Artists Scheme）。 二战结束后，曾任牛津大学斯雷德教授（Slade profes sor）。他所主持的大型纪录片《文明》于1969 年首播，不仅当时广受欢迎，而且影响至今。 其著作包括《成为达· 芬奇：列奥纳多的艺术传记》（1939）、《艺术中的风景》（1949）、《裸体艺术》（1956）、《今日罗斯金》（1964）、《伦勃朗与意大利文艺复兴》（1966）、《文明》（1969）、《观看画作》（1972）、《动物与人：从史前至今二者在西方艺术中的关系》（1977）等。 ———————————————————————— 【译者】张敢 美术史论专家，清华大学美术...(展开全部)

Few historical issues have occasioned such discussion since at least the time of Marx as the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Western Europe. The Brenner Debate, which reprints from Past and Present various article in 1976, is a scholarly presentation of a variety of points of view, covering a very wide range in time, place and type of approach. Weighty theoretical re...(展开全部)

A wide-ranging study that illuminates the connection between epidemic diseases and societal change, from the Black Death to Ebola This sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today. In a clear and accessible style, Frank M. Snowden reveals the ways that diseases have not only inf...(展开全部)