Twice in this century, Germany initiated wars of unimagined terror and destruction. In both cases, defense of the Prussian” realm, the German homeland, was the perceived and vilified perpetrator. Few today understand with any precision what Prussia” means, either geographically or nationalistically, but neither would they deny the psychic resonance of the single word. To most, ...(展开全部)

Of the "Great Powers" that dominated Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Prussia is the only one to have vanished ..."Iron Kingdom" is not just good: it is everything a history book ought to be ...The nemesis of Prussia has cast such a long shadow that German historians have tiptoed around the subject. Thus it was left to an Englishman to write what is surely...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗·克拉克（Christopher Clark）,剑桥大学圣凯瑟琳学院现代欧洲史教授，著名历史学家，澳大利亚人文学院院士。曾于2007年英国历史学界殊荣“沃尔夫森历史奖”。2015年6月，因对英德关系研究做出了突出贡献，克拉克经英国外交大臣举荐，被授予爵士头衔。著有《梦游者》《钢铁帝国》等好评如潮的历史作品。

Of the "Great Powers" that dominated Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Prussia is the only one to have vanished ..."Iron Kingdom" is not just good: it is everything a history book ought to be ...The nemesis of Prussia has cast such a long shadow that German historians have tiptoed around the subject. Thus it was left to an Englishman to write what is surely...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗·克拉克（Christopher Clark）,剑桥大学圣凯瑟琳学院现代欧洲史教授，著名历史学家，澳大利亚人文学院院士。曾于2007年英国历史学界殊荣“沃尔夫森历史奖”。2015年6月，因对英德关系研究做出了突出贡献，克拉克经英国外交大臣举荐，被授予爵士头衔。著有《梦游者》《钢铁帝国》等好评如潮的历史作品。

作者简介： 菲利普•鲍尔（Philip Ball），英国著名科学与科普作家，英国皇家化学学会会士。拥有牛津大学化学专业学士学位和布里斯托大学物理学博士学位。曾在世界科学期刊《自然》杂志担任编辑超过20年，目前仍是《自然》的顾问编辑。已出版十余部脍炙人口的科普读物，2005年获得世界著名科普图书奖项“安万特科学图书奖”。代表作有《预知社会：群体行为的内在法则》《明亮的泥土：颜料发明史》《分子》《好奇心：科学何以执念万物》等。曾在中国高校做过访问学者，多次来中国进行学术交流，对中国的历史和文化十分着迷。 译者简介 张慧哲，资深译者，译有《螺旋楼梯》《两万五千英里的爱情》等多部作品。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Spiro Kostof, the renowned architectural historian and chronicler of urban form, presents a universal history of the elements of cities: streets, public places, urban divisions, and the borders of city and countryside. This is both an independent study and a companion volume to Professor Kostof's book "The City Shaped" which dealt with cities as complete entities. Now he follow...(展开全部)

Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, dominated the 18th century in the same way that Napoleon dominated the start of the 19th - a force of nature, a caustic, ruthless, brilliant military commander, a monarch of exceptional energy and talent, and a knowledgeable patron of artists, architects and writers, most famously Voltaire. From early in his reign he was already a legendary...(展开全部)