The book that launched America's urban legend obsession! The Vanishing Hitchhiker was Professor Brunvand's first popular book on urban legends, and it remains a classic. The culmination of twenty years of collection and research, this book is a must-have for urban legend lovers.

Discover the world's greatest myths and legends - from Greek mythology to Norse mythology - in this comprehensive guide. What did Japanese mythology say about the beginning of the Universe? How did Oedipus become the classic tragic hero in Greek mythology? Who brought about the origin of death in Maori mythology? Combining vivid retellings of famous legends with over 1,000 illu...(展开全部)

Discover the world's greatest myths and legends - from Greek mythology to Norse mythology - in this comprehensive guide. What did Japanese mythology say about the beginning of the Universe? How did Oedipus become the classic tragic hero in Greek mythology? Who brought about the origin of death in Maori mythology? Combining vivid retellings of famous legends with over 1,000 illu...(展开全部)

The issues constituting the history of medicine are consequential: how societies organize health care, how individuals or states relate to sickness, how we understand our own identity and agency as sufferers or healers. In Locating Medical History: The Stories and Their Meanings, Frank Huisman, John Harley Warner, and other eminent historians explore and reflect on a field tha...(展开全部)

The issues constituting the history of medicine are consequential: how societies organize health care, how individuals or states relate to sickness, how we understand our own identity and agency as sufferers or healers. In Locating Medical History: The Stories and Their Meanings, Frank Huisman, John Harley Warner, and other eminent historians explore and reflect on a field tha...(展开全部)

Spiro Kostof (1936-1991) was a professor of Architectural History at the University of California at Berkley, and also taught at M.I.T., and at Yale, Columbia, and Rice universities. His many books include The Architect: Chapters in The History of the Profession (1977) and A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals (1985), now a standard text. He edited America by Design (...(展开全部)

Spanning the ages and the globe, Spiro Kostof explores the city as a repository of cultural meaning and an embodiment of the community it shelters. Widely used by both architects and students of architecture, The City Shaped won the AIAs prestigious book award in Architecture and Urbanism. Includes hundreds of photos and drawings that illustrate Professor Kostof.

For undergraduate courses on Urban History, Urban Economics, Urban Sociology, Urban Planning, Social History, Urban Studies, and Urban Politics. A survey of the dynamics of American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present tackling ethnic and racial minority issues, multiple perspectives on women, and highlights urbanization's constantly shifting nature. This text...(展开全部)

霍华德•丘达柯夫（Howard P. Chudacoff）是美国布朗大学历史系教授。他的研究领域为美国史和城市史，特别是儿童史，已先后出版多部美国史著作。 朱迪丝•史密斯（Judith E. Smith）是美国马萨诸塞大学波士顿校区美国研究的教授。她已出版了多部有关美国社会和文化的历史著作，并引发了广泛的讨论。 彼得•鲍德温（Peter C. Baldwin）是美国康涅狄格大学历史系教授，讲授美国城市史和1877年以来的美国史。目前他正通过马萨诸塞州一个教育家的日记，研究19世纪宗教史和性别史。

霍华德•丘达柯夫（Howard P. Chudacoff）是美国布朗大学历史系教授。他的研究领域为美国史和城市史，特别是儿童史，已先后出版多部美国史著作。 朱迪丝•史密斯（Judith E. Smith）是美国马萨诸塞大学波士顿校区美国研究的教授。她已出版了多部有关美国社会和文化的历史著作，并引发了广泛的讨论。 彼得•鲍德温（Peter C. Baldwin）是美国康涅狄格大学历史系教授，讲授美国城市史和1877年以来的美国史。目前他正通过马萨诸塞州一个教育家的日记，研究19世纪宗教史和性别史。