Niall Fergusson's most important book to date-a revolutionary reinterpretation of the modern era that resolves its central paradox: why unprecedented progress coincided with unprecedented violence and why the seeming triumph of the West bore the seeds of its undoing. <br/><br/> From the conflicts that presaged the First World War to the aftershocks of the cold war, the twentiet...(展开全部)

瑞贝卡·卡尔教授 (Rebecca Karl)自2003年起担任美国纽约大学历史系和东亚系教授，中国问题专家，清华大学特聘教授，此前她曾在佛罗里达大学历史系(1995-1997)、纽约大学东亚系和历史系(1997-2003)担任副教授。她先后就读于纽约BarnardCollege(现为哥伦比亚大学巴纳德学院)、纽约大学、杜克大学(DukeUniversity)，并于1995年在杜克大学获得历史学博士学位。卡尔曾于1990年在南京大学进修中文。她对于中国近代政治，深厚的研究。瑞贝卡·卡尔教授曾撰写了多本有关中国的著作，包括《概念的魔术：二十世纪中国的经济哲学》、《毛泽东在中国和二十世纪的世界：一本简史》(杜克大学2010年出版)、《世界大舞台——十九二十世纪之交中国的民族主义》(杜克大学2002年出版)(本书中译本于2008年由北京三联书店出版)。

瑞贝卡·卡尔教授 (Rebecca Karl)自2003年起担任美国纽约大学历史系和东亚系教授，中国问题专家，清华大学特聘教授，此前她曾在佛罗里达大学历史系(1995-1997)、纽约大学东亚系和历史系(1997-2003)担任副教授。她先后就读于纽约BarnardCollege(现为哥伦比亚大学巴纳德学院)、纽约大学、杜克大学(DukeUniversity)，并于1995年在杜克大学获得历史学博士学位。卡尔曾于1990年在南京大学进修中文。她对于中国近代政治，深厚的研究。瑞贝卡·卡尔教授曾撰写了多本有关中国的著作，包括《概念的魔术：二十世纪中国的经济哲学》、《毛泽东在中国和二十世纪的世界：一本简史》(杜克大学2010年出版)、《世界大舞台——十九二十世纪之交中国的民族主义》(杜克大学2002年出版)(本书中译本于2008年由北京三联书店出版)。

Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western culture by a historian of legendary intellect, it is an astonishingly informed, forcefully eloquent, thrillingly controversial work that advances a world view based on the cyclical rise and ...(展开全部)

One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor caused a storm of outrage with this scandalous bestseller. Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, he argued provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into...(展开全部)

One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor caused a storm of outrage with this scandalous bestseller. Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, he argued provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into...(展开全部)

This book contains several contributions on the most outstanding events in the development of twentieth century mathematics, representing a wide variety of specialities in which Russian and Soviet mathematicians played a considerable role. The articles are written in an informal style, from mathematical philosophy to the description of the development of ideas, personal memorie...(展开全部)

This book contains several contributions on the most outstanding events in the development of twentieth century mathematics, representing a wide variety of specialities in which Russian and Soviet mathematicians played a considerable role. The articles are written in an informal style, from mathematical philosophy to the description of the development of ideas, personal memorie...(展开全部)

If you can find a better bang for the buck than Wicked, please let me know. I picked up Wicked, knowing nothing except that its subject matter was the Wicked Witch of the West, to be drawn immediately into Maguire's splendidly imagined world of sentient animals, multiple societies, and unique physical laws. Wicked is an enthralling, great read, hugely entertaining. On top of al...(展开全部)