This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since the eighteenth century builds its story around the delicate relationship between central government and local communities. Rejects the traditional view of China as a wholly harmonious society based on principles of stability – the "Unwobbling Pivot" of Ezra Pound's translation of the Chinese classic "Zhongyong" Provides an...(展开全部)

E.拉德福德·伯恩斯（E．Bradford Burns，1932—1995年），曾任美国拉美史学会主席、洛杉矶加州大学历史系教授，专攻巴西史、中美洲各国史和19世纪拉美史。获得巴西里约·布朗库勋章。著有：《巴西民族主义》（1968）、《巴西史》（1970、1980）、《l9世纪拉丁美洲进步的贫困》（1980）和《在尼加拉瓜的战争》（1987）等十余部著作和几十篇论文。 朱莉·阿·查利普(Julie A．Charlip)，惠特曼学院历史学教授。著有《种植咖啡：1880～1930年尼加拉瓜卡拉索省的农民》(2002)等。

With a continued emphasis on interpretation and analysis, The Press and America remains the classic authority on the history of mass media in the United States. Recognizing that the development of America's journalism is inherently and integrally related to the cultural identity of its people, the heart of this book is an examination of American life and the American media. Th...(展开全部)

著者简介： [美] 斯蒂文·摩尔（Steven Moore） 1951年生，美国著名作家、评论家。从1988年到1996年，他担任《当代小说评论》的执行编辑，几十年来，为华盛顿邮报 等各类报刊撰写各类书评。代表作除本书外，另有一部《世界小说史：1600年以前》。 译者简介： 袁婵 南京大学中文系学士，伦敦大学国王学院英文系硕士，香港大学中文学院哲学博士。现任教于中央戏剧学院，研究方向为中国演剧史、中国现代文学史与比较文学。出版学术专著《凌叔华年谱》（北京：商务印书馆，2025）、《“新闺秀”的旅吟：凌叔华的生平与创作》（香港：中华书局，2020）。

This deeply informed and clearly written text provides, previously published with the slightly different title China: Its Environment and History, a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Now updated to include recent political events and scientific research, China: An Environmental History focuses on the interaction of humans and thei...(展开全部)

马立博（Robert B. Marks， 又译罗伯特•B•马克斯），1978 年获威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校中国史专业博士学位，长期任教于加州惠特尔学院， 现任Richard and Billie Deihl历史学讲座教授。马立博教授在中国史、全球史和环境史等领域均著作颇丰， 他的论文“Commercialization without Capitalism: Processes of Environmental Change in South China,1550-1850” 曾获1997 年美国环境史学会Environmental History 杂志最佳论文奖。除本书以外，他的主要著作还包括RuralRevolution in South China (1984)，TheMaking of the Modern World ( 合著，1988，19...(展开全部)

This deeply informed and clearly written text provides, previously published with the slightly different title China: Its Environment and History, a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Now updated to include recent political events and scientific research, China: An Environmental History focuses on the interaction of humans and thei...(展开全部)

马立博（Robert B. Marks， 又译罗伯特•B•马克斯），1978 年获威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校中国史专业博士学位，长期任教于加州惠特尔学院， 现任Richard and Billie Deihl历史学讲座教授。马立博教授在中国史、全球史和环境史等领域均著作颇丰， 他的论文“Commercialization without Capitalism: Processes of Environmental Change in South China,1550-1850” 曾获1997 年美国环境史学会Environmental History 杂志最佳论文奖。除本书以外，他的主要著作还包括RuralRevolution in South China (1984)，TheMaking of the Modern World ( 合著，1988，19...(展开全部)

An innovative approach to early Chinese history, now updated and expanded up to 1800. The Open Empire takes an integrative, thematic approach to early Chinese history, using the concept of the “open empire” to highlight the dynamic, porous nature of China’s past. Hansen builds her chronological narrative on a rich variety of archeological and literary sources to flesh out the d...(展开全部)