The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective is a "must" for all scholars of economics and economic history, while the casual reader will find much of fascinating interest. It is also a monumental work of reference. The book has several objectives. The first is a pioneering effort to quantify the economic performance of nations over the very long term. The second is to identify ...(展开全部)

The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective is a "must" for all scholars of economics and economic history, while the casual reader will find much of fascinating interest. It is also a monumental work of reference. The book has several objectives. The first is a pioneering effort to quantify the economic performance of nations over the very long term. The second is to identify ...(展开全部)

作者簡介 蕾恩．柯挪 Raewyn Connell 現任雪梨大學教育系教授兼澳洲社會科學研究院研究員，獲頒美國社會學學會性與性別研究傑出貢獻獎，並參與制定聯合國多項性別主流化政策。柯挪居住在澳大利亞這個位於全球邊陲的富裕國家，本身為人父母，並有多年是單親。身為變性的女人，面對巨大的衝突矛盾，對傳統性別分野感受也格外強烈。近年來性別相關著作除本書外，另有Masculinities: Second Edition；The Men & the Boys；Which Way is Up? Essays on Sex, Class and Culture；Gender and Power: Society, the Person and Sexual Politics等。

History has been a crucial element in underpinning national identities across the globe for a very long time. Each construction of national identity is incorporating a sense of a long, proud and preferably unbroken history. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities i...(展开全部)

The 4th edition of this authoritative study of the death penalty, now written jointly with Carolyn Hoyle, brings up-to-date developments in the movement to abolish the death penalty worldwide. It draws on Roger Hood's experience as consultant to the United Nations for the UN Secretary General's five-yearly surveys of capital punishment and on the latest information from non-gov...(展开全部)

Book Description This is the completely revised and updated third edition of Roger Hood's classic study on the death penalty. In it he surveys and analyses the status of the death penalty as a punishment worldwide, taking into account the changes that have taken place during the six years since the last edition was published. This new edition is especially valuable at a time wh...(展开全部)

History has been a crucial element in underpinning national identities across the globe for a very long time. Each construction of national identity is incorporating a sense of a long, proud and preferably unbroken history. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities i...(展开全部)

Book Description The Pulitzer Prize-wimming author of The Prize joins a leading expert on the global economy to present an incisive narrative of the risks and opportunities that are emerging as the balance of power shifts around the world between governments and markets -- and the battle over globalization comes front and center. The Commanding Heights is essential for underst...(展开全部)