韩森（Valerie Hansen），耶鲁大学历史学教授，著名汉学家。著有《开放的帝国：1600 年前的中国历史》《传统中国日常生活中的协商：中古契约研究》《变迁之神——南宋时期的民间信仰》《丝绸之路新史》等汉学专著。 1979年，韩森毕业于哈佛大学，1987年获得宾夕 法尼亚大学博士学位，1988年加入耶鲁大学担任助理教授，1998年晋升为教授。她在耶鲁大学教授中国史和世界史已有三十余年。 译者简介： 刘云军，北京师范大学历史学博士。现为河北大学宋史研究中心副教授，目前从事宋代文献的整理与研究，海外汉学（侧重宋代）的译介。已译《权力关系：宋代中国的家族、地位与国家》《跨越门闾：宋代福建女性的日常生活》《剑桥中国宋代史》（上卷，合译）、《公元1000年：全球化的开端》《宋帝国的危机与维系：信息、领土与人际网络》《宋元社会变迁下的性别与贞节观》等。

韩森（Valerie Hansen），耶鲁大学历史学教授，著名汉学家。著有《开放的帝国：1600 年前的中国历史》《传统中国日常生活中的协商：中古契约研究》《变迁之神——南宋时期的民间信仰》《丝绸之路新史》等汉学专著。 1979年，韩森毕业于哈佛大学，1987年获得宾夕 法尼亚大学博士学位，1988年加入耶鲁大学担任助理教授，1998年晋升为教授。她在耶鲁大学教授中国史和世界史已有三十余年。 译者简介： 刘云军，北京师范大学历史学博士。现为河北大学宋史研究中心副教授，目前从事宋代文献的整理与研究，海外汉学（侧重宋代）的译介。已译《权力关系：宋代中国的家族、地位与国家》《跨越门闾：宋代福建女性的日常生活》《剑桥中国宋代史》（上卷，合译）、《公元1000年：全球化的开端》《宋帝国的危机与维系：信息、领土与人际网络》《宋元社会变迁下的性别与贞节观》等。

In history, myth often abides. It was long assumed that the centuries immediately prior to 1000 AD were lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn’t yet discovered North America, that the farthest anyone had traveled over sea was the Vikings’ invasion of Britain. But how, then, to explain the presence of blonde-haired, blue-ey...(展开全部)

In the year 1000 the world was one of mystery and magicians, monks, warriors and wandering merchants - people who feared an apocalypse and who had no idea what year it was or what lay beyond the nearest valley. It was a world of dark forests and Viking adventures in which fear was real and death a constant companion. People felt they walked hand-in-hand with God, and envisaged ...(展开全部)

This pathbreaking study provides the first comprehensive examination of India-China interactions in the broader contexts of Asian and world history. By focusing on material exchanges, transmissions of knowledge and technologies, networks of exchange during the colonial period, and little-known facets of interactions between the Republic of India and the People's Republic of Chi...(展开全部)

During the 1920s and 1930s, in cities from Beijing to Bombay, Tokyo to Berlin, Johannesburg to New York, the Modern Girl made her sometimes flashy, always fashionable appearance in city streets and cafes, in films, advertisements, and illustrated magazines. Modern Girls smoked cigarettes; they wore high heels and sexy clothes. They applied lipstick and face creams and other cos...(展开全部)

During the 1920s and 1930s, in cities from Beijing to Bombay, Tokyo to Berlin, Johannesburg to New York, the Modern Girl made her sometimes flashy, always fashionable appearance in city streets and cafes, in films, advertisements, and illustrated magazines. Modern Girls smoked cigarettes; they wore high heels and sexy clothes. They applied lipstick and face creams and other cos...(展开全部)

On 8 March 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. The ships, some nearly five hundred feet long, were under the command of Emperor Zhu Di’s loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was ‘to proceed all the way to the end of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas’ and unite the world in Confucian harmony. Their journey would ...(展开全部)