An award-winning author reconsiders the role of historians in political debate. For generations, British thinkers told the history of an empire whose story was still very much in the making. While they wrote of conquest, imperial rule in India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean was consolidated. While they described the development of imperial governance, rebellions we...(展开全部)

For generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians' accounts of conquest guided the consolidation of imperial rule in India, the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean. Their narratives of the development of imperial governance licensed the brutal suppression of colonial rebellion. Their reimagining of empire during the two world wa...(展开全部)

王德威 . 國立台灣大學外文系畢業，美國威斯康辛大學麥迪遜校區比較文學博士。曾任教於國立台灣大學、美國哥倫比亞大學東亞系。現任美國哈佛大學東亞語言與文明系Edward C. Henderson講座教授。著有：《從劉鶚到王禎和：中國現代寫實小說散論》、《眾聲喧嘩：三○與八○年代的中國小說》、《閱讀當代小說：台灣．大陸．香港．海外》、《小說中國：晚清到當代的中文小說》、《想像中國的方法：歷史．小說．敘事》、《如何現代，怎樣文學？：十九、二十世紀中文小說新論》、《眾聲喧嘩以後：點評當代中文小說》、《跨世紀風華：當代小說20家》、《被壓抑的現代性：晚清小說新論》、《現代中國小說十講》、《歷史與怪獸》、Fictional Realism in Twentieth-century China: Mao Dun, Lao She, Shen Congwen, Fi...(展开全部)

When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece. Atmospheric circulation patterns later on shaped the pr...(展开全部)

The ultimate work of historical reference From cavemen to the Cold War, from Alexander the Great to global warming, from warfare through the ages to the great voyages of exploration, The Times Complete History of the World is the book that has all the answers. This is the most comprehensive, authoritative and accessible work on world history available today. It has sold over 2....(展开全部)

The ultimate work of historical reference From cavemen to the Cold War, from Alexander the Great to global warming, from warfare through the ages to the great voyages of exploration, The Times Complete History of the World is the book that has all the answers. This is the most comprehensive, authoritative and accessible work on world history available today. It has sold over ...(展开全部)

The ultimate work of historical reference From cavemen to the Cold War, from Alexander the Great to global warming, from warfare through the ages to the great voyages of exploration, The Times Complete History of the World is the book that has all the answers. This is the most comprehensive, authoritative and accessible work on world history available today. It has sold over ...(展开全部)

The ultimate work of historical reference From cavemen to the Cold War, from Alexander the Great to global warming, from warfare through the ages to the great voyages of exploration, The Times Complete History of the World is the book that has all the answers. This is the most comprehensive, authoritative and accessible work on world history available today. It has sold over 2....(展开全部)