"To change China" was the goal of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and revolutionaries for more than three hundred years. But the Chinese, while eagerly accepting Western technical advice, clung steadfastly to their own religious and cultural traditions. As a new era of relations between China and the United States begins, the tales in this volume w...(展开全部)

作者簡介 史景遷 Jonathan D. Spence 一九三六年出生於英國，是國際知名的中國近現代史專家，自一九六五年於美國耶魯大學歷史系任教，二○○八年退休。著作極豐，包括《追尋現代中國》、《雍正王朝之大義覺迷》、《太平天國》、《改變中國》、《康熙》、《天安門》、《曹寅與康熙》、《胡若望的疑問》（以上由時報文化出版）、《大汗之國：西方眼中的中國》（商務）、《婦人王氏之死》（麥田）、《利瑪竇的記憶宮殿》（麥田）。 譯者簡介 溫洽溢 政治大學東亞研究所博士，現任教於世新大學，譯有《追尋現代中國》、《雍正王朝之大義覺迷》、《改變中國》、《康熙》、《天安門》，校譯《太平天國》。

This unique work examines the role played by sexuality in the historical encounter between China and the West. Distinguished historian D. E. Mungello focuses especially on Western homosexuals who saw China as a place of escape from the homophobia of Europe and North America. His groundbreaking study traces the lives of two dozen men, many previously unknown to have same-sex des...(展开全部)

This unique work examines the role played by sexuality in the historical encounter between China and the West. Distinguished historian D. E. Mungello focuses especially on Western homosexuals who saw China as a place of escape from the homophobia of Europe and North America. His groundbreaking study traces the lives of two dozen men, many previously unknown to have same-sex des...(展开全部)

In 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party endorsed a radical new system of healthcare delivery for the rural masses. Soon every village had at least one barefoot doctor to provide basic medical care, which integrated the villages into a regional network of healthcare services for the very first time. The barefoot doctors were portrayed natio...(展开全部)

"Like everything else written by Jonathan Spence, The Chan's Great Continent is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in China. Spence is one of the greatest Sinologists of our time, and his work is both authoritative and highly readable." —Los Angeles Times Book Review China has transfixed the West since the earliest contacts between these civilizations. With his charact...(展开全部)

The SARS epidemic of 2003 was one of the most serious public health crises of our times. The event, which lasted only a few months, is best seen as a warning shot, a wake-up call for public health professionals, security officials, economic planners, and policy makers everywhere. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is one of the “new” epidemics. SARS in China addresses the...(展开全部)

The editors: Arthur Kleinman is Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, and Professor of Medical Anthropology and Social Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. James L. Watson is Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. He is also the author of Golden Arches East: McDona...(展开全部)