"Traditions & Encounters: A Brief Global History", the highly-anticipated concise version of Bentley and Ziegler's best-selling survey text, provides a streamlined account of the cultures and interactions that have shaped world history. With an engaging narrative, strong thematic approach, visual appeal, and solid pedagogy, it offers enhanced flexibility and affordability witho...(展开全部)

杰里•本特利（Jerry Bentley），美国夏威夷大学历史学教授，《世界史》杂志主编，全球史研究与教育的重要代表。主要研究方向为现代早期欧洲的文化史以及世界历史上的多种文化交流。著有《人文主义者和〈圣经〉：文艺复兴时期的〈新约圣经〉研究》（1983）、《文艺复兴时期那不勒斯的政治与文化》（1987）、《古代世界交往史》（1993）等。 赫布•齐格勒（Herbert Ziegler），夏威夷大学历史学副教授，《世界史》杂志编辑。著有《纳粹德国的新贵》（1990）。 希瑟•斯特里兹（Heather E. Streets），华盛顿大学历史学副教授，著有《军事竞赛：军队、竞赛和英帝国文化中的男子气概，1857－1914年》（2004）。

本书是Bentley教授《新全球史》（上下册http://www.douban.com/subject/2244551/）的简编本，将原作1200多页的篇幅压缩为700余页，结构基本保持未变，细目略有更动，不少细节有改写。 本特利的全球史观，突出了人类历史中的两个主题——“传统”和“交流”，一纵一横，为纷繁复杂的世界历史确定了焦点。作者把世界历史的整体框架解析为七个大的时段，在每个时段，都兼顾了文明传承与相互交流，致力于刻画多种文化交流背景下所有社会的共同经历。 按照英文原文影印。

How has feminism developed? What have feminists achieved? What can we learn from the global history of feminism? Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being repeatedly written off as a political movement that has achieved its aim of female liberation, it has been continually redefined as new generations of women campaign against the gend...(展开全部)

Since its coinage in mid-19th century Germany, Realpolitik has proven both elusive and protean. To some, it represents the best approach to meaningful change and political stability in a world buffeted by uncertainty and rapid transformation. To others, it encapsulates an attitude of cynicism and cold calculation, a transparent and self-justifying policy exercised by dominant n...(展开全部)

This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy, psychoanalysis to prozac. The origins of current debat...(展开全部)

This is the first book to explore the production and significance of lines. As walking, talking, gesticulating creatures, human beings generate lines wherever they go: here, Tim Ingold lays the foundations for an anthropological archaeology of the line. He investigates: speech and song in the cultures of Papua New Guinea, the Navaho and Meso America paths, trails and maps drawi...(展开全部)

This is the first book to explore the production and significance of lines. As walking, talking, gesticulating creatures, human beings generate lines wherever they go: here, Ingold lays the foundations for an anthropological archaeology of the line. He investigates: speech and song in the cultures of Papua New Guinea, the Navaho and Meso America paths, trails and maps drawing, ...(展开全部)

作者介绍： 彼得·N.斯特恩斯（Peter N. Stearns），世界史顶尖学者，美国乔治梅森大学历史系教授、教务长，曾任教于哈佛大学、芝加哥大学、罗格斯大学和卡内基梅隆大学等。他创办并主编了《社会历史杂志》，曾担任AP世界史委员会的创始主席和美国历史协会教学副主席。撰写、编辑了130余种图书，包括《欧洲社会历史百科全书》《世界历史百科全书》《情感与社会变革》《1848年：欧洲革命浪潮》《世界历史上的西方文明》等。 译者介绍：聂永光，毕业于武汉大学世界史试验班，译有《黄金时代》等。