What stories remain hidden behind one of the most significant inventions of the nineteenth century? Kaleidophonic Modernity reexamines the development of mechanical sound recording technology by charting the orbits of writers, scientists, and artists in France and the United States. Working between comparative literature, the history of science, and urban studies, Brehm builds ...(展开全部)

What stories remain hidden behind one of the most significant inventions of the nineteenth century? Kaleidophonic Modernity reexamines the development of mechanical sound recording technology by charting the orbits of writers, scientists, and artists in France and the United States. Working between comparative literature, the history of science, and urban studies, Brehm builds ...(展开全部)

Cashews from Africa's Gold Coast, butterflies from Sierra Leone, jalap root from Veracruz, shells from Jamaica—in the eighteenth century, these specimens from faraway corners of the Atlantic were tucked away onboard inhumane British slaving vessels. Kathleen S. Murphy argues that the era's explosion of new natural knowledge was deeply connected to the circulation of individuals...(展开全部)

Between 1850 and 1910, the United States was a rising star in the international arena, and several European nations sought to strengthen their ties to the republic through cultural means. France capitalized on its art, Britain on its social ties and literature, and Germany promoted classical music. "Sound Diplomacy" retraces these efforts to export culture as an instrument of n...(展开全部)

译者简介： 邓伯宸先生毕业于成功大学外文系。曾任报社编译、主笔、副总编辑、总经理，获胡适百岁诞辰纪念征文优等奖，现为《新观光》杂志专栏作者。曾翻译多本英文著作，包括《说谎》、《影子大地》、《群氓之族》、《丘吉尔的黑狗》、《生活之道》、《男子气概》、《美的滥用》、《黑暗时代群像》、《有求必应》、《觉醒风》、《孤独的聆赏者》、《和平：诺贝尔和平奖得主的故事》、《时间等候区》（“2004健康好书”首奖）与《绿色宣言》（2005年“奖励人权教育出版品”奖）等。

World-renowned philosophers debate the future of Europe in light of the influence of the US and propose new political understandings of the transatlantic alliance. Shortly after the hostilities of the Iraq War were declared to have come to an end, the renowned philosopher Jürgen Habermas, with the endorsement of Jacques Derrida, published a manifesto invoking the notion of a “c...(展开全部)