西奥多・威廉・舒尔茨于1902年出生于美国南达科他州阿灵顿郡的一个德国移民家庭，父亲是小农场主。他受教于威斯康星大学，毕业后先在衣阿华州立大学任教，四十年代后转至芝加哥大学任教，一直到1972年退休。此外，舒尔茨还曾在美国政府农业部、商务部、联邦储备委员会、联合国粮农组织、世界银行等机构兼职。现为芝加哥大学名誉教授。 舒尔茨六十年代后，把对农业经济问题与人力资本理论的研究结合起来，研究发展中国家的农业问题，从而对发展经济学作出了开创性的贡献。他的主要著作除本书外还有：《不稳定经济中的农业。（1945年）、《农业经济组织》（1953年）、《向人力资本投资》（1961年）、 《经济增长与农业》（1968年）、《人力资本投资》（1971年）等。 由于他在经济学方面的这些贡献，特别是由于《改造传统农业》一书对发展经济学有着重大的理论和政策意义，他于1979年...(展开全部)

Complete translation of two classic introductory works in traditional astrology. Perfect for students and as a reference and companion text for courses, with over 120 illustrations and numerous commentaries by the translator and editor. By amazon.com

The world’s preeminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure, arts, crafts, and even military strategies that form our understanding of Chinese science, making instructive comparisons along the way to similar elements of Indian, Hellenistic, and Arabic cultures. A major portion of the book concentrates on Taoist alchemy that led not only to the ...(展开全部)

This is a sister book of “The Traditional Japanese Color”, and focuses on the beauty of Japanese traditional color combination. This book explores the aesthetic of color combination in the traditional Japanese art works, which show its various aspects and constitute the exquisite world of color. About 100 examples of two, three or more color combinations in various fields from ...(展开全部)

This book analyzes the drawing data and methods of the Chinese ancient maps that are neglected by the previous researches, and reevaluates the drawing theories and methods, the influences, and accuracy of the maps that represents the scientificity of Chinese ancient cartographic drawings.

This book analyzes the drawing data and methods of the Chinese ancient maps that are neglected by the previous researches, and reevaluates the drawing theories and methods, the influences, and accuracy of the maps that represents the scientificity of Chinese ancient cartographic drawings.

This book analyzes the drawing data and methods of the Chinese ancient maps that are neglected by the previous researches, and reevaluates the drawing theories and methods, the influences, and accuracy of the maps that represents the scientificity of Chinese ancient cartographic drawings.

This book analyzes the drawing data and methods of the Chinese ancient maps that are neglected by the previous researches, and reevaluates the drawing theories and methods, the influences, and accuracy of the maps that represents the scientificity of Chinese ancient cartographic drawings.