Trickster Travels (2006) views Italy, Spain, Morocco and other parts of North Africa and West Africa through the lens of Leo Africanus's pioneering geography. It has appeared in four translations, with three more on the way.In Trickster Travels (2006), she describes how the early 16th-century North African Muslim "Leo Africanus" (Hasan al-Wazzan) managed to live as a Christian ...(展开全部)

"Between Two Worlds" is an authoritative commentary on - and powerful reinterpretation of - the founding work of modern philosophy, "Descartes' Meditations". Philosophers have tended to read Descartes' seminal work in an occasional way, examining its treatment of individual topics while ignoring other parts of the text. In contrast, John Carriero provides a sustained, systemati...(展开全部)

In the sixteenth century, the humanist values and admiration for classical antiquity that marked the early Renaissance spread from Italy throughout the rest of the continent, resulting in the development of a number of local artistic styles in other countries. Artists were highly valued and richly compensated during this period, with many receiving lucrative commissions from pa...(展开全部)

The book relates to the Uzbegs and provides an account of their origin, antecedents, early exploits, conquests and finally the occupation of Central Asia in the sixteenth century. It is the first work on the history and culture of the Uzbegs in English language published in India. It is primarily based on original, contemporary and later sources though most of the available mod...(展开全部)

Must a gift be given freely? How can we tell a gift from a bribe? Are gifts always a part of human relations -- or do they lose their power and importance once the market takes hold and puts a price on every exchange? These questions are central to our sense of social relations past and present, and they are at the heart of this book by one of our most interesting and renowned ...(展开全部)

In Play Between Worlds, T. L. Taylor examines multiplayer gaming life as it is lived on the borders, in the gaps--as players slip in and out of complex social networks that cross online and offline space. Taylor questions the common assumption that playing computer games is an isolating and alienating activity indulged in by solitary teenage boys. Massively multiplayer online g...(展开全部)

In Play Between Worlds, T. L. Taylor examines multiplayer gaming life as it is lived on the borders, in the gaps--as players slip in and out of complex social networks that cross online and offline space. Taylor questions the common assumption that playing computer games is an isolating and alienating activity indulged in by solitary teenage boys. Massively multiplayer online g...(展开全部)

A survey of popular culture in 16th century Italy. Ginzburg’s study The Cheese & The Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-century Miller, first published in 1976, is one of those fascinating micro-histories which explores the remote lives of unknown and forgotten people. The story of Menocchio is one of a peasant life of obscurity but also one of strange and powerful ideas – confus...(展开全部)

作者简介： 伊桑巴德·威尔金森出生于1971年，从小在爱尔兰听着祖先们——植物学家、艺术家、水手和士兵——的冒险故事长大，他们游历了中国、非洲、印度和阿尔巴尼亚，这让他对漫游世界充满了激情。大学毕业后，他在《乡村生活》杂志社工作。之后他前往巴基斯坦各地旅行，但这一雄心壮志因肾衰竭而中途放弃。经过一段时间的透析和第一次肾移植，他成为《每日电讯报》驻西班牙的战地记者，然后成为驻巴基斯坦的记者并完成了他的旅行，这次旅行成为本书的主题。经过第二次肾移植，他现在是一名驻香港的记者。 译者简介： 王凤梅，贵州大学副教授，浙江大学博士研究生，2005年获贵州师范大学世界史硕士学位，主要从事区域史研究。 审校者简介 蓝琪，1948年生，湖北安陆人，1983年师从项英杰先生研究中亚史，1986年获武汉大学硕士学位，随后在贵州师范大学历史与政治学院任教，二级教授，201...(展开全部)

作者简介： 伊桑巴德·威尔金森出生于1971年，从小在爱尔兰听着祖先们——植物学家、艺术家、水手和士兵——的冒险故事长大，他们游历了中国、非洲、印度和阿尔巴尼亚，这让他对漫游世界充满了激情。大学毕业后，他在《乡村生活》杂志社工作。之后他前往巴基斯坦各地旅行，但这一雄心壮志因肾衰竭而中途放弃。经过一段时间的透析和第一次肾移植，他成为《每日电讯报》驻西班牙的战地记者，然后成为驻巴基斯坦的记者并完成了他的旅行，这次旅行成为本书的主题。经过第二次肾移植，他现在是一名驻香港的记者。 译者简介： 王凤梅，贵州大学副教授，浙江大学博士研究生，2005年获贵州师范大学世界史硕士学位，主要从事区域史研究。 审校者简介 蓝琪，1948年生，湖北安陆人，1983年师从项英杰先生研究中亚史，1986年获武汉大学硕士学位，随后在贵州师范大学历史与政治学院任教，二级教授，201...(展开全部)