The problem with the history of twentieth-century Europe is that everyone thinks they know it. The great stories of the century - the two world wars, the rise and fall of Nazism and communism, female emancipation - seem self-evidently important. But behind the grand narratives, the politics and the ideologies, lies another history: the history of forces that shaped the lives of...(展开全部)

This book provides a fascinating history of sexuality in twentieth-century Europe and North America. Angus McLaren draws upon legal, medical and literary sources to demonstrate how modern sexuality has been shaped by race, class, gender and generational preoccupations.

Frederick Mote, one of the twentieth century's most prominent Sinologists, has written a historian's memoir that uses observation and personal experiences to understand the intellectual and social transformation of China. Mote's thought-provoking narrative distills his reflections on modern China and details change in Chinese historical studies in the twentieth century. Mote as...(展开全部)

Frederick Mote, one of the twentieth century's most prominent Sinologists, has written a historian's memoir that uses observation and personal experiences to understand the intellectual and social transformation of China. Mote's thought-provoking narrative distills his reflections on modern China and details change in Chinese historical studies in the twentieth century. Mote as...(展开全部)

Throughout this lively and concise historical account of Mao Zedong’s life and thought, Rebecca E. Karl places the revolutionary leader’s personal experiences, social visions and theory, military strategies, and developmental and foreign policies in a dynamic narrative of the Chinese revolution. She situates Mao and the revolution in a global setting informed by imp...(展开全部)

This volume examines important aspects of China's century-long search to provide appropriate and effective health care for its people. Four subjects—disease and healing, encounters and accommodations, institutions and professions, and people's health—organize discussions across case studies of schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, mental health, and tobacco and health. Among the book’...(展开全部)

This volume examines important aspects of China's century-long search to provide appropriate and effective health care for its people. Four subjects—disease and healing, encounters and accommodations, institutions and professions, and people's health—organize discussions across case studies of schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, mental health, and tobacco and health. Among the book’...(展开全部)

牟宗三（1909年6月12日—1995年4月12日），生于山东省栖霞县牟家疃，祖籍湖北公安。1927年考入北京大学预科，1929年升入哲学系，并于1933年毕业。1949年往台湾，后往香港。晚年居台湾，1995年逝于台北。曾任教于华西大学、中央大学、金陵大学、台湾师范大学、东海大学、台湾大学、中国文化大学、香港大学、香港中文大学新亚书院。他独力翻译康德的《三大批判》，融合康德哲学与孔孟陆王的心学，以中国哲学与康德哲学互相诠解。北大哲学系毕业后，先后任教于山东寿张县乡村师范、广州学海书院、山东邹平村治学院、广西梧州中学、南宁中学、华西大学、中央大学、金陵大学、浙江大学。他又参与编写杂志，主编《再生》、创办《历史与文化》、编辑《理想历史文化》。1949年后，他曾任教于台湾师范大学、东海大学、香港大学、香港中文大学、台湾大学哲学研究所、台湾师大国文研究所、...(展开全部)

Transforming History examines the profound transformation of historical thought and practice of writing history from the late Qing through the mid-twentieth century. The authors devote extensive analysis to the common set of intellectual and political forces that shaped the study of history, from the ideas of evolution, positivism, nationalism, historicism, and Marxism, to poli...(展开全部)