Myths & Legends retells the stories central to every culture that have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Coverage extends from the well-known tales of the Ancient Greeks, which hold the key to the origin of such phrases as "Achille's heel," to the lesser-known, but richly colorful, myths of the Americas and the East. Topic spreads explore c...(展开全部)

Myths & Legends retells the stories central to every culture that have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Coverage extends from the well-known tales of the Ancient Greeks, which hold the key to the origin of such phrases as "Achille's heel," to the lesser-known, but richly colorful, myths of the Americas and the East. Topic spreads explore c...(展开全部)

Mikiko Hara has her own way of secretly capturing the strangers who cross her path: a young man on the train, a couple holding hands, a little girl playing in a park… Sometimes their eyes meet briefly as she presses the shutter, but Mikiko Hara does not exchange with her subjects. Yet, these portraits reveal something infinitely personal, as if the photographer and her subjects...(展开全部)

Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. "Expectations of Modernity" explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp ...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 · 詹姆斯•弗格森（James Ferguson），美国人类学家，主要从事国际发展的政治学和人类学研究，以其深刻的发展批判立场而闻名。他曾获加利福尼亚大学圣塔芭芭拉分校文学学士学位，并于1985年获哈佛大学社会人类学博士学位。1999～2003年担任加利福尼亚大学欧文分校人类学系主任，并于2010年被开普敦大学聘为荣誉教授，现任斯坦福大学人文与科学学院教授，人类学系主任。 · 其主要研究地区为南部非洲（以莱索托、赞比亚、南非和纳米比亚为主），涉及广泛的理论和民族志研究问题，包括发展的政治学、城乡人口迁移、地区财富的变迁、矿业城镇的城市文化等。主要著作有《反政治机器：莱索托的“发展”》（1990）、《文化、权力和地方：批判人类学探究》（1997）、《人类学的田野：田野研究的边界和地点》（1997）、《全球化的阴影》（2006）、《授人以鱼...(展开全部)

Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. "Expectations of Modernity" explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp ...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 · 詹姆斯•弗格森（James Ferguson），美国人类学家，主要从事国际发展的政治学和人类学研究，以其深刻的发展批判立场而闻名。他曾获加利福尼亚大学圣塔芭芭拉分校文学学士学位，并于1985年获哈佛大学社会人类学博士学位。1999～2003年担任加利福尼亚大学欧文分校人类学系主任，并于2010年被开普敦大学聘为荣誉教授，现任斯坦福大学人文与科学学院教授，人类学系主任。 · 其主要研究地区为南部非洲（以莱索托、赞比亚、南非和纳米比亚为主），涉及广泛的理论和民族志研究问题，包括发展的政治学、城乡人口迁移、地区财富的变迁、矿业城镇的城市文化等。主要著作有《反政治机器：莱索托的“发展”》（1990）、《文化、权力和地方：批判人类学探究》（1997）、《人类学的田野：田野研究的边界和地点》（1997）、《全球化的阴影》（2006）、《授人以鱼...(展开全部)

Drawing on a wide variety of sources, the author has re-created 32 classic Norse Myths that compete in power with Greek mythology.

Eight outstanding essays, from leading academics, deconstruct perennial problems of rationality, imagination and narrative to trace the influence of myth in our own beliefs, origins, and potential futures. Thinking Through Myths attempts to reconcile the opposed claims of pragmatism and beauty, calling for the acknowledgement of myths in everyday experience.

Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories, present conditions, and future prospects of Chinese urbanization, by investigating five key themes - ...(展开全部)