A study of urban nature that draws together different strands of urban ecology as well as insights derived from feminist, posthuman, and postcolonial thought. Postindustrial transitions and changing cultures of nature have produced an unprecedented degree of fascination with urban biodiversity. The “other nature” that flourishes in marginal urban spaces, at one remove from the ...(展开全部)

Urbanization was central to development in late imperial China. Yet its impact is heatedly debated, although scholars agree that it triggered neither Weberian urban autonomy nor Habermasian civil society. This book argues that this conceptual impasse derives from the fact that the seemingly continuous urban expansion was in fact punctuated by a wide variety of “dynastic urbanis...(展开全部)

Water lies at the intersection of landscape and infrastructure, crossing between visible and invisible domains of urban space, in the tanks and buckets of the global South and the vast subterranean technological networks of the global North. In this book, Matthew Gandy considers the cultural and material significance of water through the experiences of six cities: Paris, Berlin...(展开全部)

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)

A giant statue of a six-pipe musical instrument stands in the heart of Kaili city. Yet despite its prominent placement, intended to convey the essence of the city, residents hold extremely low opinions of music-making in Kaili, particularly when compared to the “authentic” music found in surrounding ethnic minority villages. In this engaging, accessible work, author Paul Kendal...(展开全部)

Alastair Reynolds's critically acclaimed debut has redefined the space opera with a staggering journey across vast gulfs of time and space to confront the very nature of reality itself.

作者简介： 阿拉斯泰尔·雷诺兹Alastair Reynolds 生于1966年，英国科幻作家，被誉为“太空歌剧大师”。曾在纽卡斯尔大学攻读物理学和天文学，并于圣安德鲁斯大学获得天文学博士学位。1991年，雷诺兹移居荷兰，并在当地的欧洲空间和技术中心（隶属欧洲空间局）工作，直到2004年才开始专职写作。 曾获英国科幻协会奖、轨迹奖、日本星云赏、侧面奖等国际大奖，多次入围雨果奖、阿瑟·C.克拉克奖、约翰·W.坎贝尔奖、菲利普·K.迪克纪念奖、西奥多·斯特金纪念奖和轨迹奖。 多部作品被《爱，死亡和机器人》改编，其中《齐马蓝》被无数科幻迷奉为神作。 一个“落后”的人。隐居乡间，远离手机，极少接待来客，对生活中的高科技和消费技术毫无兴趣。日常兴趣为画画、看书、散步、弹吉他，观察鸟类和青蛙。 译者简介： 何锐 科普作家、科幻译者，武汉大学物理化学博士，钓鱼城科...(展开全部)

作者简介： 阿拉斯泰尔·雷诺兹Alastair Reynolds 生于1966年，英国科幻作家，被誉为“太空歌剧大师”。曾在纽卡斯尔大学攻读物理学和天文学，并于圣安德鲁斯大学获得天文学博士学位。1991年，雷诺兹移居荷兰，并在当地的欧洲空间和技术中心（隶属欧洲空间局）工作，直到2004年才开始专职写作。 曾获英国科幻协会奖、轨迹奖、日本星云赏、侧面奖等国际大奖，多次入围雨果奖、阿瑟·C.克拉克奖、约翰·W.坎贝尔奖、菲利普·K.迪克纪念奖、西奥多·斯特金纪念奖和轨迹奖。 多部作品被《爱，死亡和机器人》改编，其中《齐马蓝》被无数科幻迷奉为神作。 一个“落后”的人。隐居乡间，远离手机，极少接待来客，对生活中的高科技和消费技术毫无兴趣。日常兴趣为画画、看书、散步、弹吉他，观察鸟类和青蛙。 译者简介： 何锐 科普作家、科幻译者，武汉大学物理化学博士，钓鱼城科...(展开全部)