A major exploration of venture financing, from its origins in the whaling industry to Silicon Valley, that shows how venture capital created an epicenter for the development of high-tech innovation. VC tells the riveting story of how the industry arose from the United States’ long-running orientation toward entrepreneurship. Venture capital has been driven from the start by the...(展开全部)

汤姆·尼古拉斯（Tom Nicholas）：哈佛大学商学院教授，教授美国商业和经济史，并多次获得哈佛教学方面的奖项以及查尔斯·威廉姆斯优秀教学奖。 在哈佛任教之前，任教于MIT斯隆管理学院和伦敦政治经济学院。

A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation's origins to the present day. At the center of the United States' economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry and technology-while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned historian Glenn Adamson turns that narr...(展开全部)

An epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex and intimate ties to the United States--from the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the present day--written by a celebrated New York University professor and daughter of Cuban immigrants. In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Raul Castro from power have raised urgent questions about the island's political ...(展开全部)

An epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex and intimate ties to the United States--from the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the present day--written by a celebrated New York University professor and daughter of Cuban immigrants. In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Raul Castro from power have raised urgent questions about the island's political ...(展开全部)

In "American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History," Charles Murray describes how America’s geography, ideology, politics, and daily life set the new nation apart from Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. He then discusses the ways that exceptionalism changed during America’s evolution over the course of the 20th century. Which changes are gains to be applauded? Which are ...(展开全部)

塔亚莉·琼斯（Tayari Jones） 1970年出生于亚特兰大，美国当代黑人作家。已获众多文学奖项，同时也是罗格斯大学纽瓦克学院副教授，内华达大学黑山学院访问学者。著有四部小说，其中《银雀》（Silver Sparrow）曾入选美国教育协会精选图书库。 2018年出版的《美国式婚姻》在美国已印刷超过500， 000册，被奥巴马列入夏季书单，同时入选奥普拉图书俱乐部，提名美国国家图书奖，Goodreads读者年度选择奖，被评为2018年Apple Books年度最佳书籍。2019年本书获得美国阿斯彭语言文学奖，美国黑人图书馆协会小说文学奖，并入围奥威尔文学奖长名单。 2019年6月5日凭借《美国式婚姻》，塔亚莉获得女性小说奖(Women's Prize for Fiction)，击败去年布克奖得主安娜·伯恩斯（Anna Burns）的和前布克奖得主...(展开全部)

塔亚莉·琼斯（Tayari Jones） 1970年出生于亚特兰大，美国当代黑人作家。已获众多文学奖项，同时也是罗格斯大学纽瓦克学院副教授，内华达大学黑山学院访问学者。著有四部小说，其中《银雀》（Silver Sparrow）曾入选美国教育协会精选图书库。 2018年出版的《美国式婚姻》在美国已印刷超过500， 000册，被奥巴马列入夏季书单，同时入选奥普拉图书俱乐部，提名美国国家图书奖，Goodreads读者年度选择奖，被评为2018年Apple Books年度最佳书籍。2019年本书获得美国阿斯彭语言文学奖，美国黑人图书馆协会小说文学奖，并入围奥威尔文学奖长名单。 2019年6月5日凭借《美国式婚姻》，塔亚莉获得女性小说奖(Women's Prize for Fiction)，击败去年布克奖得主安娜·伯恩斯（Anna Burns）的和前布克奖得主...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 The classic depiction of the harsh realities of American life, the dark side of the American Dream, and one man's doomed pursuit of love and success... "Mr. Dreiser is not imitative and belongs to no school. He is at heart a mysticist and a fatalist, though using the realistic method. He is, on the evidence of this novel alone, a power."- The New York Times Book Rev...(展开全部)