This book re-examines scrupulously the writings and the life records of John Milton, in the context of a proper understanding of the recent developments in seventeenth-century historiography. Milton's thought has often been too simply described. The approach here is to interrogate more sceptically notions like puritanism, republicanism, radicalism, and dissent. A more complex s...(展开全部)

This book re-examines scrupulously the writings and the life records of John Milton, in the context of a proper understanding of the recent developments in seventeenth-century historiography. Milton's thought has often been too simply described. The approach here is to interrogate more sceptically notions like puritanism, republicanism, radicalism, and dissent. A more complex s...(展开全部)

In A Child's Work, innovative and widely respected educator Vivian Gussin Paley offers a manifesto against the decline of children's creative time, making the case for the critical role of fantasy play in the psychological, intellectual, and social development of young children. Paley speaks from firsthand experience about the limitless growth of young children who are allowed ...(展开全部)

薇薇安•嘉辛•佩利（Vivian Gussin Paley） 美国著名幼儿教育专家、作家、演讲家 1987年获埃里克森机构颁发的儿童服务奖 1989年获麦克阿瑟奖 1998年获前哥伦布基金会颁发的终生成就奖 2000年获约翰• 杜威协会颁发的社会杰出成就奖 薇薇安•嘉辛•佩利于1929年出生于美国芝加哥，曾在新奥尔良、纽约及芝加哥的幼儿园共任教37年。 佩利在新奥尔良教书期间，即开始思考如何在幼儿园中，运用可行的游戏扮演方式与孩子互动，提倡“游戏本位教学法”，认为游戏才是孩子最重要的功课。

乔舒亚•斯珀林 Joshua Sperling 生于纽约，成长于加利福尼亚，于耶鲁大学获得比较文学、电影与媒体博士学位，现任教于欧伯林大学，文章见于Brooklyn Rail, Guernica, Film Quarterly, Jump Cut， Bullett Magazine及众多出版物。

约翰·博德利，美国当代著名文化人类学家，华盛顿州立大学人类学教授，1992-1996年任该校人类学系主任，2001年被评为人类学梅耶杰出教授，现为该校Regents讲座教授。1987年任西德兴格拉德巴赫公司科学顾问，1991-1994年为美国科学促进协会科学自由与责任委员会人权小组委员会成员，2000年任华盛顿哥伦比亚特区国家人文基金会专门小组成员。主要研究领域为原住民、文化生态学、当今社会问题。主要著作除本书外，还有《人类学与当今人类问题》以及《文化人类学：部落、国家及全球体系》。

Victims of Progress provides a global overview of the struggle between small-scale indigenous societies and the colonists and corporate developers that invaded their territories over the past 200 years to extract resources. It shows how these small-scale societies have survived by organizing politically to defend their basic human rights, and shows that they are now being impac...(展开全部)