In this bold, sweeping study of the development of Western economies, Douglass C. North sets forth a new view of societal change. At the core of Professor North's investigation is the question of property rights, the arrangements individuals and groups have made through history to deal with the fundamental economic problem of scarce resources. In six theoretical chapters, Profe...(展开全部)

This is a fully revised edition of a book that may fairly claim to have re-opened the sociology of the body as a legitimate area of enquiry. The book provides an unparalleled guide to all aspects of the sociology of the body. Each chapter has been revised and updated and the book contains new material that reflects changes in the field since the last edition. In particular, Tur...(展开全部)

In the new edition of this student text, the author has made substantial revisions and additions to enhance the book's usefulness without destroying its character as a lucid and readable text. Most economics courses separate the teaching of the mathematics of constrained maximization from its economic applications. The aim of this book is to provide an integrated treatment of o...(展开全部)

Finding cool languages, tools, or development techniques is easy-new ones are popping up every day. Convincing co-workers to adopt them is the hard part. The problem is political, and in political fights, logic doesn't win for logic's sake. Hard evidence of a superior solution is not enough. But that reality can be tough for programmers to overcome. In Driving Technical ...(展开全部)

Terry Eagleton is one of the most important - and most radical - theorists writing today. His witty and acerbic attacks on contemporary culture and society are read and enjoyed by many, and his studies of literature are regarded as classics of contemporary criticism. In this new edition of his groundbreaking treatise on literary theory, Eagleton seeks to develop a sophisticated...(展开全部)

特里·伊格尔顿：英国当代马克思主义理论家、文学批评家。曾任教于剑桥大学，又长期担任牛津大学凯瑟琳学院沃顿英文和文学理论讲座教授，后任教于曼彻斯特大学、圣母大学。代表性著作有《批评与意识形态》《沃尔特·本雅明：或走向革命批评》《文学理论导论》《美学意识形态》《文化的观念》《唯物主义》《论文化》等。 段吉方：华东师范大学文学院教授，主要从事文艺学、美学、马克思主义文艺理论研究。出版专著有《意识形态与审美话语——伊格尔顿文学批评理论研究》《文化唯物主义与现代美学问题——20世纪英国马克思主义文学批评理论范式与经验研究》等。 穆宝清：山东大学外国语学院副教授，英国伦敦国王学院访问学者，主要研究方向为西方文论、艺术美学。近期著作有《贡布里希艺术美学思想研究》《社会学阐释与文学想象：齐格蒙特?鲍曼论后现代消费社会》等。

Written by four recognized experts with senior experience in research and government, this text is the first comprehensive survival kit for students and practitioners of economic policy. It is set to become an indispensable resource for everyone involved or interested in modern economic policy. Academic scholars willing to engage in policy discussions and students at graduate o...(展开全部)

Over the past two decades, academic economics has undergone a mild revolution in methodology. The language, concepts and techniques of noncooperative game theory have become central to the discipline. This book provides the reader with some basic concepts from noncooperative theory, and then goes on to explore the strengths, weaknesses, and future of the theory as a tool of eco...(展开全部)

Ronald Inglehart argues that economic development, cultural change, and political change go together in coherent and even, to some extent, predictable patterns. This is a controversial claim. It implies that some trajectories of socioeconomic change are more likely than others - and consequently that certain changes are foreseeable. Once a society has embarked on industrializat...(展开全部)