To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing and unprecedented series of changes. Cities grew vast; there were revolutions in transportation, communication, science, and work--all while a growing religious skepticism rendered the intellectual landscape increasingly unrecognizable. It was an exhilarating time, and as a result, most of the countries in t...(展开全部)

大卫·坎纳丁（David Cannadine） 英国历史学家、作家、英国国家学术院院士(2017-2021年任院长)，现任普林斯顿大学历史学系教授、牛津大学客座历史学教授、英国人文与社会科学学会会长、《牛津国家人物传记大辞典》编辑。他是系列图书“企鹅英国史”及“企鹅欧洲史”的总编辑。

To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing and unprecedented series of changes. Cities grew vast; there were revolutions in transportation, communication, science, and work--all while a growing religious skepticism rendered the intellectual landscape increasingly unrecognizable. It was an exhilarating time, and as a result, most of the countries in t...(展开全部)

From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to Napoleon, Cairo--nicknamed "the Victorious"--has never ceased reinventing herself. With intimate knowlege, humor, and affection,...(展开全部)

From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to Napoleon, Cairo--nicknamed "the Victorious"--has never ceased reinventing herself. With intimate knowlege, humor, and affection,...(展开全部)

Everywhere, the twentieth century has been judged and condemned as the century of totalitarian terror, of utopian and criminal ideologies, of empty illusions, of genocides, of false avant-gardes, of democratic realism everywhere replaced by abstraction. It is not this book's wish to plead for an accused that is perfectly capable of defending itself without the author's help. No...(展开全部)

德克斯特·霍约斯（Dexter Hoyos），悉尼大学古典文学和古代史副教授、古罗马历史与文献的专业学者。主要研究布匿战争时期的罗马人和迦太基人；迦太基的文化、历史与影响。著有《汉尼拔:罗马最大的敌人》《迦太基人》《掌控西方》等作品。

人們多以集權恐怖、大屠殺、虛妄的前衛藝術、普及論等字眼描繪上個世紀，當代重要哲學家Alain Badiou站在世紀本身的立足點，用曼傑利什塔姆和佩索亞的詩歌、以沙特和傅科的哲學斷簡，從毛澤東的政治眼光，還有布萊希特、皮藍德婁的戲劇等面向，拼貼廿世紀的面貌。