Prior to the nineteenth century, the practice of medicine in the Western world was as much art as science. But, argues W. F. Bynum, 'modern' medicine as practiced today is built upon foundations that were firmly established between 1800 and the beginning of World War I. He demonstrates this in terms of concepts, institutions, and professional structures that evolved during this...(展开全部)

This landmark work, based on Frances FitzGerald's own research and travels, takes us inside Vietnam-into the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages and the corrupt crowded cities, into the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals More... and monks -and reveals the country as seen through Vietnamese eyes. With a clarity and authori...(展开全部)

Robert Bagley is Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. His recent publications include the chapter on Shang archaeology in the Cambridge History of Ancient China and articles on Chinese bronzes, the origin of the Chinese writing system, and ancient Chinese music theory.

罗伯特·贝格利：普林斯顿大学艺术史与考古系退休荣誉教授，研究领域涉及新石器时代至青铜时代的艺术、考古、冶金、文字起源和音乐理论，近期著作包括Gombrich among the Egyptians（2015）、《剑桥世界史》第四卷的古代世界艺术以及Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History 的西周之前的中国青铜器时代等章节。 王海城：西雅图华盛顿大学艺术史系Mary and Cheney Cowles讲座副教授，致力于中国青铜时代与其他古代文明的比较研究，近期著作包括Writing and the Ancient State（2014）、《剑桥世界史》第三卷的中国早期文字与城市以及Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History的中国早期艺术等章节。

李泽厚，当代著名哲学家、美学家和思想学家，湖南长沙人，生于1930年6月，1954年毕业于北京大学哲学系。曾任中国社会科学院哲学研究所研究员、巴黎国际哲学院院士、美国科罗拉多学院荣誉人文学博士。李泽厚的《美的历程》、《中国近代思想史论》等著作影响极大，从者甚众，人称“青年导师”。90年代，李泽厚客居美国，出版了《论语今读》、《世纪新梦》、《己卯五说》等著作，对中国未来的社会建构给予沉甸甸的人文关怀。他提出的“主体性实践哲学”、“心理积淀说”、“情本体”、“偶然性（命运）”、“后马克思主义”、“儒学四期说”等观点对中国近几十年的社会文化和思想产生了很大影响。 李泽厚继1988年当选巴黎哲学院院士之后，2010年出版的以权威和标准严格著称的《诺顿理论和批评选集》（第二版），他的著作与柏拉图、亚里士多德、休谟、康德、莱辛、黑格尔等大哲学家的代表作一起入选。...(展开全部)

At the heart of medical history is a deep enigma.The true structure and workings of the human body are, we casually assume, everywhere the same, a universal reality. But then we look into the past, and our sense of reality wavers: accounts of the body in diverse medical traditions often seem to describe mutually alien, almost unrelated worlds.The Expressiveness of the Body medi...(展开全部)