This book explores the theme of violence, repression and atrocity in imperial and colonial empires, as well as its representations and memories, from the late eighteenth through to the twentieth century. It examines the wide variety of violent means by which colonies and empire were maintained in the modern era, the politics of repression and the violent structures inherent in ...(展开全部)

This book explores the theme of violence, repression and atrocity in imperial and colonial empires, as well as its representations and memories, from the late eighteenth through to the twentieth century. It examines the wide variety of violent means by which colonies and empire were maintained in the modern era, the politics of repression and the violent structures inherent in ...(展开全部)

"Science and Empire in the Atlantic World" is the first book in the growing field of Atlantic Studies to examine the production of scientific knowledge in the Atlantic world from a comparative and international perspective. Rather than focusing on a specific scientific field or single national context, this collection captures the multiplicity of practices, people, languages, a...(展开全部)

The British Empire was the creation of a tremendous outpouring of energy and opportunism, when the British were at their most self-confident, and the wealth they gathered was prodigious. At its heart lay a sense of the rectitude of the British way of life, meted out to vast swathes of the rest of the world without let or hindrance. Yet, as this book shows, the empire was not fo...(展开全部)

Although scholars have begun to revise the traditional view that the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries marked a decline in the fortunes of the Ottoman Empire, Baki Tezcan's 2010 book proposes a radical approach to this period. While he concurs that decline did take place in certain areas, he constructs a new framework by foregrounding the proto-democratization of the Ottoman...(展开全部)

Although scholars have begun to revise the traditional view that the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries marked a decline in the fortunes of the Ottoman Empire, Baki Tezcan's 2010 book proposes a radical approach to this period. While he concurs that decline did take place in certain areas, he constructs a new framework by foregrounding the proto-democratization of the Ottoman...(展开全部)

Studying malaria in modern East Asia in the context of the global history of the disease, this book fills an important gap in our understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and political dimensions of the relationship between malaria and human society in a region which has often been neglected by historians of the disease. The authors examine the development and consequen...(展开全部)

尼尔·弗格森，英国最著名的历史学家之一。哈佛大学历史系教授、牛津大学高级研究员，同时也是斯坦福大学胡佛研究所的高级研究员。他是极少数能横跨学术界、金融界和媒体的专家之一。著有《货币崛起》等多部畅销书，同时还为多家报纸和杂志撰稿。此外，他还制作了四部非常成功的电视纪录片：《帝国》、《美国巨人》、《世界战争》，以及最近的《货币崛起》。2004年被《时代》周刊评为“影响世界的100人”之一。

尼尔·弗格森，英国最著名的历史学家之一。哈佛大学历史系教授、牛津大学高级研究员，同时也是斯坦福大学胡佛研究所的高级研究员。他是极少数能横跨学术界、金融界和媒体的专家之一。著有《货币崛起》等多部畅销书，同时还为多家报纸和杂志撰稿。此外，他还制作了四部非常成功的电视纪录片：《帝国》、《美国巨人》、《世界战争》，以及最近的《货币崛起》。2004年被《时代》周刊评为“影响世界的100人”之一。

尼尔·弗格森，英国最著名的历史学家之一。哈佛大学历史系教授、牛津大学高级研究员，同时也是斯坦福大学胡佛研究所的高级研究员。他是极少数能横跨学术界、金融界和媒体的专家之一。著有《货币崛起》等多部畅销书，同时还为多家报纸和杂志撰稿。此外，他还制作了四部非常成功的电视纪录片：《帝国》、《美国巨人》、《世界战争》，以及最近的《货币崛起》。2004年被《时代》周刊评为“影响世界的100人”之一。