The eighteenth century witnessed the rise of the China market and the changes that resulted in global consumption patterns, from opium smoking to tea drinking. In a valuable transnational perspective, Leonard Blusse chronicles the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities. Canton was the port of call for foreign merchants in the Qing empire. Na...(展开全部)

莫里斯·梅洛－庞蒂，法国二十世纪最重要的哲学家、思想家之一。他在存在主义盛行年代与萨特齐名，是法国存在主义的杰出代表。主要著作有：《行为的结构》、《知觉现象学》、《可见的与不可见的》等

In "The Visible and the Revealed", Jean-Luc Marion brings together his most significant papers dealing with the relationship between philosophy and theology. Covering the ground from some of his earliest writings on this topic to very recent reflections, they are particularly useful for understanding the progression of Marion's thought on such topics as the saturated phenomenon...(展开全部)

In this revisionist study of Roman imperialism in the Greek world, Gruen considers the Hellenistic context within which Roman expansion took place. The evidence discloses a preponderance of Greek rather than Roman ideas: a noteworthy readiness on the part of Roman policymakers to adjust to Hellenistic practices rather than to impose a system of their own.

In the seven essays of Cities and the Creative Class - four of which have been previously published - Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the "creative class." This class, roughly speaking, is composed of the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent. Cities that su...(展开全部)

In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent.

A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured. In prose of outstanding immediacy, Jane Jacobs write...(展开全部)

作为摄影史上最有影响力的摄影书之一，罗伯特·弗兰克的《美国人》，于2008年6在中国发行了中文版。 这本中、英、德三语的五十周年纪念版，由德国史泰德出版社精心设计和制作，并由年逾八旬的瑞士摄影师罗伯特·弗兰克亲自监督。 “史泰德出中文版是一个具有深远意义的的决定，反映了中国在艺术和摄影全球性话语中的不可或缺的重要性，”艺术书商罗伯特·伯纳欧如是说。 罗伯特·弗兰克的《美国人》的第一版本出版于 1958 年5月15日。这本由法国出版人德尔皮尔出版的书主要是弗兰克1955年到1956年在美国拍摄的83幅照片。《美国人》的英文版本于1959年由GROVE 出版社在纽约出版。它和德尔皮尔版本展示了同样的照片，但是导读（序言）是由美国著名作家杰克·克鲁亚克 (JACK KEROUAC) 写的。 今年全面推出的史泰德版本《美国人》中，弗兰克全程参与了设计和制作的...(展开全部)

Reprint edition of Robert Frank: The Americans, Scalo Publishers 1998. http://www.douban.com/subject/1436918/

In World Trade Systems of the East and West, Geoffrey C. Gunn profiles Nagasaki's historic role in mediating the Japanese bullion trade, especially silver exchanged against Chinese and Vietnamese silk. Founded in 1571 as the terminal port of the Portuguese Macau ships, Nagasaki served as Japan's window to the world over long time and with the East-West trade carried on by the D...(展开全部)