梅爾清（Tobie Meyer-Fong） 美國約翰霍普金斯大學歷史學系教授，東亞研究所主任。主要研究清朝歷史，研究方向包括城市史、文化史、社會史和女性史。曾於2007-2018年擔任《清史問題》（Late Imperial China）期刊主編。曾著有《清初揚州文化》一書。 審訂者簡介 郭劼 美國南卡羅萊納大學語言文學與文化系副教授。 譯者簡介 蕭琪 國立臺灣師範大學歷史學系碩士、國立臺灣大學歷史學系博士候選人。主要研究明代史，研究興趣為性別、禮制、醫療與社會文化史。著有《父母等恩：《孝慈錄》與明代母服的理念及其實踐》、〈評熊秉真，《幼醫與幼蒙：近世中國社會的緜延之道》〉。 蔡松穎 國立臺灣師範大學歷史學系碩士、國立臺灣大學歷史學系博士候選人。把歷史學當作遊戲在玩，努力探究其博大精深中。喜歡邊陲、少數，以及勇於和高牆對抗的雞蛋們。

The Taiping Rebellion was one of the costliest civil wars in human history. Tens of millions of people lost their lives, as Chinese rebels, imperial armies, and local militias clashed across the Yangzi Delta. Yet while the Rebellion has been intensely studied, we still know little of how individuals coped with these cataclysmic events. Drawing upon a rich array of primary sourc...(展开全部)

The Taiping Rebellion was one of the costliest civil wars in human history. Tens of millions of people lost their lives, as Chinese rebels, imperial armies, and local militias clashed across the Yangzi Delta. Yet while the Rebellion has been intensely studied, we still know little of how individuals coped with these cataclysmic events. Drawing upon a rich array of primary sourc...(展开全部)

China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. Today the government of China recognizes just 56 ethnic nationalities, or minzu, as groups entitled to representation. This controversial new book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population:...(展开全部)

China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. Today the government of China recognizes just 56 ethnic nationalities, or minzu, as groups entitled to representation. This controversial new book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population:...(展开全部)

China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. Today the government of China recognizes just 56 ethnic nationalities, or minzu, as groups entitled to representation. This controversial new book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population:...(展开全部)

In Strength in What Remains , Tracy Kidder gives us the story of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him, providing brilliant testament to the power of second chances. Deo arrives in the United States from Burundi in search of a new life. Having survived a civil war and genocide, he lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no Englis...(展开全部)

Internationally acclaimed photographer Sally Mann offers a five-part meditation on mortality.