The western reader is here presented with a biography of a major figure on the Chinese side in the crucial period of China's political contact with the western world, which describes a man of his own time and country, with his own background of education, endeavour and achievement and not merely a figure symbolic of Chinese obstruction of British purposes as he was seen from Lo...(展开全部)

艾恺1975年获美国哈佛大学哲学博士学位，现任芝加哥大学历史教授。还著有《南京十年的乡村建设》、《世界范围内的反现代思潮》等。

艾恺1975年获美国哈佛大学哲学博士学位，现任芝加哥大学历史教授。还著有《南京十年的乡村建设》、《世界范围内的反现代思潮》等。

1852年，大清咸丰二年，原本是没什么了不起的一年，无非是： 欧洲列强的无敌战舰巡弋大洋，长枪大炮武装到牙齿的白人军队踏遍全球；美利坚的黑船正驶向江户，即将叩开本子幕府紧闭的大门；而大清，皇帝和宗亲老爷仍沉迷在天朝上国的幻梦，八旗和绿营早已腐朽不复当年，手慢脚乱的镇压长毛的太平天国…… 一艘从厦门启航的猪仔船上，董良缓缓睁开双眼，带着四百华工举义，斩红毛，夺番船，立足琉球，打造船队，纵横东洋，攻略闽浙…… 后世史载：1852，实天佑中华，龙兴之年！ 董王的书友群：430116399，欢迎诸位华族栋梁入群参政议政。

Like most empires, the Ming court sponsored grand displays of dynastic strength and military prowess. Covering the first two centuries of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court explores how the royal hunt, polo matches, archery contests, equestrian demonstrations, and the imperial menagerie were represented in poetry, prose, and portraiture. This stu...(展开全部)

Like most empires, the Ming court sponsored grand displays of dynastic strength and military prowess. Covering the first two centuries of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court explores how the royal hunt, polo matches, archery contests, equestrian demonstrations, and the imperial menagerie were represented in poetry, prose, and portraiture. This stu...(展开全部)