A variety of new patterns of industrial development--from the export-led growth of the Republic of Korea and Taiwan to the more inward-oriented growth of Colombia and Turkey--has emerged in the postwar period. This book provides an examination of these patterns. Applying a common analytical framework to the postwar experiences of nine industrializing economies, the authors dete...(展开全部)

This is the first full-scale comparative study of the nature of slavery. In a work of prodigious scholarship and enormous breadth, which draws on the tribal, ancient, premodern, and modern worlds, Orlando Patterson discusses the internal dynamics of slavery in sixty-six societies over time. These include Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, China, Korea, the Islamic kingdoms, Afri...(展开全部)

This is the first full-scale comparative study of the nature of slavery. In a work of prodigious scholarship and enormous breadth, which draws on the tribal, ancient, premodern, and modern worlds, Orlando Patterson discusses the internal dynamics of slavery in sixty-six societies over time. These include Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, China, Korea, the Islamic kingdoms, Afri...(展开全部)

This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Unlike previous studies, equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic sys...(展开全部)

This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Unlike previous studies, equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic sys...(展开全部)

J.-P. 维奈，法裔加拿大语言学家，曾先后在卡昂大学、巴黎大学和伦敦大学学习语文学和语音学；1946年赴加拿大蒙特利尔大学，任语言学与翻译学系教授、系主任；1967年赴维多利亚大学任教直到退休。 J. 达贝尔内，法裔加拿大语言学家，拉瓦尔大学比较语言学教授，加拿大语言学协会主席（1966-1968）。 陈国樑，武汉大学原管理学院国际金融系外语教研室主任，教授。重点研究法语和英语语法以及法语和英语的比较。著有《法语英语动词比较》、《新概念英语详解（第4册）》，翻译有《中世纪的城市》、《世界历史词典》等。

J.-P. 维奈，法裔加拿大语言学家，曾先后在卡昂大学、巴黎大学和伦敦大学学习语文学和语音学；1946年赴加拿大蒙特利尔大学，任语言学与翻译学系教授、系主任；1967年赴维多利亚大学任教直到退休。 J. 达贝尔内，法裔加拿大语言学家，拉瓦尔大学比较语言学教授，加拿大语言学协会主席（1966-1968）。 陈国樑，武汉大学原管理学院国际金融系外语教研室主任，教授。重点研究法语和英语语法以及法语和英语的比较。著有《法语英语动词比较》、《新概念英语详解（第4册）》，翻译有《中世纪的城市》、《世界历史词典》等。

杰克•古迪（Jack Goody），英国社会人类学家、历史学家，剑桥大学社会人类学系荣誉教授，圣约翰学院成员，因其对人类学的贡献被英国女王封为爵士。1976年入选英国社会科学院，1980年当选美国艺术与科学院外籍荣誉成员，2004年当选美国国家科学院院士。半个多世纪以来，杰克•古迪在人类学、历史学、社会学和文化研究等多个领域里笔耕不辍，这也让他的著作成为当今最广为阅读、最具争议的学术专著。他的著作有《死亡、财产与祖先》、《野蛮心智的驯服》、《烹饪、菜肴与阶级》、《欧洲家庭与婚姻的发展》、《东方世界、古代世界与原始世界》、《花之文化》、《西方中的东方》、《饮食与爱情》和《偷窃历史》等。

The preparation, serving and eating of food are common features of all human societies, and have been the focus of study for numerous anthropologists - from Sir James Frazer onwards - from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives. It is in the context of this previous anthropological work that Jack Goody sets his own observations on cooking in West Africa. He critici...(展开全部)