Par sa thèse sur "La crise rurale en Ile-de-France", parue en 1974, Jean Jacquart est devenu l'un des spécialistes européens de l'histoire rurale. L'ensemble des articles réunis dans la première partie : L'agriculture et les ruraux, témoigne de sa quête méthodologique, de la classique mise à jour des indicateurs con...

臺灣不是世界之外， 而是世界發生的地方！ 一部從臺灣出發的全球史，看見世界如何與這座島嶼交織。 世界史不只發生在遠方，臺灣本身就是世界史的現場。 《此地即世界》帶領讀者回到臺灣的街道、港口、山脈與寺廟ーー從這些看似尋常的地方，打開一條條通向世界的隱藏航線。讓你發現，就在你熟悉的地方，發生過世界歷史。 本書選擇二十個地點，...

「職貢」是王朝時代的中國對外交往的體制，意指朝貢國向宗主國修職納貢，並接受朝覲、冊封與賞賜，以示臣服。東亞職貢體系的建立，起源於先秦時期。西周訂立甸服、侯服、賓服、要服及荒服等朝貢服制，規範周天子跟諸侯、邊疆民族的關係。深植於西周朝貢體系的「非平等關係」與「華夏中心思想」，持續影響歷代涉外事務的運作，並且反映到圖像...

小時代是指十七世紀而言，那是一個有趣，並且充滿各種可能性的時期。以現代物質文化研究來看，既可從東西交流的角度，一窺當時探險家跋山涉水開拓航道的故事，也能從江南視線瞭解文人世家看似平淡，其實分外講究質感，別有一番趣味的日常。此次通過十七世紀的小資文青文震亨（1586-1645）書寫《長物志》歸類而出的「書畫」和「器具」兩個章節...

求孕，求男，求好男；養胎，安胎，祈順產。 古代女性承擔了生育的重任，卻沒有解釋生育的權力。 在男性書寫的歷史中，我們仍能從中挖掘溫柔的力量。 房內是一位富貴之家的孕婦，獨自半蹲地架在衡木上生產。房外則是她的公公，陪同來助產的高僧，隔著窗戶教她調息。西元六世紀一個不可思議的分娩故事，先後經兩位士大夫抄錄和轉載。這些男性醫...

内斗就要亡国，亡国也要内斗！人性的荒唐莫过于此！公元1644年三月，李自成率领的大顺军攻克北京，崇祯帝自缢。消息传到留都南京，立谁为新君的问题就变得迫在眉睫，文武官员纷纷涌动，都想在新君面前占据首功，却不想，这种各怀鬼胎的心思为南明政权留下了巨大的隐患。在武将马士英等人的拥立下，福王朱由松即位，改元弘光，而这些“定策”功...

For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville’s writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been relatively little written about what, exactly, is philosophically significant about his work and why philosophers are so attracted to Melville in particular. This volume addresses this silence throu...

Sutton E. Griggs’s first novel, originally published in 1899, paints a searing picture of the violent enforcement of disfranchisement and Jim Crow racial segregation. Based on events of the time, including US imperial policies, revolutionary movements, and racial protests, Imperium in Imperio introduces the fictiona...

From sleepy fishing village to samurai capital to vibrant global metropolis, Eiko Maruko Siniawer takes readers through Tokyo's rich history, revealing four centuries of transformation deeply woven into its fabric. This accessible guide introduces a world of shoguns and Kabuki theater, riots and earthquakes, wartime...

Virtually unknown outside of her adopted hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, Jane Edna Hunter was one of the most influential African American social workers and progressive activists of the early to mid-twentieth century. In her autobiography A Nickel and a Prayer, Hunter presents an enlightening two-part narrative that r...

Elleanor Eldridge, born of African and US indigenous descent in 1794, operated a lucrative domestic services business in nineteenth century Providence, Rhode Island. In defiance of her gender and racial background, she purchased land and built rental property from the wealth she gained as a business owner. In the 18...

In a series of columns published in the African American newspaper the Christian Recorder, the young, charismatic preacher Henry McNeal Turner described his experience of the Civil War, first from the perspective of a civilian observer in Washington, DC, and later, as one of the Union army’s first Black chaplains. I...

Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858–1932) was an African American writer, essayist, Civil Rights activist, legal-stenography businessman, and lawyer whose novels and short stories explore race, racism, and the problematic contours of African Americans’ social and cultural identities in post–Civil War South. He was the fi...

J. McHenry Jones’s Hearts of Gold is a gripping tale of post–Civil War battles against racism and systemic injustice. Originally published in 1896, this novel reveals an African American community of individuals dedicated to education, journalism, fraternal organizations, and tireless work serving the needs of those...

This book is the first anthology of the autobiographical writings of Peter Randolph, a prominent nineteenth-century former slave who became a Black abolitionist, pastor, and community leader. Randolph’s story is unique because he was freed and relocated from Virginia to Boston, along with his entire plantation cohor...

【作者新版序言+新増史證修訂】 《人類大歷史》為什麼能夠在國際暢銷書榜上爆衝？ 原因很簡單，它處理的是歷史的大問題、現代世界的大問題， 而且，它的寫作風格是刻骨銘心的生動。你會愛上它！ ーー戴蒙（Jared Diamond），普立茲獎巨著《槍炮、病菌與鋼鐵》作者 十萬年前，地球上至少有六個人種， 但今日，只剩下一個人種：智人（Homo sapi...