This book offers a solution to the ancient philosophical problem regarding the nature and the justification of morality. The importance of this subject matter is obvious, not merely as an abstract philosophical problem, but perhaps even more as a practical challenge, regarding the way we ought to live our lives: the...

In 1940, defeat seemed inevitable. Yet from the beaches of Dunkirk emerged one of the most extraordinary rescues in military history. As German forces closed in, a hastily assembled flotilla of civilian vesselsーlater immortalized as the "Little Ships"ーcrossed the English Channel to save the British Army from annih...

作為中英官方的第一次正式接觸，1793 年馬戛爾尼使團訪華對兩國的歷史發展均有深遠影響。在過往研究中，翻譯在使團活動所扮演的角色屢被忽略，導致不少研究上的偏差和誤解。本書搜集並運用大量檔案和文獻材料，釐清譯員背景以及國書、敕諭等各類文書的翻譯和改寫問題，力圖還原中英首次對話的內容和翻譯過程，全面準確地解讀英國使團訪華事件...

《明清社会史论》是何炳棣先生探索明明五百多年间中国社会组成及阶层流动的历史巨著。何炳棣先生大量运用明清两代近百种科举史料，以计量法统计附有三代履历的明清进士登科录及会试、乡试同年齿录等关键性科举史料，分析进士及举贡约四万个案例，并运用社会分层化和社会流动理论，解释明清科举制度与中国社会身份意识的紧密联系。何炳棣先生...

日治記憶對於台灣後殖民具有什麼意義？何以在日本統治結束超過半世紀之後，二十一世紀卻有許多不同族群的台灣小說家重返日治記憶，深入探索日治時期台灣人的精神面貌？不僅文學界如此，美術界與電影界也高度青睞日治記憶，例如謝里法的《紫色大稻埕》、紀錄片《緑的海平線》、劇情片《KANO》、《不一樣的月光》等。日治記憶儼然成為當代台灣...

"Condensed yet energetic and substantial history of Chicago. Spinney has a firm sense of historical narrative as well as a keen eye for entertaining and illuminating detail."ー Publishers Weekly A city of immigrants and entrepreneurs, Chicago is quintessentially American. Spinney brings it to life and highlights the...

The Battles of Saratoga are often regarded as the turning point in the American War of Independence when the North American colonies began their march to triumph against Great Britain. Fought in September and October 1777, these two battles were significant victories for a variety of reasons. The actual history of t...

Pancho Villa was many things to many people. To some, he was a freedom fighter and revolutionary; to others, he was nothing more than a bloodthirsty bandit and killer. Villa's life did indeed take many twists and turns, and some of the decisions he made would undoubtedly make many of us question his motives. This bo...

Weaving a critique of major power intervention into political history, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Cambodia from 1953 to the present. Since gaining its independence in 1953, Cambodia has been treated as a pawn by more powerful countries. China, Vietnam, the United Nations, and especially the Unite...

This book offers a new critical intervention into the studies of the paradox of Chinese socialism. Centering on the “unremodable” Shanghai bourgeoisie and middle class, the book brilliantly discovers Chinese society's persistent aspiration to bourgeois lifestyle and remarkable resistance to socialist ideology from t...

「歐盟必須幫助烏克蘭，卻不能打敗俄羅斯。」 　　 歐洲的未來，將變成什麼模樣？ 最受推崇的歷史評論家約翰．赫斯特給了終極答案（新増新版序）。 　　 出版至今，連續10年，年年再版， 景美女中、西松高中、臺北商業大學……最多國中、高中和大學的指定參考書， 彌補條列式資料陳述的不足，把過往強記死背的歷史來龍去脈，一次補齊！ 　　 時...

In the face of ruthless totalitarian rule, it is only the rare few who stand up at risk of their own life to do what is right. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of those exceptional individuals. Even on pain of death, he would not bend, he would not budgeーthis German pastor fought the Nazi regime with every fiber of his ...

Nationalism today depends on the perception of victimhood. The historical memory of past suffering endows nationalist movements with political legitimacy and a sense of moral superiority. Koreans recall Japanese colonial atrocities, while Japan commemorates the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Israel sanct...

This book analyses the origins, experiences, and challenges of total defence in Europe and comprises a broad spectrum of national case studies as well as one international organisation – NATO. The topic of total defence has been brought to the fore by deglobalisation, augmented international tension, the US pivot to...

The Falklands War, which erupted in 1982, was a conflict between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Argentina over sovereignty of the Falklands, a group of largely uninhabited islands in the South Atlantic. The islands had under two thousand inhabitants and little particular strategic or commercial importance wh...

The American Civil War was a long and bloody conflict whose effects are still felt today in the United States. The descendants of the men who fought in the war continue to pay the fallen their respects and remember the events of the war, the various battles, and the personalities of the many leaders involved. One of...