《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...

Henry Ford once announced to a young schoolboy that it was he who had invented the modern age. Born on a farm in rural Michigan three weeks after the battle of Gettysburg, Ford hated everything about farming as soon as he could understand what it was about. So he turned his attention to the farm machinery that made ...

"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...

Les choses aujourd'hui banales ne l'ont pas toujours été. De l'alimentation à l'habitat, la vie de nos ancêtres était conditionnée par les excès ou les insuffisances de la nature, et les objets qu'ils utilisaient chaque jour passaient d'une génération à l'autre, sans que nul ne songe à en acquérir de nouveaux. C'est...

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〓 One man's day becomes every man's story. In Ulysses, James Joyce transforms a single day in Dublin into one of the greatest adventures in all of literature ー a masterpiece of language, identity, and the boundless depth of the human experience. Set on June 16, 1904, the novel follows Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalu...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, courage, and healing. “Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”ーThe New Yorker (Best Books of the Year)** It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two pri...

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...

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 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...

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...

Alfred Nobel began his career as a brilliant inventor and industrialist, but his inventionsーparticularly the creation of dynamiteーbrought him more anguish than satisfaction. Though his scientific achievements earned him fortune and fame, Nobel became deeply troubled by the destructive uses of his work. Branded the...

Pontiac's War erupted in the Great Lakes region of North America just as the French and Indian War came to a close in 1763. The French, who had initially established a European presence there, were usurped by the British, whose relations with indigenous peoples were notoriously less diplomatic and more destructive. ...

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...

"North Korea is not just a security or human rights problem (although it is those things) but a real society. This book gets us closer to understanding North Korea beyond the usual headlines, and does so in a richly detailed, well-researched, and theoretically contextualized way." ---Charles K. Armstrong, Director, ...

"A beautiful book featuring intimate portrayals of a diverse group of Guatemalan artists and their works . . . [a] compelling presentation style." ー Library Journal Against the backdrop of Guatemala, this book presents portraits of artisans working in the ancient traditions of the Maya paired with insights into the...