A Concise History of Mexico(ISBN=9780521618021)
¥186.40
A Concise History of Sweden(ISBN=9780521012270)
Neil Kent's book sweeps through Sweden's history from theStone Age to the present day. Early coverage includes Vikinghegemony, the Scandinavian Union, the Reformation and Sweden'spolitical zenith as Europe's greatest superpower in the seventeenthcentury, while later chapters explore the Swedish Enlightenment,royal absolutism, the commitment to military neutrality andPan-Scandinavianism. The author brings his account up to date byfocusing on more recent developments: the rise of Social Democracy,the establishment of the welfare state, the country's acceptance ofmembership in the European Union and its progressive ecologicalprogramme. The book successfully combines the politics, economicsand social and cultural mores of one of the world's mostsuccessfully functioning and humane societies. This is aninformative and entertaining account for students and generalreaders. ? A comprehensive history of Sweden covering events from theStone Age to the present day ? Successfully combines the politics,economi
¥174.80
European Integration and Political Conflict(ISBN=97805215350
Over the past half-century, Europe has experienced the mostradical reallocation of authority that has ever taken place inpeace-time, yet the ideological conflicts that will emerge fromthis are only now becoming apparent. The editors of this volume,Gary Marks and Marco Steenbergen, have brought together aformidable group of scholars of European and comparative politicsto investigate patterns of conflict that are arising in theEuropean Union. Using diverse sources of data, and examining arange of actors, including citizens, political parties, members ofthe European Parliament, social movements, and interest groups, theauthors of this volume conclude that political contestationconcerning European integration is indeed rooted in the basicconflicts that have shaped political life in Western Europe formany years. This comprehensive volume provides the most up-to-dateanalysis of political conflict in the European Union. ? Study of how the integration of Europe has affected politicalconflict and debate ?
¥171.00
The Spanish Labyrinth(ISBN=9780521398275)
Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth has become the classicaccount of the background to the Spanish Civil War. Written duringand immediately after the Civil War, the book has all the vividnessof the author's experience. It represents a struggle to see theissues in Spanish politics objectively, whilst bearing witness tothe deep involvement which is the only possible source of much ofthis richly detailed account. As a literary figure on the fringe ofthe Bloomsbury group, Gerald Brenan lends to this narrative anengaging personal style that has become familiar to many thousandsof readers over the decades since it was first published.
¥165.60
The United States since 1980(ISBN=9780521677554)
Describes the sharp right turn the United States has takenfollowing the election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980. Thetreatment details how the policies pursued by the Reaganadministration were a break from both the policies pursued by prioradministrations and those pursued in other wealthy countries. TheReagan administration policies had the effect of redistributingboth before- and after-tax income upward, creating a situation inwhich the bulk of the economic gains over the last quarter centurywere directed to a small segment of the population. The analysisexplains how both political parties have come largely to accept themain tenets of Reaganism, putting the United States on a path thatis at odds with most of the rest of the world and is notsustainable. ? The first compact economic social, and political history of theUS of the last quarter century ? Author is a leading Washingtonliberal analyst of American economic policy ? Places politicalchanges in the United States in a world context, s
¥135.80
World War II(ISBN=9780521608435)
¥193.60
The War for Palestine(ISBN=9780521699341)
¥138.00
A Concise History of Italy(ISBN=9780521408486)
¥201.00
A History of Iraq(ISBN=9780521702478) 英文原版
To understand Iraq, Charles Tripp's history is the book toread. Since its first appearance in 2000, it has become a classicin the field of Middle East studies, read and admired by students,soldiers, policymakers and journalists. The book is now updated toinclude the recent American invasion, the fall and capture ofSaddam Hussein and the subsequent descent into civil strife. Whatis clear is that much that has happened since 2003 was foreshadowedin the account found in this book. Tripp's thesis is that thehistory of Iraq throughout the twentieth-century has made it whatit is today, but also provides alternative futures. Unless this isproperly understood, many of the themes explored in this book -patron-client relations, organized violence, sectarian, ethnic andtribal difference - will continue to exert a hold over the futureof Iraq as they did over its past. ? A classic in the field of Middle East studies, the updatededition covers events since 2002 ? Tripp, one of the mostauthoritative scholars wr
¥205.00
King Richard II(ISBN=9780521532488) 英文原版
¥101.43
The British Isles(ISBN=9780521608503)
¥259.50
The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History(ISBN=97805216
¥256.00
The Workers' Movement in the United States, 1879–1885(ISBN=9
¥213.80
Mass Oratory and Political Power in the Late Roman Republic(
This book highlights the role played by public, politicaldiscourse in shaping the distribution of power between Senate andPeople in the Late Roman Republic. Against the background of thedebate between 'oligarchical' and 'democratic' interpretations ofRepublican politics, Robert Morstein-Marx emphasizes the perpetualnegotiation and reproduction of political power through masscommunication. The book analyses the ideology of Republican massoratory and situates its rhetoric fully within the institutionaland historical context of the public meetings (contiones) in whichthese speeches were heard. Examples of contional orations, drawnchiefly from Cicero and Sallust, are subjected to an analysis thatis influenced by contemporary political theory and empiricalstudies of public opinion and the media, rooted in a detailedexamination of key events and institutional structures, andilluminated by a vivid sense of the urban space in which the contiowas set. ? A comprehensive study of mass oratory in the Roman R
¥505.50
Modernism and Cultural Conflict, 1880–1922(ISBN=978052105255
¥163.40
King Richard III(ISBN=9780521735568)
King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular andfrequently performed plays. Janis Lull's introduction to this newedition, based on the First Folio, emphasises the play's tragicthemes – individual identity, determinism and choice – and stressesthe importance of women's roles in the play. It also underscoresthe special relationship between Richard III and Macbeth,demonstrating that the later tragedy re-examines issues raised inthe earlier one. A thorough performance history of stage and filmversions of Richard III shows how the text has been cut, rewrittenand reshaped by directors and actors to enhance the role of Richardat the expense of other parts, especially those of the women. Thisupdated edition contains a new introductory section covering recentcriticism and performances – including the RSC cycles of thehistory plays – of this perennially popular play. The notes definethe play's language in terms easily accessible to contemporaryreaders. ? A new introductory section takes ac
¥110.30
The Occitan War(ISBN=9780521872409)
¥474.30
Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions(ISBN=9780521829991)
¥682.50
A Concise History of Poland(ISBN=9780521618571)
The second edition of this guide to Poland has been updated totake account of the years from 1989–2005. This period marked itsliberation from the Soviet Union, the birth of Poland's 'ThirdRepublic' and, recently, its accession to the European Union in2004. Poland's history has been marked by its resilience. Once adominant force in central and eastern Europe and home to aremarkable experiment in consensual politics, it was excised fromthe map by its neighbours in 1795. Resurrected in 1918, partitionedafresh during the Second World War, it survived to become asatellite of the Soviet Union. Yet in the 1980s, it was Polandwhich blazed the trail in casting off communism, and was finallyable to reassert its Christian heritage. With its updatedbibliography and new chronology, the book is the ideal companionfor all looking for a comprehensive survey of this fascinatingcountry. ? Clear and accessible guide to Polish history, designed for useby the student or traveller ? Explores the little-known history
¥199.80
The Impact of the French Revolution(ISBN=9780521570053)
¥436.50
A Concise History of Greece(ISBN=9780521004794)
¥217.80
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective(ISBN
¥187.50
The Struggle for Arab Independence(ISBN=9780521191371)
¥324.00
The Occitan War(ISBN=9780521872409)
¥790.50