Civilization

Best-selling WESTERN CIVILIZATION has helped more than one million users learn about the present by exploring the past. Jackson Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative weaves the political, eco

Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to

Put the world today into context by learning about the past with this brief, best-selling Western Civilization text, which has helped thousands of students succeed in the course. Jackson Spielvogel's

Put the world today into context by learning about the past with this brief, best-selling Western Civilization text, which has helped thousands of students succeed in the course. Jackson Spielvogel's

Put the world today into context by learning about the past with this brief, best-selling Western Civilization text, which has helped thousands of students succeed in the course. Jackson Spielvogel's

Best-selling WESTERN CIVILIZATION has helped more than one million users learn about the present by exploring the past. Jackson Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative weaves the political, eco

Best-selling WESTERN CIVILIZATION has helped more than one million users learn about the present by exploring the past. Jackson Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative weaves the political, eco

Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. All over the world, more and more people study at Western-style universit

For more than three decades, Jeffrey D. Sachs has been at the forefront of international economic problem solving. But Sachs turns his attention back home in The Price of Civilization, a book that is

Presenting music in its cultural context in a way that is clear and easy to understand, MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION, MEDIA UPDATE offers detailed discussions of 224 works of music, covering all the

Chester argues that true Greek civilization was swiftly and spontaneously generated in a remarkably autonomous renaissance during the two centuries from 850 to 650 B.C. Supporting his thesis with arch

Bringing the people and events of history to life, History makes the past accessible and relevant. Featuring the important events and figures that have shaped the present, from the very origins of hum

A Harvard Medical School professor and a journalist discuss how the human lifestyle has changed more rapidly than the human body has and promote obtaining health and happiness by modeling diet, exerci

Homo sapiens have remained the same species, largely unchanged in genetic makeup and anatomy since the Cro-Magnon era. By contrast, the cultural, social, and technological changes since then have been

An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire. The devastating struggle to the death between the Carthaginians and the Romans was one of the defining dramas of the ancient world. In an e

There must have been a Civilization One: a highly advanced precursor to the earliest recognized civilization. That's the conclusion reached in this fascinating book. Christopher Knight and Alan Butler

Nearly a decade after Spain's conquest of Mexico, the future of Christianity on the American continent was very much in doubt. Confronted with a hostile colonial government and Native Americans wary o

Published in oversized format (10.25x12.25"), this stimulating work is filled with images and maps placed amidst a history that spans the earliest human origins to the 21st century. The history is tol

During the thirty years that award-winning journalist Robert Fisk has been reporting on the Middle East, he has covered every major event in the region, from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revo

Civilization and Its Enemies is a tour de force by America's "reigning philosopher of 9/11," Lee Harris. What Francis Fukuyama did for the end of the Cold War, Lee Harris has now done for the next gr

This chronologically arranged reader, designed as a supplement for the introductory western civilization course, centers on gender issues and women's history by including biographies of one man and on

Face reality. Be honest about what is happening to the majority of people in Third World countries. The message of this courageous book is that the benefits of development, so long promised over the p

This stimulating, informative and at times frightening book provides an overall history of energy usage as a fundamental factor in the evolution of the world’s major civilizations, from pre-history to

This stimulating, informative and at times frightening book provides an overall history of energy usage as a fundamental factor in the evolution of the world’s major civilizations, from pre-history to

This revised and enlarged edition of the leading anthology provides the essential writings of Marx and Engels--those works necessary for an introduction to Marxist thought and ideology.

Charles Holcombe begins by asking the question 'what is East Asia?' In the modern age, many of the features that made the region - now defined as including China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam - distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution, politics or globalization. Yet, as an ancient civilization, the region had both an historical and cultural coherence. This shared past is at the heart of this ambitious book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century. The second edition has been imaginatively revised and expanded to place emphasis on cross-cultural interactions and connections, both within East Asia and beyond, with new material on Vietnam and modern pop culture. The second edition also features a Chinese character list, additional maps and new illustrations.

A POWERFUL AND PROVOCATIVE EXPLORATION OF HOW WAR HAS CHANGED OUT SOCIETY—FOR THE BETTER“War! / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing,” says the famous song—but archaeology, history, and biology s

Having written extensively about astronomy and astronomical instruments in Islamic civilization, King synthesizes both the religious and the scientific calculations of time in Islam from about 750 to

A history of the influential rivalry between Plato and Aristotle traces the Western world's ongoing battle of ideas to their competing philosophies, demonstrating how their contrasting views on everyt

A social history of Greek civilization, its culture, arts and beliefs, with 180 magnificent images.

《出版人週刊》2016年最佳圖書《科克斯書評》2016年年度好書《圖書館雜誌》2016年度十大好書《華盛頓郵報》《衛報》《獨立報》等30家知名媒體聯名推薦BBC古埃及歷史紀錄片《帝王穀裡的生與死》完整原著破解四千年古埃及王朝興衰秘密的里程碑式巨作埃及——世界上最偉大的文明體，其古代故事跨越了四千多年的歷史時段，而這一歷史時段又塑造了日後整個世界的形態。英國古埃及研究權威、BBC古埃及歷史紀錄片首席

完整全譯繁體版‧獨家收入台灣版序歷史學家莫里斯（Ian Morris）： 我認為科納正確地道出後一九八九年的趨勢似乎正帶我們邁向這個方向。 Wired雜誌共同創辦人凱利（Kevin Kelly）： 基礎設施即命運，跟著科納畫出的供應鏈就能看出未來的流向。超級全球化的經濟版圖已經形成！ 從西方到東方，全面的、有效的、流動性、韌性強的「連結力」、「供應鍵」、「關係網」， 決定一個國家的影響力，塑造超級新版圖　連結取代政治邊界，大城市躍升為經濟文化中心國際知名趨勢觀察家科納（Parag Khanna）最新預言： 誰掌握「連結力」，創造「供應鏈」，完成「關係網」，決定它是下一個世界經濟霸權！重新繪製21世紀及未來的全球文明圖景！ 是中國、俄羅斯、美國、歐洲或北韓？資源多寡、邊境長短、面積大小，不再是首要問題，先將傳統的地理觀念擺一邊吧！ 運送物質、流轉資訊的能力，將決定一個國家的影響力。 從西方到東方，從全球化到超全球化，未來世界經濟霸權新崛起，重畫未來世界的地圖！訪察足跡遍及全球的世界知名趨勢觀察家科納，在亞馬遜暢銷榜鉅作《連結力》一書裡，打破國與國間既定觀點，藉著「關係網」走遍全世界，找尋平衡各地資源不均的問題，帶給讀者更多的國際一手情報： ‧全球每年投資在擴建交通、能源和資訊設施，高達10兆美元，建立緊密的「關係網」，幾乎可定義為「供應鏈化」。碩大的關係網將供需市場內的商品與人才，經由交通、網路等不斷擴張的管道流動。國界愈來愈模糊，城市躍升為經濟和文化聯繫的中心。 ‧人類文明生活史無前例地發生連結，奠定未來世界的新基礎：大城市、公路、鐵路、能源線、網際網路等建設，成為崛起中的全球網路化文明之象徵。連結已取代政治邊界的分隔。 ‧地緣政治競爭從領土戰爭，轉變為掌控供應鏈的拉鋸戰，在全球範圍的大供應鏈中，競相成為能源、工業、金融、科技、知識與人才的中心。 ‧中國一帶一路計畫即「基礎建設聯盟」戰略思維的最佳典範，也證明連結將是造就一個愈來愈複雜的全球體系之最大動力之一。科納認為，商業往來取代意識形態，在全球大組織崩解後，以小聯盟的形態重新組合，通過關係網疏通，平衡資源有限、貧富差距日益擴大的世界。 《連結力》精采、引人入勝的論點包括：超級全球化、區域整合、供應鏈戰爭、基礎建設聯盟、鐵絲路、海上絲路、超級城市、金融供應鏈、網路文明、混種文明、建立無邊界世界、互聯網、大遷徙、移民

This book offers a pioneering study of Asian cultures that officially escaped from French colonization but nonetheless were steeped in French civilization in the colonial era and had heavily French-in

London burned for three weeks. And then it got worse...Lalla has grown up sheltered from the chaos amid the ruins of civilization. But things are getting more dangerous outside. People are killing eac

Travel back in time to discover what life was like in Ancient Egypt in DK findout! Ancient Egypt. Unwrap the mysteries of this ancient civilization, from a day in the town of Deir el-Medina to the pro

The first collection from a Whiting Writers’ Award winner whose work has become a fixture of The Paris Review and n+1Can civilization save us from ourselves? That is the question J. D. Daniels asks in

A thousand years ago, the mighty Cahokian civilization dominated the North American continent from its capital near modern St. Louis. From Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, settlers and priests carrie

'這本極具批判性的小書，將深切影響人類的未來——★環境科學類的《動物農莊》、《美麗新世界》，小說版的《不願面對的真相》！專業推薦：李偉文　牙醫師．作家．環保志工李家維　《科學人》雜誌總編輯李鴻源　台大土木工程系教授何榮幸　《報導者》總編輯南方朔　社會評論家黃貞祥　清大生命科學系助理教授 黃哲斌　新聞工作者蔡惠卿 自然生態保育協會秘書長劉瑞華　清大經濟系教授劉致昕　《商業周刊／報導者》特約記者簡又新

Ancient Maya civilization thrived in the tropics of Central America for more than a thousand years and produced some of the world's finest architecture and art. Then it mysteriously vanished, leaving