This book will show you why the 21st Century will be the best that civilization has ever seen. Technology will continue to unleash progress in a way never seen before and computers leading the bio and nano technologies could very well create a world of abundance for all. To create t...
The article reviews the book "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century," by Thomas L. Friedman A Sunmade 被引量: 154发表: 2008年 The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century (Updated and Expanded) The article reviews the book "The World is ...
There is little in the way of scholarship and criticism in regard to pop-up and movable books. Part of this is the stigma of being represented as a commercial novelty product or kiddie book by twentieth-century publishers. The explosion of artists’ books in the 1970’s gave rise to a su...
This'Exhibition'gets its inspiration from the book'A History of the World in 100 Objects'byNeil Mac Gregor, the former director ofthe British Museum. From the perspective of global history, the author presents the 2 mil...
This book is an explanation of this concept and the application of this framework to understand the global power dynamics between the East and the West. Orientalism is considered by many a challenging read, but don’t let its formidable reputation put you off — it’ll all be worth it when...
the assumption that the study of history is a natural, inevitable human activity. Before the late 18th century, historiography did not stand at the centre of any civilization. History was almost never an important part of regulareducation, and it never claimed to provide an interpretation of ...
In his latest book,Hampton Sides—one of the great nonfiction writers of the 21st century—demonstrates the same verve for storytelling that made previous works likeGhost SoldiersandIn the Kingdom of Icebest sellers. Drawing on journals, ships’ logs and other primary sources, the historian tells...
Dictionary, reference book that lists words in order—usually, for Western languages, alphabetical—and gives their meanings. In addition to its basic function of defining words, a dictionary may provide information about their pronunciation, grammatical
Looking forward to the prospects of the 21st century Chinese history of architecture, the task is heavy and the path ahead is long. He believes that there exists the phenomenon of "eight excessive things and eight insufficient things." To tackle this problem, he puts forth corresponding methods...
The combination of cultural phenomena and theoretical descriptions ensures a unity of culture, history and logic. Lastly, the book explores the enormous changes in lifestyles and the virtualized future, revealing cultural characteristics and discussing 21st -century trends in the context of information ...