timothy brook

Offers an understanding of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray.

A frank, funny and relatable debut, perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton and Holly Bourne.

Business Benchmark Second edition is the official Cambridge English preparation course for Cambridge English: Business Preliminary, Vantage and Higher

Business Benchmark is a Business English course for BEC or BULATS and can also be used independently of these exams for general Business English cours

How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history’s mighty empiresIn 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosper

Homelands is a stunning blend of contemporary history, reportage and memoir by our greatest writer about European affairs.Drawing on half a century of

Providing a comprehensive and accessible orientation to the field of medieval manuscript studies, this lavishly illustrated book by Raymond Clemens an

Studies of collaboration have changed how the history of World War II in Europe is written, but for China and Japan this aspect of wartime conduct has

An essential bibliographical tool for researchers of Chinese social, cultural, and religious history.

The Ming dynasty era (1368-1644) saw the development of a relationship between the state and society that continues in China today. Brook argues that

This is a reconstruction of the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989, as well as of the crucial events in Beijing during the previous weeks

Timothy Brook studies three widely separated and economically dissimilar counties. He draws on rich data in monastic gazetteers to examine the pattern

Newly revised resources for understanding the Rape of Nanking

The Ming dynasty era (1368-1644) saw the development of a relationship between the state and society that continues in China today. Brook argues that

Shows how rapid expansion of capitalism in Eastern Asia constitutes a challenge to Western social theory

In 1659, a vast and unusual map of China arrived in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It was bequeathed by John Selden, a London business lawyer, politica

The Mongol takeover in the 1270s changed the course of Chinese history. The Confucian empire—a millennium and a half in the making—was suddenly thrust

The last eight centuries of China's relationship with the world told through the eyes of traders, invaders, civil servants, visionaries, and traitors

Timothy Williamson (1955) geldt als een der bekendste filosofen van onze tijd. Hij is hoogleraar Logica aan de Universiteit van Oxford en gasthooglera