About the author

Wang Xi: public information about this author is limited, and no reliable details on nationality, dates of birth and death, or educational background are available. Judging from the six works held in the catalog, the author's writing spans law, politics, historical reading, world history, and medicine. The representative work, Principles and Compromise: The Spirit and Practice of the American Constitution (Revised and Expanded Edition), examines the spiritual core and practical evolution of the U.S. Constitution, while The Political Legacy of Nineteenth-Century America and Rethinking America: Reflections from the Present survey American politics from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Pioneers: Interviews with Distinguished Historians and Teaching History in America: From Desk to Lectern focus on historical method and history education, and Medicinal Chemistry shows an engagement with the natural sciences. Overall, Wang Xi's writing emphasizes scholarly synthesis and a strong sense of inquiry, addressing both specialist readers and general history enthusiasts.

Written (6)

Principles and Compromise: The Spirit and Practice of the American Constitution (Revised and Expanded Edition) cover
Rating 4.5
Principles and Compromise: The Spirit and Practice of the American Constitution (Revised and Expanded Edition) 王希 Peking University Press · 2025 Principles and Compromise aims to offer a broad historical narrative of the spirit and practice of American constitutionalism over four centuries. Foc…
The Political Legacy of Nineteenth-Century America cover
Rating 4.4
The Political Legacy of Nineteenth-Century America 埃里克·方纳 / 王希 Peking University Press · 2025 This book is based on a lecture series given by Professor Eric Foner during his visit to Peking University. It covers slavery in early American politi…
Pioneers: Interviews with Famous Historians cover
Rating 4.0
Pioneers: Interviews with Famous Historians 王希 / 卢汉超 / 姚平 Peking University Press · 2025 This book collects interviews with twenty of the most prominent contemporary historians in China and abroad, including Zi Zhongyun, Jin Chongji, Paul …
Teaching History in America: From Desk to Lectern cover
Rating 3.8
Teaching History in America: From Desk to Lectern 姚平 / 王希 Peking University Press · 2025 This book collects reminiscences by thirty-one Chinese scholars of the Chinese Historians in the United States, recounting their journeys from oversea…
Rediscovering America: Reflections from the Present Age cover
Rating 4.2
Rediscovering America: Reflections from the Present Age 王希 / 赵梅 · 2023 This book is the latest volume in the Peking University Series on Area and Country Studies. It explores deep-seated problems in present-day America, a…
Medicinal Chemistry cover
Rating 3.6
Medicinal Chemistry 王希 / 陈优生 Jinan University Press · 2019 This book is intended for teaching in pharmacy, pharmaceutical analysis technology, chemical pharmaceutical technology, and related programs. The book…

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Peking University PressJinan University Press