Bad medicine

doctors doing harm since Hippocrates

Just how much good has medicine done over the years, and how much harm does it continue to do? The history of medicine begins with Hippocrates in the fifth century BC. Yet until the invention of antibiotics in the 1930s doctors, in general, did their ...

The culture of history

english uses of the past 1800-1953

In this original and widely researched book, Billie Melman explores the culture of history during the age of modernity. Her book is about the production of English pasts, the multiplicity of their representations and the myriad ways in which the English looked at history (sometimes ...

The new Oxford book of literary anecdotes

This is an unrivaled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. The dictionary defines an anecdote as 'a short account of an entertaining or interesting incident', and the anecdotes in this collection more than live up to that description ...

Policing a diverse society

The Blackstone's Practical Policing Series covers a range of topical subjects of vital importance in today's policing arena. Each practical guide contains clear and detailed explanations of the relevant legislation, accompanied by practical scenarios, illustrative diagrams and useful checklists. Packed with a wealth ...

Oil in the twenty-first century

issues, challenges, and opportunities

Oil is hitting the headlines once again. The big increases in oil prices over the past two years are upsetting consumers and puzzling producers. The reasons are difficult to understand, since few people are familiar with the complex workings of the price regime for oil ...

The friends of God Sufi Saints in Islam

popular poster art from Pakistan

Justice beyond borders

a global political theory

"Justice Beyond Borders" examines which political principles should govern global politics. It explores the ethical issues that arise at the global level and addresses questions such as: are there universal values? If so, what are they? What human rights, if any, are there? Are there ...

The east German leadership and the division of Germany

patriotism and propaganda 1945-1953

Would it have been possible to build a unified and democratic Germany, half a century before the fall of the Berlin Wall? This book reassesses this question by exploring Germany's division after the Second World War from the point of view of the SED ...

A new history of Western Philosophy

Volumen I: Ancient Philosophy

Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the first of four volumes in which he unfolds a magisterial new history of Western philosophy. Specially written for a broad popular ...

From Stonehenge to Samarkand

an anthology of archaeological travel writing

Selected and edited by Brain Fagan, this anthology encompasses tales that fall into a little known literary genre, wherein authors seek to capture the romance and sense of wonder they experienced while gazing upon the monumental architecture of ancient civilizations.

Multicultural nationalism

islamophobia, anglophobia and devolution

The book is based in part on large-scale surveys: of Pakistani and English minorities within Scotland, and of the majority populations in Scotland and England. But it also based on systematic analysis of transcripts of focus-group discussions with minorities revealing the variety of opinion within ...

The greek wars

the failure of Persia

The Greek Wars treats of the whole course of Persian relations with the Greeks from the coming of Cyrus in the 540s down to Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius III in 331 BC. Cawkwell discusses from a Persian perspective major questions such as ...

The Oxford handbook of pensions and retirement income

"The Oxford Handbook of Pensions and Retirement Income" is the only comprehensive review available of the latest research, policy-related tools, analytical methods and techniques, and major theoretical frameworks and principles of pension and retirement income. Featuring over forty contributions from leading academic and professional experts ...

The absent-minded imperialists

empire, society, and culture in Britain

The British empire was a huge enterprise. To foreigners it more or less defined Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its repercussions in the wider world are still with us today. It also had a great impact on Britain herself: for example, on ...

Growth theory

solow and his modern exponents

The problem of economic growth today constitutes one of the most important concerns facing policy planners from developing, as well as developed countries. This has triggered renewed interest in growth economics among theorists. This volume highlights some recent advances in growth theory, including: long run ...

Principles of macroeconomics

This textbook introduces macroeconomics to students of economics and management who have limited exposure to the subject. It is a lucid and concise exposition of basic economic theory aided by numerical examples and simple diagrams. While touching on theoretical concepts, the volume has also covered ...

Reforming early retirement in the USA, Europe, and Japan

Since the 1970s, early exit from work has become a major challenge in modern welfare states. Governments, employers, and unions alike once thought of early retirement as a peaceful solution to the economic problems of mass unemployment and industrial restructuring. Today, governments and international organizations ...

Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs

essays on Central Europe, c. 1683-1867

This book address a number of interrelated themes over two hundred years and more in the political, religious, cultural, and social history of a broad but often neglected swathe of the European continent. It seeks - against the grain of conventional presentations - to apprehend the era ...

Textbook on land Law

The eleventh edition ofTextbook on Land Law continues to guide students through the principles of contemporary land law from a practical perspective. It focuses on the modern law, confining discussion of historical developments to the minimum necessary to understand basic principles, and allowing students to ...

The Oxford companion to wine

Published in 1994 to worldwide acclaim, the first edition of Jancis Robinson's seminal volume immediately attained legendary status, winning every major wine book award including the Glenfiddich and Julia Child/IACP awards, as well as writer and woman of the year accolades for its ...

Speech on behalf of Publius Sestius

This book features a new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defence of Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence. Pro Sestio is arguably the most important of Cicero's political speeches that survive from the nearly two decades separating the Speeches against ...

International competitiveness and technological change

Technological change is central in explaining industrial leadership, but the relationships and interactions between scientific research, industrial innovation, and competitiveness are neither clear nor straightforward. Public research funding and business strategy dictate to a significant extent the manner in, and extent to which innovation occurs ...