Racism

a very short introduction

• Rattansi, Ali
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2020

There is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon that cannot be captured by such definitions. In our world today there are ...

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Racism

a very short introduction

• Rattansi, Ali
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2020

There is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon that cannot be captured by such definitions. In our world today there are ...

Federalism

a very short introduction

• Rozell, Mark J.
• Wilcox, Clyde
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Early Americans were suspicious of centralized authority and executive power. Casting away the yoke of England and its king, the founding fathers shared in this distrust as they set out to pen the Constitution. Weighing a need for consolidated leadership with a demand for states ...

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Federalism

a very short introduction

• Rozell, Mark J.;
• Wilcox, Clyde
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Early Americans were suspicious of centralized authority and executive power. Casting away the yoke of England and its king, the founding fathers shared in this distrust as they set out to pen the Constitution. Weighing a need for consolidated leadership with a demand for states ...

Philosophy of Biology

a very short introduction

• Okasha, Samir
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Over the last forty years the philosophy of biology has emerged as an important sub-discipline of the philosophy of science. Covering some of science's most divisive topics, such as philosophical issues in genetics, it also encompasses areas where modern biology has increasingly impinged on ...

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Philosophy of Biology

a very short introduction

• Okasha, Samir
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Over the last forty years the philosophy of biology has emerged as an important sub-discipline of the philosophy of science. Covering some of science's most divisive topics, such as philosophical issues in genetics, it also encompasses areas where modern biology has increasingly impinged on ...

The French Revolution

a very short introduction

• Doyle, William
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extreme political and social unrest saw the end of the French ...

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The French Revolution

a very short introduction

• Doyle, William
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extreme political and social unrest saw the end of the French ...

The treaty of Versailles

a very short introduction

• Neiberg, Michael S.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Signed on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad and ...

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The treaty of Versailles

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• Neiberg, Michael S.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Signed on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad and ...

Homer

a very short introduction

• Graziosi, Barbara
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming,the Iliad and the Odyssey, are widely considered to be two of the most influential works in the history of western literature. Yet their author, 'the greatest poet that ever lived' is something of a mystery. By ...

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Homer

a very short introduction

• Graziosi, Barbara
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming,the Iliad and the Odyssey, are widely considered to be two of the most influential works in the history of western literature. Yet their author, 'the greatest poet that ever lived' is something of a mystery. By ...

Identity

a very short introduction

• Coulmas, Florian
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Identity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts. Anything and everything has an identity, and identity crises have become almost equally pervasive. Yet 'identity' is extremely versatile, meaning different things to different people and in different scientific ...

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Identity

a very short introduction

• Coulmas, Florian
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Identity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts. Anything and everything has an identity, and identity crises have become almost equally pervasive. Yet 'identity' is extremely versatile, meaning different things to different people and in different scientific ...

Garden History

a very short introduction

• Campbell, Gordon
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all walks of life, and ...

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Garden History

a very short introduction

• Campbell, Gordon
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all walks of life, and ...

Film Noir

a very short introduction

• Naremore, James
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Film noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 50s - shadowy, black-and-white pictures about private eyes, femme fatales, outlaw lovers, criminal heists, corrupt police ...

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Film Noir

a very short introduction

• Naremore, James
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Film noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 50s - shadowy, black-and-white pictures about private eyes, femme fatales, outlaw lovers, criminal heists, corrupt police ...

Charles Dickens

a very short introduction

• Hartley, Jenny
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Charles Dickens is credited with creating some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is widely regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian age. Even before reading the works of Dickens many people have met him already in some form or another. His ...

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Charles Dickens

a very short introduction

• Hartley, Jenny
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Charles Dickens is credited with creating some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is widely regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian age. Even before reading the works of Dickens many people have met him already in some form or another. His ...

Concentration Camps

a very short introduction

• Stone, Dan
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Concentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of twentieth century warfare, and one that is important to the modern global consciousness and identity. Although the most famous concentration camps are those under the Nazis, the use of concentration camps originated several decades ...

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Concentration Camps

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• Stone, Dan
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Concentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of twentieth century warfare, and one that is important to the modern global consciousness and identity. Although the most famous concentration camps are those under the Nazis, the use of concentration camps originated several decades ...

C.S. Lewis

a very short introduction

• Como, James
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Beloved by children and adults worldwide, the writings of C.S. Lewis have a broad and enduring appeal. Although he is best known for the iconic Chronicles of Narnia series, C. S. Lewis was actually a man of many literary parts. Already well-known as a ...

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C.S. Lewis

a very short introduction

• Como, James
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Beloved by children and adults worldwide, the writings of C.S. Lewis have a broad and enduring appeal. Although he is best known for the iconic Chronicles of Narnia series, C. S. Lewis was actually a man of many literary parts. Already well-known as a ...

Heidegger

a very short introduction

• Inwood, Michael
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Martin Heidegger, considered by some to be the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title of 'philosopher', by some as an apologist for Nazism, and by others as an acknowledged leader in continental philosophy, is probably the most divisive thinker of the twentieth century. In ...

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Heidegger

a very short introduction

• Inwood, Michael
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

Martin Heidegger, considered by some to be the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title of 'philosopher', by some as an apologist for Nazism, and by others as an acknowledged leader in continental philosophy, is probably the most divisive thinker of the twentieth century. In ...

Mathematical finance

a very short introduction

• Davis, Mark H.A.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

In recent years the finance industry has mushroomed to become an important part of modern economies, and many science and engineering graduates have joined the industry as quantitative analysts, with mathematical and computational skills that are needed to solve complex problems of asset valuation and ...

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Mathematical finance

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• Davis, Mark H.A.
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2019

In recent years the finance industry has mushroomed to become an important part of modern economies, and many science and engineering graduates have joined the industry as quantitative analysts, with mathematical and computational skills that are needed to solve complex problems of asset valuation and ...

American cultural history

a very short introduction

• Avila, Eric
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

In recent decades, culture-the values, attitudes, beliefs, and myths of a particular society and the objects through which they are organized-has earned prominent stature in the annals of American history. The United States often brings to mind Uncle Sam and the cowboys of the Old ...

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American cultural history

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• Avila, Eric
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

In recent decades, culture-the values, attitudes, beliefs, and myths of a particular society and the objects through which they are organized-has earned prominent stature in the annals of American history. The United States often brings to mind Uncle Sam and the cowboys of the Old ...

Environmental ethics

a very short introduction

• Attfield, Robin
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

Environmental ethics is a relatively new branch of philosophy, which studies the values and principles involved in combatting environmental problems such as pollution, loss of species and habitats, and climate change. As our environment faces evermore threats from human activities these core issues are becoming ...

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Environmental ethics

a very short introduction

• Attfield, Robin
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

Environmental ethics is a relatively new branch of philosophy, which studies the values and principles involved in combatting environmental problems such as pollution, loss of species and habitats, and climate change. As our environment faces evermore threats from human activities these core issues are becoming ...

Sociology

a very short introduction

• Bruce, Steve
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's place in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the ...

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Sociology

a very short introduction

• Bruce, Steve
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's place in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the ...

Modern Architecture

a very short introduction

• Sharr, Adam
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

Somewhere between 1910 and 1970, architecture changed. Now that modern architecture has become familiar (sometimes celebrated, sometimes vilified), it's hard to imagine how novel it once seemed. Expensive buildings were transformed from ornamental fancies which referred to the classical and medieval pasts into strikingly ...

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Modern Architecture

a very short introduction

• Sharr, Adam
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

Somewhere between 1910 and 1970, architecture changed. Now that modern architecture has become familiar (sometimes celebrated, sometimes vilified), it's hard to imagine how novel it once seemed. Expensive buildings were transformed from ornamental fancies which referred to the classical and medieval pasts into strikingly ...

The Psychology of Music

a very short introduction

• Margulis, Elizabeth Hellmuth
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

Music has been examined from multiple perspectives: as a product of human history, for example, or a product of human culture. But there is also a long tradition, intensified in recent decades, of thinking about music as a product of the human mind. Whether considering ...

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The Psychology of Music

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• Margulis, Elizabeth Hellmuth
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

Music has been examined from multiple perspectives: as a product of human history, for example, or a product of human culture. But there is also a long tradition, intensified in recent decades, of thinking about music as a product of the human mind. Whether considering ...

Typography

a very short introduction

• Luna, Paul
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

Typography, the art of designing printed words, was once the domain of an elite few artists but has become an area with which millions of people engage daily. The widespread usage of digital devices from laptops to tablets and smart phones which are used for ...

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Typography

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• Luna, Paul
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2018

Typography, the art of designing printed words, was once the domain of an elite few artists but has become an area with which millions of people engage daily. The widespread usage of digital devices from laptops to tablets and smart phones which are used for ...