Nelson Mandela: A Very Short Introduction

UniversityofOxford)Boehmer Elleke(ProfessorofWorldLiteratureinEnglish

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192803016 | Paperback

As well as being a remarkable statesman, Nelson Mandela has become a universal symbol of justice, a secular saint. Elleke Boehmer examines not only th... Meer informatie

Indian Arrivals, 1870-1915

Elleke (Professor of World Literature in English, Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford) Boehmer

ISBN: 9780192855671 | Paperback

Indian Arrivals, 1870-1915 examines how Indian influences and ideas were threaded through British society at the height of the empire, in spite of col... Meer informatie

Nelson Mandela: A Very Short Introduction

Elleke (Professor of World Literature in English, Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford) Boehmer

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192893444 | Paperback

This second edition of Nelson Mandela VSI focuses on a far-reaching critical look at meanings of reconciliation and Mandela's ethic of reciprocity.... Meer informatie

Montaigne: A Very Short Introduction

William M. (Professor of English, Professor of English, Washington State University) Hamlin

Reeks: Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780190848774 | Paperback

The French author Michel de Montaigne is widely regarded as the founder and greatest practitioner of the personal essay. His extraordinary curiosity a... Meer informatie

Superintelligence

Nick (Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy & Oxford Martin School and Director, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford) Bostrom

ISBN: 9780198739838 | Paperback

This seminal book injects the topic of superintelligence into the academic and popular mainstream. What happens when machines surpass humans in genera... Meer informatie

Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction

Richard (, Professor of Government, Harvard University) Tuck

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192802552 | Paperback

Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inev... Meer informatie

Western Europe's Democratic Age, 1945-1968

CONWAY, in, Professor Martin

ISBN: 9780691203485 | Gekartonneerd met stofomslag

What happened in the years following World War II to create a democratic revolution in the western half of Europe? In Western Europe's Democratic Age,... Meer informatie

African History: A Very Short Introduction

John (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Parker ; Richard (Honorary Professor of History, University of Aberystwyth) Rathbone

ISBN: 9780192802484 | Paperback

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's pa... Meer informatie

Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction

Paul (Formerly Professor of Modern History, Formerly Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford) Langford

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192853998 | Paperback

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Paul Langford's Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Century B... Meer informatie

Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction

Kenneth O. (Research Professor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth; Lecturer in Modern History, Research Professor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth; Lecturer in Modern History, University of Oxford) Morgan

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192853974 | Paperback

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth Morgan's Very Short Introduction to Twentieth-Century B... Meer informatie

Samurai

Michael (Associate Professor of East Asian History, Associate Professor of East Asian History, Marquette University) Wert

ISBN: 9780190932947 | Hardcover

Samurai: A Concise History provides a dynamic look at the life and times of the samurai. Although this warrior class comprised only a small portion of... Meer informatie

Disorder

Helen (Professor of Political Economy, Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University) Thompson

ISBN: 9780198865018 | Paperback

Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century explains the historical origins of the political shocks of the past decade: why politics has been so difficul... Meer informatie

Meditaties op de Yoga Sustra's van Patanjali

Elleke van Kraalingen

ISBN: 9789493358584 | Paperback

Een gids met praktische oefeningen voor reflectie en meditatie De Yoga Sutra’s van Patanjali behoren tot de oudste boeken van wijsheid. Ze wijzen o... Meer informatie

The Norman Conquest: A Very Short Introduction

George (, Tutorial Fellow in Modern History, University of Oxford) Garnett

ISBN: 9780192801616 | Paperback

The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history. Th... Meer informatie

Words at War

ANDREW (PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, Professor of English, University of Sussex) Hadfield ; Paul (Professor of Seventeenth-Century English Literature, Professor of Seventeenth-Century English Literature, University of Leeds) Hammond

Reeks: Proceedings of the British Academy

ISBN: 9780197267622 | Hardcover

The English Civil War was a war of words as well as a military conflict, with supporters of the king and parliament arguing over the meaning of God, l... Meer informatie

Fifth Sun

Camilla (Professor of History, Professor of History, Rutgers University) Townsend

ISBN: 9780197577660 | Paperback

Fifth Sun offers a comprehensive history of the Aztecs, spanning the period before conquest to a century after the conquest, based on rarely-used Nahu... Meer informatie

Demography: A Very Short Introduction

Sarah (Professor of Gerontology, Oxford University, Director, Oxford Institute of Ageing, and Director of the Royal Institution, London) Harper

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198725732 | Paperback

The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the same time in other pl... Meer informatie

Silent Film: A Very Short Introduction

Donna (Associate Professor of English, Associate Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin) Kornhaber

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780190852528 | Paperback

Encompassing the thirty-five year span between the initial development of film technology in the mid-1890s and the adoption of synchronized sound in t... Meer informatie

Goering

Professor Richard (Professor of History, University of Exeter, Uk) Overy

Reeks: Bloomsbury Revelations

ISBN: 9781350149106 | Paperback

Published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series and featuring a new preface by the author, this classic biography by acclaimed historian Richard Overy ... Meer informatie

The Celts: A Very Short Introduction

Barry (, Professor of European Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford) Cunliffe

ISBN: 9780192804181 | Paperback

Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. Ba... Meer informatie