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Very Short Introductions

  • Год издания: 2007
  • Количество страниц: 209
Racism: A Very Short Introduction
Racism: A Very Short Introduction
Ali Rattansi
From subtle discrimination in everyday life, to horrors like lynching in the Old South, cultural imp...
  • Год издания: 2009
  • Количество страниц: 153
Memory: A Very Short Introduction
Memory: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan Foster
Memories are an integral part of being human. They haunt us, we cherish them, and in our lives we co...
  • Год издания: 2011
  • Количество страниц: 161
Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction
Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction
Mark Slobin
This stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre...
  • Год издания: 2002
  • Количество страниц: 169
Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction
Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction
Charles Townshend
Is one person's terrorist another's freedom fighter? Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a 'War...
  • Год издания: 2010
  • Количество страниц: 152
Agnosticism: A Very Short Introduction
Agnosticism: A Very Short Introduction
Robin Poidevin
What is agnosticism? Is it a belief, or merely the absence of belief? Is it the result of too little...
  • Год издания: 2008
  • Количество страниц: 164
The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction
The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction
Michael Coogan
Eminent biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan offers here a wide-ranging and stimulating exploration of...
  • Год издания: 2010
  • Количество страниц: 171
Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
Adam Silverstein
Opening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to the twenty-first...
  • Год издания: 2000
  • Количество страниц: 142
Hume: A Very Short Introduction
Hume: A Very Short Introduction
A. Ayer
Hume's "naturalist" approach to a wide variety of philosophical topics resulted in highly original t...
  • Год издания: 2012
Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Sabina Knight
Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China's...
  • Год издания: 2013
Malthus: A Very Short Introduction
Malthus: A Very Short Introduction
Donald Winch
With world population today edging over seven billion, and with projections for it to reach nine bil...
  • Год издания: 2013
Mao: A Very Short Introduction
Mao: A Very Short Introduction
Delia Davin
A giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic lead...
  • Год издания: 2014
Classical Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Classical Literature: A Very Short Introduction
William Allan
The classical world and the masterpieces of its literature continue to fascinate readers and audienc...
  • Год издания: 2012
  • Количество страниц: 153
The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Kraus
China's decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution shook the politics of China and the world....
  • Год издания: 2004
  • Количество страниц: 193
The Elements: A Very Short Introduction
The Elements: A Very Short Introduction
Филип Болл
This Very Short Introduction is an exciting and non-traditional approach to understanding the termin...
Philosophy
Philosophy
Edward Craig
How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This book introduces important themes in e...
  • Год издания: 2014
World War II: A Very Short Introduction
World War II: A Very Short Introduction
Gerhard Weinberg
The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope...