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Very Short Introductions

  • Год издания: 2001
  • Количество страниц: 161
Kant: A Very Short Introduction
Kant: A Very Short Introduction
Roger Scruton
Immanuel Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but is also one of the most diffi...
  • Год издания: 2014
  • Количество страниц: 153
Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction
Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction
Daniel Gardner
To understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism. First formulated in the sixth centu...
  • Год издания: 2006
  • Количество страниц: 164
The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Christopher Kelly
The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread ac...
  • Год издания: 2003
  • Количество страниц: 161
Ideology: A Very Short Introduction
Ideology: A Very Short Introduction
Michael Freeden
Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion...
  • Год издания: 2005
Consciousness
Consciousness
Susan Blackmore
"The last great mystery for science," consciousness has become a controversial topic. Consciousness:...
  • Год издания: 2010
  • Количество страниц: 166
The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction
The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction
Donald Ritchie
Many scholars believe that the framers of the Constitution intended Congress to be the preeminent br...
  • Год издания: 2003
  • Количество страниц: 141
Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction
Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction
Many of the familiar aspects of modern life are no more than a century or two old, yet our deep soci...
  • Год издания: 2001
  • Количество страниц: 193
Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction
Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction
Robert Wokler
One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central f...
  • Год издания: 1998
  • Количество страниц: 160
Music: A Very Short Introduction
Music: A Very Short Introduction
Nicholas Cook
What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Ve...
  • Год издания: 2014
Nutrition
Nutrition
David Bender
In this Very Short Introduction, David Bender explains the basic elements of food, the balance betwe...
  • Год издания: 2000
  • Количество страниц: 173
Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction
Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction
John Monaghan
This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of s...
  • Год издания: 2004
  • Количество страниц: 161
Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction
Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction
Geraldine Pinch
Egyptian myths articulated the core values of one of the longest lasting civilizations in history, a...
  • Год издания: 2012
  • Количество страниц: 182
American History: A Very Short Introduction
American History: A Very Short Introduction
Paul Boyer
In a miracle of concision, Paul S. Boyer provides a wide-ranging and authoritative history of Americ...
  • Год издания: 2003
  • Количество страниц: 194
Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction
Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction
Robert Young
Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing t...
  • Год издания: 2007
  • Количество страниц: 182
Economics: A Very Short Introduction
Economics: A Very Short Introduction
Partha Dasgupta
Here Partha Dasgupta, an internationally recognized authority in economics, presents readers with a...
  • Год издания: 2005
  • Количество страниц: 153
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction
Timothy Lim
Everyone has heard of of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the se...