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Very Short Introductions

  • Год издания: 2005
  • Количество страниц: 169
Feminism: A Very Short Introduction
Feminism: A Very Short Introduction
Margaret Walters
This is a historical account of feminism that looks at the roots of feminism, voting rights, and the...
  • Год издания: 2012
  • Количество страниц: 143
The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
Linda Greenhouse
For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U....
  • Год издания: 2008
  • Количество страниц: 145
Autism: A Very Short Introduction
Autism: A Very Short Introduction
Uta Frith
What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we fa...
  • Год издания: 2009
  • Количество страниц: 153
Deserts: A Very Short Introduction
Deserts: A Very Short Introduction
Nick Middleton
Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to min...
  • Год издания: 2011
  • Количество страниц: 209
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
Roger Scruton
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring,...
  • Год издания: 2008
  • Количество страниц: 185
German Literature: A Very Short Introduction
German Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Nicholas Boyle
German literature in all genres and from all historical periods has exerted an enormous influence on...
  • Год издания: 2003
  • Количество страниц: 137
British Politics: A Very Short Introduction
British Politics: A Very Short Introduction
Tony Wright
Tony Wright's Very Short Introduction to British Politics is an interpretative essay on the British...
  • Год издания: 2003
  • Количество страниц: 171
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Manfred Steger
Globalization has become one of the defining buzzwords of our time--a term that describes a variety...
  • Год издания: 2007
  • Количество страниц: 177
Fundamentalism: A Very Short Introduction
Fundamentalism: A Very Short Introduction
Malise Ruthven
Fundamentalism is seen as the major threat to world peace today, a conclusion impossible to ignore s...
  • Год издания: 2005
  • Количество страниц: 190
Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction
Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction
David Norman
The popularity of dinosaurs seems never ending, as evidenced by the popularity of films such Jurassi...
  • Год издания: 2012
  • Количество страниц: 153
The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction
The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction
Davíd Carrasco
This Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology...
  • Год издания: 2008
  • Количество страниц: 161
Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction
Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction
Joseph Siracusa
Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons are still the bi...
  • Год издания: 2010
  • Количество страниц: 138
Aristocracy: A Very Short Introduction
Aristocracy: A Very Short Introduction
William Doyle
Aristocracies or nobilities dominated the social, economic, and institutional history of all Europea...
  • Год издания: 2010
  • Количество страниц: 161
Progressivism: A Very Short Introduction
Progressivism: A Very Short Introduction
Walter Nugent
After decades of conservative dominance, the election of Barack Obama may signal the beginning of a...
  • Год издания: 2010
  • Количество страниц: 161
Advertising: A Very Short Introduction
Advertising: A Very Short Introduction
Winston Fletcher
John Wanamaker famously observed that "half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble...
  • Год издания: 2007
  • Количество страниц: 201
Chaos: A Very Short Introduction
Chaos: A Very Short Introduction
Leonard Smith
Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system can be subject to chaos, denying us...