Oxford Very Short Introductions (VSI)

• Author(s): Ashley Jackson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFrom the eighteenth century until the 1950s the British Empire was the biggest political entity in the w...

• Author(s): Geraldine A Johnson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: European - GeneralBotticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Dürer, Michelangelo: the names are familiar, as are the works, such as the Last Su...

• Author(s): Mark Katz • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: History & Criticism - GeneralMark Katz surveys the age-old interrelationship between music and technology, from prehistoric musical instr...

• Author(s): Chris Gosden • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: ReferencePrehistory covers the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history, when our earliest ancestors, the Austra...

• Author(s): Miri Rubin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - MedievalThe Middle Ages is a term coined around 1450 to describe a thousand years of European History. In this Very Short Introduct...

• Author(s): S. A. Smith | S.A. Smith • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Russia - GeneralThis Very Short Introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Ru...

• Author(s): Eleanor Nesbitt • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: SikhismThis Very Short Introduction describes the key threads in the history of Sikhism, from the late 15th century to the present day....

• Author(s): Joachim Whaley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Europe - GermanyVoltaire's description of the Holy Roman Empire as 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' is often cited to underline its worthlessness. ...

• Author(s): William Doyle • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - FranceThe French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends...

• Author(s): Paul Bahn • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: ArchaeologyThis entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology - a subject which appeals as a pastime, ...

• Author(s): Andrew Bowie • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b T.W. Adorno (1903-69) was a German philosopher a...

• Author(s): Matthew Restall • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Latin America - Central AmericaThe Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas and in all of human...

• Author(s): Bryan Cheyette • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Americas (North Central South West Indies)About the Book For three hundred years the ghetto defined Jewish culture in the late medieval ...

• Author(s): Karen Radner • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: CivilizationAssyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. In this Very Short Introduction, Karen Radner sketches the history of ...

• Author(s): William H. Brock • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Chemistry - GeneralIn this Very Short Introduction, William H Brock traces the unique appeal of this fundamental science throughout hi...

• Author(s): Andrew J. Bayliss • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. E...

• Author(s): John Blair • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - MedievalFirst published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction...

• Author(s): Rorabaugh • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: United States - 20th CenturyAmericans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of p...

• Author(s): Michael J. Seth • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - KoreaHaving spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbours China and Japan, Korea is now the object of considerable interest f...

• Author(s): Colin Matthew Christopher Harvie | Colin Matthew • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFirst published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated His...

• Author(s): David A. Gerber • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Indigenous - GeneralAn updated, penetrating, and balanced analysis of one of the most contentious issues in America today, offering a h...

• Author(s): Walter A. Friedman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Americas (North Central South West Indies)By the early twentieth century, it became common to describe the United States as a "busin...

• Author(s): Peter Marshall • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Christianity - HistoryThe Reformation transformed Europe, and left an indelible mark on the modern world. It began as an argument about what Christians nee...

• Author(s): Julian D. Richards • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Nordic CountriesThe Viking reputation is of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, repeatedly plundering the British Isles and th...

• Author(s): James R. Rush • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: HistoryStraddling the equator, Southeast Asia comprises Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines, as well as Laos, ...

• Author(s): Nick Groom • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Gothic & RomanceThe Gothic is wildly diverse. It can refer to ecclesiastical architecture, supernatural fiction, cult horror films, and ...

• Author(s): Marc Mulholland • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFrom the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twen...

• Author(s): Paul Langford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFirst published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Paul Langford's Ve...

• Author(s): Joseph T. Glatthaar • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - United StatesAbout the Book Since the first English settlers landed at Jamestown with the legacy of centuries of Europea...

• Author(s): Kenneth Morgan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Australia & New Zealand - GeneralIn this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to...

• Author(s): John Guy • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralAbout the Book The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British histo...

• Author(s): Alan Knight • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Latin America - MexicoReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can...

• Author(s): Helen Graham • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - SpainThis Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores i...

• Author(s): George Garnett • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - MedievalThe Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turnin...

• Author(s): Martyn Rady • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Austria & HungaryThe Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuri...

• Author(s): Charles Reagan Wilson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Americas (North Central South West Indies)About the Book The American South is a distinctive place with a dramatic history, and h...

• Author(s): Pereira • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Modern - 21st CenturyAbout the Book Brazil is associated in many people's minds with conviviality, sensuality, and natural beauty. Yet the coun...

• Author(s): Gillingham & Griffiths | Ralph A. Griffiths • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - MedievalAbout the Book A comprehensive and authoritative short guide, this Very Short Introduc...

• Author(s): Stone • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Jewish - GeneralConcentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of twentieth century warfare and one that is important to...

• Author(s): Lodge • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Historical - GeneralNelson Mandela--is it possible to say who or what he is? Yes, he was one of the world's longest-detained political prisoners....