Oxford Very Short Introductions (VSI)

• Author(s): Donald Wright • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Americas (North Central South West Indies)Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a countr...

• Author(s): William Doyle • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Social Classes & Economic DisparityAristocracies or nobilities dominated the social, economic, and institutional history o...

• Author(s): David Albert Jones • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: HistoryIn this lively and concise Very Short Introduction, David Albert Jones provides a crisp, broad-ranging survey...

• 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): John Morrill • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralAbout the Book First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated His...

• Author(s): Llewelyn Morgan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Ancient, Classical & MedievalAbout the Book "Vivam" is the very last word of Ovid's masterpiece, the Metamorphoses: "I s...

• 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): Abraham • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Christianity - AnglicanBeginning as a renewal movement within Anglicanism in the eighteenth century, Methodism had become the l...

• Author(s): Gordon Campbell • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Gardening • BISAC: ReferenceGardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultiva...

• Author(s): Antulio J. Echevarria • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Military and Police Studies • BISAC: Military - StrategyDistilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu,...

• Author(s): Thomas Forrest Kelly • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Genres & Styles - GeneralFrom Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Re...

• Author(s): Lynda Mugglestone • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Encyclopaedias and References • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralDictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In t...

• Author(s): Dorothy H. Crawford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: Infectious DiseasesIn recent years, the world has witnessed dramatic outbreaks of such dangerous virus...

• Author(s): Anna Cento Bull • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - ItalyThe history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and...

• Author(s): Barry Cunliffe • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Celtic SpiritualityThe Druids have been known and discussed for at least 2400 years, first by Greek writers and later by...

• Author(s): Philip V. Bohlman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Genres & Styles - InternationalWorld Music draws readers into a remarkable range of historical encounters, in which music had the power to evoke the...

• Author(s): Jonathan Slack • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Life Sciences - Cell BiologyEmbryonic stem cells have been hot-button topics in recent years, generating intense public interest as well as much confusion ...

• 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....