Very Short Introductions
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Foucault: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBorn in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Over the course of his life he dabbled in drugs, politics, and the Paris SM scene, all whilst striving … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gutting, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198830785
- Language: English
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Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
In the last few years global awareness of climate change has grown very rapidly – through the school strikes led by Greta Thunberg, groups like Ex- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Maslin, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0198867867
- Language: English
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The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The Cold War dominated international life from the end of World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. But how did the conflict begin? Why- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: McMahon, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0198859546
- Language: English
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Music and Technology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMark Katz surveys the age-old interrelationship between music and technology, from prehistoric musical instruments to today’s digital playback devices.
This Very Short Introduction takes an expansive- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Katz, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0199946981
- Language: English
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Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartStoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the twenty-first century to re-think and re-or… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Inwood, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198786662
- Language: English
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Hermeneutics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, a behaviour that is intrinsic to our daily lives. As humans, we decipher the meaning of newspaper articles, books, legal matters… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Zimmermann, Jens
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0199685355
- Language: English
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The History of Astronomy
$12.99 Add to cartThis is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteenth century. Historical records are first found in Babyl… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hoskin, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: July 31 2003
- ISBN10: 0192803069
- Language: English
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Surveillance: A Very Short Introduction
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Surveillance permeates every aspect of our lives today. Once a more limited and often remote aspect of social life, today surveillance is cen- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Lyon, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0198796846
- Language: English
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Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSociolinguistics deals with the social life of language, language in its sociocultural context. It is a branch of linguistics that looks less at the shape or sound of words–morphology or phonology–a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Edwards, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: August 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0199858616
- Language: English
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Borders: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFirst published in 2012, Borders: A Very Short Introduction began with the premise that “we live in a very bordered world.” The intervening decade has witnessed a flurry of events and developments tha… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Diener, Alexander C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: March 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0197549608
- Language: English
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Refugees: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartRefugees and other forced migrants are one of the great contemporary challenges the world is confronting. Throughout the world people leave their home countries to escape war, natural disasters, and c… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Loescher, Gil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0198811780
- Language: English
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Genomics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartGenomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism’s complete genetic makeup has changed the way science … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Archibald, John M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0198786204
- Language: English
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Social Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSocial psychology is about the people who populate our everyday lives, and how they affect our “personal universe”, defining who we are, and shaping our behavior, beliefs, attitudes, and ideology. In … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Crisp, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 01 2015
- ISBN10: 019871551X
- Language: English
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Sociology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartDrawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bruce, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: November 27 2018
- ISBN10: 0198822960
- Language: English
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Journalism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartJournalism entered the twenty-first century caught in a paradox. The world had more journalism, across a wider range of media, than at any time since the birth of the western free press in the eightee… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hargreaves, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199686874
- Language: English
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Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn this Very Short Introduction, Michael Ferber explores Romanticism during the period of its incubation, birth, and growth, covering the years roughly from 1760 to 1860. This is the only introduction… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Ferber, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 17 2010
- ISBN10: 019956891X
- Language: English
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The Virtues: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFrom the philosophy of Aristotle and Confucius, to Thomas Aquinas’Summa Theologiae, to the paintings of Raphael, Botticelli and many more, fascination with the virtues has endured and evolved to fit a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Boyd, Craig A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198845375
- Language: English
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The First World War: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBy the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known.
This Very Short Introduction provides a concise- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Howard, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: April 09 2007
- ISBN10: 0199205590
- Language: English
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International Relations: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartInternational relations affects everyone’s lives: their security, economic well-being, rights and freedoms, and the environment they share. Recently we have seen the transformation from a world of emp… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Reus-Smit, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198850212
- Language: English
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City Planning: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartCity planning is a practice and a profession. It is also a set of goals and–sometimes utopian–aspirations. Formal thought about the shaping of cities as physical spaces and social environments calls… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Abbott, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 22 2020
- ISBN10: 019094434X
- Language: English
