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What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments, and the international community foste…

The British constitution is regarded as unique among the constitutions of the world. What are the ma…

Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this Very Shor…

In the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram—Abraham, a father of many nations. W…

First published in 2012, Borders: A Very Short Introduction began with the premise that "we live in …

Psychology is part of everyone's experience: it influences the way we think about everything from ed…

Art history encompasses the study of the history and development of painting, sculpture, and the oth…

John Hendry, a leading management scholar, looks at the nature and practice of management in this Ve…

The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope …

The growing concern about global environmental change and human impacts on the planet has led to the…

It is sometimes said that the Bible is one of the most unread books in the world, yet it has been a …

Nuclear weapons have not been used in anger since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshim…

The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. Newly discovered fossil evidence is adding ever m…

Written in simple and accessible language, this non-technical introduction to cosmology, or the crea…

This concise, accessible introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and develo…

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Environmental justice recognizes that environmental benefits and burdens should be distributed fairl…

Russia is rarely out of the news. Yet Russian politics can be difficult to understand. It is powerfu…

In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Nine years later,…

This volume introduces the field of gender history—its origins, development, reception, recalibratio…

In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and r…

To date, more than a million insect species have been described, with probably at least another 5-8 …

In 1776 Adam Smith (1723-90) wrote The Wealth of Nations, a book so foundational that it has led to …

John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and pol…

With lively writing and illuminating examples, David Caplan argues that two characteristics mark the…

What is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is the diff…

The Tibetan Buddhist tradition has known over thirteen centuries of continuous development. During t…

Socrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy; it is no exaggeration to say that had i…

Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature? Will winning t…

Hinduism is practiced by nearly eighty percent of India's population, and by some seventy million pe…

Forensic science is a subject of wide fascination. What happens at a crime scene? How does DNA profi…

What is capitalism? Is capitalism the same everywhere? Is there an alternative?The word "capitalism"…

The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, …

The concept of habeas corpus—literally, to receive and hold the body—empowers courts to …

The periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement o…

What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we fa…