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At a time when politics in Britain is experiencing unprecedented turmoil, this Very Short Introducti…

American politics seems to grow more contentious and complicated by the day, and whether American de…

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

In Politics: A Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Minogue begins with a discussion of issues arising f…

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This Very Short Introduction introduces listeners to the key concepts of political philosophy: autho…

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

Country Music: A Very Short Introduction presents a compelling overview of the music and its impact …

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

Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Can…

Born in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Ove…

Beginning with a handful of members in 1830, the church that Joseph Smith founded has grown into a w…

Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jew…

We are all classicists—we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, …

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was one of the most influential figures in late republican Rome, …

American wars in Iraq were a defining feature of global politics for almost thirty years. The Gulf W…

The Reformation transformed Europe and left an indelible mark on the modern world. But what actually…

We all create intellectual property. We all use intellectual property. Intellectual property is the …

We live in the suburban era. Well over half of all Americans and two-thirds of Canadians live in sub…

The Romantic myth of Bohemia originated in the early nineteenth century as a way of describing the n…

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

Since the early Egyptians human beings have formalized the business of learning, setting up a design…

David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures…

China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, glob…

Since their discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have become an icon in popular culture that tran…

International relations affects everyone's lives: their security, economic well-being, rights and fr…

Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing t…

Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject t…

The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. J…

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on …

Understanding how our living environment works is essentially a study of ecological systems. Ecology…

From subtle discrimination in everyday life and scandals in politics, to incidents like lynchings in…

Throughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for…

For better or worse-be it militarily, politically, economically, technologically, or culturally-Amer…

Though the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, its impact on our lives is as recent as today's n…

No political concept is more used, and misused, than that of democracy. Nearly every regime today cl…