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Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction
Social and cultural anthropology has made many important contributions to modern thought: through its investigation of culture as a distinctively human characteristic; its doctrine …
Cryptography A Very Short Introduction
Cryptography is a part of everyday life for almost all of us, though we may not realise we're using it. We are a far cry from the historical prediction that cryptography would only …
The Self: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring 'Know thyself' is said to have been one of the maxims carved into the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. On the face of it, this does …
Travel Writing: A Very Short Introduction
The history of travel writing goes back thousands of years. Long practised in several different cultures and languages around the world, it is as varied as the people who journey …
Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction
Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Carl von Clausewitz, this clear and engaging Very Short …
Gender History: A Very Short Introduction
Antoinette Burton argues that gender history is hiding in plain sight, at work everywhere we look. This volume introduces the field of gender history--its origins, development, …
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring J.R.R. Tolkien was the author of two of the most extraordinary, most original, and most popular books of the twentieth …
Futurism: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring From the motorcar to the radio, modern technology radically transformed urban life by the first decade of the twentieth …
The Epic: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The epic is an ancient and universal form of artistic expression. Storytellers around the globe have long told of heroes who …
Cancer: A Very Short Introduction
In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Nine years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Ten years later, Richard …
Elections: A Very Short Introduction
Most citizens know how elections work in their own country, but not all elections are created equally. Elections occur in all democracies and many non-democratic regimes as well. …
Feminist Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Katharine Jenkins offers an introduction to feminist philosophy, giving the reader an idea of what it is, why it is important, …