×
Very Short Introductions

Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects - from Public Health to Buddhist Ethics, Soft Matter to Classics, and Art History to Globalization. Each volume provides an authoritative and engaging assessment of a concept, field, or body of work, drawing out the central ideas, themes, and approaches.


A history of time : a very short introduction

by Holford-Strevens, Leofranc.


African American religion : a very short introduction

by Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968-


African history : a very short introduction

by Parker, John, 1960-


African religions : a very short introduction

by Olupona, Jacob K. (Jacob Ke?hinde), 1951- author.


Agnosticism : a very short introduction

by Le Poidevin, Robin, 1962-


American political parties and elections : a very short introduction

by Maisel, Louis Sandy, 1945-


American slavery : a very short introduction

by Williams, Heather Andrea.


Ancient Egypt : a very short introduction

by Shaw, Ian, 1961-


Ancient philosophy : a very short introduction

by Annas, Julia.


Ancient warfare : a very short introduction

by Sidebottom, Harry.


Anglicanism : a very short introduction

by Chapman, Mark D. (Mark David), 1960-


Animal rights : a very short introduction

by DeGrazia, David.


Antisemitism : a very short introduction

by Beller, Steven, 1958-


Architecture : a very short introduction

by Ballantyne, Andrew.


Aristotle : a very short introduction

by Barnes, Jonathan, 1942-


Art history : a very short introduction

by Arnold, Dana.


Atheism : a very short introduction

by Baggini, Julian.


Augustine : a very short introduction

by Chadwick, Henry, 1920-2008.


Biblical archaeology : a very short introduction

by Cline, Eric H.


Borders : a very short introduction

by Diener, Alexander C.


Buddhism : a very short introduction

by Keown, Damien, 1951-


Capitalism : a very short introduction

by Fulcher, James.


Chinese literature : a very short introduction

by Knight, Sabina, 1966-


Christian art : a very short introduction

by Williamson, Beth.


Classical mythology : a very short introduction

by Morales, Helen.


Clausewitz : a very short introduction

by Howard, Michael Eliot, 1922-


Climate : a very short introduction

by Maslin, Mark, author.


Colonial America : a very short introduction

by Taylor, Alan, 1955-


Comedy : a very short introduction

by Bevis, Matthew.


Communism : a very short introduction

by Holmes, Leslie.


Contemporary art : a very short introduction

by Stallabrass, Julian.


Continental philosophy : a very short introduction

by Critchley, Simon, 1960-


Cryptography : a very short introduction

by Piper, F. C. (Frederick Charles), 1940-


D.H. Lawrence in 90 minutes

by Strathern, Paul, 1940-


Dada and Surrealism : a very short introduction

by Hopkins, David, 1955-


Democracy : a very short introduction

by Crick, Bernard, 1929-2008.


Descartes : a very short introduction

by Sorell, Tom.


Design : a very short introduction

by Heskett, John.


Diaspora : a very short introduction

by Kenny, Kevin, 1960-


Documentary film : a very short introduction

by Aufderheide, Patricia.


Dostoevsky in 90 minutes

by Strathern, Paul, 1940-


Dreaming : an introduction to the science of sleep

by Hobson, J. Allan, 1933-


Eighteenth-century Britain : a very short introduction

by Langford, Paul.


Empire : a very short introduction

by Howe, Stephen, 1958-


Evolution : a very short introduction

by Charlesworth, Brian.


Existentialism : a very short introduction

by Flynn, Thomas R.


Fascism : a very short introduction

by Passmore, Kevin.


Feminism : a very short introduction

by Walters, Margaret, 1938-


Film : a very short introduction

by Wood, Michael, 1936-


Film music : a very short introduction

by Kalinak, Kathryn Marie, 1952-


Food rules : an eater's manual

by Pollan, Michael.


Foucault : a very short introduction

by Gutting, Gary.


Free speech : a very short introduction

by Warburton, Nigel, 1962-


Free will : a very short introduction

by Pink, Thomas.


Freemasonry : a very short introduction

by Önnerfors, Andreas, 1971- author.


Freud : a very short introduction

by Storr, Anthony.


Fundamentalism : a very short introduction

by Ruthven, Malise.




Gandhi : a very short introduction

by Parekh, Bhikhu C.


Garci´a Ma´rquez in 90 minutes

by Strathern, Paul, 1940-


Geography : a very short introduction

by Matthews, John A. (John Anthony), 1947-


Geopolitics : a very short introduction

by Dodds, Klaus.


Global warming : a very short introduction

by Maslin, Mark.


Globalization : a very short introduction

by Steger, Manfred B., 1961- author.


Hegel : a very short introduction

by Singer, Peter, 1946-


Heidegger : a very short introduction

by Inwood, M. J., 1944-


Hemingway in 90 minutes

by Strathern, Paul, 1940-


Herodotus : a very short introduction

by Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert, 1947-


Hinduism : a very short introduction

by Knott, Kim.


History of medicine : a very short introduction

by Bynum, W. F. (William F.), 1943-


Hobbes : a very short introduction

by Tuck, Richard, 1949-


Human evolution : a very short introduction

by Wood, Bernard A.


Hume : a very short introduction

by Ayer, A. J. (Alfred Jules), 1910-1989.


If life is a game, these are the rules : ten rules for being human, as introduced in Chicken soup for the soul

by Carter-Scott, Che´rie.


Indian philosophy : a very short introduction

by Hamilton, Sue.


Intelligence : a very short introduction

by Deary, Ian J.


James Joyce in 90 minutes

by Strathern, Paul, 1940-


Jung : a very short introduction

by Stevens, Anthony.


Kafka : a very short introduction

by Robertson, Ritchie.


Kant : a very short introduction

by Scruton, Roger.


Keynes : a very short introduction

by Skidelsky, Robert, 1939-


Kierkegaard : a very short introduction

by Gardiner, Patrick L., 1922-


Linguistics : a very short introduction

by Matthews, P. H. (Peter Hugoe)


Locke : a very short introduction

by Dunn, John, 1940-


Logic : a very short introduction

by Priest, Graham.


Madness : a very short introduction

by Scull, Andrew T.


Marx : a very short introduction

by Singer, Peter, 1946-


Marx in 90 minutes

by Strathern, Paul, 1940-


Memory : a very short introduction

by Foster, Jonathan K.


Microeconomics : a very short introduction

by Dixit, Avinash K., author.


Modern art : a very short introduction

by Cottington, David.


Modern Latin American literature : a very short introduction

by Gonza´lez Echevarri´a, Roberto.


Mormonism : a very short introduction

by Bushman, Richard L.


Myth : a very short introduction

by Segal, Robert Alan.


Nabokov in 90 minutes

by Strathern, Paul, 1940-


Nationalism : a very short introduction

by Grosby, Steven Elliott, 1951-


Nelson Mandela : a very short introduction

by Boehmer, Elleke, 1961-


Neoliberalism : a very short introduction

by Steger, Manfred B., 1961-


Nietzsche : a very short introduction

by Tanner, Michael, 1935-


Nineteenth-century Britain : a very short introduction

by Harvie, Christopher, 1944-


Nothing : a very short introduction

by Close, F. E.


Paul : a very short introduction

by Sanders, E. P.


Philosophy : a very short introduction

by Craig, Edward.


Plague : a very short introduction

by Slack, Paul.


Plato : a very short introduction

by Annas, Julia.


Populism : a very short introduction

by Mudde, Cas, author.


Postmodernism : a very short introduction

by Butler, Christopher, 1940-


Progressivism : a very short introduction

by Nugent, Walter T. K.


Psychiatry : a very short introduction

by Burns, Tom, M.D.


Psychology : a very short introduction

by Butler, Gillian, 1942-


Puritanism : a very short introduction

by Bremer, Francis J.


Quantum theory : a very short introduction

by Polkinghorne, J. C., 1930-


Racism : a very short introduction

by Rattansi, Ali.


Relativity : a very short introduction

by Stannard, Russell.


Religion in America : a very short introduction

by Beal, Timothy K. (Timothy Kandler), 1963-


Robotics : a very short introduction

by Winfield, A. F. T. (Alan F. T.), 1956-


Rousseau : a very short introduction

by Wokler, Robert, 1942-2006.


Science and religion : a very short introduction

by Dixon, Thomas (Thomas M.)


Science fiction : a very short introduction

by Seed, David.


Shakespeare's sonnets and poems : a very short introduction

by Post, Jonathan F. S., 1947- author.


Shakespeare's tragedies : a very short introduction

by Wells, Stanley, 1930- author.


Sleep : a very short introduction

by Lockley, Steven W.


Socialism : a very short introduction

by Newman, Michael, 1946-


Sociology : a very short introduction

by Bruce, Steve, 1954-


Spinoza : a very short introduction

by Scruton, Roger.


Stem cells : a very short introduction

by Slack, J. M. W. (Jonathan Michael Wyndham), 1949-


The American presidency : a very short introduction

by Jones, Charles O.


The avant-garde : a very short introduction

by Cottington, David.


The Aztecs : a very short introduction

by Carrasco, David.


The Beats : a very short introduction

by Sterritt, David.


The Book of Mormon : a very short introduction

by Givens, Terryl.


The brain : a very short introduction

by O'Shea, Michael.


The Celts : a very short introduction

by Cunliffe, Barry W.


The Cold War : a very short introduction

by McMahon, Robert J., 1949-


The computer : a very short introduction

by Ince, D. (Darrel)


The Crusades : a very short introduction

by Tyerman, Christopher.


The cultural revolution : a very short introduction

by Kraus, Richard Curt.


The Earth : a very short introduction

by Redfern, Martin.


The European Union : a very short introduction

by Pinder, John, author.


The First World War : a very short introduction

by Howard, Michael Eliot, 1922-


The French Revolution : a very short introduction

by Doyle, William, 1942-


The gothic : a very short introduction

by Groom, Nick, 1966-


The Harlem Renaissance : a very short introduction

by Wall, Cheryl A., author.


The history of astronomy : a very short introduction

by Hoskin, Michael A.


The history of cinema : a very short introduction

by Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey, author.


The inaugural address, 2009 ; together with Abraham Lincoln's first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address and Ralph Waldo Emerson'

by Obama, Barack.


The Koran, a very short introduction

by Cook, M. A.


The Marquis de Sade : a very short introduction

by Phillips, John, 1950-


The New Testament : a very short introduction

by Johnson, Luke Timothy.


The periodic table : a very short introduction

by Scerri, Eric R.


The Quakers : a very short introduction

by Dandelion, Pink.


The Reagan revolution : a very short introduction

by Troy, Gil.


The Reformation : a very short introduction

by Marshall, Peter, 1964-


The Renaissance : a very short introduction

by Brotton, Jerry.


The Roman Empire : a very short introduction

by Kelly, Christopher, 1964-


The Roman Republic : a very short introduction

by Gwynn, David M. (David Morton), 1975-


The scientific revolution : a very short introduction

by Principe, Lawrence M.


The Silk Road : a very short introduction

by Millward, James A., 1961- author.


The Spanish Civil War : a very short introduction

by Graham, Helen.


The Trojan War : a very short introduction

by Cline, Eric H.


The trouble with reality : a rumination on moral panic in our time

by Gladstone, Brooke, author.


The U.S. Congress : a very short introduction

by Ritchie, Donald A., 1945-


The U.S. Supreme Court : a very short introduction

by Greenhouse, Linda.


The Vikings : a very short introduction

by Richards, Julian D.


Thomas Aquinas : a very short introduction

by Kerr, Fergus.


Tocqueville : a very short introduction

by Mansfield, Harvey Claflin, 1932-


Tolstoy in 90 minutes

by Strathern, Paul, 1940-


Twentieth-century Britain : a very short introduction

by Morgan, Kenneth O.


Utopianism : a very short introduction

by Sargent, Lyman Tower, 1940-


Virginia Woolf in 90 minutes

by Strathern, Paul, 1940-


What Tommy took to war : 1914-1918

by Doyle, Peter, 1960-, author.


Witchcraft : a very short introduction

by Gaskill, Malcolm.


Wittgenstein : a very short introduction

by Grayling, A. C.