A short introduction to English history. School ser
Author : English history
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Page : 312 pages
File Size : 29,22 MB
Release : 1859
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ISBN :
Author : English history
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 29,22 MB
Release : 1859
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Author : John Arnold
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 32,43 MB
Release : 2000-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 019285352X
Starting with an examination of how historians work, this "Very Short Introduction" aims to explore history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than to delve into specific periods.
Author : Gary Thomas
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 26,59 MB
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 0199643261
From the schools of ancient times to the present day, Gary Thomas looks at how and why education evolved as it has. By exploring some of the big questions, he examines the ways in which schools work, considers the differences around the world, and concludes by considering the future of education worldwide.
Author : Christopher Harvie
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 2000-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0192853988
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, when it faced its greatest test since the defeat of Napoleon, it was largely urban and English. Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew show the forces behind Britain's rise to its imperial zenith, and the continuing tensions within the nations and classes of the 'union state'. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Paul Langford
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 40,53 MB
Release : 2000-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0192853996
Part of The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, this book spans from the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 to Pitt the Younger's defeat at attempted parliamentary reform.
Author : Paul S. Boyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0199911657
This volume in Oxford's A Very Short Introduction series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migrations to the early twenty-first century when the United States loomed as a global power and comprised a complex multi-cultural society of more than 300 million people. The narrative is organized around major interpretive themes, with facts and dates introduced as needed to illustrate these themes. The emphasis throughout is on clarity and accessibility to the interested non-specialist.
Author : Alan Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0199766231
In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents the current scholarly understanding of colonial America to a broader audience. He focuses on the transatlantic and a transcontinental perspective, examining the interplay of Europe, Africa, and the Americas through the flows of goods, people, plants, animals, capital, and ideas.
Author : Stillman Drake
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,40 MB
Release : 2001-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0191606669
In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. Galileo's method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : John Parker
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 23,80 MB
Release : 2007-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0192802488
Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.
Author : Helen Graham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 11,5 MB
Release : 2005-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0192803778
"Helen Graham highlights the domestic and international context of the Spanish Civil War, and reveals its origins in the political and cultural anxieties provoked by the rapid modernization of Europe. Using personal narratives, she combines a powerfully human account of the war an its aftermath with a disturbing ethical enquiry into its legacy for the 21st century."--BOOK JACKET.