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James Loxton
Authoritarianism

We constantly hear about the threat of authoritarianism, whether in the form of communist China or at the hands of people like Donald Trump in the United States. But what is it exactly? This Very Short In…

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Ara H. Merjian
Futurism

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From the motorcar to the radio, modern technology radically transformed urban life by the first decade of the twentieth century. This Very Short Introduction explores the ideas, works, key figures, and de…

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Saleem H. Ali
Sustainability

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Sustainability has gained wide currency as an aspirational concept for humans to pursue in their relationship with our planet. This book provides a succinct overview of the scientific and social foundatio…

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Alexander Betts
Social Science

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Social Science: A Very Short Introduction offers an accessible overview of how social scientists understand and explain human behaviour. Based on real-world examples, it shows how social science can chang…

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Katharine Jenkins
Feminist Philosophy

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Katharine Jenkins offers an introduction to feminist philosophy, giving the reader an idea of what it is, why it is important, and how to think about it. She explores key topics such as gender oppression,…

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Heather Clark
Sylvia Plath

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In this incisive introduction, leading Plath scholar Heather Clark explores the intersections between Plath's life and work while discussing key themes in Plath's poetry collections The Colossus and Ariel…

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Sean Murphy, Rachel Player
Cryptography

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Cryptography is a part of everyday life, with most of us being daily users of it, often without knowing. In this second edition, Sean Murphy and Rachel Player explain how cryptography works, discuss its i…

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Juliette Atkinson
George Eliot

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This Very Short Introduction aims to show the extraordinary sophistication and self-awareness of Eliot's fiction, which resists any kind of moral or artistic simplification.

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Nancy A. Moran
Symbiosis

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This VSI describes the nature of symbiosis and the evolutionary pressures that give rise to symbiotic associations as well as factors that lead to their demise. Nancy A. Moran explores examples from anima…

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Jennifer T. Roberts
Thucydides

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An introduction to the thought and background of the Greek historian Thucydides, this book examines his account of the great war between Athens and Sparta in the context both of the international situatio…

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Emma Borg, Sarah A. Fisher
Meaning

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Our ability to use written and spoken signs to mean things is so integral to the kind of creatures we are, we seldom notice how incredible this ability is. Yet on reflection, meaning seems entirely myster…

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Brian D. Taylor
Russian Politics

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Russia is rarely out of the news, yet Russian politics can be difficult to understand. This Very Short Introduction provides a guide to understanding Russian politics that goes beyond the headlines and of…

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E. J. Clery
Mary Wollstonecraft

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This Very Short Introduction will examine the conditions for Mary Wollstonecraft's formation as a feminist, and will go on to look at Wollstonecraft as an educator, a political thinker, and a romantic.

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James E. Kelly
The Catholic Reformation

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James E. Kelly traces the Catholic Reformation from its beginnings in the first half of the sixteenth century, through the years of unrest in Europe, to its global expansion in the Americas, Asia and Afri…

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Aziz Z. Huq
The Rule of Law

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By charting disagreements about the rule of law and showing the overlap and the conflicts between its different understandings, Aziz Z. Huq shows how that concept can be used as an important tool for fram…

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James Binney
Entropy

Entropy is an idea that is no less important than energy, but it is not widely understood. We are surrounded by free energy: what we value is energy that's not too polluted with entropy. This book explain…

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Yelena Baraz
Cicero

Cicero was one of the leading figures at a time of great historical significance, the late Roman republic. This book presents a concise and accessible account of his life and work and shows connections be…

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David Lyon
Surveillance

Surveillance is everywhere today, generating data about our purchasing, political, and personal preferences. This book shows how surveillance makes people visible and affects their lives, considers the te…

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Pamela Hill
Environmental Justice

Environmental justice is an important idea in the larger context of environmental protection. It has gained importance globally: the UN, governments, and nongovernmental organizations now regularly addres…

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Richard Bessel
Postwar Europe

The Second World War was the most destructive conflict in history. This Very Short Introduction explores the conditions in Europe at the end of the war, how political life took shape, how European societi…

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