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2. 1861
Louis P. Masur
in The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
“1861” describes the events of that year, which began with the appointment of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederacy. Following the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, Lincoln ...
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3. 1862
Louis P. Masur
in The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
“1862” covers the conscription of Confederate soldiers and the emergence of Robert E. Lee, who assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia. Lee won many significant battles against ...
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4. 1863
Louis P. Masur
in The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
“1863” begins with Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1 . Authorizing the enlistment of black soldiers, the proclamation helped change the Union’s fortunes and ...
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5. 1864
Louis P. Masur
in The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
“1864” demonstrates that the Union defeats across Virginia in that year came at a politically precarious time for Abraham Lincoln, with rivals angling for the Republication presidential ...
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1. ‘A and not A’: what is fascism?
Kevin Passmore
in Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (2 ed.)
‘“A and not A”: what is fascism?’ examines how fascism has been defined. Whereas Marxists held capitalists responsible for fascism, Weberians blamed the pre-industrial, or feudal, ruling ...
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17. ‘A Great Change in Manners’
Christopher Harvie and H. C. G. Matthew
in Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
‘A Great Change in Manners‘ draws attention to the remarkable order and balance of British society between the 1850s and 1890s. Despite massive industrial and social change, crime fell in ...
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4. ‘A work of truth’: L’Assommoir
Brian Nelson
in Émile Zola: A Very Short Introduction
‘A work of truth’ looks at the novel L’Assommoir, the first to represent how the workers—the new French industrial proletariat—really lived. The story of Gervaise Macquart, a washerwoman ...
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4. The abolitionist crossroads
Richard S. Newman
in Abolitionism: A Very Short Introduction
After the turbulent 1830s, doubt and discord haunted the antislavery ranks. Facing opposition in the North and South, immediate abolitionists quarrelled not only with their opponents but ...
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5. The abolitionist renaissance and the coming of the Civil War
Richard S. Newman
in Abolitionism: A Very Short Introduction
Although abolitionists never enjoyed widespread popularity in the United States, they found that northerners were more interested in their critiques of slavery during the 1850s. “The ...
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6. Abortion
Damien Keown
in Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction (2 ed.)
Buddhist attitudes to abortion are influenced by its belief in rebirth and the idea that life is a never-ending continuum. Many Buddhists, accordingly, feel that abortion is prohibited by ...
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4. ‘Absolutes’, Simple Natures, and Problems
Tom Sorell
in Descartes: A Very Short Introduction
‘Absolutes, Simple Natures and Problems’ deals mainly with the Regulae, an incomplete treatise which anticipated some of the innovations of the Geometry, and which adapted, in outline, some ...
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5. Absurdism, protest, and commitment
Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr
in Modern Drama: A Very Short Introduction
The decades 1960–80 witnessed a seismic shift in modern drama. The rage that came to define, and fuel, much of the drama in the 1960s and 1970s is directed at the audience. ‘Absurdism, ...
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5. Accelerators: cosmic and man-made
Frank Close
in Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction
‘Accelerators: cosmic and man-made’ explores the different ways of generating subatomic particles. One simple way of finding particles is to look at cosmic rays. This provides very high ...
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6. Accounting: Parliament and politicians
Tony Wright
in British Politics: A Very Short Introduction (3 ed.)
‘Accounting: parliament and politicians’ looks at the ways in which ministers are held accountable through parliament, the media and select committees, and not least by the electorate. ...
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8. Accounting as control
Christopher Nobes
in Accounting: A Very Short Introduction
How does budgeting work, and how is it useful? What are standard costs and how do they help in controlling production? How can a balanced scorecard improve control? ‘Accounting as control’ ...
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4. Accretion
James Binney
in Astrophysics: A Very Short Introduction
The principle of angular momentum conservation was crucial for the creation of the disc of the Milky Way and plays a large role in many of the most exotic and luminous objects in the ...
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3. Achievements and challenges: The history the founding fathers made
R. B. Bernstein
in The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction
For seven decades, the founding fathers played pivotal roles in creating an American nation and its constitutional system. “Achievements and challenges: The history the founding fathers ...
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6. Across the ocean: seafaring and overseas expansion
Julian D. Richards
in The Vikings: A Very Short Introduction
What was it about the Vikings and their dragon-headed longships that makes them seem so distinctive in our imagination? Overseas exploits were not exceptional at that time. ‘Across the ...
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3. Across the world
William K. Kay
in Pentecostalism: A Very Short Introduction
‘Across the world’ shows how Pentecostalism expanded globally through missionary agencies and by the planting of self-sustaining congregations adapted to local culture. It was less welcome ...
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1. The Act of Union
Senia Pašeta
in Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
‘The Act of Union’ covers the period of history leading up to the Act of Union in 1801. Ireland was a rural society at that time. People were largely Catholic, but Protestants owned most of ...
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