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African History: A Very Short Introduction

John Parker and Richard Rathbone

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2007

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191775567

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780192802484.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780192802484

African History: A Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented by examining the unity and diversity of ... More

American Business History: A Very Short Introduction

Walter A. Friedman

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2020

Published Online:: Jul 2020

eISBN:: 9780190622480

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780190622473.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190622473

American Business History: A Very Short Introduction looks at the rise of the American economy from its colonial and frontier beginnings. What made the United States an ... More

American Cultural History: A Very Short Introduction

Eric Avila

Print Publication Year:: Oct 2018

Published Online:: Aug 2018

eISBN:: 9780190200619

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780190200589.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190200589

American Cultural History: A Very Short Introduction provides a chronological look at American culture—the values, attitudes, beliefs, and myths of a particular society and the ... More

American History: A Very Short Introduction

Paul S. Boyer

Print Publication Year:: Aug 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365715

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780195389142.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780195389142

American History: A Very Short Introduction spans the earliest migrations to the present looking at the United States's failures to live up to its oft-stated ideals. The ... More

American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction

David A. Gerber

Print Publication Year:: Jun 2011

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365623

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780195331783.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780195331783

American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction examines the many legal efforts to curb immigration and to define who is and is not an American. It looks at immigration from ... More

The American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

Robert J. Allison

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2015

Published Online:: Jul 2015

eISBN:: 9780190861124

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780190225063.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190225063

Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast off British rule to create a new nation and a radically new form of government based on the idea that people have the right to govern ... More

The American South: A Very Short Introduction

Charles Reagan Wilson

Print Publication Year:: Dec 2020

Published Online:: Jan 2021

eISBN:: 9780197554968

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199943517.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199943517

The American South: A Very Short Introduction explores the American South, a distinctive place with a dramatic history. It is a cultural crossroads, where Western Europe met ... More

The American West: A Very Short Introduction

Stephen Aron

Print Publication Year:: Dec 2014

Published Online:: Jan 2015

eISBN:: 9780199393602

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199858934.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199858934

The American West: A Very Short Introduction tracks “the West” from the building of the Cahokia Mounds around 900 ad, through early encounters with Europeans, to the Newlands ... More

American Women's History: A Very Short Introduction

Susan Ware

Print Publication Year:: Jan 2015

Published Online:: Mar 2015

eISBN:: 9780199393794

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199328338.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199328338

What does U.S. history look like with women at the center of the story? From Pocahantas to military women serving in the Iraq war, American Women's History: A Very Short Introduction ... More

Asian American History: A Very Short Introduction

Madeline Y. Hsu

Print Publication Year:: Jan 2017

Published Online:: Dec 2016

eISBN:: 9780190219796

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780190219765.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190219765

Asians have migrated to North America for centuries, in search of opportunities and conveyed by increasingly dense, international circuits of trade, labor markets, and family networks. ... More

The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction

David Carrasco

Print Publication Year:: Jan 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365708

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780195379389.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780195379389

The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. This VSI looks ... More

The British Constitution: A Very Short Introduction

Martin Loughlin

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2013

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191778445

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199697694.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199697694

The British Constitution: A Very Short Introduction explores one of the most unusual constitutional arrangements in the world. It considers the scope and nature of the British ... More

The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction

Ashley Jackson

Print Publication Year:: May 2013

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191778193

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199605415.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199605415

The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction explores how the British Empire became so powerful and far-reaching. From the eighteenth century until the 1950s the British ... More

Canada: A Very Short Introduction

Donald Wright

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2020

Published Online:: Jul 2020

eISBN:: 9780191816581

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198755241.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198755241

Canada: A Very Short Introduction provides an overview of Canada’s history, and its many political and cultural achievements. Canada has never had a single national identity ... More

Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction

Alan Taylor

Print Publication Year:: Nov 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365876

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199766239.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199766239

Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction presents the current scholarly understanding of the subject. During the past generation, historians have broadened that ... More

The Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction

Matthew Restall and Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365746

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780195392296.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780195392296

The Conquistadors: A very Short Introduction investigates the facts and myths behind the Spanish invasion of the New World. With startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded ... More

The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

Richard Curt Kraus

Print Publication Year:: Jan 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365814

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199740550.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199740550

The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction illuminates China's decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Moving beyond Mao Zedong, this VSI links Beijing's ... More

The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction

R. B. Bernstein

Print Publication Year:: Dec 2015

Published Online:: Dec 2015

eISBN:: 9780190273545

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780190273514.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190273514

The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and ... More

Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction

Bhikhu Parekh

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2001

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191776816

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780192854575.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780192854575

Gandhi was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. During his time as a lawyer in South Africa he ... More

The Great Depression and New Deal: A Very Short Introduction

Eric Rauchway

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2008

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365609

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780195326345.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780195326345

The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction explores the roots, events, and legacy of the Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal. America's post-war ... More

The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short Introduction

Martyn Rady

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2017

Published Online:: Mar 2017

eISBN:: 9780191834714

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198792963.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198792963

From the 13th to the 20th centuries, Habsburgs ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were rulers of Spain. Through Spain, they acquired lands around the Mediterranean and part ... More

The Holy Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction

Joachim Whaley

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2018

Published Online:: Jul 2018

eISBN:: 9780191811241

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198748762.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198748762

The Holy Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction outlines the fascinating thousand-year history of the Holy Roman Empire from 800 to 1806, and its legacy for the two centuries ... More

Iran: A Very Short Introduction

Ali Ansari

Print Publication Year:: Nov 2014

Published Online:: Nov 2014

eISBN:: 9780191781315

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199669349.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199669349

Iran has rarely been out of the headlines. Yet extensive media interest has tended to hinder rather than help our understanding of Iran as an idea, an identity, and a people, leading to a ... More

Mao: A Very Short Introduction

Delia Davin

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2013

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777967

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199588664.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199588664

Mao: A Very Short Introduction chronicles Mao's journey from peasant child to ruler of China. He was a founder of both the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Army. His ... More

Modern China: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)

Rana Mitter

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2016

Published Online:: Feb 2016

eISBN:: 9780191815256

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198753704.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198753704

China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese ‘economic miracle’. It ... More

The Mongols: A Very Short Introduction

Morris Rossabi

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365906

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199840892.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199840892

The Mongols: A Very Short Introduction follows the Mongol empire from its height of success to its collapse from internal disunity. Struggles for succession and ill-planned, ... More

Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction

David A. Bell

Print Publication Year:: Nov 2018

Published Online:: Oct 2018

eISBN:: 9780190911959

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199321667.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199321667

Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction provides a concise and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte’s character and career, situating him firmly in historical context. It ... More

North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction

Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green

Print Publication Year:: Aug 2010

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365555

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780195307542.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780195307542

North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction describes how nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers travelled over the Bering land mass between Asia and what is now Alaska from ... More

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction

Martin Bunton

Print Publication Year:: Aug 2013

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191778179

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199603930.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199603930

The Palestinian–Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction explains the history of this conflict, reducing it to its very essence — a modern territorial contest between two ... More

Progressivism: A Very Short Introduction

Walter Nugent

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2010

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365579

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780195311068.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780195311068

Progressivism: A Very Short Introduction offers an overview of progressivism in America — its origins, guiding principles, major leaders and major accomplishments. ... More

Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction

W. J. Rorabaugh

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2020

Published Online:: Jan 2020

eISBN:: 9780190280130

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780190280109.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190280109

Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction traces the origins of prohibition back to the evangelical-based voluntary abstinence temperance movement in the early 1800s. It makes ... More

Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction

Allen C. Guelzo

Print Publication Year:: May 2020

Published Online:: Jan 2020

eISBN:: 9780190454821

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780190454791.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190454791

Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction delves into the constitutional, political, and social issues behind Reconstruction to describe a historical moment that left an ... More

Roman Britain: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)

Peter Salway

Print Publication Year:: May 2015

Published Online:: May 2015

eISBN:: 9780191780721

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198712169.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198712169

For four centuries Britain was an integral part of the Roman Empire, a political system stretching from Turkey to Portugal and from the Red Sea to the Tyne and beyond. Roman Britain: A Very ... More

Russian History: A Very Short Introduction

Geoffrey Hosking

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777769

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199580989.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199580989

Spanning the divide between Europe and Asia, Russia is a multi-ethnic empire with a huge territory, strategically placed and abundantly provided with natural resources. Russian History: A ... More

The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction

James A. Millward

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2013

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365883

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199782864.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199782864

The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction looks beyond the initial exotic impression conveyed by the phrase ‘silk road’ to sketch the historical background against which the ... More

Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction

James R. Rush

Print Publication Year:: May 2018

Published Online:: Jun 2018

eISBN:: 9780190248796

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780190248765.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190248765

The eleven countries of Southeast Asia are diverse in every way, from the ethnicities and religions of their residents to their political systems and levels of prosperity. These ... More

The Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction

Stephen Lovell

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2009

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777165

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199238484.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199238484

The Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction blends political history with an investigation into the society and culture of the time. This VSI takes a thematic approach to the ... More

The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

Louis P. Masur

Print Publication Year:: Oct 2020

Published Online:: Nov 2020

eISBN:: 9780197513675

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780197513668.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780197513668

The US Civil War: A Very Short Introduction covers a period in American history characterized by decades of intensifying conflict over slavery and government authority, ... More

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