Oxford University Press

Professional and academic lexicographers present and discuss innovations, ideas, and developments in all aspects of electronic lexicography including dictionary-writing systems and the integration of corpora for every kind of dictionary in every format....

This is the first edition of the complete works of Gerrard Winstanley (1609-76), the foremost radical English thinker and activist of the English Revolution. It is the only edition to observe the standards of modern scholarly editing. The editorial team combines the expertise of acclaimed prize-winning literary scholars and a leading historian of...

Political Engagement and ParticipationThe Gendered Effects of Electoral Institutions argues that in most countries women continue to lag behind men in an array of political orientations and activities. Understanding this, and why some countries have been more successful than others in decreasing gender gaps, is imperative for producing stronger and...

This book addresses issues of interest involving the German cockroach including taxonomy and distribution, morphology, genetics, and behavioor as well as control technology and strategies. Entomologists in basic and applied research are the intended audience....

Changing Sides during the English Civil WarsThe first dedicated study of the practice of changing sides during the English Civil Wars. Reveals how side-changing shaped the course of the English Revolution, even contributing to the regicide itself, and remained an important political legacy to the English speaking peoples thereafter....

Celestial cartography in Antiquity and the Middle AgesIn this book all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed in detail. It also discusses extensively the astronomical sources involved in making these artefacts in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Islamic World and the European Renaissance before 1500....