Oxford University Press

P.R. Cavill offers a major reinterpretation of early Tudor constitutional history.          In the grand 'Whig' tradition, the parliaments of Henry VII were a disappointing        retreat from the onward march towards parliamentary democracy. The king was at best        indifferent and at worst hostile to parliament; its meetings were cowed...

Between 1848 and 1865 white southerners felt the grounds of nationhood shift        beneath their feet. The conflict over slavery that led to the Civil War forced them        to confront the difficult problems of nationalism. What made a nation a nation?        Could an individual or a group change nationality at will? What were the rights...

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Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de JaneiroA revealing study of the giant squatter settlements of Rio de Janeiro and of the vibrant communities of migrants who have risked everything to come to the city to provide more opportunities for their children, Favela offers a powerful look at one of the great challenges facing the modern world....

An extensive analysis of the design of Greek and Latin books of poems, using the evidence of papyri, including recent discoveries. The main poets discussed are Callimachus, Apollonius, Posidippus, Catullus, Horace, and Ovid; a chapter on Latin didactic includes Lucretius, Virgil, Ovid, and Manilius....