Oxford University Press

Neuroglia is the only comprehensive reference book on the basic biology and function of glial cells. It covers the entire field of glial research from the basic molecular and cellular properties of these cells to their involvement in neurological diseases including stroke, Alzheimer's Disease, and multiple sclerosis. This long-awaited second...

One of the world's leading Descartes scholars explores central areas of his philosophy, including his views on the nature of thought, the relationship between mind and body, his scientific worldview and its influence on modern thinking, the place of God in his philosophical system, and his account of the emotions and the good life....

Clausewitz's On War has, at least until very recently, been regarded as the most        important work of theory on its subject. But since the end of the Cold War in 1990,        and even more since the 9/11 attacks on the United states in 2001, an increasing        number of commentators have argued that On War has lost its analytical edge as...

This volume brings together articles on sentencing reform in the United States, other English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, England, Wales, New Zealand, South Africa), and Western Europe, by leading national and international authorities on sentencing policy, practices, and institutions. The articles, by leading experts, are short, timely,...

A new interpretation about the coming of the American Revolution, Breen focuses on how the American colonists accumulated consumer goods from England....

Winner of the W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize of the Political Studies Association for 1987....