Oxford University Press

As women seem to play on an increasingly equal playing field in education and the workforce, the difference between the wealth men and women typically possess remains vast.    Shortchanged is a fresh, comprehensive approach towards understanding the causes and consequences of the gender wealth gap....

Beyond Self and CommunityRelational Being first builds on the broad discontent with the individualist        tradition in which the rational agent, or autonomous self, is considered the        fundamental atom of social life. Speaking to scholars and social practitioners, the        work sets out to develop and illustrate a far more radical and...

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A History of Innovation in Bee CultureGene Kritsky offers a concise, beautifully illustrated history of beekeeping, tracing the evolution of hive design from ancient Egypt to the present. The book contends that beekeeping's long history may in fact contain clues to help beekeepers fight the decline in honey bee numbers. Indeed, while we have...

Shakespeare and the Middle Ages brings together a distinguished, multidisciplinary group of scholars to rethink the medieval origins of modernity. Shakespeare provides them with the perfect focus, since his works turn back to the Middle Ages as decisively as they anticipate the modern world....