Oxford University Press

An authoritative and highly readable biography of one of the greatest physicians in the history of medicine. William Osler (1849-1919) was the high priest of the coming of modern medicine in the English-speaking world. This scholarly recreation of his life, the first to be published in more than seventy years, brings to life not only a man but the...

The economic analysis of the digital economy has been a rapidly developing        research area for more than a decade. Through authoritative examination by leading        scholars, this Handbook takes a closer look at particular industries, business        practices, and policy issues associated with the digital industry....

This book contributes to a better understanding of relations between social and political change, and the importance of institutional factors in shaping the political elites of European democracies. It helps to substantiate theoretical debates in the social and political sciences on issues such as historical institutionalism and path dependency....

Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign        (1662-1722)Jami explores how the emperor Kangxi solidified the Qing dynasty in        seventeenth-century China through the appropriation of the 'Western learning', and        especially the mathematics, of Jesuit missionaries. This book details not only the        history of...

When the states ratified the Bill of Rights in the eighteenth century, the Fourth        Amendment seemed straightforward. It requires that government respect the right of        citizens to be "e;secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against        unreasonable searches and seizures."e; Of course, "e;papers and...

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