Oxford University Press

Much has been written about the decline of the United Kingdom. The Two Unions        looks instead at the lengthy survival of the Union, examining the institutions,        structures, and individuals that have contributed to its longevity. In order to        understand its survival, the author, one of the foremost historians of...

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How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands#N/A...

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In this groundbreaking book, Tymoczko uses contemporary geometry to provide a new framework for thinking about music, one that emphasizes the commonalities among styles from Medieval polyphony to contemporary jazz....

Scholars of Daoism in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) have paid particular attention        to the interaction between the court and certain Daoist priests and to the political        results of such interaction; the focus has been on either emperors or Daoist        masters. Yet in the Ming era a special group of people patronized Daoism and...