Oxford University Press

The History of Chambers of Commerce in Britain, Ireland, and Revolutionary        America, 1760-2011The book provides the first definitive, scholarly, and systematic history of the        Chambers of Commerce (local organizations of business people) from their origins in        the 18th century, through their historical development up to the...

This book explains Martin Bucer's unique perspective on the doctrine of justification and demonstrates how this doctrine acted as a foundation for his entrance into discussions with Catholics between 1539 and 1541. The author argues that Bucer was consistent in his irenic endeavors, never sacrificing his theological convictions for ecclesial...

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Nuclear Engineers and the Shaping of IdentityThis account tracks the Allied atomic energy experts who emerged from the        Manhattan Project to explore optimistic but distinct paths in the USA, UK and        Canada. Characterized successively as admired atomic scientists, mistrusted spies        and heroic engineers, their identities were...

We talk about what doesn't exist. We say: "e;Mickey Mouse was invented by Walt Disney,"e; and if we say this, we've said something true. But if something doesn't exist, it has no properties. (What, after all, is it that's supposed to have properties?) How, then, can anything we say be true (or false) of such things? This is the old problem...

Despite the liberalized reconfiguration of civil society and political practice in        nineteenth-century Europe, the right to make foreign policy, devise alliances, wage        war and negotiate peace remained essentially an executive prerogative. Citizen        challenges to the exercise of this power grew slowly. Drawn from the educated...