Oxford University Press

Part of the Oxford Case Histories series, this volume includes 65 neurosurgical cases and additional material covering core topics specified in the UK Neurosurgical Training Curriculum....

Ancestor Worship in Ancient IndiaFeeding the Dead outlines the early history of ancestor worship in South Asia, from the earliest sources available, the Vedas, up to the descriptions found in the Dharmshastra tradition....

A Christian Community in South Africa, 1838-2008The Farmerfield Mission explores the history of a residential Christian community in South Africa established for Africans in 1838 by Methodist missionaries, destroyed in 1962 by the apartheid government when it was zoned as an exclusive area for white occupation, and returned to the descendants of...

This pocketbook summarizes the recent developments in this important and controversial aspect of pain management, looking at the benefits and adverse effects of opioids in non-cancer pain....

The Cultural Politics of le hip hopHip hop is known as a global phenomenon, but something different happened in France, where it has received public support in the form of funding from national and local governments. This book shows how le hip hop reflects a republic of culture rather than a culture industry; a minority identity politics that takes...

This is a first undergraduate textbook in Solid State Physics or Condensed Matter Physics. While most textbooks on the subject are extremely dry, this book is written to be much more exciting, inspiring, and entertaining....