Oxford University Press

Written by two esteemed historians, this book is a long-awaited synthesis of this crucial period in history. It gives us a reflective, deeply informed analytical survey of the extraordinary period between 1788 and 1800, when America was struggling to set its most important precedents in forming itself as a nation....

Katalin Farkas comes to the defence of a Cartesian view of the mind. She argues        that Descartes's influence is more beneficial, and his conception of the mind more        deeply rooted in our understanding of ourselves, than most philosophers allow. She        sheds light on a range of current issues, including personhood and...

Memoirs of a Second LieutenantTomochic is a controversial and celebrated example of Mexican fiction. Tomochic is the fictional narration of the 1892 military campaign that resulted in the massacre of the small village of Tomochic, located in the Tarahumara mountains and ordered by the dictatorial regime of Porfirio Diaz. The work is narrated by an...

From a young age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. As a result he was detained in solitary confinement, tortured by sleep deprivation and eventually blown up by a car bomb which cost him his right arm and the sight of an eye. His experiences provoked an outpouring of creative thought on the role of law...

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Rodney Harrison and John Schofield explore how archaeology can inform the study of our own society and other late-modern societies through detailed case studies and a summary of the existing literature. They draw together cross-disciplinary perspectives, and develop a new agenda for the study of the materiality of contemporary societies....