Oxford University Press

In this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and        thematic introduction to modern Australia. He examines the main features of its        history, geography, and culture since the beginning of the white settlement in New        South Wales in 1788. Drawing attention to the distinctive features of...

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Tasso's epic poem concerns the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099, and combines the theme of war with romantic and magical tales of love between pagan and Christian. This is the first modern translation that faithfully reflects the sense and verse form of Tasso's hugely infuential masterpiece....

China's decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution shook the politics of        China and the world. Even as we approach its fiftieth anniversary, the movement        remains so contentious that the Chinese Communist Party still forbids fully open        investigation of its origins, development, and conclusion. Drawing upon a...

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