Oxford University Press

This text focuses on the practical aspects of crystal structure analysis and provides the necessary conceptual framework for understanding and applying the technique. Many worked examples, problems with answers, and illustrations are included throughout to reinforce the material presented. Significantly updated from the first edition....

Margaret Gilbert offers an incisive new approach to a classic problem of political philosophy: when and why should I do what the law tells me to do? She argues a provocative and compelling case in favour of citizens' obligations to the state, while examining how these can be squared with self-interest and other competing considerations....

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This is the first in-depth study of popular attitudes towards political obligations and how these are viewed by the state. Leading political theorist George Klosko provides a full defense of a theory of political obligation based on the principle of fairness, which is widely viewed as the strongest theory of obligation currently available....

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American Public Opinion, and the War against Nazi GermanyAmerica&'s struggle against Nazism is one of the few aspects of World War II that has escaped controversy. Historians agree that it was a widely popular war, different from the subsequent conflicts in Korea and Vietnam because of the absence of partisan sniping, ebbing...

The time known as Late Antiquity (c.300-c.800) was a fascinatingly diverse and        important period which saw the 'Fall of Rome' and the growth of Christianity and        Islam. Gillian Clark explores its historical controversies, introducing the main        characters and themes, and demonstrating the transition between the medieval...