Oxford University Press

This is the first comprehensive anthology of early Yiddish literature for more than a century. It includes 130 texts covering the broad range of genres that define the corpus: from heroic epic and devotional literature to oaths, legends, fables, and riddles....

How has war shaped modern society and vice versa? How has it changed over the centuries between the introduction of firearms and the invention of the atom bomb? How is war waged today? This updated edition of the classic Oxford History of Modern War brings the story into the twenty-first century, addressing the dilemma of military strategy in...

A HistoryStephen Gundle explains what glamour is, where it came from, and how it has developed over the last two centuries - right up to the present day....

How did ideas about crime and criminals change in Europe from around 1750 to 1940? How did European states respond to these changes with the development of police and penal institutions? Clive Emsley addresses these questions using recent research on the history of crime and criminal justice in Europe. He reveals that many of the ideas hailed as...

From Roosevelt to NixonGraham here examines the beginnings and development of national growth policies and machinery in the United States from the New Deal to the Nixon administration....

Drawing on unprecedented access to Rand's private papers and the original, unedited versions of Rand's journals, Jennifer Burns offers a groundbreaking reassessment of this key cultural figure, examining her life, her ideas, and her impact on conservative political thought. Burns highlights the two facets of Rand's work that make her a perennial...