Oxford University Press

An innovative examination of the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which        have shaped twentieth-century South Africa. This book provides a stimulating        introduction to the history of South Africa in the twentieth century. It draws on        the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on that country and, to...

A Road Trip across America's Religious LandscapePlaces of Faith will offer an introduction to America's astounding religious        diversity by taking readers on a cross-country religious road trip. Christopher        Scheitle and Roger Finke have crisscrossed the country visiting churches in small        towns and rural areas as well as the...

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Rossini was one of the most influential, industrious and emotionally complex of the great nineteenth-century composers. From 1810-1829 he wrote 39 operas which transformed opera in Italy and France. Drawing on recent scholarship and performance, this new edition provides the most detailed portrait yet of one of the world's most enigmatic composers....

This book examines Chaucer's life and poetry through the lens of his cultural experience. It offers a wide-ranging account of the medieval society from which his works sprang, and examines the works in detail. It considers the intellectual and philosophical contexts, and the modern reception of Chaucer in film and television....