Oxford University Press

The "e;Invisible Institution"e; in the Antebellum SouthTwenty-five years after its original publication, Slave Religion remains a classic in the study of African American history and religion. In a new chapter in this anniversary edition, author Albert J. Raboteau reflects upon the origins of the book, the reactions to it over the past...

A Guide to Maximizing Brain Health and Reducing Risk of DementiaThis book is for individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), their loved        ones, and health care professionals who care for these patients. The text is loaded        with up-to-date, scientifically substantiated knowledge about what MCI is, how it        affects people, and...

Lincoln is the single most compelling figure in our history, but also one of the most enigmatic. Was he the Great Emancipator, a man of deep convictions who ended slavery in the United States, or simply a reluctant politician compelled by the force of events to free the slaves? In Father Abraham , Richard Striner offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln,...

A PrimerThis book aims to explain how and why the detailed three-dimensional architecture of molecules can be determined by an analysis of the diffraction patterns obtained when X rays or neutrons are scattered by the atoms in single crystals. Part 1 deals with the nature of the crystalline state, diffraction generally, and diffraction by crystals...

California through the Progressive EraThis second volume in Kevin Starr&'s passionate and ambitious cultural history of the Golden State focuses on the turn-of-the-century years and the emergence of Southern California as a regional culture in its own right. "e;How hauntingly beautiful, how replete with lost possibilities, seems that Southern...

This important new study, by a leading scholar in the field, offers a fresh perspective on public management. In contrast to the widespread claim of the 'modernization gurus' that a new era of global convergence is dawning in public management, it uses cultural theory to show why ideas about how to manage government are inherently plural and...