Oxford University Press

This book analyzes China's aid program and its connection to the broad range of state-sponsored development activities the Chinese call "e;economic cooperation."e; It explains what the Chinese are doing in their developmental state-sponsored economic engagement in Africa, how they do it, and why they are doing it....

Journalism Ethics is the first volume to combine a practitioner focus and a theoretical focus in the analysis of the ethical problems that journalists face today. The 18 new essays collected here examine the goals and purposes of journalism, provide a conceptual evaluation of key ethical concerns, and make sensible recommendations for ethical...

Portraits have for centuries been one of the most important art forms. But what do        portraits tell us? What do they mean? And what makes a picture into a portrait?In        this book, leading art philosopher Cynthia Freeland addresses these questions and        more. As she shows, portraits have served two fundamental functions throughout...

A Very Short IntroductionMichael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background of India in the Buddha's time, and traces the development of his thought. He also assesses the rapid and widespread...

The story of the origins of the British and the Irish peoples, from the end of the        last Ice Age around 10,000BC to the eve of the Norman Conquest - who they were,        where they came from, and how they related to one another....

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...