Oxford University Press

A Very Short IntroductionEminent biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan offers here a wide-ranging and stimulating exploration of the Old Testament, illuminating its importance as history, literature, and sacred text. He provides a marvelous overview of one of the great pillars of Western religion and culture, a book whose significance has endured for...

In this provocative volume, Gabor S. Boritt brings together five of today's        premier Civil War historians--James McPherson, Archer Jones, Gary Gallagher, Reed        Mitchell, and Joseph Glatthaar-- to reveal how battlefield decisions shaped the very        forces--social, economic, and political--that many scholars claim determined...

What is a human right? How can we tell whether a proposed human right really is        one? How do we establish the content of particular human rights, and how do we        resolve conflicts between them? James Griffin offers answers in his compelling new        investigation of human rights....

Immanuel Kant's work changed the course of modern philosophy; Karl Ameriks examines how. He compares the philosophical system set out in Kant's Critiques with the work of the major philosophers before and after Kant. Individual essays provide case studies in support of Ameriks's thesis that late 18th-century reactions to Kant initiated an...

Educational Film in the United StatesLearning With the Lights Off is the first collection of essays to address the phenomenon of film's educational uses in twentieth-century America. Each essay analyzes in close detail some crucial aspect of educational film history, ranging from case studies of films and filmmakers to analyses of genres and...

This text unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary ecology and provides a volume that can be used as a primary textbook or supplementary reading in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course. The focus is on current concepts in evolutionary ecology and the empirical study of these concepts. Chapters are written by prominent...