Oxford University Press

Anna Sewell's famous 'Autobiography of a Horse' is a Victorian and children's classic. Written to expose and prevent cruelty to horses in Victorian England, the novel's appeal as animal story, horse-care manual, protest work, feminist text and slave narrative is fully explored in this new edition....

Albion Tourgee and the Quest for Racial Equality from the Civil War to Plessy v. FergusonCivil War officer, Reconstruction "e;carpetbagger,"e; best-selling novelist, and relentless champion of equal rights--Albion Tourgee battled his entire life for racial justice. Now, in this engaging biography, Mark Elliott offers an insightful portrait...

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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...

The Writings of John W. MeyerThis book brings together some of Meyer's widely-scattered work, reviewing four        decades of scholarship, and adding several original pieces from his current work. It        gathers substantive commentary on social processes, from stratification to        globalization to socialization, and on key social...

What Everyone Needs to KnowWhen CNBC reporter Rick Santelli angrily called for a 'tea party' from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in February 2009, the specific target of his wrath was a new government program to help distressed homeowners with crushing mortgages. Yet there was also a more general target: the government's increasing...