Oxford University Press

A New Political HistoryHailed in The New York Times Book Review as "e;the single best book written in        recent years on the sweep of American political history,"e; this groundbreaking work        divides our nation's history into three "e;regimes,"e; each of which lasts many, many        decades, allowing us to appreciate as...

Ranging from the Georgia coast to the Tennessee mountains, from the power brokers to tenant farmers, Ayers depicts a land of startling contrasts. Ayers takes us from remote Southern towns, revolutionized by the spread of the railroads, to the statehouses where Democratic Redeemers swept away the legacy of Reconstruction; from the small farmers,...

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Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. earn more than $100 billion annually, and        number over a million different organizations. They face increasing competition for        donor's dollars and many of the issues they confront are similar to those confronted        by for-profit organizations.Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations...

After decades of conservative dominance, the election of Barack Obama may signal        the beginning of a new progressive era. But what exactly is progressivism? What role        has it played in the political, social, and economic history of America?This very        timely Very Short Introduction offers an engaging overview of progressivism...

When do the hands of a clock coincide? How do we calculate the volume of a doughnut? Why does the android Data in Star Trek lose at poker? What is Fibonacci's Rabbit Problem?  Peter Higgins provides clear explanations of the more mysterious features of childhood mathematics as well as novelties and connections to prove that mathematics can be...