Oxford University Press

Historians and President of the German Academy for Language and Literature in        Darmstadt and in 2003 received thee prestigious Jacob Grimm prize for German        literature. culture so special? A Culture of Freedom attempts to answer this        question - to find the key to the 'miracle' of ancient Greece.The book takes us on a        tour...

What kind of people joined the I.R.A.? What was the Irish Revolution? Did Michael Collins order the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson? Were Protestants ethnically cleansed from southern Ireland? Using new research and questioning old assumptions, these sparkling essays by Peter Hart address these and other controversies to suggest new ways of...

Medieval bridges are startling achievements of civil engineering, which prove the importance of road transport and the sophistication of the medieval economy.    The Bridges of Medieval England rewrites their history, offering new insights into many aspects of the subject. It has profound implications for our understanding of pre-industrial economy...

In Exit Strategies and State Building, fifteen of the world's best scholars and        practitioners of peace building focus on relevant historical and contemporary cases        to provide a comprehensive overview of this issue....

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A Very Short IntroductionA vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this Very Short Introduction explores the origins of Latin American literature in Spanish and tells the story of how Spanish literary language developed and flourished in the New World. A...