Oxford University Press

A Very Short IntroductionFrom Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those myths represent, and why are they so enduringly fascinating? This imaginative and stimulating  Very Short Introduction goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore...

Why do empires rise and why do they fall? To answer this question, Timothy Parsons casts his gaze across seven historical moments - from ancient Rome to Muslim Spain, from Britain's "e;new"e; imperialism in Kenya, to the Third Reich. From these very different examples, he draws out common features about empires' evolutions, their...

Mechanisms and ConsequencesThe first book of its kind devoted to understanding behavioural responses to        environmental change, discussing impacts on both the mechanisms underlying        behavioural processes, as well as the longer-term ecological and evolutionary        consequences....

Praised as an indispensable, uniquely inclusive study of the field,     Colonial and Postcolonial Literature is the definitive, founding introduction to the exciting growth area of colonial and postcolonial writing in English. It combines a broad-ranging, contextualising narrative situating key developments in imperial and postcolonial history,...

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