Oxford University Press

The Nazis never won a majority in free elections, but soon after Hitler took power        most people turned away from democracy and backed the Nazi regime. Hitler won        growing support even as he established the secret police (Gestapo) and concentration        camps. What has been in dispute for over fifty years is what the Germans knew...

Generally referring to all forms of social coordination and patterns of rule, the term 'governance' is used in many different contexts. In this Very Short Introduction, Mark Bevir explores the main theories of governance and considers their impact on ideas of governance in the corporate, public, and global arenas....

How a hand-loom led to the birth of the information ageJacquard's Web tells one of the greatest untold stories of science: how a hand loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the birth of the modern computer age. James Essinger, a master storyteller, traces the 200-year evolution of Jacquard's idea from the studios of 18th century weavers, through...

A Very Short IntroductionThis  Very Short Introduction brings together the latest research in neuroscience and psychology - weaving in case-studies, anecdotes, literature, and philosophy - to explore and explain the science of memory - how it works, and why we can't live without it....

An Anthology of African-American Women's Historical Writings from Antebellum America to the Harlem RenaissanceThis documentary collection gathers together texts by a variety of African American women historians from the antebellum era to the early twentieth century....

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