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This volume offers the most extensive treatment of NATO in the last two decades, providing detailed coverage of NATO allies, policies, and organizational structures. It brings together internationally renowned scholars…
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The Oxford Handbook of Banking (4th edition) provides an overview and analysis of developments and research in banking written by leading researchers in the field.
The Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy is a gateway to what legal traditions teach about the cultural identity and social world of the people of YHWH -- how they thought about…
The Oxford Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy offers thirty essays by leading international scholars consolidating the scholarly gains of recent decades, highlighting the innovation and creativity of Hellenistic philosophy, providing an…
The Oxford Handbook on the Mauritian Economy presents a comprehensive analysis of the economic, social, and political landscape of the island, offering a nuanced exploration of its historical evolution, current…
The Oxford Handbook of George Eliot presents fifty-two perspectives on George Eliot, one of the major novelists in English of the nineteenth century. Topics covered include Eliot's personal and intellectual…
The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Theatre tells the story of drama and performance in Scotland from the earliest medieval traces of folk plays and royal ceremonies right up to the…
Tim Raine, George Collins, Fraser Brown, Sophie Howarth
Everything you ever needed to know about life on the wards that medical school didn't tell you. Includes practical advice coming direct from the authors' experience with topics from applying…
This books brings new critical perspectives to bear on classic texts, asks challenging new questions about the relations among science, politics, and literary writing, probes emerging genres like the diary…
This volume brings together case studies and surveys of recent research to address foundational questions regarding the scope, structuring, use, and consequences of ritual language. The chapters examine traditional inquiries…
This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of how archaeology, genes, and language can be combined to shed light on the human past. It illustrates the extent to which…
This Handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of the rich archaeology of Mesolithic Europe. Chapters from leading scholars examine the period in different European regions, with thematic chapters on different…
This is a comprehensive collection of essays on the life, work, and times of the Elizabethan writer and courtier, Philip Sidney (1554-1586), one of the most important figures of the…
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This book offers a comprehensive view of Orwell's thought and writing via forty-eight chapters written by an international team of Orwell specialists. It addresses familiar topics--such as Orwell's journalism--and also…
A chronological and interdisciplinary study of early China from the Neolithic through Warring States periods (ca 5000-500BCE).
The Oxford Handbook of Tourism History offers a critical survey of the development of the field that unites historical scholarship along thematic lines and uses examples from diverse places to…
No Future. Punk is Dead. That is what was sung and said. Yet as we approach 50 years of punk rock, it still endures, and sometime thrives. From 'White riot'…
This volume offers an indepth examination of linguistic prejudice, covering its intersection with racism, sexism, classism, ableism, and various other forms of oppression. It includes perspectives from the Global South…
A practical, easy-to-read guide on medical education for busy doctors and healthcare professionals. Offering practical advice alongside case studies and scenarios based on experts' educational experiences, it is able to…
This handbook aims to uncover the challenges faced by the International Monetry Fund by providing diverse perspectives and proposing policy recommendations that the Fund could undertake to better navigate the…
This Handbook provides accessible and comprehensive surveys on topics central to the study of International Political Economy, including trade, finance, regulation, foreign aid, migration, NGOs, capital, political-military relations, and many…
This handbook provides in-depth analysis of the ways in which International Political Sociology analyses key concepts in the social sciences, such as power, agency, sovereignty, rule, and order, and major…
With over fifty contributors, this handbook draws on specialist expertise to provide a comprehensive overview of the process of greening of economic development. They demonstrate how the shift in energy…
This handbook covers various aspects of the Greek cities in the Roman Empire from different perspectives. This topic has often been rather neglected in scholarship (and in public reception), but…
The Oxford Handbook of English Prose, 1640-1714 is the most wide-ranging overview available of prose writing in English during one of the most tumultuous periods in British and Irish history…
Prof Mervyn Singer, Prof Andrew Webb, Prof Alice Carter
Patient-centred and practical, the Oxford Handbook of Critical Care serves the consultant, trainee, nurse, and other allied health professionals as both a reference and aide memoir, as an indispensable guide…
This long-held and widely-practiced integration of aesthetics into promotion of mental health testifies to the power of the aesthetics to affect the well-being of humans and their communities. This handbook…
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Most known for his creative fictions that tackle literary questions of authorship as well as more philosophical notions such as multiverse theory, Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) has captivated…
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The monumental remains of Palmyra (also known as Tadmor) have fascinated travelers and scholars for centuries. The Oxford Handbook of Palmyra gives a detailed analysis of the archaeology and history…
The Oxford Handbook of Galen provides a comprehensive overview of the life, work, and legacy of Galen (129--c. 216 CE), arguably the most important medical figure of the Graeco-Roman world…
James Carton
The Oxford Handbook of Pathology provides an easy to navigate guide to pathology for non-specialists. This third edition offers revisions to all existing chapters from experts in the field and…
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From the rise of populist leaders and the threat of democratic backsliding to the rejection of open markets and the return of great power competition, the backlash against the political…
The Oxford Handbook of Hosea is a collection of essays that provide resources for the interpretation of the book of Hosea. The volume examines interpretive elements and approaches that are…
This Oxford Handbook of Kant provides an up-to-date account of recent scholarship on Kant's philosophy, taking in all areas of his writings including mind, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, mathematics, natural science…
This handbook offers a comprehensive and varied study of deification within Christian theology. Forty-six leading experts in the field examine points of convergence and difference on the constitutive elements of…
This volume offers a systematic crosslinguistic account of evidentiality, the linguistic encoding of the source of information on which a statement is based. It explores a range of topics relating…
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This authoritative reference work covers all aspects of logic, from its philosophical foundations to its technical applications in computer science. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this book…
The Oxford Handbook of Logic is an essential resource for anyone interested in the study of logic. This authoritative guide covers a wide variety of topics, including the philosophy of…
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In The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Competition, Stephen M. Garcia, Avishalom Tor, and Andrew J. Elliot review and organize the literature on the psychology of competition and bring…
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Archaeology offers comprehensive perspectives on the origins and developments of the discipline of archaeology and the direction of future advances in the field…
The close connection between time and politics is central to many political debates. Turbulence, emergencies, and crisis politics have led to criticism about the marginalization of deliberative institutions, notably parliaments…
Agricultural history has enjoyed a rebirth in recent years, in part because the agricultural enterprise promotes economic and cultural connections in an era that has become ever more globally focused…
The Oxford Handbook of Research Ethics provides a critical overview of the ethics of human subjects research within multiple disciplines and fields, including biomedicine, public health, behavioral science, psychiatry, sociology…
Presents current scholarship on race and racism in Shakespeare's works. The Handbook offers an overview of approaches used in early modern critical race studies through fresh readings of the plays…
The handbook delves into the shifting power dynamics in diplomacy, exploring the establishment of embassies in technology hubs, the challenges faced by foreign affairs departments in adapting to digital technologies…
