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Very Short Introductions (VSI) is a book series published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). The books are concise introductions to particular subjects, intended for a general audience but written by experts. Most are under 200 pages long.
Dreaming: An Introduction to the Science of Sleep, 2002: Psychology 128: Dinosaurs: David Norman: 28 July 2005 28 December 2017 (2nd ed.) biology/Earth Sciences and Geography 129: Renaissance Art: Geraldine A. Johnson: 21 April 2005: Art 130: Buddhist ethics: Damien Keown: 23 June 2005 25 June 2020 (2nd ed.) Religion 131: Tragedy: Adrian Poole ...
Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction is a 2018 philosophy book by Brad Inwood. As part of the Very Short Introductions series published by Oxford University Press, ...
Structuralist Poetics was one of the first introductions to the French structuralist movement available in English. Culler's contribution to the Very Short Introductions series, Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction, received praise for its innovative technique of organization. It has been translated into 26 languages, including Kurdish ...
The History of Mathematics consists of seven chapters, [1] featuring many case studies. [2] [3] Its first, "Mathematics: myth and history", gives a case study of the history of Fermat's Last Theorem and of Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, [4] making a case that the proper understanding of this history should go beyond a chronicle of individual mathematicians and their accomplishments ...
In Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction (2003) [12] Young links this genealogy of postcolonialism to the contemporary activism of the New Social Movements in non-Western countries. Intended as an introduction to postcolonialism for the general reader, the book is written in a highly accessible style and unorthodox format, mixing history ...
The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002). Like Cattle and Horses: Nationalism and Labor in Shanghai, 1895–1927 (Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2002). A Road is Made: Communism in Shanghai, 1920–27 (Honolulu/Richmond, UK: Curzon Press/University of Hawaii Press, 2000).
An Introduction to Christianity (Cambridge University Press 2004), Christianity: a very short introduction (ISBN 9780192803221) [13] (Oxford University Press 2005), and Religions in the Modern World (Routledge 2nd ed. 2009) consider the development of religions over time by examining how they confirm or challenge power relations in wider ...