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History of Modern OmanHistory of Modern Oman
- Cambridge University Press
The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights...
Governing the CommonsGoverning the Commons
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- Elinor Ostrom
- 294
- 2015
- Cambridge University Press
The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources...
States and Social RevolutionsStates and Social Revolutions
- Cambridge University Press
State structures, international forces, and class relations: Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary...
Life of Isaac NewtonLife of Isaac Newton
- Cambridge University Press
Isaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. His achievements in mathematics and physics marked the culmination of the movement that brought modern...
SchrodingerSchrodinger
- Cambridge University Press
Erwin Schrödinger was a brilliant and charming Austrian, a great scientist, and a man with a passionate interest in people and ideas. In this, the first comprehensive biography...
Principles of CybercrimePrinciples of Cybercrime
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- Jonathan Clough
- 579
- 2015
- Cambridge University Press
Digital technology has transformed the way in which we socialise and do business. Proving the maxim that crime follows opportunity, virtually every advance has been accompanied...
Origins of FreemasonryOrigins of Freemasonry
- Cambridge University Press
This is a classic account of the origins of freemasonry, a brotherhood of men bound together by secret initiatives, secret rituals and secret modes of identification with...
Mughal EmpireMughal Empire
- Cambridge University Press
The Mughal empire was one of the largest centralised states in pre-modern world history. It was founded in the early 1500s and by the end of the following century the Mughal...
Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180
- Cambridge University Press
The reign of Manuel I (1143–1180) marked the high point of the revival of the Byzantine empire under the Comnenian dynasty. It was, however, followed by a rapid decline, leading...
Sorel: Reflections on ViolenceSorel: Reflections on Violence
- Cambridge University Press
Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence is one of the most controversial books of the twentieth century: J. B. Priestley argued that if one could grasp why a retired civil...
Architecture of Roman TemplesArchitecture of Roman Temples
- Cambridge University Press
This book examines the development of Roman temple architecture from its earliest history in the sixth century BC to the reigns of Hadrian and the Antonines in the second...
Political Thought and HistoryPolitical Thought and History
- Cambridge University Press
John Pocock is arguably the most original and imaginative historian of ideas of modern times. Over the past half century he has created an audience for his work which is truly...
Middle GroundMiddle Ground
- Cambridge University Press
An acclaimed book and widely acknowledged classic, The Middle Ground steps outside the simple stories of Indian-white relations - stories of conquest and assimilation and...
Scientific Study of MummiesScientific Study of Mummies
- Cambridge University Press
The fact that bodies decay after death has concerned humans throughout the ages. Many cultures have attempted to arrest this decay, so that bodies are preserved (or mummified)...
Renaissance Reform of Medieval Music TheoryRenaissance Reform of Medieval Music Theory
- Cambridge University Press
Modern scholars have often portrayed the method of hexachordal solmization - the sight-singing method introduced by the 11th-century monk Guido of Arezzo - as the diatonic...
Sources of Social Power: Volume 2, The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914Sources of Social Power: Volume 2, The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914
- Cambridge University Press
Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military, and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout...
Lifeways of Hunter-GatherersLifeways of Hunter-Gatherers
- Cambridge University Press
In this book, Robert L. Kelly challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that...
SchopenhauerSchopenhauer
- Cambridge University Press
In his quest to solve 'the ever-disquieting riddle of existence', Schopenhauer explored almost every dimension of human existence, developing a darkly compelling worldview that...
Cambridge Handel EncyclopediaCambridge Handel Encyclopedia
- Cambridge University Press
George Frideric Handel was born and educated in Germany, flourished in Italy, and chose to become British. One of the most cosmopolitan of the great composers, much of Handel's...
Rhetoric Beyond WordsRhetoric Beyond Words
- Cambridge University Press
In the Middle Ages, liturgies, books, song, architecture and poetry were performed as collaborative activities in which performers and audience together realized their work...
Wars for Asia, 1911-1949Wars for Asia, 1911-1949
- Cambridge University Press
The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949 shows that the Western treatment of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War as separate events misrepresents their...
Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Representation: Volume 1Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Representation: Volume 1
- Cambridge University Press
First published in 1818, The World as Will and Representation contains Schopenhauer's entire philosophy, ranging through epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and...
South PoleSouth Pole
- Cambridge University Press
On 14 December 1911, Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) and his Norwegian team became the first humans to reach the South Pole, a month before their ill-fated British rivals under the...
Concise History of JapanConcise History of Japan
- Cambridge University Press
To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the...