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The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 21, 2019
The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by James Marten
English | September 5th, 2018 | ISBN: 0190681381 | 160 pages | EPUB | 3.11 MB

While children are a relatively unchanging fact of life, childhood is a constantly shifting concept. Throughout the millennia, the age at which a child becomes a youth and a youth becomes an adult has varied by gender, class, religion, ethnicity, place, and economic need. As author James Marten explores in this Very Short Introduction, so too have the realities of childhood, each life shaped by factors such as education, expectation, and conflict (or lack thereof). Indeed, ancient Roman children lived very differently than those born of today's Generation Z.

The English Language: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 10, 2019
The English Language: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

The English Language: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Simon Horobin
English | March 25th, 2018 | ISBN: 0198709250 | 152 pages | EPUB | 3.05 MB

The English language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today?

Algebra: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 5, 2019
Algebra: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Algebra: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Peter M. Higgins
English | October 22nd, 2015 | ISBN: 0198732821 | 160 pages | EPUB | 1.34 MB

Algebra marked the beginning of modern mathematics, moving it beyond arithmetic, which involves calculations featuring given numbers, to problems where some quantities are unknown. Now, it stands as a pillar of mathematics, underpinning the quantitative sciences, both social and physical.

Identity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 7, 2019
Identity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Identity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Florian Coulmas
English | April 28th, 2019 | ISBN: 0198828543 | 152 pages | EPUB | 3.36 MB

Identity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts. Anything and everything has an identity, and identity crises have become almost equally pervasive. Yet "identity" is extremely versatile, meaning different things to different people and in different scientific disciplines. To many its meaning seems self-evident, since its various uses share common features, so often the term is used without a definition of what, exactly, is meant by it. This provokes the core question: What exactly is identity?

Environmental Ethics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 6, 2019
Environmental Ethics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Environmental Ethics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Robin Attfield
English | February 13th, 2019 | ISBN: 0198797168 | 160 pages | EPUB | 1.36 MB

Environmental ethics is a relatively new branch of philosophy, which studies the values and principles involved in combatting environmental problems such as pollution, loss of species and habitats, and climate change. As our environment faces evermore threats from human activities these core issues are becoming increasingly important.

Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 9, 2019
Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Laura Marcus
English | October 1st, 2018 | ISBN: 0199669244 | 168 pages | EPUB | 1.53 MB

Autobiography is one of the most popular of written forms. From Casanova to Benjamin Franklin to the Kardashians, individuals throughout history have recorded their own lives and experiences. These personal writings are central to the work of literary critics, philosophers, historians, and psychologists, who have found in autobiographies from across the centuries not only an understanding of the ways in which lives have been lived, but the most fundamental accounts of what it means to be a self in the world.
Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions), 2nd Edition

Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions), 2nd Edition by Stephen Eric Bronner
English | October 20th, 2017 | ISBN: 0190692677 | 160 pages | EPUB | 1.24 MB

Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose – and, if at all possible, cure – the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse and Jurgen Habermas) as well as many of its seminal texts and empirical investigations.

Foucault: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions), 2nd Edition  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 2, 2019
Foucault: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions), 2nd Edition

Foucault: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions), 2nd Edition by Gary Gutting
English | September 26th, 2019 | ISBN: 0198830785 | 160 pages | EPUB | 1.47 MB

Born in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Over the course of his life he dabbled in drugs, politics, and the Paris SM scene, all whilst striving to understand the deep concepts of identity, knowledge, and power. From aesthetics to the penal system; from madness and civilisation to avant-garde literature, Foucault was happy to reject old models of thinking and replace them with versions that are still widely debated today. A major influence on Queer Theory and gender studies (he was openly gay and died of an AIDS-related illness in 1984), he also wrote on architecture, history, law, medicine, literature, politics, and of course philosophy.

Biometrics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 17, 2019
Biometrics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Biometrics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Michael Fairhurst
English | February 1st, 2019 | ISBN: 0198809107 | 144 pages | EPUB | 1.05 MB

We live in a society which is increasingly interconnected, in which communication between individuals is mostly mediated via some electronic platform, and transactions are often carried out remotely. In such a world, traditional notions of trust and confidence in the identity of those with whom we are interacting, taken for granted in the past, can be much less reliable. Biometrics – the scientific discipline of identifying individuals by means of the measurement of unique personal attributes – provides a reliable means of establishing or confirming an individual's identity. These attributes include facial appearance, fingerprints, iris patterning, the voice, the way we write, or even the way we walk. The new technologies of biometrics have a wide range of practical applications, from securing mobile phones and laptops to establishing identity in bank transactions, travel documents, and national identity cards.

English Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 18, 2019
English Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

English Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Jonathan Bate
English | October 28th, 2010 | ISBN: 0199569266 | 179 pages | EPUB | 3.24 MB

A renowned critic, biographer, and Shakespeare scholar, Jonathan Bate provides in this Very Short Introduction a lively and engaging overview of the literature that Jorge Luis Borges called "the richest in the world." From the medieval "Hymn of Caedmon" to George Orwell's "Why I Write," from Jane Austen to Ian McEwan, and from Winnie the Pooh to Dr. Johnson, this brilliant, compact survey stretches across the centuries, exploring the major literary forms (poetry, novel, drama, essay and more), the many histories and theories of the very idea of literature, and the role of writers in shaping English, British, and post-imperial identities.