Very short introductions

Examines the structure and process of the U.S.'s electoral system, discussing the Democratic and Republican Parties and the system's strengths and flaws.

Offers a concise overview of the Spanish Civil War, discussing the domestic and international context of the war, its political and cultural origins, its aftermath, and other related topics.

Provides a brief introduction to poststructuralism, tracing the key arguments that have led poststructuralists to challenge traditional theories of language and culture.

Offers a brief introduction to postmodernism, discussing its central issues and theories and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music.

Offers a brief overview of postcolonialism, examining the political, social, and cultural after-effects of decolonization.

Presents an introduction to modern art, including information on its history, key ideas, the avant-garde, modern media, postmodernism, art dealers, and more.

Presents a brief introduction to the concept of globalization, looking at its economic, political, cultural, technological, and ecological dimensions.

Presents a short pocket handbook that describes the impacts of global warming and the controversies that surround it.

A brief introduction to drugs that provides information on legal, prescription, and illegal drugs, explaining what they are, how they work, and how medicines are developed and tested.

Presents an introduction to the study of art history, considering the question of what art history is, and discussing how art history is written, the importance of the gallery or museum, the relationship between art and thought, the idea and meaning of art, and the different media and techniques used to produce art.