In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives. Ronald L. Grimes shows that this debate has stagnated, due in part to a manner of theorizing too far removed from the study of actual religious practices. A[...]
"An Introduction to Bach Studies" is a comprehensive guide to the resources and materials of Bach scholarship, both for students beginning work in the enormous literature on J. S. Bach, and for the Bach specialist looking for a convenient and up-to-date survey of the field. Covering a broad range of[...]
Pharmacists face ethical choices constantly - sometimes dramatic life-and-death decisions, but more often subtle, less conspicuous choices that are nonetheless important. Among the topics confronted are assisted suicide, conscientious refusal, pain management, equitable distribution of drug resource[...]
The Oxford Handbook of Film Music Studies charts the interdisciplinary activity around music in visual media, addressing the primary areas of inquiry: history, genre and medium, analysis and criticism, and interpretation. Chapters in Part I cover the range most broadly, from the relations of music a[...]
Improvisation informs a vast array of human activity, from creative practices in art, dance, music, and literature to everyday conversation and the relationships to natural and built environments that surround and sustain us. The two volumes of the Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies g[...]
Analytical and Cross-Cultural Studies in World Music presents intriguing explanations of extraordinary musical creations from diverse cultures across the world. All the authors are experts, deeply engaged in the traditions they describe. They recount the contexts in which the music is created and pe[...]
Oxford Handbooks offer authoritative and up-to-date reviews of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned chapters from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates, as well as a foundation for future research. Oxfo[...]
Introduction to Conflict Studies: Empirical, Theoretical, and Ethical Dimensios is a survey textbook that takes a multidisciplinary approach to study the nature of conflict, the actions of people in conflict, and the processes used to deal with conflict. The wider goal of the book is to provide the [...]
This boxed set will make available the Oxford India Paperbacks editions of the 10 volumes of this significant series. Individually each volume has had phenomenal sales. The boxed set will be a collector's item. The series has been very influential and has been cited and taken note of in academic wri[...]
Peripheral Neurology was the first book to innovatively utilize case presentations as a vehicle to teach peripheral neurology. In fact, it was the first to categorize the field of peripheral neurology, as most other neurology texts concentrated on diseases of the central nervous system. This case ap[...]
Interdisciplinary research can pose a range of challenges to researchers in health and social science. This volume presents a series of case studies of successful interdisciplinary research programs, which provide a variety of models of how best to undertake interdisciplinary research in health and [...]
This volume explores the issue of minorities in India and how they are identified, defined, and categorized by legal and institutional processes. It examines how modern law creates and conditions minority identity and also how groups manipulate the ground-level situation to project a certain identit[...]
Sexuality, in all societies, pervades every aspect of social existence, and has always been an enigmatic theme of research in the social and human sciences. In India, especially, the overwhelming diversity in language, ethnicity, community, caste, and class; the multitudes of value systems; and the [...]
This book has been written to meet the needs of students following the Cambridge IGCSE and O Level syllabus for Business Studies. It contains a wealth of engaging activities and features, covering all aspects of the syllabus content with an attractive full colour layout, making the subject relevant [...]
Written in line with the requirements of the GCSE specifications and the changing world of Business. This book serves as a resource for students taking other examinations at 16+. Its features include: an illustrated text; case studies and other exercises; and summaries of key words and ideas.[...]
The most comprehensive and correct syllabus coverage, with unrivalled guidance and support straight from the IB. This online course book includes over 600 pages of practice to cement understanding. Blending crucial practice with inquiry, it adopts a truly IB approach to mathematics.
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The most comprehensive and correct syllabus coverage, with unrivalled guidance and support straight from the IB. This print and online course book pack includes over 600 pages of practice to cement understanding. Blending crucial practice with inquiry, it adopts a truly IB approach to mathematics. [...]