Brilliantly conciseVery Short Introductionsto almost everything

Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life’s most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory and Islam.

Very Short Introductions

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ARCHITECTUREBallantyne9780192801791

ART HISTORYArnold9780192801814

ART THEORYFreeland9780192804631

THE BLUESWald9780195398939

CHRISTIAN ARTWilliamson9780192803283

CONTEMPORARY ARTStallabrass9780192806468

DADA AND SURREALISMHopkins9780192802545

DESIGNHeskett9780192854469

DOCUMENTARY FILMAufderheide9780195182705

EARLY MUSICKelly9780199730766

FASHIONArnold9780199547906

FILMWood9780192803535

FILM MUSICKalinak9780195370874

FOLK MUSICSlobin9780195395020

JOURNALISMHargreaves9780192806567

MODERN ARTCottington9780192803641

MODERNISMButler9780192804419

MUSICCook9780192853820

THE ORCHESTRAHoloman9780199760282

PHOTOGRAPHYEdwards9780192801647

RENAISSANCE ARTJohnson9780192803542

ROMANTICISMFerber9780199568918

WORLD MUSICBohlman9780192854292

ART, MUSIC & FILMCOLLECTION

New for 2013COMEDYBevis9780199601714

New for 2013ETHNOMUSICOLOGYRice9780199794379

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New for 2013THE AVANT-GARDECottington9780199582730