Category: A Very Short Introduction
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Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction (2013) by Alan Taylor
American Colonies: The Settling of North America (2001) by Alan Taylor is a sweeping and authoritative narrative of the European colonization of the Americas from 1492 to 1830. A decade later, the UC Davis historian distilled that expansive work into Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction (2013), part of Oxford’s acclaimed series of concise scholarly…
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The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (2001) by William Doyle
Oxford University Press has hit a homerun with their snappy “Very Short Introduction” series of books, covering literally hundreds of topics from Accounting to Writing & Script. This volume on the French Revolution by William Doyle, also the author of the authoritative single volume “The Oxford History of the French Revolution,” offers a crisp and…
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The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (2017) by Robert C. Allen
The Oxford University Press did a wonderful thing when it introduced the “Very Short Introduction” series in 1995. As of 2024, there are over 600 volumes in the series covering everything from Accounting to Zionism. Each is just over one hundred pages long and is usually authored by an established authority in the field. The…
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The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction (2006) by Jerry Brotton
The term Renaissance is synonymous with art. Yet, in this brisk 127-page monograph on the Renaissance by professor Jerry Brotton from the University of London, art and the famed artists of the period play a very small role (e.g. Leonardo da Vinci appears just three times in the index, Raphael just four times). Brotton argues…
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