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NB107 cover to print.qxp 21/8/06 2:24 pm Page 2 1 Humanities, Social Sciences & Law NEW TITLES Books, Journals, Online, CD-ROMs January - March 2007 NB107 cover to print.qxp 16/8/06 9:42 am Page 3 Oxford Highlights The Oxford Encyclopedia of Penicillin China Modernizes Maritime History Robert Bud Randall Peerenboom John B. Hattendorf See page 17 See page 57 See page 19 Edmund Curll: Bookseller Why We Talk Business Ethics Paul Baines and Pat Rogers Jean-Louis Dessalles Andrew Crane and Dirk Matten See page 29 See page 24 See page 54 The English Legal System Investment Banking Last Things Alisdair Gillespie Alan D. Morrison and Janet Gezari William J. Wilhelm Jr. See page 90 See page 57 See page 29 NB107 insides to print.qxp 15/8/06 4:45 pm Page 1 Contents This catalogue contains full details of all humanities and social science books Highlights IFC to be published by OUP from January to March 2007. A General Books list covering the above subjects is also available. There is a separate catalogue containing details of all academic science and medical books. Humanities Archaeology 2 Art & Architecture 2 Oxford University Press distributes books in some markets on behalf of the following: Biography, Memoirs, Letters 2 American Chemical Society Classical Studies 3 American Mathematical Society American Physiological Society Film and Media Studies 7 Arcadian Library Bibliographical Society of London History of Science 7 Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford History: American 7 British Academy Classical Association History: British 9 Early English Text Society History: European 13 German Historical Institute, London Institute of Ismaili Studies History: World 15 International Agency for Research on Cancer Scientific Publications International Institute for Strategic Studies Linguistics 20 Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Literature: American 26 Pasold Research Fund Literature: British & Irish 27 Literature: European 32 Ordering information: Literature: World 34 Orders from booksellers in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Middle East should be sent to OUP Distribution Services, Saxon Way West, Corby, Music & Dance 35 Northants NN18 9ES. Natural History 37 Booksellers in other areas should send their orders or enquiries to their Philosophy 38 local OUP Branch or Agent. Please see the list at the back of this catalogue. Philosophy: Ancient 47 Orders from Individuals 24-hour credit card hotline: +44 (0)1536 454 534 Religion & Theology 48 Telephone orders: +44 (0)1536 741727 Fax orders: +44 (0)1536 454 518 By email: [email protected] Social Sciences Website: www.oup.co.uk www.oup.com Business & Management 54 Economics 56 Telephone calls may be recorded for training purposes Geography 62 Notes on this catalogue: Politics & International Affairs 62 Look out for our latest announcements Sociology 65 Titles marked with this symbol also appear in the Oxford University Press Trade New and revised editions, revised Catalogue reprints and re-issues are now available Law VISE EW Titles marked with this symbol E D N R Law 67 E are suitable as student texts E D N D N and course use. I T I O I T I O VISE ISSU This title is now E D E E Almanack 95 R R available in paperback R R E T E E PR IN IS S U Index 96 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. 1 It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. NB107 insides to print.qxp 15/8/06 4:45 pm Page 2 Humanities 1 2 Archaeology Art & Architecture Biography, Letters, Memoirs Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Voyages of the Self in America Crags in European Context Image, Text and Context Edited by Paul Pettitt, Lecturer in Human Barbara Novak, Emerita Helen Goodhart Origins, University of Sheffield, Paul Bahn, Altschul Professor at Barnard and Columbia J. D. Bernal Independent researcher, and Sergio Ripoll, University The Sage of Science Lecturer in Archaeology at the Spanish Open University (UNED) in Madrid Voyages of the Self in America will complete Andrew Brown, Freelance writer Novak’s trilogy on American art and culture. A revealing biography covering all aspects Specially written papers reflect a new Through reading paintings and texts from the of the life of the brilliant scientist and understanding of the Palaeolithic period same period against each other, Novak shows in Britain polymath how the meaning of self has influenced and Includes previously unpublished material changed through American identity and A comprehensive and fully illustrated study, on Bernal’s war work by an international team of experts, of the culture from the late 18th to the 20th A biography rich in historical and cultural first British examples of cave art, discovered century. detail reaching from the interwar period, at Creswell Crags on the Readership: 18th-20th Century American art through World War II, to the Cold War Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border in 2003. history and literature, American studies and This important discovery is contextualized by The story of Bernal’s life is set amongst the visual culture. glittering intellectual world of the mid- comparative, up-to-date studies of European 20th century. He rubbed shoulders with cave art, from Spain, Portugal, France, and 0-19-530590-6 978-0-19-530590-6, Hardback £19.99 AJ Churchill, Stalin, and Mao, and was close Italy. friends with Picasso, MacNiece, and WH 144 Pages Auden Readership: Palaeolithic archaeologists and December 2006 (OUP USA) Art and Architecture 9780195309935 0-19-530993-6 Novak: Voyages of the Self in America £10.99 prehistorians; cave art specialists and art NovakAJ : Voyages of the Self in America Desmond Bernal - or ‘Sage’, as he was known, historians; readers interested in the regional was an extraordinary man by any account - a history of South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, brilliant scientist, a fervent Marxist, and a Nottinghamshire. colourful, bohemian figure. This biography 0-19-929917-X includes previously unpublished material 978-0-19-929917-1, Hardback £60.00 AJ from his diaries, and sheds new light on his international influence during both WWII 234 x 156 mm, 300 Pages, 131 in-text illustrations March 2007 and the ensuing peace movement. Archaeology 9780199299171 0-19-929917-X Pettitt, Bahn, and Ripoll: Palaeolithic Cave Art at PettittCreswell, Bahn Crags, and in RipollEuropean: Palaeolithic Context Cave £60.00 Art at Creswell Crags in European Context AJ Readership: General readers of biography, scientists, and historians interested in Bernal, science, science and politics, and the history of science. 0-19-920565-5 978-0-19-920565-3, Paperback £12.99 TA 196 x 129 mm, 576 Pages, Two black and white plate The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts sections March 2007 Biography, Letters, Memoirs 9780199205653 0-19-920565-5 Brown: J. D. Bernal £12.99 2-volume print set and e-reference edition BrownTA : J. D. Bernal Editor: Gordon Campbell, Professor of Renaissance Studies, Department of English, University of Leicester Comprehensive coverage of decorative arts from all world cultures - America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa Over 600 illustrations of furniture, ceramics, jewellery, interior decoration, and modern design Up-to-date bibliography, and extensive cross-references in an easy-to-use A to Z format Edited by Oxford University Press mainstay Gordon Campbell, The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers all aspects of the decorative arts from ancient times to the present throughout the world. Drawing upon unparalleled scholarship in The Dictionary of Art, this publication covers hundreds of subjects including arms and armour, artists’ colonies, ceramics, craftsmen, design, furniture, glass, jewellery, metalwork, textiles, workshops, and more. Readership: Librarians, academics, teachers, researchers, art professionals and enthusiasts in the decorative arts. 0-19-518948-5 978-0-19-518948-3, Hardback, Introductory price until 31st December 2006 £120.00 Price after 1st January 2007 £152.50 1000 Pages, 680 halftones November 2006 (OUP USA) CampbellArt and Architecture: 2-volume Set 9780195189483 0-19-518948-5 Campbell: 2-volume Set ££152.50 History: World For Information on pricing for Oxford Digital Reference Shelf Editions, and online and print bundles, please contact OUP or your library supplier. NB107 insides to print.qxp 15/8/06 4:45 pm Page 3 Humanities 1 3 Classical Studies A Commentary on Horace: Odes The Languages of Aristophanes The Historian’s Craft in the Age of Book III Aspects of Linguistic Variation in Classical Herodotus R. G. M. Nisbet, formerly Corpus Christi Attic Greek Edited by Nino Luraghi, Assistant Professor, Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Andreas Willi, Postdoctoral Research Assistant Department of Classics, Harvard University University of Oxford, and Niall Rudd, formerly in Classics at the University of Basel Offers new insights into Greek Professor of Latin, Bristol University historiography The play with linguistic Presents fresh ideas on text and Eminent international team of styles constitutes an interpretation contributors important ingredient of Discriminates between helpful and Aristophanic humour. By considering the unhelpful modern critical approaches Andreas Willi uses the works of Herodotus Explores Horace’s ironic self-presentation stylistic diversity as a against a background of and relates this to his role as a court poet source to reconstruct late archaic and early This Commentary takes the ‘real’ styles upon classical Greek culture critical account of which Aristophanes and society, these new recent writing on the based his text. Most of essays by an Odes. It deals with these ‘real’ styles would international team of detailed questions of otherwise be lost experts make a thought- interpretation, and because they are not provoking contribution shows how Horace represented in serious literature. to the ongoing debates combined the tact of a concerning literacy and Readership: Classicists, ancient historians, oral culture.