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The Very Short Introductions series (or VSI series) is a book series published by the Oxford University Press publishing house since 1995. Each book in the series offers a concise yet cogent introduction to a particular subject. Written by acknowledged experts, most books are between 100–150 pages and contain suggestions for further reading. Authors often present personal viewpoints, but each introduction is intended to be balanced and complete.

As of April 2009, there are more than 200 titles in the series, including History, Theology, Literary Theory, Philosophy of Science, Postmodernism, Emotion, Animal Rights, Ethics, Shakespeare, Hume, Terrorism, The Spanish Civil War and Evolution. The publisher states that "the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all readers an accessible and abundant reference library."

The VSI series has been extremely commercially successful, and many of the books have been used as textbooks in introductory university courses.

Many of the books were commissioned explicitly for the series, but a number had previously been published by OUP.

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List of books in the series

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# Topic Author(s) Publication date
001 Classics Mary Beard,
John Henderson 		24 February 2000
002 Music Nicholas Cook 24 February 2000
003 Buddhism Damien Keown 24 February 2000
004 Literary Theory Jonathan Culler 24 February 2000
005 Hinduism Kim Knott 24 February 2000
006 Psychology Gillian Butler,
Freda McManus 		24 February 2000
007 Islam Malise Ruthven 24 February 2000
008 Politics Kenneth Minogue 24 February 2000
009 Theology David F. Ford 24 February 2000
010 Archaeology Paul Bahn
(illustrator: Bill Tidy) 		24 February 2000
011 Judaism Norman Solomon 24 February 2000
012 Sociology Steve Bruce 24 February 2000
013 The Koran Michael Cook 24 February 2000
014 The Bible John Riches 24 February 2000
015 Social and Cultural Anthropology John Monaghan,
Peter Just 		24 February 2000
016 History John H. Arnold 24 February 2000
017 Roman Britain Peter Salway 10 August 2000
018 The Anglo-Saxon Age John Blair 10 August 2000
019 Medieval Britain John Gillingham,
Ralph A. Griffiths 		10 August 2000
020 The Tudors John Guy 10 August 2000
021 Stuart Britain John Morrill 10 August 2000
022 Eighteenth-Century Britain Paul Langford 10 August 2000
023 Nineteenth-Century Britain' Christopher Harvie,
H. C. G. Matthew 		10 August 2000
024 Twentieth-Century Britain Kenneth O. Morgan 10 August 2000
025 Heidegger Michael Inwood 12 October 2000
026 Ancient Philosophy Julia Annas 12 October 2000
027 Socrates C. C. W. Taylor 12 October 2000
028 Marx Peter Singer 12 October 2000
029 Logic Graham Priest 12 October 2000
030 Descartes Tom Sorell 12 October 2000
031 Machiavelli Quentin Skinner 12 October 2000
032 Aristotle Jonathan Barnes 12 October 2000
033 Hume A. J. Ayer 12 October 2000
034 Nietzsche Michael Tanner 19 October 2000
035 Darwin Jonathan Howard 22 February 2001
036 The European Union
2nd Edition 		John Pinder,
Simon Usherwood 		22 February 2001
13 December 2007
037 Gandhi Bhikhu Parekh 22 February 2001
038 Augustine Henry Chadwick 22 February 2001
039 Intelligence Ian J. Deary 22 February 2001
040 Jung Anthony Stevens 22 February 2001
041 Buddha Michael Carrithers 22 February 2001
042 Paul E. P. Sanders 22 February 2001
043 Continental Philosophy Simon Critchley 22 February 2001
044 Galileo Stillman Drake 22 February 2001
045 Freud Anthony Storr 22 February 2001
046 Wittgenstein A. C. Grayling 22 February 2001
047 Indian Philosophy Sue Hamilton 22 February 2001
048 Rousseau Robert Wokler 23 August 2001
049 Hegel Peter Singer 23 August 2001
050 Kant Roger Scruton 23 August 2001
051 Cosmology Peter Coles 23 August 2001
052 Drugs Leslie Iversen 23 August 2001
053 Russian literature Catriona Kelly 23 August 2001
054 The French Revolution William Doyle 23 August 2001
055 Philosophy Edward Craig 21 February 2002
056 Barthes Jonathan Culler 21 February 2002
057 Animal Rights David DeGrazia 21 February 2002
058 Kierkegaard Patrick Gardiner 21 February 2002
059 Russell A. C. Grayling 21 February 2002
060 Shakespeare Germaine Greer 21 February 2002
061 Clausewitz Michael Howard 21 February 2002
062 Schopenhauer Christopher Janaway 21 February 2002
063 The Russian Revolution S. A. Smith 21 February 2002
064 Hobbes Richard Tuck 30 May 2002
065 World Music Philip V. Bohlman 30 May 2002
066 Mathematics Timothy Gowers 22 August 2002
067 Philosophy of Science Samir Okasha 30 May 2002
068 Cryptography Fred Piper,
Sean Murphy 		30 May 2002
069 Quantum Theory John Polkinghorne 30 May 2002
070 Spinoza Roger Scruton 30 May 2002
071 Choice Theory Michael Allingham 22 August 2002
072 Architecture Andrew Ballantyne 22 August 2002
073 Poststructuralism Catherine Belsey 22 August 2002
074 Postmodernism Christopher Butler 10 October 2002
075 Democracy Bernard Crick 10 October 2002
076 Empire Stephen Howe 22 August 2002
077 Fascism Kevin Passmore 22 August 2002
078 Terrorism Charles Townshend 10 October 2002
079 Plato Julia Annas 13 February 2003
080 Ethics Simon Blackburn 8 May 2003
081 Emotion Dylan Evans 13 February 2003
082 Northern Ireland Marc Mulholland 23 January 2003
083 Art Theory Cynthia Freeland 13 February 2003
084 Locke John Dunn 8 May 2003
085 Modern Ireland Senia Paseta 27 March 2003
086 Globalization
2nd Edition 		Manfred B. Steger 27 March 2003
22 January 2009
087 Cold War Robert J. McMahon 27 March 2003
088 The History of Astronomy Michael Hoskin 8 May 2003
089 Schizophrenia Chris Frith,
Eve C. Johnstone 		22 May 2003
090 The Earth Martin Redfern 26 June 2003
091 Engels Terrel Carver 22 May 2003
092 British Politics Tony Wright 22 May 2003
093 Linguistics P.H. Matthews 24 April 2003
094 The Celts Barry Cunliffe 26 June 2003
095 Ideology Michael Freeden 26 June 2003
096 Prehistory Chris Gosden 26 June 2003
097 Political Philosophy David Miller 26 June 2003
098 Postcolonialism Robert J.C. Young 26 June 2003
099 Atheism Julian Baggini 26 June 2003
100 Evolution Brian Charlesworth,
Deborah Charlesworth 		26 June 2003
101 Molecules Phillip Ball 27 November 2003
102 Art History Dana Arnold 22 January 2004
103 Presocratic Philosophy Catherine Osborne 22 April 2004
104 The Elements Phillip Ball 8 April 2004
105 Dada and Surrealism David Hopkins 8 April 2004
106 Egyptian Myth Geraldine Pinch 22 April 2004
107 Christian Art Beth Williamson 24 June 2004
108 Capitalism James Fulcher 13 May 2004
109 Particle Physics Frank Close 13 May 2004
110 Free Will Thomas Pink 24 June 2004
111 Myth Robert A. Segal 8 July 2004
112 Hieroglyphs Penelope Wilson 12 August 2004
113 Ancient Egypt Ian Shaw 22 July 2004
114 Medical Ethics Tony Hope 23 September 2004
115 Kafka Ritchie Robertson 28 October 2004
116 Anarchism Colin Ward 21 October 2004
117 Ancient Warfare Harry Sidebottom 25 November 2004
118 Global Warming
2nd Edition		 Mark Maslin 25 November 2004
27 November 2008
119 Christianity Linda Woodhead 25 November 2004
120 Modern Art David Cottington 24 February 2005
121 Consciousness Susan Blackmore 24 March 2005
122 Foucault Gary Gutting 24 March 2005
123 Spanish Civil War Helen Graham 24 March 2005
124 Marquis de Sade John Phillips 28 July 2005
125 Habermas Gordon Finlayson 26 May 2005
126 Socialism Michael Newman 28 July 2005
127 Dreaming J. Allan Hobson 21 April 2005
128 Dinosaurs David Norman 28 July 2005
129 Renaissance Art Geraldine A. Johnson 21 April 2005
130 Buddhist Ethics Damien Keown 23 June 2005
131 Tragedy Adrian Poole 11 August 2005
132 Sikhism Eleanor Nesbitt 22 September 2005
133 The History of Time Leofranc Holford-Strevens 11 August 2005
134 Nationalism Steven Grosby 8 September 2005
135 World Trade Organization Amrita Narlikar 8 September 2005
136 Design John Heskett 23 June 2005
137 Vikings Julian D. Richards 8 September 2005
138 Fossils Keith Thomson 13 October 2005
139 Journalism Ian Hargreaves 15 September 2005
140 Crusades Christopher Tyerman 13 October 2005
141 Feminism Margaret Walters 27 October 2005
142 Human Evolution Bernard Wood 3 November 2005
143 Dead Sea Scrolls Timothy Lim 24 November 2005
144 Brain Michael O'Shea 8 December 2005
145 Global Catastrophes Bill McGuire 26 January 2006
146 Contemporary Art Julian Stallabrass 23 March 2006
147 Philosophy of Law Raymond Wacks 18 May 2006
148 The Renaissance Jerry Brotton 27 April 2006
149 Anglicanism Mark Chapman 22 June 2006
150 The Roman Empire Christopher Kelly 24 August 2006
151 Photography Steven Edwards 24 August 2006
152 Psychiatry Tom Burns 21 September 2006
153 Existentialism Thomas Flynn 12 October 2006
154 First World War Michael Howard 25 January 2007
155 Fundamentalism Malise Ruthven 25 January 2007
156 Economics Partha Dasgupta 22 February 2007
157 International Migration Khalid Koser 22 February 2007
158 Newton Rob Iliffe 25 January 2007
159 Chaos Lenny Smith 22 February 2007
160 African History John Parker,
Richard Pathbone 		22 March 2007
161 Racism Ali Rattansi 22 March 2007
162 Kabbalah Joseph Dan 30 August 2007
163 Human Rights Andrew Clapham 28 June 2007
164 International Relations Paul Wilkinson 26 July 2007
165 The American Presidency Charles O. Jones 11 October 2007
166 The Great Depression and New Deal Eric Rauchway 24 April 2008
167 Classical Mythology Helen Morales 23 August 2007
168 The New Testament as Literature Kyle Keefer 27 November 2008
169 American Political Parties and Elections L. Sandy Maisel 27 September 2007
170 Bestsellers John Sutherland 25 October 2007
171 Geopolitics Klaus Dodds 25 October 2007
172 Antisemitism Steven Beller 22 November 2007
173 Game Theory Ken Binmore 25 October 2007
174 HIV/AIDS Alan Whiteside 24 January 2008
175 Documentary Film Patricia Aufderheide 24 January 2008
176 Modern China Rana Mitter 28 February 2008
177 The Quakers Pink Dandelion 28 February 2008
178 German Literature Nicholas Boyle 28 February 2008
179 Nuclear Weapons Joseph M. Siracusa 20 March 2008
180 Law Raymond Wacks 27 March 2008
181 The Old Testament Michael Coogan 22 May 2008
182 Galaxies John Gribbin 27 March 2008
183 Mormonism Richard Bushman 26 June 2008
184 Religion in America Timothy Beal 25 September 2008
185 Geography John A. Matthews
David T. Herbert 		22 May 2008
186 The Meaning of Life Terry Eagleton 24 April 2008
187 Sexuality Veronique Mottier 24 April 2008
188 Nelson Mandela Elleke Boehmer 17 July 2008
189 Science and Religion Thomas Dixon 24 July 2008
190 Relativity Russell Stannard 24 July 2008
191 The History of Medicine William Bynum 31 July 2008
192 Citizenship Richard Bellamy 25 September 2008
193 The History of Life Michael J. Benton 27 November 2008
194 Memory Jonathan K. Foster 6 November 2008
195 Autism Uta Frith 23 October 2008
196 Statistics David J. Hand 23 October 2008
197 Scotland Rab Houston 27 November 2008
198 Catholicism Gerald O'Collins 27 November 2008
199 The United Nations Jussi M. Hanhimäki 30 October 2008
200 Free Speech Nigel Warburton 26 February 2009
201 The Apocryphal Gospels Paul Foster 26 February 2009
202 Modern Japan Christopher Goto-Jones 23 April 2009
203 Lincoln Allen C. Guelzo 26 February 2009
204 Superconductivity Stephen J. Blundell 28 May 2009
205 Nothing Frank Close 25 June 2009
206 Biography Hermione Lee 9 July 2009
207 The Soviet Union Stephen Lovell 23 July 2009
208 Writing and Script Andrew Robinson 27 August 2009
209 Communism Leslie Holmes 27 August 2009
210 Puritanism Francis J Bremer 24 September 2009
211 The Reformation Peter Marshall 22 October 2009
212 Fashion Rebecca Arnold 22 October 2009
213 Thomas Aquinas Fergus Kerr 05 November 2009
214 Biblical Archaeology Eric H Cline 26 November 2009
215 Deserts Nick Middleton 26 November 2009
216 The Norman Conquest George Garnett 26 November 2009
217 The Reagan Revolution Gil Troy 3 December 2009

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Future Publications

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Boxed Sets

Six boxed sets, each with a different theme, were released in 2006. Five best selling books of the series from the theme are included, and each set comes with a copy of Very Short Introduction to Everything.

  • The Ballot Box
    • Politics (008)
    • Capitalism (108)
    • Democracy (075)
    • Socialism (126)
    • Fascism (077)
  • The Brain Box
    • Evolution (100)
    • Consciousness (121)
    • Intelligence (039)
    • Cosmology (051)
    • Quantum Theory (069)
  • The Thought Box
    • Hegel (049)
    • Marx (028)
    • Nietzsche (034)
    • Schopenhauer (062)
    • Kierkegaard (058)
  • The Basics Box
    • Philosophy (055)
    • Mathematics (066)
    • History (016)
    • Politics (008)
    • Psychology (006)
  • The Boom Box
    • Ancient Warfare (117)
    • Cold War (087)
    • Crusades (140)
    • French Revolution (054)
    • Spanish Civil War (123)
  • The Picture Box
    • Art History (102)
    • Renaissance Art (129)
    • Modern Art (120)
    • Architecture (072)
    • Design (136)



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