Books by Mark Vail

Employs an original theoretical approach to compare welfare states and political-economic adjustment in Germany and France. This title examines how and why institutional change takes place and what factors characterize economic evolution when moving from times of prosperity to more austere periods and back again.

Electronic music instruments known as synthesizers have been around since the 1950s, but the past few decades have seen their capabilities expand exponentially and their forms shape-shift from room-filling grandeur to sophisticated applications that run on pocket-sized phones and MP3 players. This book reveals the history, basics, forms, and uses of this astonishing instrument.