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America

World Is Always Coming to an End Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood

Rotella Carlo

ISBN: PB: 9780226759616, ISBN: HB: 9780226624037, University of Chicago Press, August 2020
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 halftones, 1 map

An urban neighborhood remakes itself every day – and unmakes itself, too. Houses and stores and streets define it in one way. But it's also people – the people who make it their home, some eagerly, others grudgingly. A neighborhood can thrive or it c...

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History of Art

Maine's Lithographic Landscapes Town and City Views, 1830-1870

Shettleworth Earle G.

ISBN: HB: 9781684580255, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, August 2020
144 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 50 colour plates

During the nineteenth century, Americans celebrated their towns and cities through printed landscapes. In Maine, lithographs were commissioned from such leading artists as Fitz Henry Lane and talented, lesser known local artists, such as Esteria Butl...

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Contemporary Art

minor cosmopolitan Thinking art, politics, and the universe together otherwise

Xiang Zairong

ISBN: PB: 9783035803044, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, August 2020
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones

In the wake of rapid globalization, many enthusiastically declared cosmopolitanism to be no longer just a philosophical ideal, but a real, existing fact. Across the world, they argued, people were increasingly considering themselves global citizens....

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Reference

Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching

McGlynn Terry

ISBN: PB: 9780226542362, ISBN: HB: 9780226542225, University of Chicago Press, August 2020
184 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Higher education is a strange beast. Teaching is a critical skill for scientists in academia, yet one that is barely touched upon in their professional training – despite being a substantial part of their career. This book is a practical guide for an...

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Political Science

Democracy Declined The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection

SoRelle Mallory E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226711799, ISBN: HB: 9780226711652, University of Chicago Press, July 2020
248 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 72 line drawings, 19 tables

As Elizabeth Warren memorably wrote, "It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house. But it is possible to refinance an existing home with a mortgage that has the same one-in-five...

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Law

Supreme Court Review 2019

Strauss David A., Stone Geoffrey R., Driver Justin

ISBN: HB: 9780226708560, University of Chicago Press, July 2020
400 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

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Europe

Crisis of the Danish Golden Age and Its Modern Resonance

Kramer Nathaniel, Stewart Jon

ISBN: HB: 9788763546706, University of Chicago Press, Museum Tusculanum Press, July 2020
279 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

The Danish Golden Age was marked by several key events: the Napoleonic Wars, the bombardment of Copenhagen, the state bankruptcy in 1814 and the ensuing financial crisis, the revolution of 1848, and the establishment of a parliamentary democracy in 1...

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Contemporary Art

Projectionists Eadweard Muybridge and the Future Projections of the Moving Image

Barber Stephen

ISBN: PB: 9783035802894, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, July 2020
208 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 6 colour plates, 20 halftones

Eadweard Muybridge is among the seminal originators of the contemporary world's visual form. Projectionists examines mostly unknown aspects of Muybridge's work: his period as a touring projectionist who enthralled audiences with unprecedented moving-...

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History

Making Modern Science Second Edition

Bowler Peter J., Rhys Morus Iwan

ISBN: PB: 9780226365763, University of Chicago Press, July 2020
608 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 93 halftones, 14 line drawings

In this new edition of the top-selling coursebook, seasoned historians Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus expand on their authoritative survey of how the development of science has shaped our world. Exploring both the history of science and its infl...

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Political Science

America

Myth of the Imperial Presidency How Public Opinion Checks the Unilateral Executive

Christenson Dino P., Kriner Douglas L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226704364, ISBN: HB: 9780226704227, University of Chicago Press, July 2020
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 37 line drawings, 23 tables

Throughout the history of the United States, the nation's presidents have shown a startling power to act independently of Congress and the courts. Using such tools as executive orders and memoranda, presidents have taken the country to war, abolished...

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