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Literary Criticism

Education

Karagueuzian Dikran

ISBN: PB: 9781575866000, ISBN: HB: 9781575866017, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, February 2011
200 pp., 21.3x13.7 cm

This book presents a sequence of interviews between Dikran Karagueuzian and prolific fiction writer John L'Heureux that investigate the nature of writing fiction and the writer's need to write. This conversation includes a discussion of contemporary...

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Biography & Memoires

When the Laughing Stopped The Strange, Sad Death of Will Rogers

Walsh John Evangelist

ISBN: PB: 9781602230415, ISBN: HB: 9781602230293, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2011
197 pp., 22.9x15.5 cm, 32 halftones

The sudden death of renowned American entertainer Will Rogers inspired a national mourning not seen since Lincoln's death, and it still resonates today. In this intimate and informed recounting, John Evangelist Walsh recalls the events of that day an...

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Linguistics

World Color Survey

Kay Paul, Berlin Brent, Maffi Luisa, Merrifield William R., Cook Richard

ISBN: PB: 9781575864167, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, February 2011
600 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm

The 1969 publication of Brent Berlin and Paul Kay's "Basic Color Terms" proved explosive and controversial. Contrary to the then-popular doctrine of random language variation, Berlin and Kay's multilingual study of color nomenclature indicated a cros...

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Business & Economics

Innovation Policy and the Economy 2010 Volume 11

Lerner Josh, Stern Scott

ISBN: PB: 9780226473383, ISBN: HB: 9780226473376, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2011
176 pp., 23x15 cm

"The Innovation Policy and the Economy" series provides a forum for research on the interactions among public policy, the innovation process, and the economy. Issues covered in Volume 11 are an exploration of innovation challenges in the health care...

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Poetry

I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets

Sexton Tom

ISBN: PB: 9781602231191, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2011
59 pp., 22.6x15 cm

This all-new collection by former Alaska poet laureate smoothly blends his life in Maine, his years in Alaska, and his love of Chinese poetry – which has been a key influence on his work – into a lyrical fantasy that will enchant lovers of verse. The...

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History

Making of Modern Medicine Turning Points in the Treatment of Disease

Bliss Michael

ISBN: HB: 9780226059013, University of Chicago Press, February 2011
112 pp., 21.8x14.8 cm, 26 halftones

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, we have become accustomed to medical breakthroughs and conditioned to assume that, regardless of illnesses, doctors almost certainly will be able to help – not just by diagnosing us and alleviating our pain, b...

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Business & Economics

Law

Regulation versus Litigation Perspectives from Economics and Law

Kessler Daniel P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226432205, ISBN: HB: 9780226432182, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2011
344 pp., 23.4x15.7 cm, 54 tables, 19 line illus.

The efficacy of various political institutions is the subject of intense debate between proponents of broad legislative standards enforced through litigation and those who prefer regulation by administrative agencies. This book explores the trade-off...

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Ecology

Constructed Climates A Primer on Urban Environments

Wilson William G.

ISBN: PB: 9780226901466, ISBN: HB: 9780226901459, University of Chicago Press, February 2011
288 pp., 20.3x15.5 cm, 56 tables, 31 halftones

As our world becomes increasingly urbanized, an understanding of the context, mechanisms, and consequences of city and suburban environments becomes more critical. Without a sense of what open spaces such as parks and gardens contribute, it's difficu...

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Media Studies

Freudian Robot Digital Media and the Future of the Unconscious

Liu Lydia H.

ISBN: PB: 9780226486833, University of Chicago Press, February 2011
320 pp., 23x15 cm, 7 tables, 26 halftones

The identity and role of writing has evolved in the age of digital media. But how did writing itself make digital media possible in the first place? Lydia H. Liu offers here the first rigorous study of the political history of digital writing and its...

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Political Science

America

Politics and Partnerships The Role of Voluntary Associations in America's Political Past and Present

Clemens Elisabeth S., Guthrie Doug

ISBN: PB: 9780226109978, ISBN: HB: 9780226109961, University of Chicago Press, February 2011
352 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm, 13 tables, 3 halftones, 17 line illus.

Exhorting people to volunteer is part of the everyday vocabulary of American politics. Routinely, members of both major parties call for partnerships between government and nonprofit organizations. These entreaties increase dramatically during times...

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