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Psychology

Child An Encyclopedic Companion

Shweder Richard A., Bidell Thomas R., Dailey Anne C., Dixon Suzanne D., Miller Peggy J., Modell John

ISBN: HB: 9780226475394, University of Chicago Press, September 2009
1144 pp., 24.3x18.5 cm, 12 halftones, 6 line drawings, 7 tables

"The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion" offers both parents and professionals access to the best scholarship from all areas of child studies in a remarkable one-volume reference. Bringing together contemporary research on children and childhood from...

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Architecture

Chicago 1890 The Skyscraper and the Modern City

Merwood-Salisbury Joanna

ISBN: HB: 9780226520780, University of Chicago Press, July 2009
208 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 89 halftones

Chicago's first skyscrapers are famous for projecting the city's modernity around the world. But what did they mean at home, to the Chicagoans who designed and built them, worked inside their walls, and gazed up at their facades? Answering this multi...

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Fiction

Chattertooth Eleven

Bass Eduard

ISBN: HB: 9788024615738, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, May 2009
224 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, 36 colour illus.

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In 1922, the same year that saw the establishment of the Czechoslovak Football Association, a former singer and cabaret director from Prague published a novel about soccer. Eighty-six year...

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Sport

Contemporary Athletics and Ancient Greek Ideals

Dombrowski Daniel A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226155463, University of Chicago Press, April 2009
174 pp., 22.1x14.7 cm

Despite their influence in our culture, sports inspire dramatically less philosophical consideration than such ostensibly weightier topics as religion, politics, or science. Arguing that athletic playfulness coexists with serious underpinnings, and t...

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Cultural Studies

Citrus A History

Laszlo Pierre

ISBN: PB: 9780226470283, ISBN: HB: 9780226470269, University of Chicago Press, October 2008
262 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 colour illus.

Walk into your local grocery store and down the produce aisle, and you'll find a dazzling array of citrus, from navel oranges and clementines to grapefruit and key limes – and sometimes even more exotic fare like the Japanese yuzu or the baboon lemon...

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Cartography

Earth Sciences

Coast Lines How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart Environmental Change

Monmonier Mark

ISBN: HB: 9780226534039, University of Chicago Press, May 2008
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 85 halftones

In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious cha...

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Reference

Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science A Toolkit for Students and Postdocs

Bloomfield Victor A., El-Fakahany Esam E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226060644, ISBN: HB: 9780226060637, University of Chicago Press, May 2008
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 line drawings, 1 table

Embarking upon research as a graduate student or postdoc can be exciting and enriching – the start of a rewarding career. But the world of scientific research is also a competitive one, with grants and good jobs increasingly hard to find".The Chicago...

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Photography

Chicago under Glass Early Photographs from the Chicago Daily News

Jacob Mark, Cahan Richard

ISBN: HB: 9780226089300, University of Chicago Press, November 2007
272 pp., 25.4x21.6 cm, 260 duotones

When the "Chicago Daily News" closed its doors in March 1978 after over a century of publication, the city mourned the loss of an American original".The Daily News" boasted the inventive, aggressive writing of such luminaries as Carl Sandburg and Ben...

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Reference

Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology

Chandler C. Ray, Wolfe Lorne M., Promislow Daniel E. L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226101309, ISBN: HB: 9780226101293, University of Chicago Press, May 2007
176 pp., 23x15 cm, 12 halftones, 54 line drawings, 4 tables

"The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology" is an indispensable guide for graduate students and post-docs as they enter that domain red in tooth and claw: the job market. An academic career in the biological sciences typically demands...

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Cartography

Cartographies of Travel and Navigation

Akerman James R.

ISBN: HB: 9780226010748, University of Chicago Press, October 2006
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 colour plates, 81 halftones, 4 line drawings

Finding one's way with a map is a relatively recent phenomenon. In premodern times, maps were used, if at all, mainly for planning journeys in advance, not for guiding travelers on the road. With the exception of navigational sea charts, the use of m...

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