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Business & Economics

African Successes Human Capital

Edwards Sebastian, Johnson Simon, Weil David N.

ISBN: HB: 9780226316055, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2016
480 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 35 line drawings, 115 tables

Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as fa...

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Political Science

Business & Economics

African Successes Government and Institutions

Edwards Sebastian, Johnson Simon, Weil David N.

ISBN: HB: 9780226316222, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2016
640 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 53 line drawings, 121 tables

Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as fa...

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Evolution

Evolutionary Theory A Hierarchical Perspective

Eldredge Niles, Pievani Telmo, Serrelli Emanuele, Temkin Ilya

ISBN: PB: 9780226426228, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
384 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 halftones, 15 line drawings, 4 tables

The natural world is infinitely complex and hierarchically structured, with smaller units forming the components of progressively larger systems: molecules make up cells, cells comprise tissues and organs that are, in turn, parts of individual organi...

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General

Law

Myth of the Litigious Society Why We Don't Sue

Engel David M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226305042, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
248 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 5 figures, 1 table

Why do Americans seem to sue at the slightest provocation? The answer may surprise you: we don't! For every "Whiplash Charlie" who sees a car accident as a chance to make millions, for every McDonald's customer to pursue a claim over a too-hot cup of...

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Business & Economics

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2015 Volume 30

Eichenbaum Martin, Parker Jonathan A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226395609, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2016
448 pp., 23x15 cm

This year, the NBER Macroeconomics Annual celebrates its thirtieth volume. The first two papers examine China's macroeconomic development".Trends and Cycles in China's Macroeconomy" by Chun Chang, Kaiji Chen, Daniel F. Waggoner, and Tao Zha outlines...

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Christianity

To Care for Creation The Emergence of the Religious Environmental Movement

Ellingson Stephen

ISBN: PB: 9780226367385, ISBN: HB: 9780226367248, University of Chicago Press, August 2016
216 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 line drawings, 2 tables

Controversial megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll proclaimed from a conference stage in 2013, "I know who made the environment and he's coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV". The comment, which Driscoll later explained away as...

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General

Seductions of Quantification Measuring Human Rights, Gender Violence, and Sex Trafficking

Engle Merry Sally

ISBN: PB: 9780226261287, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 tables

We live in a world where seemingly everything can be measured. We rely on indicators to translate social phenomena into simple, quantified terms, which in turn can be used to guide individuals, organizations, and governments in establishing policy. Y...

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Film Studies

Two Weeks in the Midday Sun A Cannes Notebook

Ebert Roger

ISBN: PB: 9780226314433, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
200 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 43 line drawings

A paragon of cinema criticism for decades, Roger Ebert – with his humor, sagacity, and no-nonsense thumb – achieved a renown unlikely ever to be equaled. His tireless commentary has been greatly missed since his death, but, thankfully, in addition to...

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General

Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950

Elshakry Marwa

ISBN: PB: 9780226378732, ISBN: HB: 9780226001302, University of Chicago Press, February 2016
448 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 22 halftones

In "Reading Darwin in Arabic", Marwa Elshakry questions current ideas about Islam, science, and secularism by exploring the ways in which Darwin was read in Arabic from the late 1860s to the mid-twentieth century. Borrowing from translation and readi...

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Literary Criticism

I'll Tell You Mine Thirty Years of Essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program

Edelman Hope, Hemley Robin

ISBN: PB: 9780226306476, ISBN: HB: 9780226306339, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

The University of Iowa is a leading light in the writing world. In addition to the Iowa Writers' Workshop for poets and fiction writers, it houses the prestigious Nonfiction Writing Program (NWP), which was the first full-time masters-granting progra...

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