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Innovation Policy and the Economy 2013 Volume 14

Lerner Josh, Stern Scott

ISBN: HB: 9780226158426, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2014
278 pp., 23x15 cm

Appreciation of the importance of innovation to the economy has increased over the past decade. There is an active debate regarding the implications of technological change for economic policy and the appropriate policies and programs regarding resea...

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Children's Books

Ollie's First Year

London Jonathan

ISBN: PB: 9781602232297, ISBN: HB: 9781602232280, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2014
32 pp., 20.3x25.4 cm, illustrated in colour throughout

It's easy to find joy in a playful, agile creature that enjoys sliding on its belly. River otters are among the most adorable, charismatic animals in North America, and with a territory that spans the continent, they're a far-reaching favorite".Ollie...

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Medieval

Christianity

Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam Modern Scholarship, Medieval Realities

Lassner Jacob

ISBN: PB: 9780226143187, ISBN: HB: 9780226471075, University of Chicago Press, February 2014
336 pp., 23x15 cm

In "Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam", Jacob Lassner examines the triangular relationship that during the Middle Ages defined – and continues to define today – the political and cultural interaction among the three Abrahamic faiths. Lassner l...

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America

War's Waste Rehabilitation in World War I America

Linker Beth

ISBN: PB: 9780226143354, ISBN: HB: 9780226482538, University of Chicago Press, February 2014
304 pp., 23.4x16 cm, 20 halftones

With U. S. soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. At the moment, we accept rehabilitation as the proper so...

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History of Art

Kurt Schwitters Space, Image, Exile

Luke Megan R.

ISBN: HB: 9780226085180, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
352 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 22 colour plates, 98 halftones

German artist Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) is best known for his pioneering work in fusing collage and abstraction, the two most transformative innovations of twentieth-century art. Considered the father of installation art, Schwitters was also a theo...

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Cartography

Africa

Mastering the Niger James MacQueen's African Geography and the Struggle over Atlantic Slavery

Lambert David

ISBN: HB: 9780226078069, University of Chicago Press, November 2013
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 28 halftones

In "Mastering the Niger", David Lambert recalls Scotsman James MacQueen (1778–1870) and his publication of "A New Map of Africa" in 1841 to show that Atlantic slavery – as a practice of subjugation, a source of wealth, and a focus of political strugg...

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Education

Public School Advantage Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools

Lubienski Christopher A., Theule Lubienski Sarah

ISBN: PB: 9780226088914, ISBN: HB: 9780226088884, University of Chicago Press, November 2013
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 line drawings, 28 tables

Nearly the whole of America's partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we should educate our children. From the growth of vo...

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Political Science

Africa

Ancestors and Antiretrovirals The Bio-Politics of HIV/AIDS in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Laurier Decoteau Claire

ISBN: PB: 9780226064598, ISBN: HB: 9780226064451, University of Chicago Press, October 2013
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 27 halftones, 7 tables

In the years since the end of apartheid, South Africans have enjoyed a progressive constitution, considerable access to social services for the poor and sick, and a booming economy that has made their nation into one of the wealthiest on the continen...

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History of Art

Liberation of Painting Modernism and Anarchism in Avant-Guerre Paris

Leighten Patricia

ISBN: HB: 9780226471389, University of Chicago Press, September 2013
304 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 99 halftones, 32 colour illus.

The years before World War I were a time of social and political ferment in Europe, which profoundly affected the art world. A major center of this creative tumult was Paris, where many avant-garde artists sought to transform modern art through their...

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Political Science

Media Studies

How Partisan Media Polarize America

Levendusky Matthew

ISBN: PB: 9780226069012, ISBN: HB: 9780226068961, University of Chicago Press, September 2013
208 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 18 line drawings, 18 tables

Forty years ago, viewers who wanted to watch the news could only choose from among the major broadcast networks, all of which presented the same news without any particular point of view. Today we have a much broader array of choices, including cable...

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