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Women Studies

Indian Feminisms Individual and Collective Journeys

Kathuria Poonam, Bhaiya Abha

ISBN: HB: 9789385932021, University of Chicago Press, Zubaan Books, March 2019
320 pp., 21.6x14 cm

One of the most dynamic feminist movements in the world, Indian feminisms are seldom given the recognition they deserve, not only for the essential work they do but for the successes they've had. This collection of essays, written by well-known activ...

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America

Political Science

Rivalry and Reform Presidents, Social Movements, and the Transformation of American Politics

Milkis Sidney M., Tichenor Daniel J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226569390, ISBN: HB: 9780226569253, University of Chicago Press, March 2019
400 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 line drawing, 1 table

Few relationships have proved more pivotal in changing the course of American politics than those between presidents and social movements. For all their differences, both presidents and social movements are driven by a desire to recast the political...

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General

America

Browning of the New South

Jones Jennifer A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226600987, ISBN: HB: 9780226600840, University of Chicago Press, March 2019
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 7 halftones, 1 table

Studies of immigration to the United States have traditionally focused on a few key states and urban centers, but recent shifts in nonwhite settlement mean that these studies no longer paint the whole picture. Many Latino newcomers are flocking to pl...

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General

No Vacancy Homeless Women in Paradise

Reid Michael E.

ISBN: PB: 9781940939711, University of Chicago Press, 2Leaf Press, March 2019
186 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm

Homelessness touches every corner of our country, even the most prosperous ones. In "No Vacancy: Homeless Women in Paradise", Michael E. Reid tells the story of more than five hundred women living without shelter in the affluent sea-side communities...

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Criminology

Law

Crime and Justice, Volume 48 American Sentencing

Tonry Michael

ISBN: HB: 9780226644912, University of Chicago Press, March 2019
512 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"American Sentencing" surveys what is known about the hottest topic in American criminal law reform. Massive efforts are underway to make sentencing more just and sentences more effective, and to reduce the use of imprisonment. The writers are the le...

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Contemporary Art

Women Studies

MIRIAM CAHN I AS HUMAN

Dziewanska Marta

ISBN: PB: 9788364177552, University of Chicago Press, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, February 2019
250 pp., 19x13.9 cm, 40 colour plates

Not for sale in Poland! A rebel and feminist, the Switzerland-born Miriam Cahn is one of the major artists of her generation. Widely known for her drawings and paintings, she also experiments with photography, moving images, sculptures, and perform...

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Gender Studies

Book of Minor Perverts Sexology, Etiology, and the Emergences of Sexuality

Kahan Benjamin

ISBN: PB: 9780226607955, ISBN: HB: 9780226607818, University of Chicago Press, February 2019
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Statue-fondlers, wanderlusters, sex magicians, and nymphomaniacs: the story of these forgotten sexualities – what Michel Foucault deemed "minor perverts" – has never before been told. In "The Book of Minor Perverts", Benjamin Kahan sets out to chart...

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Criminology

On the Outside Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration

Harding David J., Morenoff Jeffrey D., Wyse Jessica J. B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226607641, ISBN: HB: 9780226607504, University of Chicago Press, February 2019
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 line drawings, 8 tables

America's high incarceration rates are a well-known facet of contemporary political conversations. Mentioned far less often is what happens to the nearly 700,000 former prisoners who rejoin society each year".On the Outside" examines the lives of twe...

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Gay and Lesbian Studies

Evidence of Being The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence

Bost Darius

ISBN: PB: 9780226589824, ISBN: HB: 9780226589794, University of Chicago Press, December 2018
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 9 halftones

"Evidence of Being" opens on a grim scene: Washington D. C. 's gay black community in the 1980s, ravaged by AIDS, the crack epidemic, and a series of unsolved murders, seemingly abandoned by the government and mainstream culture. Yet in this darkest...

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Business & Economics

General

Economics of Poverty Traps

Barrett Christopher B., Carter Michael, Chavas Jean-Paul, Carter Michael R.

ISBN: HB: 9780226574301, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, December 2018
464 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 66 line drawings, 33 tables

What circumstances or behaviors turn poverty into a cycle that perpetuates across generations? The answer to this question carries especially important implications for the design and evaluation of policies and projects intended to reduce poverty. Ye...

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