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Cartography

Cartophilia Maps and the Search for Identity in the French-German Borderland

Dunlop Catherine Tatiana

ISBN: HB: 9780226173023, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
280 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 16 colour plates, 71 halftones

The period between the French Revolution and World War II was a time of tremendous growth in both mapmaking and map reading throughout Europe. There is no better place to witness this rise of popular cartography than in Alsace-Lorraine, a disputed bo...

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Historical Atlas of Tibet

Ryavec Karl E.

ISBN: HB: 9780226732442, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
216 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, 121 colour plates, 36 halftones, 2 tables

Cradled among the world's highest mountains – and sheltering one of its most devout religious communities – Tibet is, for many of us, an ultimate destination, a place that touches the heavens, a place only barely in our world, at its very end. In rec...

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Cartography

Sidewalk City Remapping Public Space in Ho Chi Minh City

Kim Annette Miae

ISBN: HB: 9780226119229, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
264 pp., 22.8x21.5 cm, 32 colour plates, 14 halftones, 7 line drawings

For most, the term "public space" conjures up images of large, open areas: community centers for meetings and social events; the ancient Greek agora for political debates; green parks for festivals and recreation. In many of the world's major cities,...

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Cartography

History of Cartography, Volume 6 Cartography in the Twentieth Century

Monmonier Mark

ISBN: HB: 9780226534695, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
1728 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, 805 colour plates, 119 halftones, 242 line drawings, 61 tables

For more than thirty years, the "History of Cartography Project" has charted the course for scholarship on cartography, bringing together research from a variety of disciplines on the creation, dissemination, and use of maps".Volume 6, Cartography in...

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Earth Sciences

Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes

Bolton Valencius Conevery

ISBN: PB: 9780226273754, ISBN: HB: 9780226053899, University of Chicago Press, March 2015
472 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 halftones

From December 1811 to February 1812, massive earthquakes shook the middle Mississippi Valley, collapsing homes, snapping large trees midtrunk, and briefly but dramatically reversing the flow of the continent's mightiest river. For decades, people puz...

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Hurricane Pioneer Memoirs of Bob Simpson

Simpson Robert H., Dorst Neal M.

ISBN: PB: 9781935704751, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, February 2015
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones

In 1951, Robert H. Simpson lifted off in a specially-equipped plane, flying directly into the path of a storm that would send most people running for cover. For more than four hours he observed Typhoon Marge from its eerily calm eye, later describing...

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Observer's Guide to Clouds and Weather A Northeastern Primer on Prediction

Carlson Toby, Knight Paul, Wyckoff Celia

ISBN: PB: 9781935704584, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, February 2015
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 30 colour plates, 10 halftones, 10 line drawings

Today, most people look down when they want to check the weather, peeking at cell phones or popping open a browser, instead of looking up at one of the most accessible weather predictors of all the sky. Knowing what the atmosphere has in store withou...

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Climate Conundrums What the Climate Debate Reveals About Us

Gail William B.

ISBN: PB: 9781935704744, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, October 2014
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 6 line drawings

It is generally assumed that, in polite company, you don't talk politics, religion, or money. But in recent years, it seems "climate change"‌ needs to be added to that list. Incorporating all of the above, few topics can divide a dinner party faster....

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Cartography

Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps

Olshin Benjamin B.

ISBN: HB: 9780226149820, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
176 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 13 colour plates, 23 halftones, 3 line drawings

In the thirteenth century, Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo traveled from Venice to the far reaches of Asia, a journey he chronicled in a narrative titled "Il Milione", later known as "The Travels of Marco Polo". While Polo's writings would g...

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History

Earthquake Observers Disaster Science from Lisbon to Richter

Coen Deborah R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226212050, ISBN: HB: 9780226111810, University of Chicago Press, July 2014
360 pp., 23x15 cm, 14 halftones, 1 line illus.

Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This knowledge rests not only on the recordings of seismographs, but also on the observations of eyewitnesses to destruction. During the nineteent...

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