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Sport

Midnight Basketball Race, Sports, and Neoliberal Social Policy

Hartmann Douglas

ISBN: PB: 9780226374987, ISBN: HB: 9780226374840, University of Chicago Press, July 2016
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Midnight basketball may not have been invented in Chicago, but the City of Big Shoulders – home of Michael Jordan and the Bulls – is where it first came to national prominence. And it's also where Douglas Hartmann first began to think seriously about...

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Political Science

America

Madison's Nightmare How Executive Power Threatens American Democracy

Shane Peter M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226380704, ISBN: HB: 9780226749396, University of Chicago Press, June 2016
255 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

The George W. Bush administration's ambitious – even breathtaking – claims of unilateral executive authority raised deep concerns among constitutional scholars, civil libertarians, and ordinary citizens alike. But Bush's attempts to assert his power...

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Islam

Political Science

Muslims Talking Politics Framing Islam, Democracy, and Law in Northern Nigeria

Kendhammer Brandon

ISBN: PB: 9780226369037, ISBN: HB: 9780226368986, University of Chicago Press, June 2016
312 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 halftones, 5 tables

For generations Islamic and Western intellectuals and policymakers have debated Islam's compatibility with democratic government, usually with few solid conclusions. But where – Brandon Kendhammer asks in this book – have the voices of ordinary, work...

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Anthropology

Sea Life

Made of Salmon Alaska Stories from the Salmon Project

Lord Nancy

ISBN: PB: 9781602232839, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, May 2016
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 16 colour plates

All over the world, salmon populations are in trouble, as overfishing and habitat loss have combined to put the once-great Atlantic and Pacific Northwest runs at serious risk. Alaska, however, stands out as a rare success story: its salmon population...

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General

Methods That Matter Integrating Mixed Methods for More Effective Social Science Research

Hay M. Cameron

ISBN: PB: 9780226328669, ISBN: HB: 9780226328522, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
456 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 halftones, 15 figures, 10 tables

To do research that really makes a difference – the authors of this book argue – social scientists need questions and methods that reflect the complexity of the world. Bringing together a consortium of voices across a variety of fields, "Methods that...

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Music

Man Verdi

Walker Frank

ISBN: PB: 9780226871325, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
544 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 musical example

In this classic biography of composer Giuseppe Verdi, Frank Walker reveals Verdi the man through his connections with the individuals who knew him best".Walker focuses on some of the more significant people in Verdi's life and carefully scrutinizes h...

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Culture Studies

Marking Modern Times A History of Clocks, Watches, and Other Timekeepers in American Life

McCrossen Alexis

ISBN: PB: 9780226379685, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
272 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 66 halftones

The public spaces and buildings of the United States are home to many thousands of timepieces – bells, time balls, and clock faces – that tower over urban streets, peek out from lobbies, and gleam in store windows. And in the streets and squares bene...

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Fiction

Midway on Our Life's Journey

Jedlicka Josef

ISBN: HB: 9788024631271, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, April 2016
150 pp., 19x13.9 cm, 25 colour plates

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Written between 1954 and 1957 and treating events from the Stalinist era of Czechoslovakia's postwar Communist regime, "Midway on Our Life's Journey" flew in the face of the reigning aesth...

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Contemporary Art

Maria Bartuszova Provisional Forms

Dziewanska Marta

ISBN: PB: 9788364177262, University of Chicago Press, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, March 2016
250 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 60 halftones

Not for sale in Poland! The work of Slovak sculptor Maria Bartuszova (1936-1996) was first presented to international audiences in Kassel in 2007. Although her art has appeared in influential exhibitions and been included in prestigious contemporar...

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Children's Books

Philosophy

Mister Descartes and His Evil Genius

Mongin Jean Paul

ISBN: HB: 9783037345467, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, March 2016
64 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, illustrated in colour throughout

At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Plato & Co. introduces children – and curious grown-ups – to the lives and work of...

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