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America

Chicago Companion to Tocqueville's Democracy in America

Schleifer James T.

ISBN: PB: 9780226737041, ISBN: HB: 9780226737034, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
216 pp., 23x15 cm

One of the greatest books ever to be written on the United States, "Democracy in America" continues to find new readers who marvel at the lasting insights Alexis de Tocqueville had into our nation and its political culture. The work is, however, as c...

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Computer Science & Internet

Cyberscience 2.0 Research in the Age of Digital Social Networks

Nentwich Michael, Konig Rene

ISBN: PB: 9783593395180, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, May 2012
210 pp., 22x14 cm

At the start of the twenty-first century, the Internet was already perceived to have fundamentally changed the landscape for research. With its opportunities for digital networking, novel publication schemes, and new communication formats, the web wa...

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Business & Economics

China's Growing Role in World Trade

Feenstra Robert C., Wei Shang-Jin

ISBN: PB: 9780226239743, ISBN: HB: 9780226239712, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2012
608 pp., 23x15 cm, 126 tables, 104 line illus.

In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in world trade to being one of the world's largest exporters, a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and both a recipient and source o...

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Political Science

Combating Jihadism American Hegemony and Interstate Cooperation in the War on Terrorism

Mendelsohn Barak

ISBN: PB: 9780226520124, ISBN: HB: 9780226520117, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
304 pp., 23x15 cm

Although terrorism is an age-old phenomenon, jihadi ideology is distinctive in its ambition to abandon the principle of state sovereignty, overthrow the modern state system, and replace it with an extremely radical interpretation of an Islamic world...

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Photography

Culture Studies

Cruel Radiance Photography and Political Violence

Linfield Susie

ISBN: PB: 9780226482514, ISBN: HB: 9780226482507, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 halftones

In "The Cruel Radiance", Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead she argues passionately that looking at such images – and lea...

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Political Science

Cutting the Fuse The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It

Pape Robert A., Feldman James K.

ISBN: PB: 9780226645650, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
360 pp., 23x15 cm, 11 tables, 34 line illus.

Almost every week, suicide bombers attack. We know the danger – suicide attacks kill more people than all other forms of terrorism – and in response we have sacrificed the lives of soldiers and civilians, trillions of dollars, and America's reputatio...

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Education

Completing College Rethinking Institutional Action

Tinto Vincent

ISBN: HB: 9780226804521, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
283 pp., 23x15 cm, 11 tables

Even as the number of students attending college has more than doubled in the past forty years, it is still the case that nearly half of all college students in the United States will not complete their degree within six years. It is clear that much...

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Architecture

Carson Pirie Scott Louis Sullivan and the Chicago Department Store

Siry Joseph M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226761374, University of Chicago Press, March 2012
298 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 132 halftones

Long recognized as a Chicago landmark, the Carson Pirie Scott Building also represents a milestone in the development of architecture. The last large commercial structure designed by Louis Sullivan, the Carson building reflected the culmination of th...

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Contemporary Art

Cosima von Bonin Character Appropriation

Malone Meredith

ISBN: PB: 9780936316338, University of Chicago Press, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, March 2012
48 pp., 22.9x16.5 cm, 27 colour illus.

Spanning a decade of its subject's multifaceted career, "Cosima von Bonin: Character Appropriation" features the Kenya-born, Germany-based artist's signature textile paintings, architectural sculptures, and absurdly outsized stuffed animals. In addit...

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Computer Science & Internet

Companion to the Papers of Donald Knuth

Knuth Donald E.

ISBN: PB: 9781575866345, ISBN: HB: 9781575866352, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, February 2012
441 pp., 23x15 cm

Donald E. Knuth's seminal publications, such as "Selected Papers on Fun and Games" and "Selected Paper on the Design of Algorithms", have earned him a loyal following among scholars and computer scientists, and his award-winning textbooks have become...

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