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Business & Economics

Measuring Economic Sustainability and Progress

Jorgenson Dale W., Landefeld J. Steven, Schreyer Paul

ISBN: HB: 9780226121338, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2014
808 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 80 line drawings, 121 tables

Since the Great Depression, researchers and statisticians have recognized the need for more extensive methods for measuring economic growth and sustainability. The recent recession renewed commitments to closing long-standing gaps in economic measure...

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Children's Books

Mary's Wild Winter Feast

Lindoff Hannah

ISBN: PB: 9781602232327, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, September 2014
40 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, illustrated in colour throughout

When winter rain washes away Mary's chances for a sledding day, she thinks there is no hope for excitement. But with a little imagination and a brimming pantry she soon finds herself caught up in a colorful journey. Together with her father she reliv...

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Genetics

General

Misbehaving Science Controversy and the Development of Behavior Genetics

Panofsky Aaron

ISBN: PB: 9780226058450, ISBN: HB: 9780226058313, University of Chicago Press, June 2014
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 line drawings, 6 tables

Behavior genetics has always been a breeding ground for controversies. From the "criminal chromosome" to the "gay gene", claims about the influence of genes like these have led to often vitriolic national debates about race, class, and inequality. Ma...

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Music

Philosophy

Music between Us Is Music a Universal Language?

Higgins Kathleen Marie

ISBN: PB: 9780226142852, ISBN: HB: 9780226333281, University of Chicago Press, May 2014
296 pp., 23x15 cm

From our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. In "The Music between Us", philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins investigates this role,...

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Philosophy

Political Science

Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Two Discourses and the Social Contract

Rousseau Jean-Jacques

ISBN: PB: 9780226151311, ISBN: HB: 9780226921860, University of Chicago Press, April 2014
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 halftones

Individualist and communitarian. Anarchist and totalitarian. Classicist and romanticist. Progressive and reactionary. Since the eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau has been said to be all of these things. Few philosophers have been the subject...

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Architecture

Biography & Memoires

Mies van der Rohe A Critical Biography (Revised Edition)

Schulze Franz, Windhorst Edward

ISBN: PB: 9780226151458, University of Chicago Press, April 2014
512 pp., 25x17.8 cm, 144 halftones, 24 line illus.

"Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography" is a major rewriting and expansion of Franz Schulze's acclaimed 1985 biography, the first full treatment of the master German-American modern architect. Co-authored with architect Edward Windhorst, this thoro...

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General

Making Hispanics How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American

Mora G. Cristina

ISBN: PB: 9780226033839, ISBN: HB: 9780226033662, University of Chicago Press, March 2014
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone, 5 line drawings, 3 tables

How did Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans become known as "Hispanics" and "Latinos" in the United States? How did several distinct cultures and nationalities become portrayed as one? Cristina Mora answers both these questions and details the scope...

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History of Art

Metropolitan Museum Journal, Volume 48, 2013

Baetjer Katharine, Jones Julie, Mankin Kornhauser Elizabeth, Syson Luke

ISBN: PB: 9780226156804, University of Chicago Press, February 2014
412 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"The Metropolitan Museum Journal", issued annually by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, published original research on works in the Museum's collections and the areas of investigation they represent. Volume 48 includes essays on "From Tarporley to Dolo...

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Business & Economics

Maucher and Malik on Management Maxims of Corporate Management – Best of Helmut Mauche's Speeches, Essays and Interviews

Maucher Helmut, Malik Fredmund, Farschtschian Farsam

ISBN: HB: 9783593500256, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2014
356 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 10 halftones

They are maxims of the successful corporate leader: good managers always focus on their companies, never on themselves; good managers view themselves as being servants to, rather than masters of, the whole; and good managers run their businesses with...

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Political Science

Mixed Emotions Beyond Fear and Hatred in International Conflict

Ross Andrew A. G.

ISBN: PB: 9780226077420, ISBN: HB: 9780226077390, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
232 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In recent years, it's become increasingly clear that emotion plays a central role in global politics. For example, people readily care about acts of terrorism and humanitarian crises because they appeal to our compassion for human suffering. These st...

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