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Business & Economics

Secret of Successful Acquisitions Abandoning the Myth of Board Influence

Farschtschian Farsam

ISBN: PB: 9783593394381, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, July 2011
192 pp., 22x14 cm

Despite the fact that mergers and acquisitions are a crucial part of the modern business landscape, the factors that can make the difference between success and failure remain little understood – as evidenced by the disappointing outcomes of the majo...

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Fiction

Literary Criticism

Surprising Adventures of Balthazar

Orrego Vicuna Claudio

ISBN: HB: 9781589662186, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, July 2011
160 pp., 25x15 cm

A parable rich in imagery and meaning, "The Surprising Adventures of Balthazar" provides readers of all ages with profound insights into the nature of authority, power, and freedom. The tale begins when a polar bear named Balthazar is captured by hun...

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Law

Supreme Court Review 2010

Hutchinson Dennis J., Strauss David A., Stone Geoffrey R.

ISBN: HB: 9780226363264, University of Chicago Press, June 2011
400 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

For forty-nine years, the "Supreme Court Review" has been lauded for providing authoritative discussion of the Court's most significant decisions. The Review is an in-depth annual critique of the Supreme Court and its work, one that strives to keep o...

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Political Science

Media Studies

Selling Fear Counterterrorism, the Media, and Public Opinion

Nacos Brigitte L., Bloch-Elkon Yaeli, Shapiro Robert Y.

ISBN: PB: 9780226567198, ISBN: HB: 9780226567181, University of Chicago Press, June 2011
264 pp., 22.6x15 cm, 50 line illus.

While we've long known that the strategies of terrorism rely heavily on media coverage of attacks, "Selling Fear" is the first detailed look at the role played by media in counterterrorism – and the ways that, in the wake of 9/11, the Bush administra...

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Poetry

Seeing Double Baudelaire's Modernity

Meltzer Francoise

ISBN: HB: 9780226519883, University of Chicago Press, June 2011
280 pp., 23.1x15.7 cm

The poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) has been labeled the very icon of modernity, the scribe of the modern city, and an observer of an emerging capitalist culture".Seeing Double" reconsiders this iconic literary figure and his fraught relationship...

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Performing Arts

Shaping Society through Dance Mestizo Ritual Performance in the Peruvian Andes

Mendoza Zoila S.

ISBN: DVD: 9780226520070, University of Chicago Press, June 2011
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During the patron saint fiesta in the Andean town of San Jeronimo, Peru, crowds gather at sunset in the town square, eagerly awaiting the entrance of the colorful dance troupes, or comparsas. With their masks, music, and surprising interpretations of...

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America

Law

State as a Work of Art The Cultural Origins of the Constitution

Slauter Eric

ISBN: PB: 9780226761961, ISBN: HB: 9780226761954, University of Chicago Press, May 2011
392 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm, 23 halftones, 5 line illus.

The founding of the United States after the American Revolution was so deliberate, so inspired, and so monumental in scope that the key actors considered this new government to be a work of art framed from natural rights. Recognizing the artificial n...

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Contemporary Art

Sharon Lockhart Lunch Break II

Eckmann Sabine

ISBN: PB: 9780936316314, University of Chicago Press, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, May 2011
96 pp., 30x20.8 cm, 125 halftones

This book evolved from an archive of images collected by artist Sharon Lockhart while researching her project "Lunch Break" – a series of films and photographs she produced from a long-term collaboration with the workers of Bath Iron Works in Maine,...

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Business & Economics

Shared Capitalism at Work Employee Ownership, Profit and Gain Sharing, and Broad-Based Stock Options

Kruse Douglas L., Freeman Richard B., Blasi Joseph R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226456676, ISBN: HB: 9780226056951, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2011
432 pp., 23x15 cm, 94 tables, 22 line illus.

The historical relationship between capital and labor has evolved in the past few decades. One particularly noteworthy development is the rise of shared capitalism, a system in which workers have become partial owners of their firms and thus, in effe...

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Culture Studies

Switching Codes Thinking through Digital Technology in the Humanities and the Arts

Bartscherer Thomas, Coover Roderick

ISBN: PB: 9780226038315, ISBN: HB: 9780226038308, University of Chicago Press, May 2011
448 pp., 22.9x15 cm, 40 halftones, 4 line illus.

Half a century into the digital era, the profound impact of information technology on intellectual and cultural life is universally acknowledged but still poorly understood. The sheer complexity of the technology coupled with the rapid pace of change...

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