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Contemporary Art

Experimental Group Ilya Kabakov, Moscow Conceptualism, Soviet Avant-Gardes

Jackson Matthew Jesse

ISBN: PB: 9780226317960, University of Chicago Press, March 2016
336 pp., 25.4x21.5 cm, 69 colour plates, 89 halftones, 1 line drawing

A compelling study of unofficial postwar Soviet art, "The Experimental Group" takes as its point of departure a subject of strange fascination: the life and work of renowned professional illustrator and conceptual artist Ilya Kabakov. Kabakov's art –...

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Ecology

Environmental Law for Biologists

Kimbrell Tristan

ISBN: PB: 9780226333854, ISBN: HB: 9780226333687, University of Chicago Press, February 2016
384 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 halftones, 1 table

Environmental law has an unquestionable effect on the species, ecosystems, and landscapes that biologists study – and vice-versa, as the research of these biologists frequently informs policy. But because many scientists receive little or no legal tr...

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Reptiles & Amphibians

Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles

Crump Marty

ISBN: HB: 9780226116006, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 155 colour plates, 1 table

Frogs are worshipped for bringing nourishing rains, but blamed for devastating floods. Turtles are admired for their wisdom and longevity, but ridiculed for their sluggish and cowardly behavior. Snakes are respected for their ability to heal and rest...

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Anthropology

Ethical Condition Essays on Action, Person, and Value

Lambek Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226292243, ISBN: HB: 9780226292106, University of Chicago Press, October 2015
400 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Written over a thirty-year span, Michael Lambek's essays in this collection point with definitive force toward a single central truth: ethics is intrinsic to social life. As he shows through rich ethnographic accounts and multiple theoretical traditi...

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Business & Economics

Enterprising America Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective

Collins William J., Margo Robert A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226261621, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2015
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 halftones, 8 line drawings, 46 tables

The rise of America from a colonial outpost to one of the world's most sophisticated and productive economies was facilitated by the establishment of a variety of economic enterprises pursued within the framework of laws and institutions that set the...

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Ecology

Elephants and Kings An Environmental History

Trautmann Thomas R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226264363, University of Chicago Press, August 2015
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 colour plates, 40 halftones, 1 table

Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In early civilizations – such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilization, and China – kings used elephants for royal sacrifice, spectacul...

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Photography

Enduring Truths Sojourner's Shadows and Substance

Grimaldo Grigsby Darcy

ISBN: HB: 9780226192130, University of Chicago Press, July 2015
224 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, 131 colour plates, 27 halftones

Runaway slave Sojourner Truth gained fame in the nineteenth century as an abolitionist, feminist, and orator and earned a living partly by selling cartes de visite of herself at lectures and by mail. Cartes de visite, similar in format to calling car...

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History of Art

Edge Habitat Materials

Mirra Helen

ISBN: HB: 9780945323259, University of Chicago Press, WhiteWalls, June 2015
145 pp., 22.8x16.5 cm, illustrated in colour throughout

Chicago-based artist Helen Mirra creates works that explore the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives and activities of the people who live in it. Aesthetically minimalist, her works deploy repetition and a large range of refe...

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Cartography

Exploring and Mapping Alaska The Russian America Era, 1741-1867

Postnikov Alexey, Falk Marvin

ISBN: HB: 9781602232518, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, June 2015
450 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 75 maps

Russia first encountered Alaska in 1741 as part of the most ambitious and expensive expedition of the entire eighteenth century. For centuries since, cartographers have struggled to define and develop the enormous region comprising northeastern Asia,...

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Christianity

Emptiness Feeling Christian in America

Corrigan John

ISBN: HB: 9780226237466, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
232 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 halftones

For many Christians in America, becoming filled with Christ first requires being empty of themselves – a quality often overlooked in religious histories. In "Emptiness", John Corrigan highlights for the first time the various ways that American Chris...

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