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Architecture

Envisioning the Bloomingdale 5 Concepts

Lyster Clare

ISBN: PB: 9780981991825, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
123 pp., 23x23 cm, photos, illus., maps, 82 line illus.

In 2007 the Chicago Architectural Club directed an exhibition to explore strategies for the reappropriation of an underutilized freight train line on the north side of Chicago known as the Bloomingdale Line. The goal of the exhibition was to generate...

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Philosophy

Political Science

Alfarabi and the Foundation of Islamic Political Philosophy

Mahdi Muhsin S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226501871, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
288 pp., 23x15 cm

In this work, Muhsin Mahdi – widely regarded as the preeminent scholar of Islamic political thought – distills more than four decades of research to offer an authoritative analysis of the work of Alfarabi, the founder of Islamic political philosophy....

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General

Living the Drama Community, Conflict, and Culture among Inner-City Boys

Harding David J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226316659, ISBN: HB: 9780226316642, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 6 tables, 5 line illus.

For the middle class and the affluent, local ties seem to matter less and less these days, but in the inner city, your life can be irrevocably shaped by what block you live on".Living the Drama" takes a close look at three neighborhoods in Boston to...

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Fiction

Pictures from an Institution A Comedy

Jarrell Randall

ISBN: PB: 9780226393759, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
296 pp., 20x13 cm

Beneath the unassuming surface of a progressive women's college lurks a world of intellectual pride and pomposity awaiting devastation by the pens of two brilliant and appalling wits. Randall Jarrell's classic novel was originally published to overwh...

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Linguistics

Meaning, Form, and Body

Turner Mark, Parrill Fey, Tobin Vera

ISBN: PB: 9781575865942, ISBN: HB: 9781575865959, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, April 2010
350 pp., 23x15 cm

"Meaning, Form, and Body" brings together renowned figures in the field of cognitive linguistics to discuss two related research areas in the study of linguistics: the integration of form and meaning and language and the human body. Among the numerou...

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Linguistics

Education

Craft of Scientific Communication

Harmon Joseph E., Gross Alan G.

ISBN: PB: 9780226316628, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
240 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 21 halftones, 12 line illus.

The ability to communicate in print and person is essential to the life of a successful scientist. But since writing is often secondary in scientific education and teaching, there remains a significant need for guides that teach scientists how best t...

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General

Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes Emotional Rhythms in Social Movement Groups

Effler Erika Summers

ISBN: PB: 9780226188669, ISBN: HB: 9780226188652, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
256 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 4 line illus.

Why do people keep fighting for social causes in the face of consistent failure? Why do they risk their physical, emotional, and financial safety on behalf of strangers? How do these groups survive high turnover and emotional burnout? To explore the...

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Music

Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles

Somfai Laszlo

ISBN: PB: 9780226768137, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
416 pp., 24x15.5 cm, 220 music examples

Interest in the authentic performance of early music has grown dramatically in recent years, and scholarly investigation has particularly benefited the study of keyboard music of the classical period. In this landmark publication, the most comprehens...

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Linguistics

Reality Exploration and Discovery Pattern Interaction in Language and Life

Uyechi Linda Ann, Wee Lian-Hee

ISBN: PB: 9781575865881, ISBN: HB: 9781575865898, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, April 2010
438 pp., 23x15 cm

The twenty-five papers in this volume present current analyses of a variety of data and, more significantly, illustrate the various analytical tools available to linguists in the quest for deeper comprehension of the puzzles, questions, and problems...

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Christianity

Medieval

Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession Canonists, Civilians, and Courts

Brundage James A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226077604, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
560 pp., 23x15 cm, 5 halftones

In the aftermath of sixth-century barbarian invasions, the legal profession that had grown and flourished during the Roman Empire vanished. Nonetheless, professional lawyers suddenly reappeared in Western Europe seven hundred years later during the 1...

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