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Ecology

Boll Weevil Blues Cotton, Myth, and Power in the American South

Giesen James C.

ISBN: HB: 9780226292878, University of Chicago Press, July 2011
240 pp., 22x15 cm, 4 maps, 10 figures, 7 tables, 5 halftones

Between the 1890s and the early 1920s, the boll weevil slowly ate its way across the Cotton South from Texas to the Atlantic Ocean. At the turn of the century, some Texas counties were reporting crop losses of over 70 percent, as were areas of Louisi...

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America

Of War and Men World War II in the Lives of Fathers and Their Families

LaRossa Ralph

ISBN: PB: 9780226467436, ISBN: HB: 9780226467429, University of Chicago Press, July 2011
328 pp., 25x15 cm

Fathers in the fifties tend to be portrayed as wise and genial pipe-smokers or distant, emotionless patriarchs. This common but limited stereotype obscures the remarkable diversity of their experiences and those of their children. To uncover the real...

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Political Science

Metropolitan Governance Different Paths in Contrasting Contexts: Germany and Israel

Heinelt Hubert, Razin Eran, Zimmermann Karsten

ISBN: PB: 9783593394015, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, July 2011
350 pp., 22x14 cm

As urban areas have grown and sprawl has spread in recent decades, metropolitan governments around the world have begun to look beyond city borders, establishing regional partnerships to help them deal with issues of transit, resource use, and more"....

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Linguistics

Language from a Cognitive Perspective Grammar, Usage, and Processing

Bender Emily M., Arnold Jennifer E.

ISBN: PB: 9781575866109, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, July 2011
220 pp., 23x15 cm

This book is a collection of papers on language processing, usage, and grammar, written to commemorate the career of Thomas Wasow on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday. Wasow has been professor of linguistics and philosophy at Stanford Universi...

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Sea Life

Evolution

Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes

Evans Jonathan P., Pilastro Andrea, Schlupp Ingo

ISBN: HB: 9780226222745, University of Chicago Press, July 2011
472 pp., 28x22 cm, 54 maps, 25 tables, 34 line illus.

The history of biology is populated by numerous model species or organisms. But few vertebrate groups have aided evolutionary and ecological research more than the live-bearing fishes of the family Poeciliidae. Found throughout tropical and subtropic...

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Anthropology

Hunting the Ethical State The Benkadi Movement of Cote d'Ivoire

Hellweg Joseph

ISBN: PB: 9780226326542, ISBN: HB: 9780226326535, University of Chicago Press, July 2011
312 pp., 22.6x15 cm, 3 maps, 1 line illus., 2 figures, 2 tables, 15 halftones

In the 1990s a nationwide crime wave overtook Cote d'Ivoire. The Ivoirian police failed to control the situation, so a group of poor, politically marginalized, and mostly Muslim men took on the role of the people's protectors as part of a movement th...

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Ecology

Theory of Ecology

Scheiner Samuel M., Willig Michael R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226736860, ISBN: HB: 9780226736853, University of Chicago Press, July 2011
416 pp., 25x15 cm, 20 tables, 30 halftones, 26 line illus.

Despite claims to the contrary, the science of ecology has a long history of building theories. Many ecological theories are mathematical, computational, or statistical, though, and rarely have attempts been made to organize or extrapolate these mode...

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Music

Opera Fanatic Ethnography of an Obsession

Benzecry Claudio E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226043425, ISBN: HB: 9780226043401, University of Chicago Press, July 2011
256 pp., 25x15 cm, 3 tables, 17 halftones

Though some dismiss opera as old-fashioned, it shows no sign of disappearing from the world's stage. So why do audiences continue to flock to it? Given its association with wealth, one might imagine that opera tickets function as a status symbol. But...

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Contemporary Art

Jan Koblasa Intaglio Prints

Neslehova Mahulena

ISBN: PB: 9788024618111, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, July 2011
264 pp., 28x23 cm, 473 halftones, 40 colour illus.

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Jan Koblasa has ranked among the leading figures of Czech and European art since the1960s. His sculptures have been integrated into many European cities, sacred spaces, and sculptors' park...

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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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