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American Sunshine Diseases of Darkness and the Quest for Natural Light

Freund Daniel

ISBN: HB: 9780226262819, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
240 pp., 25x22 cm, 29 halftones

In the second half of the nineteenth century, American cities began to go dark. Hulking new buildings overspread blocks, pollution obscured the skies, and glass and smog screened out the health-giving rays of the sun. Doctors fed anxities about these...

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In Hock Pawning in America from Independence through the Great Depression

Woloson Wendy A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226905686, ISBN: HB: 9780226905679, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
248 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 table, 39 halftones

The definitive history of pawnbroking in the United States from the nation's founding through the Great Depression, "In Hock" demonstrates that the pawnshop was essential to the rise of capitalism. The class of working poor created by this economic t...

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Sound Diplomacy Music and Emotions in Transatlantic Relations, 1850-1920

Gienow-Hecht Jessica C. E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226292168, ISBN: HB: 9780226292151, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
352 pp., 23x15 cm, 24 halftones, 6 line illus.

The German-American relationship was special long before the Cold War; it was rooted not simply in political actions, but also long-term traditions of cultural exchange that date back to the nineteenth century. Between 1850 and 1910, the United State...

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Chicago Companion to Tocqueville's Democracy in America

Schleifer James T.

ISBN: PB: 9780226737041, ISBN: HB: 9780226737034, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
216 pp., 23x15 cm

One of the greatest books ever to be written on the United States, "Democracy in America" continues to find new readers who marvel at the lasting insights Alexis de Tocqueville had into our nation and its political culture. The work is, however, as c...

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Anthropology

America

Mission of Change in Southwest Alaska Conversations with Father Rene Astruc and Paul Dixon on Their Work with Yup'ik People

Fienup-Riordan Ann

ISBN: PB: 9781602231610, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, May 2012
346 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 maps, 25 halftones

"Mission of Change" is an oral history describing various types of change – political, social, cultural, and religious – as seen through the eyes of Father Astruc and Paul Dixon, non-Natives who dedicated their lives to working with the Yup'ik people...

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Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil The Epic Voyage of the SS Manhattan Through the Northwest Passage

Coen Ross

ISBN: PB: 9781602231696, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2012
215 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 maps, 25 halftones

In 1969, an icebreaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned by Humble Oil to transit the Northwest Passage in order to test the logistical and economic feasibility of an all-marine transportation system for Alaska North Slope crude oil. Propos...

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On Time Delivery The Dog Team Mail Carriers

Schneider William S.

ISBN: PB: 9781602231672, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2012
160 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 maps, 50 halftones

From the turn of the twentieth century in interior Alaska, dog team mail carriers were charged with maintaining the trail systems and carrying the mail until they were replaced in the late 1930s and '40s by airplane mail service. With the advent and...

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Savages and Scoundrels The Untold Story of America's Road to Empire Through Indian Territory

Develder Paul

ISBN: PB: 9780300181852, Yale University Press, March 2012
352 pp., 23.4x15.7 cm, 14 black&white illus.

<p>What really happened in the early days of the American nation? How was it possible for white settlers to march across the entire continent, inexorably claiming Native American lands for themselves? Who made it happen, and why? This gripping book t...

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Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 40 May 16 Through September 15, 1783

Cohn Ellen R., Dull Jonathan R., Ohno Kate M., Anderson Alicia K., Garbooshian Adrina, Sletcher Michael, Ziesche Philipp, Cain Alysia M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300165463, Yale University Press, February 2012
784 pp., 20.4x14.6 cm, 8 black&white illus.

During the period of this volume, the United States of America completed its transformation into a fully recognized independent nation. In May, Franklin and his fellow American peace commissioners John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens recommenced t...

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Cuban Fiestas

Echevarria Roberto Gonzalez

ISBN: PB: 9780300177886, ISBN: HB: 9780300167061, Yale University Press, February 2012
376 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 4 black&white illus., 17 colour illus.

In the Cuban town of Sagua la Grande, a young Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria peers out the window of his family home on the morning of the Nochebuena fiesta as preparations begin for the slaughter of a feast day pig. The author recalls "watching them at...

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