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Anthropology

Business & Economics

Lee Benjamin, Martin Randy

ISBN: PB: 9780226392837, ISBN: HB: 9780226392660, University of Chicago Press, November 2016
312 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 19 halftones, 6 line drawings

Derivatives were responsible for one of the worst financial meltdowns we have ever seen, one from which we have not yet fully recovered. However, they are likewise capable of generating some of the most incredible wealth we have ever seen. This book...

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Business & Economics

Selling Power Economics, Policy, and Electric Utilities Before 1940

Neufeld John L.

ISBN: HB: 9780226399638, University of Chicago Press, November 2016
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 7 halftones, 26 line drawings, 9 tables

We remember Thomas Edison as the inventor of the incandescent light bulb, but he deserves credit for something much larger, an even more singular invention that profoundly changed the way the world works: the modern electric utility industry. Edison'...

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Business & Economics

Housekeeping by Design Hotels and Labor

Brody David

ISBN: PB: 9780226389127, ISBN: HB: 9780226389097, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
216 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 24 halftones, 2 line drawings

One of the great pleasures of staying in a hotel is spending time in a spotless, neat, and organized space that you don't have to clean. That doesn't, however, mean the work disappears – when we're not looking, someone else is doing it. With "Houseke...

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Political Science

Business & Economics

African Successes Sustainable Growth

Edwards Sebastian, Johnson Simon, Weil David N.

ISBN: HB: 9780226315553, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2016
528 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 114 line drawings, 81 tables

Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as fa...

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Political Science

Business & Economics

African Successes Modernization and Development

Edwards Sebastian, Johnson Simon, Weil David N.

ISBN: HB: 9780226315720, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2016
512 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 84 line drawings, 99 tables

Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as fa...

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Political Science

Business & Economics

African Successes Human Capital

Edwards Sebastian, Johnson Simon, Weil David N.

ISBN: HB: 9780226316055, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2016
480 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 35 line drawings, 115 tables

Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as fa...

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Political Science

Business & Economics

African Successes Government and Institutions

Edwards Sebastian, Johnson Simon, Weil David N.

ISBN: HB: 9780226316222, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2016
640 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 53 line drawings, 121 tables

Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as fa...

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Business & Economics

Strategy for Managing Complex Systems A Contribution to Management Cybernetics for Evolutionary Systems

Malik Fredmund

ISBN: HB: 9783593505398, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, September 2016
560 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 92 halftones, 22 tables

"Strategy for Managing Complex Systems" demonstrates that management and management theory have strong foundations in systems science, and most specifically in the cybernetics of truly complex – organismic, self-organizing, and evolving – systems. As...

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Business & Economics

Quest for Stable Money Central Banking in Austria, 1816-2016

Jobst Clemens, Kernbauer Hans

ISBN: HB: 9783593505350, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, September 2016
320 pp., 22.9x15.9 cm, 40 colour plates

Caught up in the costly Napoleonic wars, Austria went into sovereign default in 1811. Five years later, the public authorities founded a national bank to be financed and run by private shareholders, the idea being that an independent bank would help...

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Business & Economics

Innovation Policy and the Economy 2015 Volume 16

Kerr William R., Lerner Josh, Stern Scott

ISBN: HB: 9780226391854, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2016
256 pp., 23x15 cm

The papers in the sixteenth volume of the National Bureau of "Economic Research's Innovation Policy and the Economy" offer insights into the changing landscape of innovation by highlighting recent developments in the financing of innovation and entre...

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