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Education

Experiencing Education: 1896-2012 Second Edition

Harms William

ISBN: PB: 9781467530590, University of Chicago Press, February 2013
181 pp., 25x17.8 cm, throughout illus.

The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools were founded in 1896 by John Dewey as a way to apply and test his groundbreaking theories of education. Now, more than a century later, Dewey's approach to education is emulated the world over, and the Lab...

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Design

Exhibitions Concept, Planning and Design

Klobe Tom

ISBN: PB: 9781933253695, University of Chicago Press, American Alliance of Museums Press, February 2013
272 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 200 colour illus.

"Good exhibition design promotes thought and feeling through the creation of an emotionally charged space – an environment that engulfs visitors, pulls them forward, and draws them into the story and its meaning", writes Tom Klobe in "Exhibitions". H...

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Performing Arts

Literary Criticism

Eloquent Shakespeare A Pronouncing Dictionary for the Complete Dramatic Works with Notes to Untie the Modern Tongue

Logan Gary

ISBN: PB: 9780226006314, ISBN: HB: 9780226491158, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm

An actor's deepest desire is to be understood. But when asked to pronounce such words as "chanson", "phantasime", or "quaestor", many otherwise unflappable actors can be rendered speechless. "The Eloquent Shakespeare" aims to untie those tongues a...

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Evolution

Evolution of Primate Societies

Mitani John C., Call Josep, Kappeler Peter M., Palombit Ryne A., Silk Joan B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226531724, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
744 pp., 28x21.6 cm, 44 tables, 157 halftones, 34 line illus.

In 1987, the University of Chicago Press published "Primate Societies", the standard reference in the field of primate behavior for an entire generation of students and scientists. But in the twenty-five years since its publication, new theories and...

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Middle East

Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity

Bowersock G. W.

ISBN: PB: 9781611683219, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2012
128 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In this book, based on lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel, the famed historian G. W. Bowersock presents a searching examination of political developments in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of the rise of Islam. Recounting the gro...

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Political Science

Law

Electing Judges The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy

Gibson James L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226291086, ISBN: HB: 9780226291079, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
240 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 tables, 1 halftone, 15 line illus.

In "Electing Judges", leading judicial politics scholar James L. Gibson responds tothe growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence and even the rule of law. While many people have opinion...

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Education

Empowering Science and Mathematics Education in Urban Schools

Tan Edna, Calabrese Barton Angela, Turner Erin, Varley Gutierrez Maura

ISBN: PB: 9780226037981, ISBN: HB: 9780226037974, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
224 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 tables, 4 halftones, 9 line illus.

Math and science hold powerful places in contemporary society, setting the foundations for entry into some of the most robust and highest-paying industries. However, effective math and science education is not equally available to all students, with...

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Ecology

Mammals

Extreme Measures The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals

McNab Brian K.

ISBN: PB: 9780226561233, ISBN: HB: 9780226561226, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 7 halftones, 97 line illus.

Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. But energy is a limited resource, as we know well, so birds and mammals – the most energy-inten...

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Business & Economics

Criminology

Economics of Crime Lessons For and From Latin America

Di Tella Rafael, Edwards Sebastian, Schargrodsky Ernesto

ISBN: PB: 9780226791852, ISBN: HB: 9780226153742, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2012
536 pp., 23x15 cm, 95 figures, 106 tables, 1 halftone

Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world, creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. Despite this situation, there has been a lack of systematic effort to study crime in the region or the effectiveness of p...

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Evolution

Evolutionary Restraints The Contentious History of Group Selection

Borrello Mark E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226067032, ISBN: HB: 9780226067018, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
228 pp., 23x15 cm, 16 halftones, 1 line illus.

Much of the history of the evolutionary debate since Darwin has focused on the level at which natural selection occurs. Most biologists acknowledge multiple levels of selection – from the gene, the trait, and the organism, to the family, the group, a...

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