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Gender Studies

Gay and Lesbian Studies

Touching Encounters Sex, Work, and Male-for-Male Internet Escorting

Walby Kevin

ISBN: PB: 9780226870069, ISBN: HB: 9780226870052, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
232 pp., 23x15 cm

Often depicted as deviant or pathological by public health researchers, psychoanalysts, and sexologists, male-with-male sex and sex work is, in fact, an increasingly mainstream pursuit. Based on a qualitative investigation of the practices involved i...

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World

Culture Studies

Transatlantic Collapse of Urban Renewal Postwar Urbanism from New York to Berlin

Klemek Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9780226005959, ISBN: HB: 9780226441740, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
328 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 77 halftones

"The Transatlantic Collapse of Urban Renewal" examines how postwar thinkers from both sides of the Atlantic considered urban landscapes radically changed by the political and physical realities of sprawl, urban decay, and urban renewal. With a sweep...

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Business & Economics

Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 26

Brown Jeffrey R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226923451, ISBN: HB: 9780226923444, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2012
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

There is no question that the US is facing significant fiscal challenges".Tax Policy and the Economy" research papers make valuable contributions to our understanding of the economic effects of alternative approaches. The papers collected in Volume 2...

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Media Studies

America

Theater of the Mind Imagination, Aesthetics, and American Radio Drama

Verma Neil

ISBN: PB: 9780226853512, ISBN: HB: 9780226853505, University of Chicago Press, July 2012
296 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 halftones, 13 line illus.

For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a "theater of the mind". This book unpacks that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its unique historical context. In "Theater...

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Anthropology

Truth in Motion The Recursive Anthropology of Cuban Divination

Holbraad Martin

ISBN: PB: 9780226349213, ISBN: HB: 9780226349206, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
328 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 3 halftones, 6 line illus.

Embarking on an ethnographic journey to the inner barriosof Havana among practitioners of Ifa, a prestigious Afro-Cuban tradition of divination, "Truth in Motion" reevaluates Western ideas about truth in light of the practices and ideas of a wildly d...

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General

Truly Disadvantaged The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy (Second Edition)

Wilson William Julius

ISBN: PB: 9780226901268, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
320 pp., 23x15 cm, 17 tables, 13 line illus.

Renowned American sociologist William Julius Wilson takes a look at the social transformation of inner city ghettos, offering a sharp evaluation of the convergence of race and poverty. Rejecting both conservative and liberal interpretations of life i...

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Physics

Topics in the Foundations of General Relativity and Newtonian Gravitation Theory

Malament David B.

ISBN: HB: 9780226502458, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
304 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 halftones, 30 line illus.

In "Topics in the Foundations of General Relativity and Newtonian Gravitation Theory", David B. Malament presents the basic logical-mathematical structure of general relativity and considers a number of special topics concerning the foundations of ge...

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Poetry

Troy, Unincorporated

Abbate Francesca

ISBN: PB: 9780226001203, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
88 pp., 21.8x14.2 cm

A meditation on the nature of betrayal, the constraints of identity, and the power of narrative, the lyric monologues in "Troy, Unincorporated" offer a retelling, or refraction, of Chaucer's tragedy "Troilus and Criseyde". The tale's unrooted charact...

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Photography

Media Studies

Touching Photographs

Olin Margaret

ISBN: PB: 9780226626468, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
288 pp., 25.1x17.8 cm, 84 halftones, 37 colour illus.

Photography does more than simply represent the world. It acts in the world, connecting people to form relationships and shaping relationships to create communities. In this beautiful book, Margaret Olin explores photography's ability to "touch" us t...

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Political Science

Business & Economics

Transformative Political Leadership Making a Difference in the Developing World

Rotberg Robert I.

ISBN: PB: 9780226728995, ISBN: HB: 9780226728988, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
216 pp., 23x15 cm

Accomplished political leaders have a clear strategy for turning political visions into reality. Through well-honed analytical, political, and emotional intelligence, leaders chart paths to promising futures that include economic growth, material pro...

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