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The Power to Die: Slavery and Suicide in British North America Terri L. Snyder University of Chicago Press, 2015

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Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised Edition Julian Montague University of Chicago Press, Revised Edition, Chicago, IL, October 30, 2023

A taxonomy we didn’t know we needed for identifying and cataloging stray shopping carts by artist and photographer Julian Montague. Abandoned shopping carts are everywhere, and yet we know so little about them. Where do they come from? Why are they there? Their complexity and history baffle even the most careful urban explorer. Thankfully, artist Julian Montague has created a comprehensive and well-documented taxonomy with The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America. Spanning thirty-three categories from damaged, fragment, and plow crush to plaza drift and bus stop discard, it is a tonic for times defined increasingly by rhetoric and media and less by the plain objects and facts of the real world. Montague’s incomparable documentation of this common feature of the urban landscape helps us see the natural and man-made worlds—and perhaps even ourselves—anew. First published in 2006 to great perplexity and acclaim alike, Montague’s book now appears in refreshed and expanded form. Told in an exceedingly dry voice, with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, it is both rigorous and absurd, offering a strangely compelling vision of how we approach, classify, and understand the environments around us. A new afterword sheds light on the origins of the project.

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The limits of politics: collective goods and political change in postindustrial societies Roger W. Benjamin University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1980

I argue in this essay that redesign of political institutions is necessary, in fact inevitable, in societies that have moved “beyond development,” into the postindustrial phase of sociopolitical change.

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Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States Sharon Ann Murphy University of Chicago Press, American Beginnings, 1500–1900, 2023

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The Smoking Book Lesley Stern University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA, London, UK, Illinois, 1999

"The Smoking Book is a dreamlike structure built on the solid foundation of two questions: how does it feel to smoke, and what does smoking mean? Lesley Stern, in an innovative, hybrid form of writing, muses on these questions through interesting stories and essays that connect, expand, and contract like smoke rings floating through the air."--BOOK JACKET. "Stern writes of addictions and passionate attachments, of the body and bodily pleasure, of autobiography and cultural history. Stern has written a book, at once intensely personal and kaleidoscopically international, that weaves the intimate act of a solitary person smoking a cigarette into a broad cultural picture of desire, exchange, fulfillment, and the acts that bind people together, either in lasting ways or through ephemeral encounters."--BOOK JACKET.

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Hunters of the Northern Forest: Designs for Survival Among Alaskan Kutchin [by] Richard K. Nelson University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1986

Boreal forest Indians like the Kutchin of east-central Alaska are among the few native Americans who still actively pursue a hunter's way of life. Yet even among these people hunting and gathering is vanishing so rapidly that it will soon disappear. This updated edition of Hunters of the Northern Forest stands as the only complete account of subsistence and survival among the Kutchin, capturing a final glimpse of a way of life at the crossroads of cultural development.

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On the run: fugitive life in an American city Alice Goffman The University of Chicago Press, Fieldwork encounters and discoveries, Illinois, 2014

The 6th Street boys and their legal entanglements The art of running When the police knock your door in Turning legal troubles into personal resources The social life of criminalized young people The market in protections and privileges Clean people A fugitive community Leaving 6th Street Appendix. A methodological note.

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lgli/Marshall B. Reinsdorf, Louise Sheiner - The Measure of Economies_ Measuring Productivity in an Age of Technological Change-University of Chicago Press (2024).pdf

The Measure of Economies: Measuring Productivity in an Age of Technological Change Marshall B. Reinsdorf (editor), Louise Sheiner (editor) University of Chicago Press, 1, 2024

Innovative new approaches for improving GDP measurement to better gauge economic productivity. Official measures of gross domestic product (GDP) indicate that productivity growth has declined in the United States over the last two decades. This has led to calls for policy changes from pro-business tax reform to stronger antitrust measures. But are our twentieth-century economic methods actually measuring our twenty-first-century productivity? The Measure of Economies offers a synthesis of the state of knowledge in productivity measurement at a time when many question the accuracy and scope of GDP. With chapters authored by leading economic experts on topics such as the digital economy, health care, and the environment, it highlights the inadequacies of current practices and discusses cutting-edge alternatives. Pragmatic and forward-facing, The Measure of Economies is an essential resource not only for social scientists, but also for policymakers and business leaders seeking to understand the complexities of economic growth in a time of rapidly evolving technology.

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(Parker 03) The Outfit Richard Stark University of Chicago Press

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Gymnosperms. Structure evolution Charles Joseph Chamberlain The University of Chicago Press, 5, 1937

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Critical Historical Studies Vol. 7 Num. 1 7 The University of Chicago Press The University of Chicago Press, 7, 1, 2020

This special issue is devoted to the legacy of Moishe Postone, an editor of the journal since its founding, who died in March 2018. Postone was the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor in the Department of History and the College at the University of Chicago and was the author of Time, Labor, and Social Domination: A Reinterpretation of Marx’s Critical Theory, unquestionably one of the great works of critical theory of the past several decades. He also published many articles and essays on critical theory, the history of capitalism, and modern anti-Semitism. In April of 2019, a conference dedicated to Postone’s memory was held at the University of Chicago. It brought together Postone’s friends, students, and interlocutors for two intense days of talks and discussion. It seems works of critical theory of the past several decades.

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lgli/The Military Philosophers (2010, University of Chicago Press).epub

The Military Philosophers Anthony Powell University of Chicago Press, Dance to the Music of Time #9, 2010

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lgli/Julia Guarneri [Guarneri, Julia] - Newsprint Metropolis (2017, University of Chicago Press).epub

Newsprint Metropolis Julia Guarneri [Guarneri, Julia] University of Chicago Press, 2017

At the close of the nineteenth century, new printing and paper technologies fueled an expansion of the newspaper business. Newspapers soon saturated the United States, especially its cities, which were often home to more than a dozen dailies apiece. Using New York, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Chicago as case studies, Julia Guarneri shows how city papers became active agents in creating metropolitan spaces and distinctive urban cultures.Newsprint Metropolis offers a vivid tour of these papers, from the front to the back pages. Paying attention to much-loved features, including comic strips, sports pages, advice columns, and Sunday magazines, she tells the linked histories of newspapers and of the cities they served. Guarneri shows how themed sections for women, businessmen, sports fans, and suburbanites illustrated entire ways of life built around consumer products. But while papers provided a guide to individual upward mobility, they also fostered a climate of...

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General Relativity From A to B Robert Geroch

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Creating Mental Illness Allan V. Horwitz University of Chicago Press, 2020

In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions and that most conditions currently regarded as mental illness are cultural constructions, normal reactions to stressful social circumstances, or simply forms of deviant behavior. "Thought-provoking and important. . .Drawing on and consolidating the ideas of a range of authors, Horwitz challenges the existing use of the term mental illness and the psychiatric ideas and practices on which this usage is based. . . . Horwitz enters this controversial territory with confidence, conviction, and clarity."—Joan Busfield, American Journal of Sociology "Horwitz properly identifies the financial incentives that urge therapists and drug companies to proliferate psychiatric diagnostic categories. He correctly identifies the stranglehold that psychiatric diagnosis has on research funding in mental health. Above all, he provides a sorely needed counterpoint to the most strident advocates of disease-model psychiatry."—Mark Sullivan, Journal of the American Medical Association "Horwitz makes at least two major contributions to our understanding of mental disorders. First, he eloquently draws on evidence from the biological and social sciences to create a balanced, integrative approach to the study of mental disorders. Second, in accomplishing the first contribution, he provides a fascinating history of the study and treatment of mental disorders. . . from early asylum work to the rise of modern biological psychiatry."—Debra Umberson, Quarterly Review of Biology

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lgli/Leo Strauss - Seminar on Cicero 1959 (2020, University of Chicago Press).pdf

Seminar on Cicero 1959 Leo Strauss University of Chicago Press, 2020

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lgli/David Joravsky - The Lysenko Affair (2010, University of Chicago Press).mobi

The Lysenko Affair David Joravsky University of Chicago Press, 2010

The Lysenko affair was perhaps the most bizarre chapter in the history of modern science. For thirty years, until 1965, Soviet genetics was dominated by a fanatical agronomist who achieved dictatorial power over genetics and plant science as well as agronomy. "A standard source both for Soviet specialists and for sociologists of science."—American Journal of Sociology "Joravsky has produced . . . the most detailed and authoritative treatment of Lysenko and his view on genetics."—New York Times Book Review

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Selected Sonnets: A Bilingual Edition Luis de Camoes University Of Chicago Press

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lgli/Allan H. Meltzer - A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 2 (University of Chicago Press).epub

A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 2 Allan H. Meltzer University of Chicago Press

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lgli/Eduardo Lalo - Uselessness: A Novel (2017, University of Chicago Press).epub

Uselessness: A Novel Eduardo Lalo & Suzanne Jill Levine University of Chicago Press, 2017

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lgli/Richard Stark - Hunter (University of Chicago Press).mobi

Hunter Richard Stark University of Chicago Press

You probably haven’t ever noticed them. But they’ve noticed you. They notice everything. That’s their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers’ work habits, the positions of the security guards. Lagging a few car lengths behind the Brinks truck on its daily rounds. Surreptitiously jiggling the handle of an unmarked service door at the racetrack.They’re thieves. Heisters, to be precise. They’re pros, and Parker is far and away the best of them. If you’re planning a job, you want him in. Tough, smart, hardworking, and relentlessly focused on his trade, he is the heister’s heister, the robber’s robber, the heavy’s heavy. You don’t want to cross him, and you don’t want to get in his way, because he’ll stop at nothing to get what he’s after.Parker, the ruthless antihero of Richard Stark’s eponymous mystery novels, is one of the most unforgettable characters in hardboiled noir. Lauded by critics for his taut realism, unapologetic amorality, and razor-sharp prose-style—and adored by fans who turn each intoxicating page with increasing urgency—Stark is a master of crime writing, his books as influential as any in the genre. The University of Chicago Press has embarked on a project to return the early volumes of this series to print for a new generation of readers to discover—and become addicted to.In The Hunter, the first volume in the series, Parker roars into New York City, seeking revenge on the woman who betrayed him and on the man who took his money, stealing and scamming his way to redemption. “Westlake knows precisely how to grab a reader, draw him or her into the story, and then slowly tighten his grip until escape is impossible.”—Washington Post Book World

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lgli/Hillary Angelo [Angelo, Hillary] - How Green Became Good (2021, University of Chicago Press).pdf

How Green Became Good Hillary Angelo [Angelo, Hillary] University of Chicago Press, 2021

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lgli/David Cloud [Cloud, David] - United Nations and the New Age (2009, University Of Chicago Press).epub

United Nations and the New Age David Cloud [Cloud, David] University Of Chicago Press, 2009

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lgli/Stuart Elden - The Birth of Territory (2013, University of Chicago Press).epub

The Birth of Territory Elden, Stuart University of Chicago Press, 2013

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lgli/Allan V. Horwitz - Creating Mental Illness (2020, University of Chicago Press).pdf

Creating Mental Illness Allan V. Horwitz University of Chicago Press, 2020

In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions and that most conditions currently regarded as mental illness are cultural constructions, normal reactions to stressful social circumstances, or simply forms of deviant behavior. "Thought-provoking and important. . .Drawing on and consolidating the ideas of a range of authors, Horwitz challenges the existing use of the term mental illness and the psychiatric ideas and practices on which this usage is based. . . . Horwitz enters this controversial territory with confidence, conviction, and clarity."—Joan Busfield, American Journal of Sociology "Horwitz properly identifies the financial incentives that urge therapists and drug companies to proliferate psychiatric diagnostic categories. He correctly identifies the stranglehold that psychiatric diagnosis has on research funding in mental health. Above all, he provides a sorely needed counterpoint to the most strident advocates of disease-model psychiatry."—Mark Sullivan, Journal of the American Medical Association "Horwitz makes at least two major contributions to our understanding of mental disorders. First, he eloquently draws on evidence from the biological and social sciences to create a balanced, integrative approach to the study of mental disorders. Second, in accomplishing the first contribution, he provides a fascinating history of the study and treatment of mental disorders. . . from early asylum work to the rise of modern biological psychiatry."—Debra Umberson, Quarterly Review of Biology

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lgli/Thomas Medvetz - Think Tanks in America (2012, University of Chicago Press).pdf

Think Tanks in America Thomas Medvetz University of Chicago Press, 2012

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lgli/Richard Stark [Stark, Richard] - Firebreak: A Parker Novel (Parker Novels) (2011, University of Chicago Press).epub

Firebreak: A Parker Novel (Parker Novels) Richard Stark [Stark, Richard] University of Chicago Press, 2011

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lgli/Bernd Stiegler - Traveling in Place (2013, University Of Chicago Press).epub

Traveling in Place Stiegler, Bernd University Of Chicago Press, 2013

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lgli/Allan H. Meltzer - A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 2 (University of Chicago Press).epub

A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 2 Allan H. Meltzer University of Chicago Press

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lgli/Unknown - The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 4 (University of Chicago Press).epub

The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 4 Unknown University of Chicago Press

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lgli/At Lady Molly's (2010, University of Chicago Press).epub

At Lady Molly's Powell, Anthony University of Chicago Press, Dance to the Music of Time #4, 2010

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lgli/Christopher Herbert - Victorian Relativity (2001, University of Chicago Press).pdf

Victorian Relativity Christopher Herbert University of Chicago Press, 2001

One of the articles of faith of twentieth-century intellectual history is that the theory of relativity in physics sprang in its essentials from the unaided genius of Albert Einstein; another is that scientific relativity is unconnected to ethical, cultural, or epistemological relativisms. Victorian Relativity challenges these assumptions, unearthing a forgotten tradition of avant-garde speculation that took as its guiding principle "the negation of the absolute" and set itself under the militant banner of "relativity." Christopher Herbert shows that the idea of relativity produced revolutionary changes in one field after another in the nineteenth century. Surveying a long line of thinkers including Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, Alexander Bain, W. K. Clifford, W. S. Jevons, Karl Pearson, James Frazer, and Einstein himself, Victorian Relativity argues that the early relativity movement was bound closely to motives of political and cultural reform and, in particular, to radical critiques of the ideology of authoritarianism. Recuperating relativity from those who treat it as synonymous with nihilism, Herbert portrays it as the basis of some of our crucial intellectual and ethical traditions.

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lgli/Barbara J. King - Personalities on the Plate (University of Chicago Press).rtf

Personalities on the Plate Barbara J. King University of Chicago Press

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lgli/Euripides - Euripides 4 - Rhesus, The Suppliant Women, Orestes, Iphigenia in Aulis.pdf (1968, The University of Chicago Press).pdf

Euripides 4 - Rhesus, The Suppliant Women, Orestes, Iphigenia in Aulis.pdf Euripides The University of Chicago Press, Euripides 4, 1968

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Creating Mental Illness Horwitz, Allan V. University of Chicago Press, 2020

In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions and that most conditions currently regarded as mental illness are cultural constructions, normal reactions to stressful social circumstances, or simply forms of deviant behavior. "Thought-provoking and important. . .Drawing on and consolidating the ideas of a range of authors, Horwitz challenges the existing use of the term mental illness and the psychiatric ideas and practices on which this usage is based. . . . Horwitz enters this controversial territory with confidence, conviction, and clarity."—Joan Busfield, American Journal of Sociology "Horwitz properly identifies the financial incentives that urge therapists and drug companies to proliferate psychiatric diagnostic categories. He correctly identifies the stranglehold that psychiatric diagnosis has on research funding in mental health. Above all, he provides a sorely needed counterpoint to the most strident advocates of disease-model psychiatry."—Mark Sullivan, Journal of the American Medical Association "Horwitz makes at least two major contributions to our understanding of mental disorders. First, he eloquently draws on evidence from the biological and social sciences to create a balanced, integrative approach to the study of mental disorders. Second, in accomplishing the first contribution, he provides a fascinating history of the study and treatment of mental disorders. . . from early asylum work to the rise of modern biological psychiatry."—Debra Umberson, Quarterly Review of Biology

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lgli/Anahid Nersessian [Nersessian, Anahid] - Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse (2021, University of Chicago Press).pdf

Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse Anahid Nersessian [Nersessian, Anahid] University of Chicago Press, 2021

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lgli/Anahid Nersessian [Nersessian, Anahid] - Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse (2021, University of Chicago Press).pdf

Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse Anahid Nersessian [Nersessian, Anahid] University of Chicago Press, 2021

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lgli/Sarah Muir - Routine Crisis: An Ethnography of Dillusion (University of Chicago Press).pdf

Routine Crisis: An Ethnography of Dillusion Sarah Muir University of Chicago Press

Argentina, once heralded as the future of capitalist progress, has a long history of economic volatility. In 2001–2002, a financial crisis led to its worst economic collapse, precipitating a dramatic currency devaluation, the largest sovereign default in world history, and the flight of foreign capital. Protests and street blockades punctuated a moment of profound political uncertainty, epitomized by the rapid succession of five presidents in four months. Since then, Argentina has fought economic fires on every front, from inflation to the cost of utilities and depressed industrial output. When things clearly aren’t working, when the constant churning of booms and busts makes life almost unlivable, how does our deeply compromised order come to seem so inescapable? How does critique come to seem so blunt, even as crisis after crisis appears on the horizon? What are the lived effects of that sense of inescapability?Anthropologist Sarah Muir offers a cogent meditation on the limits of critique at this historical moment, drawing on deep experience in Argentina but reflecting on a truly global condition. If we feel things are being upended in a manner that is ongoing, tumultuous, and harmful, what would we need to do—and what would we need to give up—to usher in a revitalized critique for today’s world? Routine Crisis is an original provocation and a challenge to think beyond the limits of exhaustion and reimagine a form of criticism for the twenty-first century.

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Creating Mental Illness Allan V. Horwitz University of Chicago Press, 2020

In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions & that most conditions currently regarded as mental illness are cultural constructions, normal reactions to stressful social circumstances, or simply forms of deviant behavior. "Thought-provoking & important. . . Drawing on & consolidating the ideas of a range of authors, Horwitz challenges the existing use of the term & the psychiatric ideas & practices on which this usage is based. . . . Horwitz enters this controversial territory with confidence, conviction, & clarity." — Joan Busfield, American Journal of Sociology "Horwitz properly identifies the financial incentives that urge therapists & drug companies to proliferate psychiatric diagnostic categories. He correctly identifies the stranglehold that psychiatric diagnosis has on research funding in mental health. Above all, he provides a sorely needed counterpoint to the most strident advocates of disease-model psychiatry." — Mark Sullivan, Journal of the American Medical Association "Horwitz makes at least two major contributions to our understanding of mental disorders. First, he eloquently draws on evidence from the biological & social sciences to create a balanced, integrative approach to the study of mental disorders. Second, in accomplishing the first contribution, he provides a fascinating history of the study & treatment of mental disorders. . . from early asylum work to the rise of modern biological psychiatry." — Debra Umberson, Quarterly Review of Biology

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lgli/Leo Strauss - Seminar on Grotius, On the Law of War and Peace 1964 (1964, University of Chicago Press).pdf

Seminar on Grotius, On the Law of War and Peace 1964 Leo Strauss University of Chicago Press, 1964

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lgli/Anahid Nersessian [Nersessian, Anahid] - Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse (2021, University of Chicago Press).epub

Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse Anahid Nersessian [Nersessian, Anahid] University of Chicago Press, 2021

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A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology J. P. May 1999

Algebraic topology is a basic part of modern mathematics, and some knowledge of this area is indispensable for any advanced work relating to geometry, including topology itself, differential geometry, algebraic geometry, and Lie groups. This book provides a detailed treatment of algebraic topology both for teachers of the subject and for advanced graduate students in mathematics either specializing in this area or continuing on to other fields.J. Peter May's approach reflects the enormous internal developments within algebraic topology over the past several decades, most of which are largely unknown to mathematicians in other fields. But he also retains the classical presentations of various topics where appropriate. Most chapters end with problems that further explore and refine the concepts presented. The final four chapters provide sketches of substantial areas of algebraic topology that are normally omitted from introductory texts, and the book concludes with a list of suggested readings for those interested in delving further into the field.

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lgli/Ben A. Minteer, Jane Maienschein, James P. Collins (eds) - The Ark and Beyond: the Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation (2018, University of Chicago Press ).pdf

The Ark and Beyond: the Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Ben A. Minteer, Jane Maienschein, James P. Collins (eds) University of Chicago Press, 2018

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lgli/Guy P. Raffa [Raffa, Guy P.] - The Complete Danteworlds: A Reader's Guide to the Divine Comedy (2016, University of Chicago Press).epub

The Complete Danteworlds: A Reader's Guide to the Divine Comedy Guy P. Raffa [Raffa, Guy P.] University of Chicago Press, 2016

Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy has, despite its enormous popularity and importance, often stymied readers with its multitudinous characters, references, and themes. But until the publication in 2007 of Guy Raffa’s guide to the Inferno, students lacked a suitable resource to help them navigate Dante’s underworld. With this new guide to the entire Divine Comedy, Raffa provides readers—experts in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Dante neophytes, and everyone in between—with a map of the entire poem, from the lowest circle of Hell to the highest sphere of Paradise.Based on Raffa’s original research and his many years of teaching the poem to undergraduates, The Complete Danteworlds charts a simultaneously geographical and textual journey, canto by canto, region by region, adhering closely to the path taken by Dante himself through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. This invaluable reference also features study questions, illustrations of the realms, and regional summaries. Interpreting Dante’s poem and his sources, Raffa fashions detailed entries on each character encountered as well as on many significant historical, religious, and cultural allusions.

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lgli/John H. Taylor [Taylor, John H.] - Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt (2001, University Of Chicago Press).epub

Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt Taylor, John H. University Of Chicago Press, 2001

Of all the ancient peoples, the Egyptians are perhaps best known for the fascinating ways in which they grappled with the mysteries of death and the afterlife. This beautifully illustrated book draws on the British Museum's world-famous collection of mummies and other funerary evidence to offer an accessible account of Egyptian beliefs in an afterlife and examine the ways in which Egyptian society responded materially to the challenges these beliefs imposed. The author describes in detail the numerous provisions made for the dead and the intricate rituals carried out on their behalf. He considers embalming, coffins and sarcophagi, shabti figures, magic and ritual, and amulets and papyri, as well as the mummification of sacred animals, which were buried by the millions in vast labyrinthine catacombs. The text also reflects recent developments in the interpretation of Egyptian burial practices, and incorporates the results of much new scientific research. Newly acquired information derives from a range of sophisticated applications, such as the use of noninvasive imaging techniques to look inside the wrappings of a mummy, and the chemical analysis of materials used in the embalming process. Authoritative, concise, and lucidly written, Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt illuminates aspects of this complex, vibrant culture that still perplex us more than 3,000 years later.

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lgli/Jacques Derrida [Derrida, Jacques] - The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume II (2011, University of Chicago Press).pdf

The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume II Jacques Derrida [Derrida, Jacques] University of Chicago Press, 2011

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lgli/Adam Smith [Smith, Adam] - An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (University of Chicago Press).epub

An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith [Smith, Adam] University of Chicago Press, 1776

Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society; and Robert Reich's Introduction both clarifies Smith's analyses and illuminates his overall relevance to the world in which we live. As Reich writes, "Smith's mind ranged over issues as fresh and topical today as they were in the late eighteenth century--jobs, wages, politics, government, trade, education, business, and ethics." Introduction by Robert Reich - Commentary by R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner - Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

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lgli/Albert Einstein - On the Method of Theoretical Physics I(1933, The University of Chicago Press).pdf

On the Method of Theoretical Physics I Albert Einstein The University of Chicago Press, Philosophy of Sciences, I, 1933

On the Method of Theoretical Physics  was presented by  Albert Einstein  as the  Herbert Spencer  lecture at  Oxford  on June 10, 1933. In the year 1934, it was published in  Mein Weltbild . In the same year (April, 1934) it was published in  Philosophy of Science , Vol. 1, No. 2, by the University of Chicago Press, on behalf of the  Philosophy of Science Association.

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The unexpected hanging, and other mathematical diversions : with a new afterword and expanded bibliography Gardner, Martin, 1914- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, University of Chicago Press ed., 1991

Edition: 5, Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1969, Fifth book of Mathematical games column author wrote for Scientific American, Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-263)

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The unexpected hanging, and other mathematical diversions : with a new afterword and expanded bibliography Gardner, Martin, 1914- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, University of Chicago Press ed., 1991

Seasoned with Gardner's interest in the history and philosophy of science, this delightful book is a treasure-trove of puzzles, anecdotes, games, and logical theory. These intriguing problems, collected from Gardner's Scientific American columns, involve knots, interlocking rings, rotations and reflections, logical paradox, two-dimensional universes, chess strategies, and gambling odds. \"'Gardner conjures problems that are both profound and silly; exquisite truths and outrageous absurdities; paradoxes, anagrams, palindromes and party tricks. . . . He knows, better than most, how many amazing true things there are in the world.\"'— Newsweek, Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1969, Fifth book of Mathematical games column author wrote for Scientific American, Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-263)

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