University of Chicago Press Books: New booksThe latest scholarly and general books from the University of Chicago Press.Expansion of Tolerance- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Jonathan Israel and Stuart Schwartz with an Introduction by Michiel van Groesen Of all the European powers, the Dutch were considered the most tolerant of minority religious practices in their colonies. In The Expansion of Tolerance, a pair of historians examines this unusual sensitivity in the case of the seventeenth-century Dutch colonies of Brazil.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=210830 Fabricating the Antique- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Viccy Coltman Between 1760 and 1800, British aristocrats became preoccupied with the acquisition of ancient Greek and Roman artifacts. From marble busts to intricately painted vases, these antiquities were amassed in vast collections held in country houses and libraries throughout Britain. In Fabricating the Antique, Viccy Coltman examines these objects and their owners, as well as dealers, restorers, designers, and manufacturers. She provides a close look at the classical revival that resulted.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=162127 Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Anat Zanger The first full-length history of the remake in cinema, Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise is also the first book to explore how and why these stories are told.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=213827 Fine Words Butter No Cabbage- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited by Anthony Elms The longest-running journal dedicated to artists projects in the world, WhiteWalls recently exhibited "Fine Words Butter No Cabbage"a celebration of twenty-six years of conceptual art and writing by new and established artists from Chicago and around the world.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=194466 Day in a Medieval City- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Chiara Frugoni An opportunity to experience the daily hustle and bustle of life in the late Middle Ages, A Day in a Medieval City provides a captivating dawn-to-dark account of medieval life. A visual trek through the thirteenth and fourteenth centurieswith seasoned historian and expert on medieval iconography Chiara Frugoni as guidethis book offers a vast array of images and vignettes that depicts the everyday hardships and commonplace pleasures for people living in the Middle Ages.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=16584 Dana Guide to Brain Health- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited by Floyd E. Bloom, M.D.; M. Flint Beal, M.D.; and, David J. Kupfer, M.D. A child crashes to the ground from the monkey bars head-first. A high school student prepares for months to take the SAT. A grandmother slowly slips away from her family through the deadly progression of Alzheimers Disease. Whether we realize it or not, the importance of brain health to our daily lives goes far beyond just being able to walk and talk. The Dana Guide to Brain Health offers the first comprehensive...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=211080 American Enemy- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Philippe Roger Georges-Louis Buffon, an eighteenth-century French scientist, was the first to promote the widespread idea that nature in the New World was deficient; in America, which he had never visited, dogs don't bark, birds don't sing, andby extensionhumans are weaker, less intelligent, and less potent. Thomas Jefferson, infuriated by these claims, brought a seven-foot-tall carcass of a moose from America to the entry hall of his Parisian hotel, but the five-foot-tall Buffon remained...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=16567 Anti-Federalist- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Herbert J. Storing Herbert J. Storing's Complete Anti-Federalist, hailed as "a civic event of enduring importance" (Leonard W. Levy, New York Times Book Review), indisputably established the importance of the Anti-Federalists' writings for our understanding of the Constitution. As Storing wrote in his introduction, "If the foundation of the American polity was laid by the Federalists, the Anti-Federalist reservations echo through American history; and it is in the dialogue, not merely in the...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=2300 Architecture of Aftermath- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Terry Smith The September 11 terrorist attacks targeted, in Osama bin Ladens words, Americas icons of military and economic power. In The Architecture of Aftermath, Terry Smith argues that it was no accident that these targets were buildings: architecture has long served as a symbol of proud, defiant powerand never more so than in the late twentieth century.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=175312 Ayatollahs and Democracy in Contemporary Iraq- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Juan R.I. Cole The troubled transition to democracy in Iraq has led many to wonder how the countrys Shiites and Sunnis will balance their religious beliefs with political pressures. In this volume, historian Juan R. I. Cole explores clerical participation within Iraq's emerging democracy, including that of the Dawa Party, the al-Sadr Movement, and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution. Ideal for students and scholars of foreign affairs, Coles thought-provoking analysis will be important...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=210925 |