University of Chicago Press Books: New booksThe latest scholarly and general books from the University of Chicago Press.Liverpool 800- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited by John Belchem In anticipation of Liverpools eight-hundredth anniversary in 2007, Liverpool 800 is the definitive biography of this magnificent world city. The book uses the latest historical research to explore the life of Liverpool over eight centuriesto the present day, and includes detailed sections on politics, economics, and culture. Written by experts on Liverpool history, such as Donald M. MacRaild and Colin G. Pooley and incorporating exquisite color illustrations, Liverpool...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=212948 Liverpool, 1660-1750- (Found June 24, 2008 ) D. E. Ascott, J. E. Lewis, and M. J. Power Liverpool, 1660 1750 explores the demographic, economic, social, and political structures which made this British port city one of the worlds greatest metropolises. Liverpool was unique in the rate of its commercial development from the late 1600s through the 1900s, but despite this fact, little research has been done either on the characteristics of Liverpools population at the beginning of the boom or its social structure. Now, for the first time, a..http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=188838 Making Local Government Work- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Leon van den Dool This book looks at the development of local government on a global scale: its history, practice, and future. Leon van den Dool explores local government from a practical standpoint, including human resource policy and financial management, offers a concise summary of modern public management theories, and links this theory with practice, providing case studies from countries at different stages of development. A valuable tool for students and scholars of management, Making...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=211097 Making Sense of Evolution- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Massimo Pigliucci and Jonathan Kaplan Making Sense of Evolution explores contemporary evolutionary biology, focusing on the elements of theoriesselection, adaptation, and speciesthat are complex and open to multiple possible interpretations, many of which are incompatible with one another and with other accepted practices in the discipline. Particular experimental methods, for example, may demand one understanding of selection, while the application of the same concept to another area of...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=198161 Melancholia's Dog- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Alice A. Kuzniar Bred to provide human companionship, dogs eclipse all other species when it comes to reading the body language of people. Dog owners hunger for a complete rapport with their pets; in the dog the fantasy of empathetic resonance finds its ideal. But cross-species communication is never easy. Dog love can be a precious but melancholy thing.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=193673 Modern Japanese Cuisine- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Katarzyna J. Cwiertka Over the past two decades, the popularity of Japanese food in the West has increased immeasurablya major contribution to the evolution of Western eating habits. But Japanese cuisine itself has changed significantly since pre-modern times, and the food we eat at trendy Japanese restaurants, from tempura to sashimi, is vastly different from earlier Japanese fare. Modern Japanese Cuisine examines the origins of Japanese food from the late nineteenth century to unabashedly...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=211245 JapaneseKorean Linguistics, Volume 15- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited by Naomi McGloin and Junki Mori Japanese and Korean are typologically quite similar languages, and the linguistic phenomena of the former often hve counterparts in the latter. These collections from the annual JapaneseKorean linguistics conference include essays on the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics, discourse analysis, prosody, and psycholinguistics of both languages. Such comparative studies deepen our understanding of both languages and will be a...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=215693 JapaneseKorean Linguistics, Volume 13- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited by Mutsuko Endo Hudson, Peter Sells, and Sun-Ah Jun Japanese and Korean are typologically quite similar languages, and the linguistic phenomena of the former often hve counterparts in the latter. These collections from the annual JapaneseKorean linguistics conference include essays on the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics, discourse analysis, prosody, and psycholinguistics of both languages. Such comparative studies deepen our understanding of both...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=215675 Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Jean-Nol Jeanneney The recent announcement that Google will digitize the holdings of several major libraries sent shock waves through the book industry and academe. Google presented this digital repository as a first step towards a long-dreamed-of universal library, but skeptics were quick to raise a number of concerns about the potential for copyright infringement and unanticipated effects on the business of research and publishing.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=216412 Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited by David A. Wise and Naohiro Yashiro Recent data show wide disparity between Japan and the United States in the effectiveness of their health care systems. Japan spends close to the lowest percentage of its gross domestic product on health care among OECD countries, the United States spends the highest, yet life expectancies in Japan are among the worlds longest. Clearly, a great deal can be learned from a comprehensive comparative analysis of health care issues in these two countries.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=188275 |