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Achinstein, Peter, Science Rules: A Historical Introduction to Scientific Methods Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7944-2.

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Acker, Caroline Jean, Creating the American Junkie: Addiction Research in the Classical Era of Narcotic Control Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-6798-3.

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Alexander, Jeffrey with Gary T. Marx and Christine L. Williams, Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs: Explorations in Sociology Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-24137-1.

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Altbach, Philip G. with Toru Umakoshi and Altbach, Asian Universities: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-8037-8.

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Archibald, Robert, and Archibald, Why Colleges and Universities Should Switch Roles with the Federal Government: Redesigning the Financial Aid System Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7123-9.

Comments: An economist, the author examines the history of the federal financial aid system and its current flaws. He then argues that educational institutions should guarantee student loans.

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Archibald, Robert B., Redesigning the Financial Aid System: Why Colleges and Universities Should Switch Roles with the Federal Government Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7123-9.

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Arredondo, Gabriela F. with Aida Hurtado and Norma Arredondo, Chicana Feminists: A Critical Reader Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3141-1.

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Ash, Eric H., Power, Knowledge, and Expertise in Elizabethan England Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7992-2.

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Auyero, Javier, and Auyero, Contentious Lives: Two Argentine Women, Two Protests, and the Quest for Recognition Durham Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3115-2.

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Auyero, Javier, and Auyero, Contentious Lives: Two Argentine Women, Two Protests, and the Quest for Recognition Durham Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3115-2.

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Ballenger, Jesse, Self, Senility, and Alzheimer's Disease in Modern America: A History Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN: .

Comments: Andrew Achenbaum argues that this book weaves together biomedical data, social science inquiries, policy issues, and popular attitudes, and that is certainly true. But the personal touch, provided by Ballenger's interaction with a patient suffering from "dementia", also seems to lift this book from yet another treatise about helpful tips and looks, instead, at the way that the dread of this disease has helped shape knowledge, health policy, and the experience of caregivers and those suffering from it. Important. Well-done.

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Baxter, Charles with Peter Turchi and Baxter, Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-06774-5.

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Bender, Thomas, Rethinking American History in a Global Age Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-23058-2.

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Beresford-Kroeger, Diana, and Beresford-Kroeger, Arboretum America: A Philisophy of the Forest Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-06851-2.

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Bersani, Leo with Ulysse Dutoit Forms of Being: Cinema, Aesthetics, Subjectivity Berkeley: British Film Institute. ISBN: 1-84457-016-9.

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Black, Amy E. with Douglas L. Koopman and David K. Ruden, Of Little Faith: The Politics of George W. Bush's Faith-Based Initiatives. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 1-58901-013-2.

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Another important national debate about whether faith-based organizations should be permitted to compete to administer government programs as all other non-profit corporations. The authors claim that politics, rhetoric, infighting, and poor communication derailed Bush's proposals. But the future? Good topic, but.

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Black, Amy E. with Douglas L. Koopman and David K. Ryden, Of Little Faith: The Politics of George W. Bush's Faith-Based Initiatives Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 1-58901-013-2.

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Blee, Kathleen M., No Middle Ground: Women and Radical Protest New York: New York University Press. ISBN: 0-8147-1280-0.

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Blum, Virginia L., Arboretum America:Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-21723-3.

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Bogus, Carl T., Why Lawsuits are Good for America: Disciplined Democracy, Big Business, and the Common Law New York: New York University Press. ISBN: 0-8147-1319-X.

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Bollinger, Lee C. with Geoffrey R. Stone Eternally Vigilant: Free Speech in the Modern Era Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-06354-2.

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Bowman, Amy O'M. with Michael Pagano Terra Incognita: Vacant Land and Urban Stategies. Washington D.C.: Georgetown Univeristy Press. ISBN: 1-58901-007-8.

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More and more urban areas are faced with dysfunctional elements that include brownfields, burned-out houses, and abandoned storefronts. What strategic decisions can be made to deal effectively with these?

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Bowman, Ann O'M., Terra Incognita: Vacant Land and Urban Strategies Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 1-58901-007-8.

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Boyd, Anne E., Writing for Immortality: Women Writers and the Emergence of High Literary Culture in America Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7875-6.

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Briggs, Charles L. with Clara Mantini-Briggs Stories in the Time of Cholera: Racial Profiling During a Medical Nightmare Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-24388-9.

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Brown, Michael K. with Martin Carnoy and Elliott Brown, White-Washing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-24475-3.

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Burns, Sarah, Painting the Dark Side: Art and the Gothic Imagination in Nineteenth-Century America Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-23821-4.

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Burton, Antoinette, After the Imperial Turn: Thinking with and through the Nation Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3142-X.

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Caldeira, Teresa P.R., City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in Sao Paulo Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-22143-5.

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Canning, Kathleen, Languages of Labor and Gender: Female Factory Work in Germany, 1850-1914 Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-08766-5.

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Chapman, Audrey R. with Mark S. Frankel Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7231-6.

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Cheng, Meiling, In Other Los Angeleses: Multicentric Performance Art Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-23515-0.

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Choy, Catherine Ceniza, Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3052-0.

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Christian, David, Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-24476-1.

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Chuh, Kandice, Imagine Otherwise: On Asian Americanist Critique Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3140-3.

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Cohen, Samuel, 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology New York: Bedford/St. Martin's. ISBN: 0-312-41210-X.

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Cohen, Shirley, Targeting Autism: What We Know, Don't Know, and Can Do to Help Young Children with Autism and Related Disorders Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-23480-4.

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Cole, Jennifer, Forget Colonialism? Sacrifice and the Art of Memory in Madagascar Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-22846-4.

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Conversi, Daniele, Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World: Walker Connor and the Study of Nationalism New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN: 0-415-26373-5.

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Crampton, Jeremy W., The Political Mapping of Cyberspace Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-11746-4.

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Dam, Kenneth W., The Rules of the Global Game: A New Look at US International Economic Policymaking Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-13494-6.

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Dokecki, Paul R., The Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis: Reform and Renewal in the Catholic Community Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 1-58901-006-X.

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Dorecki, Paul R., The Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis: Reform and Renewal in the Catholic Community. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 1-58901-006.

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The author brings the credentials of a community psychologist and active Catholic to the profoundly disturbing crisis of priest pedophilia. Is there a way to keep children in the church from harm? Thoughtful. Thorough research includes court documents on the McKeown case.

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Drennan, Matthew P., The Information Economy and American Cities Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-6934-X.

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Duderstadt, James J. with Farris W. Womack Beyond the Crossroads: The Future of the Public University in America Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7218-9.

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Edin, Kathryn with Maria Kefalas Promises I can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-24113-4.

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Eley, Geoff, Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000 New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0-29-504479-7.

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Engel, David M. with Frank W. Munger Rights of Inclusion: Law and Identity in the Life Stories of Americans with Disabilities Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-20833-8.

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Fantasia, Rick with Kim Voss Hard Work: Remaking the American Labor Movement Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-24090-1.

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Farber, David, Sloan Rules: Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-23804-0.

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Featherman, David L. with Maris A. Vinovskis Social Science and Policy-Making: A Search for Relevance in the Twentieth Century Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-06769-9.

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Feldstein, Martin, Economic and Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-24109-2.

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Ferrari, Gloria, and Ferrari, Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-24436--9.

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Frawley, Maria H., Invalidism and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Britain Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-26120-4.

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Frick, Carole Collier, Dressing Renaissance Florence: Families, Fortunes, and Fine Clothing Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. ISBN: 0-8018-6939-0.

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Fukuyama, Francis, and Fukuyama, Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN: .

Comments: The very first sentence, which notes how President George W. Bush has gone through "a strking transformation" on nation-building (from opponent to "grandiose social engineer" (p. 1), also marks the increasingly disillusionment of former Bush apologists for the man in the Oval Office. This is a must-read, both for the insights into the ongoing conflicts in these two countries but also for the eloquent frustration of learned scholars who seek to provide more competent guidelines for future leaders than lapsing into the current failure of institutional memory and the gap between doctrine and the efforts of the U.S. government.

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Gardell, Mattias, Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3071-1.

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Garroutte, Eva Marie, Real Indians: Identity and the Survival of Native America Real Indians: Identity and the Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-22977-0.

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Glantz, Stanton A. with Edith D. Balbach Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-22286-5.

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Godfrey-Smith, Peter, Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-30063-3.

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Grandin, Greg, Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN: .

Comments: Has the United States has used Latin America as a laboratory for America's rise as a world power? In this impressive and provocative book, Grandin argues that this is what has happened for decades, based on research that has uncovered the "buried history" of the New Right's involvement in Central America. He also discusses the ways that the "new imperialism" is "going primitive" as it moves away from "a dependency on ever more sophisticated firepower" and prepares for "nontraditional low-intensity conflict" (p. 91). A must-buy.

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Gregerson, Linda, Negative Capability: Contemporary American Poetry Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-0677-X.

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Gutmann, Matthew C., The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-23528-2.

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Halle, David, New York & Los Angeles: Politics, Society, and Culture a Comparative View Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-31370-0.

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Hamm, Theodore, Rebel and a Cause: Caryl Chessman and the Politics of the Death Penalty in Postwar California, 1948-1974 Berkeley: University of California PressUniversity of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-22428-0.

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Haney, Lynne, Inventing the Needy: Gender and the Politics of Welfare in Hungary Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-23102-3.

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Harney, Elizabeth, In Senghor's Shadow: Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960-1995 Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3395-3.

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Hart, John Mason, Empire and Revolution: The American in Mexico since the Civil War Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-22324-1.

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Hart, Kevin with Geoffrey H. Hartman The Power of Contestation: Perspectives on Maurice Blanchot Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7962-0.

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Hayden, Robert M., Blueprints for a House Divided: The Constitutional Logic of the Yugoslav Conflicts Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-11066-7.

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Hobart, Michael E. with Zachary S. Schiffman Information Ages: Literacy, Numeracy, and the Computer Revolution Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-5881-X.

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Holliday, J. S., Rush for Riches: Gold Fever and the Making of California Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-21402-1.

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Hopcroft, Rosemary L., Regions, Institutions, and Agrarian Change in European History Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-11023-3.

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Horten, Gerd, Radio Goes to War: The Cultural Politics of Propaganda during World War II Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-20783-1.

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Hussain, Nasser, The Jurisprudence of Emergency: Colonialism and the Rule of Law Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-11328-3.

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Iezzoni, Lisa I., When Walking Fails: Mobility Problems of Adults with Chronic Conditions Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-23819-2.

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Ignatieff, Michael, The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN: 0-691-11751-9.

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Johansen, Ruthann Knechel, Listening in the Silence, Seeing in the Dark: Reconstructing Life after Brain Injury. Berkeley: The University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-23114-7.

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Who speaks for the traumatically brain injured? This author's account of her son's injury also involves the way self-identity and perception intertwine.

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Johns, Adrian, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-40121-9.

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Jones, Colin with Dror Wahrman The Age of Cultural Revolutions: Britain and France, 1750-1820 Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-22967-3.

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Juergensmeyer, Mark, Terror in the Mind of God: the Global Rise of Religious Violence Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-50-22301-2.

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Kaiwar, Vasant with Sucheta Mazumdar Antinomies of Modernity: Essays on Race, Orient, Nation Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3046-6.

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Kohler, Robert E., Landscapes and Labscapes: Exploring the Lab-Field Border in Biology Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-45010-4.

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Kunz, Thomas H. with M. Brock Fenton Bat Ecology Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-46206-4.

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Langa, Helen, Radical Art: Printmaking and the Left in 1930s New York. Berkeley: The University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-23155-4.

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Magnificent project, with careful research, on an important era when printmaking came closer to realizing its ideal of "creating art for the millions". Includes a discussion of the Federal Art Project's workshops and community art centers.

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Langa, Helen, Radical Art: Printmaking and the Left in 1930s New York Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-23155-4.

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Lentricchia, Frank with Andrew Dubois Close Reading Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3039-3.

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Lieberman, Victor, Beyond Binary Histories: Re-imagining Eurasia to c. 1830 Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-08633-2.

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Lipsitz, George, The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN: 1-56639-635-2.

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Lizza, John, Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN: .

Comments: As Lizza points out, recent legal and clinical cases have challenged previous definitions of death, so he presents the first comprehensive analysis of personhood and humanity within this context. He examines the basic ontological, ethical, and cultural issues and proposes a non-reductive, substantive view that supports a consciousness-relation formulation. This bold and competent analysis offers a much-needed dimension to this modern debate.

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McCoy, Jennifer L. with David J. Myers The Unraveling of Representative Democracy in Venezuela Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7960-4.

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McRoberts, Omar M., Streets of Glory: Church and Community in a Black Urban Neighborhood Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-22-56216-6.

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Meckel, Richard A., Save the Babies: American Public Health Reform and the Prevention of Infant Mortality, 1850-1929 Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Paperbacks, the University of Michigan Press. ISBN: .

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Meyer, Jeffrey F., Myths in Stone: Religious Dimensions of Washington, D.C. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-21481-1.

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Mitchell, Timothy, Betrayal of the Innocents: Desire, Power, and the Catholic Church in Spain Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 0-8122-1659-8.

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Moore, Donald S. with Jake Kosek and Anand Pandian, Race, Nature, and the Politics of Difference Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3091-1.

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Mosier, John, Cross of Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German War Machine, 1918-1945 New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN: .

Comments: Now, more than 50 years later, military historians are still sorting out the myths, realities, and achievements of Germany in this period, but John Mosier argues that the Wehrmacht's superiority lay in its institutional memory, not equipment or training. The lesson, he suggests, is that even the oldest and greatest armies in the world can, if guided by poor leadership, descend to the level of thugs in uniform and lose its honor. A disturbing thought, indeed, and perhaps a warning for modern warriors.

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Mullan, Fitzhugh, Big Doctoring in America: Profiles in Primary Care Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-20-22670-4.

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Murphy, Kevin M. with Robert H. Topel Measuring the Gains from Medical Research: An Economic Approach Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-55178-4.

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Nader, Laura, The Life of the Law: Antrhopological Projects Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-22988-6.

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Norris, ed., Pippa, Passages to Power: Legislative Recruitment in Advanced Democracies New York: Cambridge Uiversity Press. ISBN: 0-521-59099-X.

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Who succeeds in becoming a politician? Who fails? And why? This project uses new survey data to examine the legislative recruitment process in 19 advanced democracies, including the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Oberlander, Jonathan, The Political Life of Medicare Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-61596-0.

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Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G., Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7957-4.

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Otnes, Cele C. with Elizabeth H. Pleck Cinderella Dreams: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-24008-1.

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Owen, Alex, The Place of Enchantment: British Occultism and the Culture of the Modern Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-64201-1.

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Pope, Stephen J., Common Calling: the Laity & Governance of the Catholic Church Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 1-58901-027-2.

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Portes, Alejandro with Ruben G. Rumbaut Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-22848-0.

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Powell, H. Jefferson, A Community Built on Words: The Constitution in History and Politics Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-67723-0.

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Price, David Hotchkiss, Albrecht Durer's Renaissance: Humanism, reformation, and the Act of Faith Ann Arbor: the University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-11343-7.

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Princen, Thomas, The Logic of Sufficiency Cambridge: The MIT Press. ISBN: .

Comments: Every once in a while, we see the work of a scholar whose research has huge long-term theoretical implications, and this book certainly qualifies for that category. Princen argues that we need to shift from the organizing principle of efficiency, or the "relentless subjection of means to immediate ends" (p. xi), to sufficiency and the notions of ecological rationality and "self-management in an ecologically constrained world" (p. 23). A wonderfully coherent reflection on a meta-theory that offers scholars and other serious thinkers hope in an era of diseased livestock, decreasing water supplies, and destabilizing climate.

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Rajan, Rajeswari, The Scandal of the State: Women, Law, and Citizenship in Postcolonial India. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3048-2.

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Does the postcolonial Indian state address the complex social realities that Indian women face in their lives? Very revealing.

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Rajan, Rajeswari Sunder, The Scandal of the State: Women, Law, and Citizenship in Postcolonial India Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3048-2.

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Ramsey, Guthrie P., Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-2433-1.

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Renne, Elisha P., Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-08983-8.

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Some solid research of local perceptions of population and development in a rural southwestern Nigerian town. Raises some important questions about the demographic theory of fertility transition.

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Renne, Elisha P., Population and Progress in Yoruba Town Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-08983-8.

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Rothwell, Nancy, Who Wants to be a Scientist? Choosing Science as a Career New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0-521-52092-4.

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Schrag, Zachary, The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN: .

Comments: This nicely done narrative of Washington D.C.'s 106-mile rapid transit system offers everyone currently suffering from empty wallets after paying for expensive gasoline that other options do exist for cruising in the fast lane, even during rush hour. The book benefits from the extensive archival research and oral histories, plus a long-view of the historical background (1791-1955), planning process (1955-1965), and evolution (1965-1980).

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Schwartz, Maxime, How the Cows Turned Mad: Unlocking the Mysteries of Mad Cow Disease Berkeley: Berkeley. ISBN: 0-520-24337-4.

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Sears, Elizabeth with Thelma K. Thomas Reading Medieval Images: The Art Historian and the Object. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-06751-6.

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This study evolved wonderfully from its original purpose of honoring Ilene H Forsyth to a careful analysis and discussion of the "power of images to shape perception" and "the ideological basis of artistic re-presentation of visual material borrowed from the past" (xv).

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Sears, Elizabeth with Thelma K. Thomas Reading Medieval Images: The Art Historian and the Object Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-06751-6.

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Shapiro, Susan P., Tangled Loyalties: Conflict of Interest in Legal Practice Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-06801-6.

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Slaughter, Sheila with Gary Rhoades Academic Capitalism and the New Economy: Markets, State, and Higher Education Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. ISBN: 0-8018-7949-3.

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Smith, Sidonie with Julia Watson Interfaces: Women/Autobiography/ Image/Performance. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-06814-8.

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Superbly edited anthology. Explores the way twentieth-century women artists represented themselves at the interface of visual image, writen text, and performance.

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Spielvogel, Laura, Working Out in Japan: Shaping the Female Body in Tokyo Fitness Clubs Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3049-0.

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Spigel, Lynn with Jan Olsson Television After TV: Essay on a Medium in Transition Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3393-7.

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Spillers, Hortense J., Black, White, and in Color: Essays on American Literature and Culture Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-76980-1.

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Squier, Susan Merrill, Liminal Lives: Imagining the Human at the Frontiers of Biomedicine Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3366-X.

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Squier, Susan Merrill, Communities of the Air: Radio Century, Radio Culture Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3095-4.

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Swers, Michele L., The Difference Women make: The Policy Impact of Women in Congress Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-78649-8.

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Temple, Michael with Michael Witt The French Cinema Book London: British Film Institute Publishing. ISBN: 1-84457-012-6.

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Thiher, Allen, Revels in Madness: Insanity in Medicine and Literature Ann Arbor: the University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-11035-7.

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Wailoo, Keith with Stephen Pemberton The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN: .

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Walkowitz, Daniel J. with Lisa Maya Knauer Memory and the Impact of Political Transformation in Public Space Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3364-3.

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West, Harry G. with Todd Sanders Transparency and Conspiracy: Ethnographies of Suspicion in the New World Order Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 0-8223-3024-5.

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White, Luise, Speaking With Vampires: Rumor and History in Colonial Africa Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-21704-7.

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Wilfong, T. G., Women of Jeme: Lives in a Coptic Town in Late Antique Egypt Ann Arbor: the University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-472-06612-9.

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Yalom, Marilyn with Laura L. Carstensen Inside the American Couple: New Thinking, New Challenges Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-22957-6.

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Zaner, Richard M., Conversations on the Edge: Narratives of Ethics and Illness Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 0-87840-348-5.

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Zhang, Yingjin, Screening China: Critical Interventions, Cinematic Reconfigurations, and the Transnational Imaginary in Contemporary Chinese Cinema Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 0-89264-147-9.

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Zhao, Dingxin, The Power of Tiananmen: State-Society Relations and the 1989 Beijing Student Movement Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-98260-2.

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