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Books released during the week of June 30, 2008 |  | A Shoemaker's Story: Being Chiefly about French Canadian Immigrants, Enterprising Photographers, Rascal Yankees, and Chinese Cobblers in a Nineteenth-Century Factory Town Anthony W. Lee
"A Shoemaker's Story is a brilliant book that fully conveys the richness of historical meaning common photographs can bring to light in the hands of a skillful interpreter. Anthony Lee's tale of multiple encounters among Yankee townspeople and factory owners, Chinese and French Canadian migrant laborers, and itinerant and studio photographers in North Adams, Massachusetts, is full of insight into the confluence of United States labor history, ethnic studies, and visual culture. Beautifully written as well, it will be required, desired, and inspired reading for anyone's list."--Laura Wexler, Yale University |
 | After Anarchy Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council Ian Hurd
"Scholars do not fully understand the sources of legitimacy in world affairs or how it shapes and constrains what leaders do, but this book provides important insights by looking closely at one particular site of international authority: the United Nations Security Council."--G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs |
 | Archaeological Oceanography Edited by Robert D. Ballard
"Archaeological Oceanography is a must-have book for anyone interested in this emerging field. Never has there been a collection of articles as comprehensive as this one. For the first time in a single source are authoritative articles on the technology, field techniques, and even the preservation of these irreplaceable deep-water cultural resources with discussions on ways to bring them to the public's eye. The contributors are experts in their fields and present readable, data-packed overviews. The book will be the standard for many years to come."--Donny Hamilton, Texas A&M University |
 | Building a Global Bank: The Transformation of Banco Santander Mauro F. Guillén & Adrian Tschoegl
"Guillén and Tschoegl have a solid grasp of the dynamics of global banking and critically integrate the Santander story into that framework. Santander has had successes and missteps, and will have more of both in the years ahead. This book will leave the reader with an unrivalled observation platform to watch developments as they unfold."--Ingo Walter, New York University |
 | The Calculus Gallery Masterpieces from Newton to Lebesgue William Dunham
"The Calculus Gallery is a wonderful book. The style is inviting; the explanations are clear and accessible. . . . Mathematicians, scientists, and historians alike can learn much that is interesting, much that is mathematically significant, and a good deal that is both."--Judith V. Grabiner, Science |
 | The Collected Lyric Poems of Luís de Camões Luís de Camões Translated by Landeg White
"What an occasion! What a treasure! This book makes available for the first time in English a unique body of Renaissance poetry and a great classic of Western literature. Ably translated by Landeg White, this is a truly valuable literary achievement."--Richard Howard, series editor of the Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation, and author of Inner Voices: Selected Poems, 1963-2003 |
 | Democratizing the Enemy The Japanese American Internment Brian Masaru Hayashi
"Hayashi's book provides a newer, deeper insight into Japanese American history. Hayashi's book is a masterpiece and should be read by anyone writing on the Japanese American internment."--Eriko Yamamoto, History |
 | Do Economists Make Markets? On the Performativity of Economics Edited by Donald MacKenzie, Fabian Muniesa & Lucia Siu
"MacKenzie . . . skillfully describes the history of the financial derivatives market, claiming that the economists caused trader behavior to conform more closely to the model. . . . The volume is an excellent introduction to the debate over performativity and will appeal to a broad set of social scientists."--W. J. Polley, Choice |
 | Does Peacekeeping Work? Shaping Belligerents' Choices after Civil War Virginia Page Fortna
"Virginia Page Fortna has written a compelling and courageous book--compelling in the reinforcing comparisons that it makes between aggregate data and case-based research, and courageous in its first-person interviews, conducted with those who perpetrated as well as ended civil wars. The book bridges the worlds of the high-flying 'quant' who sees only forests of data, and the ground-based case researcher knee-deep in political leaf litter. Drawing particular strength from the oft-ignored perspective of those on whose behalf peacekeepers do their work, Fortna's convergent analyses advance our understanding not only of how peacekeeping works but why."--William J. Durch, Henry L. Stimson Center |
 | Dostoevsky's Democracy Nancy Ruttenburg
"Drawing on contemporary criticism, Dostoevsky's own prison experience, and his later masterpiece novels, this provocative book inquires into the great Russian writer's 'sense of the demos'--in equal parts mystical, traumatic, and inspirational. A fascinating narrative."--Caryl Emerson, Princeton University |
 | Ecological Models and Data in R Benjamin M. Bolker
"This user-friendly introduction to likelihood and Bayesian statistical methods for ecology students is set apart by its emphasis on implementation in R. This alone will make it more useful than previous books. In contrast to other texts, Bolker's book explains how to fit models to data in enough detail that even students with little programming experience will be able to follow along. I expect this to become an exceedingly popular textbook."--Stephan B. Munch, Stony Brook University |
 | The European Economy since 1945 Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond Barry Eichengreen
"In The European Economy Since 1945, Barry Eichengreen . . . presents not only a comprehensive account of Europe's postwar economic experience but also an important analysis of capitalist development more generally. . . . [B]y demonstrating how institutions helpful in one era can be counterproductive in another, Eichengreen has important lessons about the future to teach both policy makers and publics."--Sheri Berman, New York Times Book Review |
 | Evil Incarnate Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History David Frankfurter
"Mr. Frankfurter . . . shows just how similar stories about evil have been. . . . [E]vil recurs in predictably familiar form. . . . Mr. Frankfurter outlines these repeated elements with illuminating clarity and wide-ranging learning. . . . Using the term evil, he argues, prevents us from understanding context and cause; it places something beyond the human and that's when trouble starts. . . . But when the word is applied to an act, we know just precisely what it means: There is no human excuse."--Edward Rothstein, The New York Times |
 | Exploring Animal Social Networks Darren P. Croft, Richard James & Jens Krause
"An important and timely addition to the literature. This book should be readily accessible to researchers who are interested in animal social organization but who have little or no experience in conducting network analysis. The book is well-written in an engaging style and contains a good number of examples drawn from a range of taxonomic groups."--Paul R. Moorcroft, Harvard University |
 | Group Theory: Birdtracks, Lie's, and Exceptional Groups Predrag Cvitanovic
"In Group Theory, we get a sense of the quest Cvitanovic has been on, which makes the book much more fun to read than the average mathematics text. This book is intriguing, novel, and important."--John Baez, University of California, Riverside |
 | Innovation and Inequality: How Does Technical Progress Affect Workers? Gilles Saint-Paul
"A well-crafted book offering a rigorous analysis of topical issues from a variety of original perspectives."--Giuseppe Bertola, University of Turin |
 | Investors and Markets Portfolio Choices, Asset Prices, and Investment Advice William F. Sharpe
"Throughout the past 40 years, Sharpe has remained one of the most influential voices in finance for both academics and practitioners. As is true for all of Sharpe's writings, investment professionals will do well to read Investors and Markets and carefully absorb its insights."--Ronald L. Moy, Financial Analysts Journal |
 | Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles for a New Political Debate Ronald Dworkin
"Of the season's books deploring the quality of our political discourse, the classiest is Ronald Dworkin's Is Democracy Possible Here?"--Michael Kinsley, New York Times |
 | Jewish Questions Responsa on Sephardic Life in the Early Modern Period Matt Goldish
"This is a wonderful book. The introduction is excellent and well-written, and the texts are absolutely fascinating--in some cases even delightful and funny to read. Goldish has really hit the mark with this book."--Mark Cohen, Princeton University |
 | Journeys to the Other Shore Muslim and Western Travelers in Search of Knowledge Roxanne L. Euben
"A path breaking book. . . . [Euben] makes clear the unsatisfactory nature of the representational categories of 'Islam' and the 'West', which have come to have such dangerous weight for extremist thinkers, both Western and Islamic, in the contemporary world. . . . The arguments of this book are important, persuasive and nuanced."--Francis Robinson, Times Literary Supplement |
 | Living Speech Resisting the Empire of Force James Boyd White
"In Living Speech, White is rooted in his own proper study of the law, but he 'blurs' his work over in many directions, notably to classical drama, poetry, and philosophy, even with indirect traces and hints of theology. The effect is to summon readers--especially, but by no means exclusively, students of law--beyond the conventional limits and procedures of their discipline. . . . His book is an exercise in the humanities of a wise and urgent kind."--Walter Brueggeman, Michigan Law Review |
 | The Medieval Prison: A Social History G. Geltner
"This is a very valuable contribution to the history of crime and criminal justice. Geltner demonstrates, contrary to the claims of modern historians, that the prison as a punitive institution was born in the later Middle Ages, and shows, contrary to the claims of medieval historians, that prisons were not hellholes. There is no equivalent study of Italian medieval prisons."--Trevor Dean, author of Crime and Justice in Late Medieval Italy |
 | Moral Agents and Their Deserts: The Character of Mu'tazilite Ethics Sophia Vasalou
"Moral Agents and Their Deserts is a significant addition to the study of Mu'tazilite thought and Muslim ethics. The book details other works on the subject and speaks with distinct authority about the material. It articulates the broad issues of this subject with rigor, personal engagement, and a distinct concern for relevance. The book will form a welcome bridge between this highly specialized subject and nonspecialists, and certainly others working in fields such as Islamic thought or medieval philosophy."--Toby Mayer, the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London |
 | Moral Disquiet and Human Life Monique Canto-Sperber Translated by Silvia Pavel
"[A]n extremely rich and wide-ranging work, written by one of the foremost contemporary moral philosophers in France. . . . Without at all sacrificing rigor, [Monique Canto-Sperber] demonstrates in a most resounding way that philosophy at its very best is plentiful in its resources to speak quite illuminatingly to the circumstances of life that agonize us so."--Laurence Thomas, Ethics |
 | Moral Gray Zones Side Productions, Identity, and Regulation in an Aeronautic Plant Michel Anteby
"In this sparkling book, Michel Anteby challenges managerial images of polished efficient organizations that relegate employees' personal relations and private goals to a controlled periphery. As he focuses a skilled ethnographer's attention on the production of unauthorized personal objects within a French aeronautical factory, Anteby gradually reveals a profound truth about paid labor for others: workers make labor contracts bearable for themselves by creating space for their own creativity and relations to fellow workers."--Viviana Zelizer, author of The Purchase of Intimacy |
 | Nationalist Politics and Everyday Ethnicity in a Transylvanian Town Rogers Brubaker, Margit Feischmidt, Jon Fox & Liana Grancea
"By drilling deep into the mundane conversations, cares, and relationships among citizens of Cluj-Napoca...[the authors] set out to examine precisely how ethnicity matters....[An] important and conceptually innovative book."--Robert Levgold, Foreign Affairs |
 | Particle or Wave: The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics Charis Anastopoulos
"A highly intelligent book by someone who has thought deeply about the fundamentals of physics. Its aim is to convey to a mixed audience how the successful and well-established quantum theory of fields goes about describing nature. This book has deepened my understanding. I enjoyed it and I think others will too."--David Park, professor emeritus, Williams College |
 | The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court Thomas G. Hansford & James F. Spriggs, II
"[This book] emphasize[s] the notion that judges' behavior is not purely policy driven, but rather must be evaluated in the light of other institutional and personal factors that may shape behavior beyond attitudes. . . . [T]he influence of institutional factors (in the form of the importance of institutional legitimacy) has an instrumental or even strategic component: the justices recognize that to render their policy pronouncements most effective, they must cite vital precedent."--Stefanie A. Lindquist, Law and Politics Book Review |
 | Punishing the Prince A Theory of Interstate Relations, Political Institutions, and Leader Change Fiona McGillivray & Alastair Smith
"International relations theorists have long understood that treating states as rational, unitary actors is at best a useful first approximation. The challenge has been figuring out how to relax this assumption in fruitful ways that avoid theoretical chaos. Full of interesting insights and ideas, ,i>Punishing the Prince is an important contribution to opening up the black box."--Robert Powell, University of California, Berkeley |
 | The Religious Enlightenment: Protestants, Jews, and Catholics from London to Vienna David Sorkin
"Sorkin is right to argue that enlightenment and faith went together for most participants in the Enlightenment, and that this is a major topic that has been relatively neglected. He has written an outstanding and eminently accessible book bringing the whole question centrally to scholars' attention. He skillfully demonstrates that all confessions and religious traditions found themselves very much in a common predicament and sought similar solutions."--Jonathan Israel, Institute for Advanced Study |
 | Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry Fukagawa Hidetoshi & Tony Rothman
"Fascinating and beautiful book."--Physics World |
 | A Survey of Computational Physics: Introductory Computational Science Rubin H. Landau, Manuel José Páez & Cristian C. Bordeianu
"In addition to being an excellent undergraduate textbook, A Survey of Computational Physics will be useful to scientists wanting a good reference on basic computational modeling methods."--John W. Mintmire, Oklahoma State University |
 | T. rex and the Crater of Doom Walter Alvarez
"[D]eft and readable . . . T. rex and the Crater of Doom gets the facts across in a lighthearted, almost playful manner. But it's also solid science, a clear and efficient exposition that conveys plenty of cogent detail while keeping an eye on the subtle interplay of thought, action, and personality that makes scientific research such arresting human behavior. . . . [An] estimable account from the world's leading authority on death from above."--Timothy Ferris, New York Times Book Review |
 | Territory, Authority, Rights From Medieval to Global Assemblages Saskia Sassen
"The book is a magisterial work of major theoretical importance and merits the close attention of scholars of global change in general and of globalization in particular. It illustrates the crucial role of historical analysis in making sense of contemporary socio-political phenomena."--Richard W. Mansbach, International History Review |
 | When Movements Matter The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security Edwin Amenta
"Compelling. . . . Grounded in impressive archival research that easily makes it the best book on the Townsend Plan ever published. . . . The book is well-written and the balance between its theoretical and historical components is excellent."--Daniel Béland, Contexts |
 | When Washington Shut Down Wall Street TThe Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy William L. Silber
"An insightful new book by William L. Silber . . . argues that the closing of the New York Stock Exchange at the outbreak of World War I played a critical role. . . . The conventional view was that the exchange was closed to keep share prices from plunging. But the book, When Washington Shut Down Wall Street, asserts that the historians--and contemporary observers--had it wrong. . . . By delaying the reopening of Wall Street and making sure that American grain was ready to be exported to Europe to bring in gold, the United States was able to stay on the gold standard and become an alternative to London as a financial capital."--Floyd Norris, New York Times |
 | A Wildlife Guide to Chile Continental Chile, Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández Archipelago Sharon Chester
"There is an embarrassment of riches in field guides, but truly novel approaches are rare. Sharon Chester's Wildlife Guide to Chile is one of the few books that stand out by virtue of their content, organization, and comprehensiveness. In a single, portable volume, Chester presents nearly every natural gem that Chile has to offer--richly illustrated, tersely described, and, in many cases, presented for the very first time in any field guide. Naturalists everywhere will recognize Chester's dedication to this project; travelers to Chile will simply gush with appreciation."--Edward S. Brinkley, editor-in-chief of the journal North American Birds |
 | World Out of Balance International Relations and the Challenge of American Primacy Stephen G. Brooks & William C. Wohlforth
"A sophisticated and elegant challenge to the view that U.S. primacy is fast on the wane. By deftly backing up theoretical argument with historical example, Brooks and Wohlforth redefine debate about the durability of a unipolar world and the future of U.S. grand strategy."--Charles A. Kupchan, author of The End of the American Era |
Books released during the week of June 23 |  | The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics Louis Kaplow
"Louis Kaplow brings innovative ideas to the difficult issues of income taxation and other fiscal instruments. The clarity of his writing and the novelty of his analysis make this book a pleasure to read."--Martin Feldstein, Harvard University |
Books released during the week of June 2 |  | Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District Peter Moskos
"Moskos frankly records his experiences with poverty, violence, drugs and despair in the gritty ghetto. Moskos's overview of policing problems covers everything from arrest quotas, corrupt cops and excess paperwork to the reliance on patrolling in cars, responding to a barrage of 911 calls, rather than patrolling on foot to prevent crimes. Moskos blends narrative and analysis, adding an authoritative tone to this adrenaline-accelerating night ride that reveals the stark realities of law enforcement while illuminating little-known aspects of police procedures."--Publishers Weekly |
Books released during the week of May 19 |  | Religion and the Constitution: Volume 2: Establishment and Fairness Kent Greenawalt
"This is a superb overview of a broad range of First Amendment issues from a powerful analytic mind with a profound knowledge of the field."--Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern University |
Books released during the week of May 12 |  | Identity and Control: How Social Formations Emerge (Second Edition) Harrison C. White
Praise for the original edition: "[In this book] White has managed to cram a lifetime of singularly deep thinking about the social order that makes the best start yet on augmenting the economic understanding of man."--David Warsh, Boston Globe |
Books released during the week of April 28 |  | Hedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective Andrew W. Lo
"Andrew Lo's Hedge Funds is likely to be the high-water mark in the analysis of hedge funds for years to come. Focusing on hedge fund returns and trading strategies, risk characteristics, and potential for illiquidity, Lo brings to bear his always fresh and insightful thinking."--Richard Bookstaber, author of A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of Financial Innovation |
 | When I'm Sixty-Four: The Plot against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them Teresa Ghilarducci
"Teresa Ghilarducci's When I'm Sixty-Four is quite simply the best thing yet written on the retirement crisis facing baby boomers and the larger fragility of our retirement system. Far from defeatist, she proposes an ingenious national plan that will instantly become the reform against which all others must measure up. In clear prose, Teresa Ghilarducci cuts to the essence of an often bewildering subject that affects every American."--Robert Kuttner, American Prospect |
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