University Of Michigan Press imprint: 1020 books
Nation Work
Asian Elites and National Identities
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
As increasing attention is drawn to globalization, questions arise about the fate of "the nation," a political and social unit that for centuries has seemed the common-sense way to organize the world. In Nation Work, Timothy Brook and André Schmid draw together eight essays that use historical...
Transcribing Class and Gender
Masculinity and Femininity in Nineteenth-Century Courts and Offices
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
"Drawing upon census data, trade periodicals devoted to stenography and court reporting, the writings of educational reformers, and fiction, Srole allows us to better understand the roles that gender and work played in the formation of middle-class identity. Clearly written and thoroughly researched,...
Waltzing the Magpies
A Year in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Praise for Sam Pickering:
"The art of the essay as delivered by Mr. Pickering is the art of the front porch ramble."
---The New York Times Book Review
"Reading Pickering . . . is like taking a walk with your oldest, wittiest friend."
---Smithsonian
"What...
Educated by Initiative
The Effects of Direct Democracy on Citizens and Political Organizations in the American States
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
"This body of research not only passes academic muster but is the best guidepost in existence for activists who are trying to use the ballot initiative process for larger policy and political objectives."
--Kristina Wilfore, Executive Director, Ballot Initiative Strategy Center and Foundation
Educated...
Cross Purposes
Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Struggle over Compulsory Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2009
"A definitive study of an extremely important, though curiously neglected, Supreme Court decision, Pierce v. Society of Sisters."
---Robert O'Neil, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Virginia School of Law
"A careful and captivating examination of a dramatic and instructive...
One on One with Second Language Writers
A Guide for Writing Tutors, Teachers, and Consultants
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
One-on-one encounters with writers often contribute more to the development of student writing abilities than any classroom activity because they are personalized and responsive to individual needs. For the encounters to be successful, the writing tutor, teacher, or consultant must be prepared, must...
Before Norms
Institutions and Civic Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
The potato famines of the nineteenth century were long attributed to Irish indolence. The Stalinist system was blamed on a Russian proclivity for autocracy. Muslim men have been accused of an inclination to terrorism. Is political behavior really the result of cultural upbringing, or does the vast...
Greening China
The Benefits of Trade and Foreign Direct Investment
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
“The authors make some very critical interventions in this debate and scholars engaged in the environmental ‘pollution haven’ and ‘race to the bottom’ debates will need to take the arguments made here seriously, re-evaluating their own preferred theories to respond to the insightful theorizing...
The Possibility of Popular Justice
A Case Study of Community Mediation in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010
"The Possibility of Popular Justice is essential reading for scholars and practitioners of community mediation and should be very high on the list of anyone seriously concerned with dispute resolution in general. The book offers many rewards for the advanced student of law and society studies."...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Evaluating Methodology in International Studies offers a unique collection of original essays by world-renowned political scientists. The essays address the state of the discipline in regard to the methodology of researching global politics, focusing in particular on formal modeling, quantitative...
Another Part of a Long Story
Literary Traces of Eugene O'Neill and Agnes Boulton
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
"An engrossing biography about the marital breakdown of a major literary figure, of particular interest for what it reveals about O'Neill's creative process, activities, and bohemian lifestyle at the time of his early successes and some of his most interesting experimental work. In addition,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Forty-five prominent scholars engage in self-critical, state-of-the-art reflection on international studies to stimulate debates about successes and failures and to address the larger question of progress in the discipline. Written especially for the collection, these essays are in hardcover in the...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies represents a unique collection of original essays by foremost scholars in the field of International Studies. Six essays advocate, critique, or revise Realism, the theoretical paradigm that explains international politics by emphasizing security...
Economic Interdependence and International Conflict
New Perspectives on an Enduring Debate
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The claim that open trade promotes peace has sparked heated debate among scholars and policymakers for centuries. Until recently, however, this claim remained untested and largely unexplored. Economic Interdependence and International Conflict clarifies the state of current knowledge about the effects...