University Of Michigan Press imprint: 1020 books
The Information Master
Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
"Colbert has long been celebrated as Louis XIV's minister of finance, trade, and industry. More recently, he has been viewed as his minister of culture and propaganda. In this lively and persuasive book, Jake Soll has given us a third Colbert, the information manager."
---Peter Burke, University...
Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders
Immigrants and American Racial Politics in the Early Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
"The authors have done a commendable and impressive job of addressing a topic of long-lasting and increasing significance in U.S. politics."
---F. Chris Garcia, University of New Mexico
"This is a path-breaking book that will be read across disciplines beyond political science."
---James...
by R. Jay Magill
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
A brilliant and timely reflection on irony in contemporary American culture
“This book is a powerful and persuasive defense of sophisticated irony and subtle humor that contributes to the possibility of a genuine civic trust and democratic life. R. Jay Magill deserves our congratulations...
by James O. Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010
With refreshing eloquence, James O. Freedman sets down the American ideals that have informed his life as an intellectual, a law professor, and a college and university president. He examines the content and character of liberal education, discusses the importance of letters and learning in forming...
Barack Obama's America
How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
"White's Barack Obama's America eloquently captures both the important nuances of the current political scene and its long-term consequences."
---Richard Wirthlin, former pollster for Ronald Reagan
"This delightfully written and accessible book is the best available account of...
Federalism
Political Identity and Tragic Compromise
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
Federalism is one of the most influential concepts in modern political discourse as well as the focus of immense controversy resulting from the lack of a single coherent definition. Malcolm M. Feeley and Edward Rubin expose the ambiguities of modern federalism, offering a powerful but generous treatise...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
"Congratulations to Drs. Nembhard and Chiteji and the authors included in this much needed volume of work! Their book offers the perspective and insight of scholars of color that are too often missing from information produced by the asset building field (people and organizations seeking to help...
War and the State
The Theory of International Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
War and the State exposes the invalid arguments employed in the unproductive debate about Realism among international relations scholars, as well as the common fallacy of sharply distinguishing between conflict among states and conflict within them. As R. Harrison Wagner demonstrates, any understanding...
Monetary Divergence
Domestic Policy Autonomy in the Post-Bretton Woods Era
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
"In a meticulously researched study, David Bearce demonstrates that, contrary to predictions, financial globalization has not resulted in a systematic convergence of national monetary policies. The book is a must-read for students of the political economy of international finance. Highlighting...
Category 5
The Story of Camille, Lessons Unlearned from America's Most Violent Hurricane
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
". . . the authors sound a pessimistic note about society's short-term memory in their sobering, able history of Camille" --Booklist
"This highly readable account aimed at a general audience excels at telling the plight of the victims and how local political authorities reacted....
Baroque Horrors
Roots of the Fantastic in the Age of Curiosities
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
"David Castillo takes us on a tour of some horrific materials that have rarely been considered together. He sheds a fantastical new light on the baroque."
---Anthony J. Cascardi, University of California Berkeley
"Baroque Horrors is a textual archeologist's dream, scavenged from...
by Irene Taviss Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
"Irene Taviss Thomson gives us a nuanced portrait of American social politics that helps explain both why we are drawn to the idea of a 'culture war' and why that misrepresents what is actually going on."
---Rhys H. Williams, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Loyola University...
Democracy's Promise
Immigrants and American Civic Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
Given the massive demographic changes in the United States during the past few decades, understanding the place of immigrants in the public sphere has never been more critical. Democracy's Promise examines both the challenges and opportunities posed to American civic institutions by the presence of...
by Sean Cahill, Sarah Tobias
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people face the same family issues as their heterosexual counterparts, but that is only the beginning of their struggle. The LGBT community also encounters legal barriers to government recognition of their same-sex relationships and relationships to their own...