University Of Michigan Press: 1128 books
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
"Those at the periphery of society often figure obsessively for those at its center, and never more so than with the rogues of early modern England. Whether as social fact or literary fiction-or both, simultaneously-the marginal rogue became ideologically central and has remained so for historians,...
Slayers and Their Vampires
A Cultural History of Killing the Dead
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2010
The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer
“A fascinating comparison of the original vampire myths to their later literary transformations.”
—Adam Morton, author of On Evil
“From the Balkan Mountains to Beverly Hills, Bruce has mapped the vampire’s migration. There’s...
Signaling Goodness
Social Rules and Public Choice
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Political, intellectual, and academic discourse in the United States has been awash in political correctness, which has itself been berated and defended -- yet little understood. As a corrective, Nelson and Greene look at a more general process: adopting political positions to enhance one's reputation...
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,...