The Front Table
(Week of November 24th, 2008)

November 26th, 2008 by Front Table

Particle or Wave: The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics
Anastopoulos, Charis
Princeton University Press
July 21, 2008
Hardcover (432 pages)
Science


The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen
Anderson, Warwick
The Johns Hopkins University Press
October 6, 2008
Hardcover (328 pages)
Health & Medicine


Experiments in Ethics
Appiah, Kwame Anthony
Harvard University Press
January 15, 2008
Hardcover (288 pages)
Philosophy


The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth’s Climate
Archer, David
Princeton University Press
October 26, 2008
Hardcover (196 pages)
Environmental Studies


Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume
Baier, Annette C. ; Baier, Annette C.
Harvard University Press
November 30, 2008
Hardcover (304 pages)
Philosophy


The Symbolic Construction of Reality: The Legacy of Ernst Cassirer
Barash, Jeffrey Andrew (Editor)
University Of Chicago Press
December 15, 2008
Hardcover (248 pages)


Freedom’s Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention
Bass, Gary J.
Knopf
August 19, 2008
Hardcover (528 pages)
History: Historiography


Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers?
Bauman, Zygmunt
Harvard University Press
May 31, 2008
Hardcover (288 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


The Better to Eat You With: Fear in the Animal World
Berger, Joel
University Of Chicago Press
November 1, 2008
Hardcover (360 pages)
Environmental Studies


Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data
Best, Joel
University of California Press
October 20, 2008
Hardcover (144 pages)
Statistics


The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art
Blanning, Tim
Belknap Press
November 30, 2008
Hardcover (432 pages)
Music


William James at the Boundaries: Philosophy, Science, and the Geography of Knowledge
Bordogna, Francesca
University Of Chicago Press
November 15, 2008
Hardcover (392 pages)
Philosophy


The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
Boyle, James
Yale University Press
December 9, 2008
Hardcover (336 pages)
Legal Theory


Between Saying and Doing: Towards an Analytic Pragmatism
Brandom, Robert B.
Oxford University Press, USA
June 15, 2008
Hardcover (288 pages)
Philosophy


Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge
Brown, John Seely (Foreword) ; Iiyoshi, Toru (Editor) ; Kumar, M. S. Vijay (Editor) ; Brown, John Seely
The MIT Press
September 19, 2008
Hardcover (500 pages)
Education


The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata: Myth, Memory, and Mexico’s Twentieth Century
Brunk, Samuel
University of Texas Press
October 1, 2008
Hardcover (370 pages)
History: Latin American


Islamism in the Shadow of al-Qaeda
Burgat, François ; Hutchinson, Patrick (Translator)
University of Texas Press
November 1, 2008
Hardcover (198 pages)
History: Middle East


Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
Cacioppo, John T. ; Patrick, William
W. W. Norton
August 25, 2008
Hardcover (288 pages)
Psychology


Race: A Theological Account
Carter, J. Kameron
Oxford University Press, USA
September 2, 2008
Hardcover (504 pages)
Black Theology


Islam and the West: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida
Cherif, Mustapha ; Borradori, Giovanna (Foreword) ; Fagan, Teresa Lavender (Translator)
University Of Chicago Press
November 1, 2008
Hardcover (136 pages)
Philosophy


Rescuing Justice and Equality
Cohen, G. A.
Harvard University Press
November 1, 2008
Hardcover (448 pages)
Philosophy


Speaking to History: The Story of King Goujian in Twentieth-Century China
Cohen, Paul A. ; Gillis, John R. (Foreword)
University of California Press
November 3, 2008
Hardcover (384 pages)


Thinking of Others: On the Talent for Metaphor
Cohen, Ted
Princeton University Press
October 5, 2008
Hardcover (104 pages)
Philosophy


A Power to Do Justice: Jurisdiction, English Literature, and the Rise of Common Law,
Cormack, Bradin
University Of Chicago Press
February 1, 2008
Hardcover (424 pages)
Literary Criticism


Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography
Crais, Clifton ; Scully, Pamela
Princeton University Press
November 23, 2008
Hardcover (248 pages)
History: British & Irish


Building the Devil’s Empire: French Colonial New Orleans
Dawdy, Shannon Lee
University Of Chicago Press
September 1, 2008
Hardcover (336 pages)
History: United States


Loneliness as a Way of Life
Dumm, Thomas
Harvard University Press
September 30, 2008
Hardcover (208 pages)
Philosophy


How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness
English, Darby
The MIT Press
July 30, 2007
Hardcover (384 pages)
Art


The Bible and the People
Ferrell, Lori Anne
Yale University Press
December 15, 2008
Hardcover (288 pages)
New Testament & Early Christian Literature


Sacred Attunement: A Jewish Theology
Fishbane, Michael
University Of Chicago Press
October 1, 2008
Hardcover (246 pages)
Judaic Studies


Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations
Fisman, Raymond ; Miguel, Edward
Princeton University Press
September 22, 2008
Hardcover (250 pages)
Economics


The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-1979
Foucault, Michel ; Davidson, Arnold I. ; Fontana, Alessandro ; Ewald, Francois ; Senellart, Michel
Palgrave Macmillan
June 10, 2008
Hardcover (368 pages)
Philosophy


The Faith of Scientists: In Their Own Words
Frankenberry, Nancy K. (Editor)
Princeton University Press
August 31, 2008
Hardcover (542 pages)
Science


Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World
Friedman, David D.
Cambridge University Press
July 21, 2008
Hardcover (300 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Patronizing the Arts
Garber, Marjorie
Princeton University Press
August 17, 2008
Hardcover (272 pages)
Art


Philosophy and Real Politics
Geuss, Raymond
Princeton University Press
August 17, 2008
Hardcover (126 pages)
Philosophy


The Deepening Darkness: Patriarchy, Resistance, and Democracy’s Future
Gilligan, Carol ; Richards, David A. J.
Cambridge University Press
November 10, 2008
Hardcover (352 pages)
Women’s Studies


Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory
Goehr, Lydia
Columbia University Press
October 3, 2008
Hardcover (408 pages)
Philosophy


Pragmatism and Social Hope: Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts
Green, Judith M.
Columbia University Press
October 29, 2008
Hardcover (304 pages)
Philosophy


Regionalism and the Reading Class
Griswold, Wendy
University Of Chicago Press
August 1, 2008
Hardcover (208 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Ways of Writing: The Practice and Politics of Text-Making in Seventeenth-Century New England
Hall, David D.
University of Pennsylvania Press
August 10, 2008
Hardcover (248 pages)
Books about Books


Lyric Powers
Hallberg, Robert von
University Of Chicago Press
October 1, 2008
Hardcover (280 pages)
Literary Criticism


Law and Judicial Duty
Hamburger, Philip
Harvard University Press
November 1, 2008
Hardcover (704 pages)
Legal Theory


Alain L. Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher
Harris, Leonard ; Molesworth, Charles
University Of Chicago Press
December 1, 2008
Hardcover (448 pages)
African American Studies


Institutions and Economic Performance
Helpman, Elhanan (Editor)
Harvard University Press
November 1, 2008
Hardcover (624 pages)
Economics


Poetry and the Pre-Raphaelite Arts: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris
Helsinger, Elizabeth K.
Yale University Press
July 15, 2008
Hardcover (352 pages)
Literary Criticism


Putting on Virtue: The Legacy of the Splendid Vices
Herdt, Jennifer A.
University Of Chicago Press
November 15, 2008
Hardcover (472 pages)


The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany
Heschel, Susannah
Princeton University Press
November 23, 2008
Hardcover (384 pages)
History: European


Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience
Hoddeson, Lillian ; Kolb, Adrienne W. ; Westfall, Catherine
University Of Chicago Press
December 15, 2008
Hardcover (512 pages)
Science


The New Urban Renewal: The Economic Transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville
Hyra, Derek S.
University Of Chicago Press
September 1, 2008
Hardcover (224 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Trusting Doctors: The Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine
Imber, Jonathan B.
Princeton University Press
September 14, 2008
Hardcover (296 pages)
Health & Medicine


In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era
Iton, Richard
Oxford University Press, USA
June 6, 2008
Hardcover (432 pages)
African American Studies


What Happened at Vatican II
John W., S. J. O’Malley
Belknap Press
September 30, 2008
Hardcover (400 pages)
Christian Theology


Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery
Kara, Siddharth
Columbia University Press
October 24, 2008
Hardcover (320 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Borrowed Knowledge: Chaos Theory and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines
Kellert, Stephen H.
University Of Chicago Press
November 15, 2008
Hardcover (288 pages)
Science


Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds
Kraemer, Joel L.
Doubleday
October 28, 2008
Hardcover (640 pages)
Judaic Studies


Democracy Denied, 1905-1915: Intellectuals and the Fate of Democracy
Kurzman, Charles
Harvard University Press
November 1, 2008
Hardcover (404 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age
Ladd, Brian
University Of Chicago Press
November 1, 2008
Hardcover (236 pages)
History: Historiography


A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music
Lewis, George E.
University Of Chicago Press
May 15, 2008
Hardcover (690 pages)
Music


Chicago Made: Factory Networks in the Industrial Metropolis
Lewis, Robert
University Of Chicago Press
January 12, 2009
Hardcover (364 pages)
Chicago


Providence Lost
Lloyd, Genevieve
Harvard University Press
November 15, 2008
Hardcover (384 pages)
Philosophy


Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed
Lopez, Donald S.
University Of Chicago Press
November 1, 2008
Hardcover (280 pages)
Buddhist Studies


Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences: Research in an Age of Info-glut
Luker, Kristin
Harvard University Press
October 15, 2008
Hardcover (336 pages)
Writing & Publishing


Margaret Mead: The Making of an American Icon
Lutkehaus, Nancy C.
Princeton University Press
November 23, 2008
Hardcover (392 pages)
Anthropology


Macachiavellian Intelligence: How Rhesus Macaques and Humans Have Conquered the World
Maestripieri, Dario
University Of Chicago Press
October 15, 2007
Hardcover (192 pages)
Science


Melancholy Order: Asian Migration and the Globalization of Borders
McKeown, Adam M.
Columbia University Press
November 17, 2008
Hardcover (472 pages)


How Life Began: Evolution’s Three Geneses
Meinesz, Alexandre ; Simberloff, Daniel (Translator)
University Of Chicago Press
September 15, 2008
Hardcover (296 pages)
Science


Life Explained
Morange, Michel ; Cobb, Matthew (Translator) ; DeBevoise, Malcolm (Translator)
Yale University Press
November 25, 2008
Hardcover (224 pages)
Science


The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Story of Philosophers, God, and Evil
Nadler, Steven
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 28, 2008
Hardcover (320 pages)
Philosophy


Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists
Neiman, Susan
Harcourt Trade Publishers
May 5, 2008
Hardcover (480 pages)
Philosophy


Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens
Ober, Josiah
Princeton University Press
October 5, 2008
Hardcover (362 pages)
History: Classical


Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science
Park, Robert L.
Princeton University Press
October 12, 2008
Hardcover (240 pages)
Science


Israeli Culture between the Two Intifadas: A Brief Romance
Peleg, Yaron
University of Texas Press
December 1, 2008
Hardcover (224 pages)
History: Middle East


Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World
Pentland, Alex (Sandy) ; Heibeck, Tracy
The MIT Press
October 31, 2008
Hardcover (192 pages)
Cognitive Science


A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine, 1650-1800
Pinkard, Susan
Cambridge University Press
September 29, 2008
Hardcover (334 pages)
History: European


Because of Race: How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools
Pollock, Mica
Princeton University Press
August 10, 2008
Hardcover (304 pages)
Education


Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer
Pritchett, Wendell E.
University Of Chicago Press
October 1, 2008
Hardcover (444 pages)
African American Studies


The Tragic Sense of Life: Ernst Haeckel and the Struggle over Evolutionary Thought
Richards, Robert J.
University Of Chicago Press
June 15, 2008
Hardcover (512 pages)
Science


The Making of Mr. Gray’s Anatomy
Richardson, Ruth
Oxford University Press, USA
December 15, 2008
Hardcover (288 pages)
Health & Medicine


Euler’s Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology
Richeson, David S. ; Hodges, Andrew ; Gray, Jeremy ; Rothman, Tony ; Hidetoshi, Fukagawa
Princeton University Press
September 28, 2008
Hardcover (332 pages)
Mathematics


How Race Survived US History: From the American Revolution to the Present
Roediger, David R.
Verso
October 6, 2008
Hardcover (256 pages)
History: United States


On the Side of the Angels: An Appreciation of Parties and Partisanship
Rosenblum, Nancy L.
Princeton University Press
September 14, 2008
Hardcover (600 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Philosophy in Turbulent Times: Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Derrida
Roudinesco, Elisabeth ; McCuaig, William (Translator)
Columbia University Press
October 29, 2008
Hardcover (208 pages)
Philosophy


Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic
Rowland, Ingrid D.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
August 19, 2008
Hardcover (352 pages)
Philosophy


Paper Citizens: How Illegal Immigrants Acquire Citizenship in Developing Countries
Sadiq, Kamal
Oxford University Press, USA
December 2, 2008
Hardcover (296 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Measuring the New World: Enlightenment Science and South America
Safier, Neil
University Of Chicago Press
September 15, 2008
Hardcover (428 pages)
History: Latin American


The Aftermath of War
Sartre, Jean-Paul ; Turner, Chris (Editor)
Seagull Books
October 14, 2008
Hardcover (208 pages)
Philosophy


Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, Blame
Scanlon, T. M.
Belknap Press
September 30, 2008
Hardcover (264 pages)
Philosophy


The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation
Shapin, Steven
University Of Chicago Press
October 1, 2008
Hardcover (486 pages)
Science


Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Shubin, Neil
Pantheon
January 15, 2008
Hardcover (240 pages)
Science


Spring, Heat, Rains: A South Indian Diary
Shulman, David
University Of Chicago Press
November 15, 2008
Hardcover (256 pages)
History: South Asian


The Religious Enlightenment: Protestants, Jews, and Catholics from London to Vienna
Sorkin, David
Princeton University Press
July 21, 2008
Hardcover (360 pages)
History: European


Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce
Stein, Sarah Abrevaya
Yale University Press
November 25, 2008
Hardcover (256 pages)
Judaic Studies


The Economics of Inaction: Stochastic Control Models with Fixed Costs
Stokey, Nancy L.
Princeton University Press
November 9, 2008
Hardcover (320 pages)
Economics


King’s Dream
Sundquist, Eric J. ; Miller, Mark Crispin
Yale University Press
January 6, 2009
Hardcover (320 pages)
African American Studies


Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Thaler, Richard H. ; Sunstein, Cass R.
Yale University Press
April 8, 2008
Hardcover (293 pages)
Psychology


Life and Action: Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought
Thompson, Michael
Harvard University Press
June 30, 2008
Hardcover (240 pages)
Philosophy


Origins of Human Communication
Tomasello, Michael
The MIT Press
September 30, 2008
Hardcover (400 pages)
Cognitive Science


Eloquence and Reason: Creating a First Amendment Culture
Tsai, Robert L.
Yale University Press
December 2, 2008
Hardcover (216 pages)
Legal Theory


On Borrowed Time: The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines
Weinrich, Harald ; Rendall, Steven (Translator)
University Of Chicago Press
December 1, 2008
Hardcover (256 pages)
Philosophy


Mission and Money: Understanding the University
Weisbrod, Burton A. ; Ballou, Jeffrey P. ; Asch, Evelyn D.
Cambridge University Press
September 8, 2008
Hardcover (360 pages)
Economics


The Woman Who Walked into the Sea: Huntington’s and the Making of a Genetic Disease
Wexler, Alice ; Wexler, Nancy S.
Yale University Press
September 30, 2008
Hardcover (288 pages)
Health & Medicine


Epicureanism at the Origins of Modernity
Wilson, Catherine
Oxford University Press, USA
August 15, 2008
Hardcover (320 pages)
Science


Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism
Wolin, Sheldon S.
Princeton University Press
April 27, 2008
Hardcover (376 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Comparative Journeys: Essays on Literature and Religion East and West
Yu, Anthony C.
Columbia University Press
October 14, 2008
Hardcover (432 pages)
Literary Criticism

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