Groups of Circle Diffeomorphisms - Andres Navas - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Group actions are an efficient way of describing symmetries in objects by defining the essential elements of a given object as a set. The symmetries of the object are then defined as the symmetry group of this set. This title explores group actions on the simplest closed manifold, the circle. DKK 538.00 1
The Romantic Machine - John Tresch - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk In the years immediately following Napoleon's defeat, French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution. This book intends to alter our understanding of the scientific and cultural landscape of the early nineteenth century. DKK 965.00 1
Our Latest Longest War - - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk A group of veterans of the war explain how we misjudged our ability, ignored Afghan culture, and set ourselves up to fail. DKK 284.00 1
Romey's Order - Atsuro Riley - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk A sequence of poems voiced by an invented (and inventive) boy-speaker called Romey, set alongside a river in the South Carolina lowcountry. DKK 576.00 1
Romey's Order - Atsuro Riley - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk A sequence of poems voiced by an invented (and inventive) boy-speaker called Romey, set alongside a river in the South Carolina lowcountry. DKK 184.00 1
In a Shade of Blue - Eddie S. Glaude - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Makes a plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience - and with an eye set on the promise and potential of the future. DKK 368.00 1
In a Shade of Blue - Eddie S. Glaude - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Makes a plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience - and with an eye set on the promise and potential of the future. DKK 231.00 1
The Common Cause - Leela Gandhi - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Illuminates an ethic of moral imperfectionism, a set of anticolonial, antifascist practices devoted to ordinariness and abnegation that ranged from doomed mutinies in the Indian military to Mahatma Gandhi's spiritual discipline. DKK 962.00 1
Poems and Selected Letters - Veronica Franco - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Veronica Franco was a 16th-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection presents the eroticism and eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. DKK 286.00 1
On the Edges of Anthropology - James Clifford - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk This collection of interviews captures Clifford in exchanges with his critics in Brazil, Hawaii, Japan, the United kingdom, and Portugal, offering a set of provocative reflections on an intellectual career in transformation. DKK 146.00 1
Paris Primitive - Sally Price - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Recounts the massive reconfiguration of Paris' museum world that resulted from Jacques Chirac's dream, set against a backdrop of personal and national politics, intellectual life, and the role of culture in French society. DKK 284.00 1
Crime and Justice, Volume 24 - - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Featuring articles by American and European scholars from many fields, this text provides an up-to-date and authoritative overview of policy issues and research developments concerning crime and violence among the young. DKK 266.00 1
Paradise Found - Steve Nicholls - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk The first Europeans to set foot on North America stood in awe of the natural abundance before them. Drawing on historical narrative and scientific inquiry, this title brings this spectacular environment back to life. DKK 231.00 1
Paradise Found - Steve Nicholls - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk The first Europeans to set foot on North America stood in awe of the natural abundance before them. Drawing on historical narrative and scientific inquiry, this title brings this spectacular environment back to life. DKK 333.00 1
The Little Field of Self - Doreen Gildroy - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Set in a castle and on its grounds in Brittany, 'The little field of self' is one long poem comprised of individual poems that articulate the essence of devotion and the conflict within the devoted. DKK 962.00 1
Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas - Alexander Von Humboldt - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - In 1799, the authors set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. This title brings together drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. DKK 783.00 1
The Little Field of Self - Doreen Gildroy - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Set in a castle and on its grounds in Brittany, 'The little field of self' is one long poem comprised of individual poems that articulate the essence of devotion and the conflict within the devoted. DKK 271.00 1
How to Do the History of Homosexuality - David M. Halperin - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk In this work David Halperin revisits and re-examines the argument he set forth in "One hundred years of homosexuality": the idea that both hetero- and homo- sexuality are not biologically determined but, instead, socially constructed. DKK 962.00 1
Ignoring Nature No More - Marc Bekoff - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk For far too long humans have been ignoring nature. This title features a host of renowned contributors who argue that we need a new mind-set about nature, one that centers on empathy, compassion, and being proactive. DKK 441.00 1
Osiris, Volume 24 - Carol E. Harrison - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Explores the ways in which modern science and the nation-state have interacted since the Enlightenment. This volume argues for the formative role of science and technology in the creation of national identity. DKK 296.00 1
White Waters and Black - Gordon Maccreagh - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk In this volume, Gorden MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew and "dangerous savages". DKK 250.00 1
Making Gray Gold - Timothy Diamond - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk This exploration of the work of nurses and other caregivers in nursing homes is set in the context of wider political, economic and cultural forces that influence, both positively and negatively, the quality of care for America's elderly. DKK 320.00 1
Geography and Revolution - - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk Examines the ways in which place and space matter in a variety of revolutionary situations. The authors assemble a set of essays that uncover not only the geography of revolutions but also the role of geography in revolutions. DKK 661.00 1
Blood Talk - Susan Gillman - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk "Blood Talk" shows how race melodrama emerged from race abolitionist works such as "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and surprisingly manifested itself in a set of more aesthetically and politically varied works, such as historical romances, sentimental novels and travel literature. DKK 962.00 1
Infinite-Dimensional Optimization and Convexity - Ivar Ekeland - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk In this volume, Ekeland and Turnbull are mainly concerned with existence theory. They seek to determine whether, when given an optimization problem consisting of minimizing a functional over some feasible set, an optimal solution-a minimizer-may be found. DKK 356.00 1