SPRING 2008 FEATURED ACADEMIC BOOKS

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American History

• The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Volume 34: 1 May to 31 July 1801. T. Jefferson; B.B. Oberg, ed.
• The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series: Volume 4: 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812. T. Jefferson; J.J. Looney, ed.

Archaeology

• Archaeological Oceanography. R.D. Ballard, ed.

Art History

• Magnificent Buildings, Splendid Gardens. D.R. Coffin; V.B. Sellers, ed.
• Marketing Maximilian: The Visual Ideology of a Holy Roman Emperor. L. Silver.

Astrophysics

• Galactic Dynamics: (Second Edition). J. Binney and S. Tremaine.

Biology

• Theories of Population Variation in Genes and Genomes. F.B. Christiansen.

Classics

• The Fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Ass: A Study in Transmission and Reception. J.H. Gaisser.

Ecology

• Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems. R.S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, et al., eds.

Economics & Finance

• Information and Learning in Markets: The Impact of Market Microstructure. X. Vives.
• Innovation and Inequality: How Does Technical Progress Affect Workers?. G. Saint-Paul.
• Macroeconomic Theory: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Approach. M. Wickens.
• Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle: An Introduction to the New Keynesian Framework. J. Galí.
• Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy. P. Zak, ed.
• Taxation in Colonial America. A. Rabushka.
• The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics. L. Kaplow.
• Why Are There So Many Banking Crises? The Politics and Policy of Bank Regulation. J. Rochet.

History

• The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World. L.M. Lüthi.
• The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life. G. Prakash and K.M. Kruse, eds.

History of Science

• Particle or Wave: The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics. C. Anastopoulos.

Language

• Readings in Contemporary Chinese Cinema: A Textbook of Advanced Modern Chinese. C. Chou, W. Wang, et al.

Law

• Religion and the Constitution: Volume 2: Establishment and Fairness. K. Greenawalt.

Literary Studies

• Fateful Beauty: Aesthetic Environments, Juvenile Development, and Literature, 1860-1960. D. Mao.

Mathematics

• Algebraic Curves over a Finite Field. J.W.P. Hirschfeld, G. Korchmáros, et al.
• Analysis of Evolutionary Processes: The Adaptive Dynamics Approach and Its Applications. F. Dercole and S. Rinaldi.
• Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers. K.J. Aström and R.M. Murray.
• Introduction to Differential Equations with Dynamical Systems. S.L. Campbell and R. Haberman.
• Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Control: A Lyapunov-Based Approach. W.M. Haddad and V. Chellaboina.
• A Survey of Computational Physics: Introductory Computational Science. R.H. Landau, J. Páez, et al.

Natural History

• The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife: Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean (Second Edition). H. Shirihai.
• A Guide to the Mammals of China. A. Smith, Y. Xie, et al., eds.
• A Guide to the Mammals of Southeast Asia. C. Francis.
• A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life in the North Atlantic: Canada to Cape Cod. J. Sept.
• The Private Life of Spiders. P. Hillyard.
• Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and the Solar System (Fully Revised and Expanded Edition). I. Ridpath.
• A Wildlife Guide to Chile: Continental Chile, Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández Archipelago. S. Chester.

Oceanography

• How the Ocean Works: An Introduction to Oceanography. M. Denny.

Philosophy

• Kant and Skepticism. M.N. Forster.
• Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks: Volume 2, Journals EE-KK. S. Kierkegaard; N.J. Cappelorn, A. Hannay, et al., eds.
• Knowledge, Reason, and Taste: Kant's Response to Hume. P. Guyer.
• Made with Words: Hobbes on Language, Mind, and Politics. P. Pettit.
• Moral Agents and Their Deserts: The Character of Mu'tazilite Ethics. S. Vasalou.

Photography

• A Shoemaker's Story: Being Chiefly about French Canadian Immigrants, Enterprising Photographers, Rascal Yankees, and Chinese Cobblers in a Nineteenth-Century Factory Town. A.W. Lee.

Physics

• Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light (Second Edition). J.D. Joannopoulos, S.G. Johnson, et al.
• Wave Propagation: From Electrons to Photonic Crystals and Left-Handed Materials. P. Markos and C.M. Soukoulis.

Political Science

• Creating the National Security State: A History of the Law That Transformed America. D.T. Stuart.
• Electronic Elections: The Perils and Promises of Digital Democracy. R.M. Alvarez and T. Hall.
• International Political Economy: An Intellectual History. B.J. Cohen.
• The Persuadable Voter: Wedge Issues in Presidential Campaigns. D.S. Hillygus and T.G. Shields.
• The Politics of Presidential Appointments: Political Control and Bureaucratic Performance. D.E. Lewis.
• The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News. J.E. Cohen.
• Shaping Strategy: The Civil-Military Politics of Strategic Assessment. R. Brooks.
• Why Is There No Labor Party in the United States? R. Archer.

Political Theory

• Montaigne's Politics: Authority and Governance in the Essais. B. Fontana.

Religion

• Justice: Rights and Wrongs. N. Wolterstorff.

Sociology

• Building a Global Bank: The Rise of Banco Santander. M.F. Guillén and A. Tschoegl.
• Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience. C. Chen.
• Identity and Control: How Social Formations Emerge (Second Edition). H.C. White.
• Seven Rules for Social Research. G. Firebaugh.

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