By Meghan Van Leuwen

News from Chicago’s academic presses, and other intellectual developments.
1. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Off the Presses
* Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind. By Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth.
* No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy. By Robert Hairman and John Louis Lucaites.
* Isolarion: A Different Oxford Journey. By James Attlee.

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Posted on July 6, 2007

By Meghan Van Leuwen

News from Chicago’s academic presses, and other intellectual developments.
1. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Off the Presses
* Impotence: A Cultural History. By Angus McLaren.
* Aguecheek’s Beef, Belch’s Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic Interjections: Literature. Culture, and Food Among the Early Moderns. By Robert Applebaum.
* Wannabes, Goths, and Christians : The Boundaries of Sex, Style, and Status.. By Amy C. Wilkins.
* Chicago’s Urban Nature: A Guide to the City’s Architecture + Landscape. By Sally A. Kitt Chappell.

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Posted on June 1, 2007

By Meghan Van Leuwen

News from Chicago’s academic presses.
1. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Off the Presses
* Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City: Mary Pattillo
* When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina: W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, and Steven Livingston
* Real American Ethics: Taking Responsibility for Our Country: Albert Borgmann

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Posted on May 11, 2007