University of Chicago Press

Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics 1939: Cambridge
Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics 1939: Cambridge

From his return to Cambridge in 1929 to his death in 1951, Wittgenstein influenced philosophy almost

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Journey to the West: v.2
The Journey to the West: v.2

Anthony C. Yu's translation of "The Journey to the West", initially published in 1983, introduced En

Anthony C.Yu

Capturing the German Eye: American Visual Propaganda in Occupied Germany
Capturing the German Eye: American Visual Propaganda in Occupied Germany

Shedding new light on the American campaign to democratize Western Germany after World War II, "Capt

Cora Sol Goldstein

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2007: v. 22
NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2007: v. 22

"The NBER Macroeconomics Annuals" provide a forum for important debates in contemporary macroeconomi

Daron Acemoglu

Dark Voices: W.E.B.Du Bois and American Thought, 1888-1903
Dark Voices: W.E.B.Du Bois and American Thought, 1888-1903

This is an examination of the intellectual formation of W.E.B. Du Bois, tracing the scholar and civi

Shamoon Zamir

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2010: v. 25
NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2010: v. 25

"The NBER Macroeconomics Annual" features theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of ma

Daron Acemoglu

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2008: v. 23
NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2008: v. 23

"The NBER Macroeconomics Annual" provides a forum for important debates in contemporary macroeconomi

Daron Acemoglu

The Development of Future-oriented Processes
The Development of Future-oriented Processes

How do children develop an understanding of future events? In this review of two decades of empirica

Marshall M.Haith

International Dimensions of Monetary Policy
International Dimensions of Monetary Policy

United States monetary policy has traditionally been modeled under the assumption that the domestic

Jordi Gali

Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging Economies: Policies, Practices, and Consequences
Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging Economies: Policies, Practices, and Consequences

Some scholars argue that the free movement of capital across borders enhances welfare; others claim

Sebastian Edwards

Moving Away from Silence: Music of the Peruvian Altiplano and the Experience of Urban Migration
Moving Away from Silence: Music of the Peruvian Altiplano and the Experience of Urban Migration

Increasingly popular in the United States and Europe, Andean panpipe and flute music draws its vital

Thomas Turino

The View of Life: Four Metaphysical Essays with Journal Aphorisms
The View of Life: Four Metaphysical Essays with Journal Aphorisms

Published in 1918, The View of Life is Georg Simmel's final work. Famously deemed "the brightest man

Georg Simmel

G7 Current Account Imbalances: Sustainability and Adjustment
G7 Current Account Imbalances: Sustainability and Adjustment

The current account deficit of the United States is more than six percent of its gross domestic prod

Richard H.Clarida

"Tosca's" Rome: The Play and the Opera in Historical Perspective
"Tosca's" Rome: The Play and the Opera in Historical Perspective

A timeless tale of love, lust, and politics, "Tosca" is one of the most popular operas ever written.

Susan V.Nicassio

Society as Text: Essays on Rhetoric, Reason and Reality
Society as Text: Essays on Rhetoric, Reason and Reality

Brown makes elegant use of sociological theory and of insights from language philosophy, literary cr

Richard Harvey Brown

Culture, Genre and Literary Vocation: Selected Essays on American Literature
Culture, Genre and Literary Vocation: Selected Essays on American Literature

In "Culture, Genre and Literary Vocation" Michael Davitt Bell charts the important and often overloo

Rudolph M.Bell

American Romanticism and the Market-place
American Romanticism and the Market-place

"This book can take its place on the shelf beside Henry Nash Smith's "Virgin Land" and Leo Marx's "T

Michael T.Gilmore

The Judicial Power of the Purse: How Courts Fund National Defense in Times of Crisis
The Judicial Power of the Purse: How Courts Fund National Defense in Times of Crisis

Congress and the president are not the only branches that deal with fiscal issues in times of war. I

Nancy Staudt

Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations: Essays in Honor of Alberto Calderon
Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations: Essays in Honor of Alberto Calderon

Alberto P. Calderon (1920-1998) was one of the 20th century's leading mathematical analysts. His con

Michael Christ