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- This time is different
This time is different
- Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff
- anglické
- naučné
- Princeton University Press
- 512
- 2011
Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing and recovering their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time,...
- Identity Economics - G. Akerlof, R. Kranton
Identity Economics - G. Akerlof, R. Kranton
- Akerlof, George A.;Kranton, Rachel E
- Princeton University Press
- 192
- 2011
"Identity Economics" provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities - and not just economic incentives - influence our...
- Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory
Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory
- Liberzon, Daniel
- Princeton University Press
- 256
- 2011
This textbook offers a concise yet rigorous introduction to calculus of variations and optimal control theory, and is a self-contained resource for graduate students in...
- Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power
Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power
- Yan, Xuetong
- Princeton University Press
- 312
- 2011
The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what...
- Uprooted - G. Thum
Uprooted - G. Thum
- Thum, Gregor
- Princeton University Press
- 552
- 2011
With the stroke of a pen at the Potsdam Conference following the Allied victory in 1945, Breslau, the largest German city east of Berlin, became the Polish city of Wroclaw. Its...
- The Optics of Life - S. Johnsen
The Optics of Life - S. Johnsen
- Johnsen, Sonke
- Princeton University Press
- 360
- 2011
Optics--a field of physics focusing on the study of light--is also central to many areas of biology, including vision, ecology, botany, animal behavior, neurobiology, and...
- A Cooperative Species S. Bowles, H. Gintis
A Cooperative Species S. Bowles, H. Gintis
- Bowles, Samuel;Gintis, Herbert
- Princeton University Press
- 280
- 2011
Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this...
- The Spirit of Cities - D. Bell, A. De-Shalit
The Spirit of Cities - D. Bell, A. De-Shalit
- Bell, Daniel A.;De-Shalit, Avner
- Princeton University Press
- 360
- 2011
Cities shape the lives and outlooks of billions of people, yet they have been overshadowed in contemporary political thought by nation-states, identity groups, and concepts...
- Anthropology of Images
Anthropology of Images
- Belting, Hans
- Princeton University Press
- 216
- 2011
In this groundbreaking book, renowned art historian Hans Belting proposes a new anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making. Rather than focus exclusively on...
- Fault Lines - R. Rajan
Fault Lines - R. Rajan
- Raghuram Rajan
- anglické
- Princeton University Press
- 280
- 2011
Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what...
- Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Eas D. Paulson
Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Eas D. Paulson
- Paulson, Dennis
- Princeton University Press
- 544
- 2011
This is the first fully illustrated guide to all 336 dragonfly and damselfly species of eastern North America - from the rivers of Manitoba to the Florida cypress swamps - and...
- Based Survey Experiments D. Mutz Population
Based Survey Experiments D. Mutz Population
- Mutz, Diana C
- Princeton University Press
- 200
- 2011
Population-based survey experiments have become an invaluable tool for social scientists struggling to generalize laboratory-based results, and for survey researchers besieged...
- A History of Palestine G. Kramer
A History of Palestine G. Kramer
- Kramer, Gudrun
- Princeton University Press
- 376
- 2011
It is impossible to understand Palestine today without a careful reading of its distant and recent past. But until now there has been no single volume in English that tells the...
- An Intellectual History of Cannibali C. Avramescu
An Intellectual History of Cannibali C. Avramescu
- Catalin Avramescu
- anglické
- Princeton University Press
- 360
- 2011
The cannibal has played a surprisingly important role in the history of thought--perhaps the ultimate symbol of savagery and degradation-- haunting the Western imagination...
- Meyer, M. Naka - R. Anderson, M. Araujo, E. Martinez
Meyer, M. Naka - R. Anderson, M. Araujo, E. Martinez
- Princeton University Press
- 328
- 2011
This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography, linking individual- and population-level processes to geographic distributions and...
- On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice - G. Cohen
On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice - G. Cohen
- Cohen, G. A
- Princeton University Press
- 288
- 2011
G. A. Cohen was one of the most gifted, influential, and progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time of his death in 2009, he had plans to bring...
- Democratic Legitimacy P. Rosanvallon
Democratic Legitimacy P. Rosanvallon
- Rosanvallon, Pierre
- Princeton University Press
- 248
- 2011
It's a commonplace that citizens in Western democracies are disaffected with their political leaders and traditional democratic institutions. But in Democratic Legitimacy,...
- Politics of Piety - S. Mahmood
Politics of Piety - S. Mahmood
- Mahmood, Saba
- Princeton University Press
- 272
- 2011
Politics of Piety is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo,...
- J. Burbank, F. Cooper - Empires in World History
J. Burbank, F. Cooper - Empires in World History
- Burbank, Jane;Cooper, Frederick
- Princeton University Press
- 528
- 2011
Empires - vast states of territories and people united by force and ambition - have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. "Empires in World History"...
- Codes of the Underworld D. Gambetta
Codes of the Underworld D. Gambetta
- Gambetta, Diego
- Princeton University Press
- 368
- 2011
How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal...
- Encountering Development
Encountering Development
- Escobar, Arturo
- Princeton University Press
- 344
- 2011
How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America? How...
- Respect for Nature - P. Taylor
Respect for Nature - P. Taylor
- Taylor, Paul W
- Princeton University Press
- 360
- 2011
What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor draws on biology, moral philosophy, and...
- Physics for the Inquiring Mind - E. Rogers
Physics for the Inquiring Mind - E. Rogers
- Rogers, Eric M
- Princeton University Press
- 792
- 2011
In our scientific age an understanding of physics is part of a liberal education. Lawyers, bankers, governors, business heads, administrators, all wise educated people need a...
- Delete V. Mayer-Schonberger
Delete V. Mayer-Schonberger
- Mayer-Schonberger, Viktor
- anglické
- Princeton University Press
- 272
- 2011
Delete looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Digital technology empowers us...