Princeton University Press: 2605 books
Knocking on the Door
The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Knocking on the Door is the first book-length work to analyze federal involvement in residential segregation from Reconstruction to the present. Providing a particularly detailed analysis of the period 1968 to 1973, the book examines how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) attempted...
The Transformation of American Politics
Activist Government and the Rise of Conservatism
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
The contemporary American political landscape has been marked by two paradoxical transformations: the emergence after 1960 of an increasingly activist state, and the rise of an assertive and politically powerful conservatism that strongly opposes activist government. Leading young scholars take up...
Exceptional People
How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Throughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, and laid the foundations for a global economy. In a world more interconnected than ever before, the number of people with the means and motivation to migrate...
Power to the People
Energy in Europe over the Last Five Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2014
Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy...
The Price of Rights
Regulating International Labor Migration
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2013
Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organizations and migrant rights advocates demand more equal rights for migrant workers. The Price of Rights shows why...
The German Economy
Beyond the Social Market
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
In this book, one of Germany's most influential economists describes his country's economy, the largest in the European Union and the third largest in the world, and analyzes its weaknesses: poor GDP growth performance, high unemployment due to a malfunctioning labor market, and an unsustainable social...
by Oded Galor
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
For most of the vast span of human history, economic growth was all but nonexistent. Then, about two centuries ago, some nations began to emerge from this epoch of economic stagnation, experiencing sustained economic growth that led to significant increases in standards of living and profoundly altered...
Our Compelling Interests
The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
It is clear that in our society today, issues of diversity and social connectedness remain deeply unresolved and can lead to crisis and instability. The major demographic changes taking place in America make discussions about such issues all the more imperative. Our Compelling Interests engages this...
Ant Encounters
Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of individual encounters and interactions--resulting in a dynamic network...
Garden Insects of North America
The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs - Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
This second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other “bugs” found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada. Featuring 3,300 full-color photos and concise, detailed text, this fully...
The Lives of Bees
The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world’s managed bee colonies
Humans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas...
by Richard A. Ippolito
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Whether dealing with contracts, tort actions, or government regulations, lawyers are more likely to be successful if they are conversant in economics. Economics for Lawyers provides the essential tools to understand the economic basis of law. Through rigorous analysis illustrated with simple graphs...
Working Together
Collective Action, the Commons, and Multiple Methods in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However, which research method or approach is best suited to a particular inquiry is frequently debated and discussed. Working Together...
From the Ground Up
Translating Geography into Community through Neighbor Networks
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2009
Where do neighborhoods come from and why do certain resources and effects--such as social capital and collective efficacy--bundle together in some neighborhoods and not in others? From the Ground Up argues that neighborhood communities emerge from neighbor networks, and shows that these social relations...