Columbia University Press: 2355 books
Bodily Citations
Religion and Judith Butler
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2006
In such works as Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter Judith Butler broke new ground in understanding the construction and performance of identities. While Butler's writings have been crucial and often controversial in the development of feminist and queer theory, Bodily Citations is the first anthology...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Spanning thousands of years, this new collection brings together writings and teachings about sex, marriage, and family from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions. The volume includes traditional texts as well as contemporary materials showing how the religions...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Widely hailed as one of the most significant works in modern political philosophy, John Rawls's Political Liberalism (1993) defended a powerful vision of society that respects reasonable ways of life, both religious and secular. These core values have never been more critical as anxiety grows over...
The Digital Transformation Playbook
Rethink Your Business for the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Rethink your business for the digital age.
Every business begun before the Internet now faces the same challenge: How to transform to compete in a digital economy?
Globally recognized digital expert David L. Rogers argues that digital transformation is not about updating your technology...
How to Read Chinese Poetry
A Guided Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2007
In this "guided" anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci, and qu poems. A comprehensive introduction...
The Art of Making Magazines
On Being an Editor and Other Views from the Industry
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
In this entertaining anthology, editors, writers, art directors, and publishers from such magazines as Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Elle, and Harper's draw on their varied, colorful experiences to explore a range of issues concerning their profession. Combining anecdotes with expert...
The Classic of Changes
A New Translation of the I Ching as Interpreted by Wang Bi
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
Used in China as a book of divination and source of wisdom for more than three thousand years, the I Ching has been taken up by millions of English-language speakers in the nineteenth century. The first translation ever to appear in English that includes one of the major Chinese philosophical commentaries,...
Dinosaurs
The Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Geared towards a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook, sixth edition, is a concise and lucid presentation of the biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. It clarifies the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of the various species while modeling the best approach for...
If You're in a Dogfight, Become a Cat!
Strategies for Long-Term Growth
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Businesses often find themselves trapped in a competitive dogfight, scratching and clawing for market share with products consumers view as largely undifferentiated. Conventional wisdom suggests that dogfights are to be expected as marketplaces mature, giving rise to the notion that there are "bad"...
Bailouts
Public Money, Private Profit
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
Today's financial crisis is the result of dismal failures on the part of regulators, market analysts, and corporate executives. Yet the response of the American government has been to bail out the very institutions and individuals that have wrought such havoc upon the nation. Are such massive bailouts...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Few people realize that prescription drugs have become a leading cause of death, disease, and disability. Adverse reactions to widely used drugs, such as psychotropics and birth control pills, as well as biologicals, result in FDA warnings against adverse reactions.
The Risks of Prescription...
Sex Trafficking in the United States
Theory, Research, Policy, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Sex Trafficking in the United States is a unique exploration of the underlying dynamics of sex trafficking. This comprehensive volume examines the common risk factors for those who become victims, and the barriers they face when they try to leave. It also looks at how and why sex traffickers enter...
Knowledge Matters
The Public Mission of the Research University
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
Higher education can be a vital public good, providing opportunities for students, informed citizens for democracy, and knowledge to improve the human condition. Yet public investment in universities is widely being cut, often because public purposes are neglected while private benefits dominate....
Philosophies of Happiness
A Comparative Introduction to the Flourishing Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
What does it mean to be truly happy? In Philosophies of Happiness, Diana Lobel provides a rich spectrum of arguments for a theory of happiness as flourishing or well-being, offering a global, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary perspective on how to create a vital, fulfilling, and significant life....