University Of Michigan Press: 1128 books
Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism
Teaching Writing in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
"At long last, a discussion of plagiarism that doesn't stop at 'Don't do it or else,' but does full justice to the intellectual interest of the topic!"
---Gerald Graff, author of Clueless in Academe and 2008 President, Modern Language Association
This collection is a timely intervention...
Facing It
AIDS Diaries and the Death of the Author
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
For a generation or more, literary theorists have used the metaphor of "the death of the author" in considering the observation that to write is to abdicate control over the meanings one's text is capable of generating. But in the case of AIDS diaries, the metaphor can be literal. Facing...
by Tobin Anthony Siebers
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
"Disability Theory is just the book we've been waiting for. Clear, cogent, compelling analyses of the tension between the 'social model' of disability and the material details of impairment; of identity politics and unstable identities; of capability rights and human interdependence; of disability...
by Tasha Philpot
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Whether their slogan is “compassionate conservatism” or “hawkish liberalism,” political parties have always sought to expand their electoral coalitions by making minor adjustments to their public image. How do voters respond to these, often short-term, campaign appeals? Race, Republicans,...
Imagining the Forest
Narratives of Michigan and the Upper Midwest
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Forests have always been more than just their trees. The forests in Michigan (and similar forests in other Great Lakes states such as Wisconsin and Minnesota) played a role in the American cultural imagination from the beginnings of European settlement in the early nineteenth century to the present....
The Michigan Eco-Traveler
A Guide to Sustainable Adventures in the Great Lakes State
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Michigan offers some of the most wonderfully diverse recreation opportunities in the country. The Michigan Eco-Traveleris for a new and growing breed of leisure traveler and adventurer—the individual seeking to experience the pleasant peninsulas responsibly by minimizing his or her eco-footprint....
A Crooked Line
From Cultural History to the History of Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
"Eley brilliantly probes transformations in the historians' craft over the past four decades. I found A Crooked Line engrossing, insightful, and inspiring."
--Lizabeth Cohen, author of A Consumers' Republic
"A Crooked Line brilliantly captures the most significant shifts in the...
Extreme Pursuits
Travel/Writing in an Age of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Recent figures suggest that there will be 1.6 billion arrivals at world airports by the year 2020. Extreme Pursuits looks at the new conditions of global travel and the unease, even paranoia, that underlies them---at the opportunities they offer for alternative identities and their oscillation between...
Implementing Term Limits
The Case of the Michigan Legislature
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Today, 70 percent of the American public supports reforms that would limit the number of terms a state legislator may serve, and the advocacy group U.S. Term Limits promotes this reform at all levels of government. But are advocates correct that term limits ensure citizens dedicated to the common...
The Playing Fields of Eton
Equality and Excellence in Modern Meritocracy
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
"Beautifully written and brilliantly argued, The Playing Fields of Eton takes us on a three-century tour of modern mental and physical life. We visit gymnasiums and dueling fields, murderball courts and Olympic venues, and while immersed in thought-provoking stories of people wrestling with the...
After Independence
Making and Protecting the Nation in Postcolonial and Postcommunist States
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
The majority of the existing work on nationalism has centered on its role in the creation of new states. After Independence breaks new ground by examining the changes to nationalism after independence in seven new states. This innovative volume challenges scholars and specialists to rethink conventional...
by Donald I. Dickmann, Larry A. Leefers
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Completely revised and updated, this new edition of The Forests of Michigan takes a comprehensive look at the natural history, ecology, management, economic importance, and use of the rich and varied forests that cover about half of Michigan's 36.3 million acres. The book explores how the forests...
Michigan Shrubs and Vines
A Guide to Species of the Great Lakes Region
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Shrubs and vines are some of the most diverse and widespread plants in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan Shrubs and Vines is the must-have book for anyone who wishes to identify and learn about these fascinating plants. Presented in the same attractive, easy-to-use format as the classic Michigan...
by Susan Jayne Newhof
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
The fifth edition of Michigan’s Town & Country Inns is a guide to more than 50 inns, bed-and-breakfast homes, and historic lodgings in the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan.
Choose from lighthouses anchored to the rugged shores of Lake Superior, Victorian mansions built by lumber...