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A Syllabus of Modern World History: For Use With Ferdinand Schevill: A History of Europe A Syllabus of Modern World History For Use With Ferdinand Schevill: A History of Europe Alice Felt Tyler None
A Textbook of Nursing Technique A Textbook of Nursing Technique Marion L. Vannier and Barbara A. Thompson None
A Third University Is Possible A Third University Is Possible la paperson 2017 Spring
Uncovering the decolonizing ghost in the colonizing machine
A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia A Thousand Plateaus Capitalism and Schizophrenia Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari 1987 Fall
A positive exercise in the affirmative, “nomad” thought called for in its companion volume, Anti-Oedipus. This series of essays address war and death, territoriality and the anthropology of groups, model theory, and psychosis.
A University Looks at its Program: The Report of the University of Minnesota Bureau of Institutional Research, 1942-1952 A University Looks at its Program The Report of the University of Minnesota Bureau of Institutional Research, 1942-1952 Ruth E. Eckert and Robert J. Keller, Editors None
A Very Serious Thing: Women’s Humor and American Culture A Very Serious Thing Women’s Humor and American Culture Nancy A. Walker 1988 Fall
Defines why women have been blocked from participating in the mainstream of American comedy yet have overcome hurdles to produce a humor that is sustaining and spells survival for women in society.
A Wild Neighborhood A Wild Neighborhood John Henricksson 1997 Fall
An entertaining portrait of the creatures that share our place in the woods.
A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson A Wilderness Within The Life of Sigurd F. Olson David Backes 1999 Fall
The critically acclaimed biography of this venerable naturalist and writer.
A Women’s Berlin: Building the Modern City A Women’s Berlin Building the Modern City Despina Stratigakos 2008 Fall
The modern city as the birthplace of the modern woman
A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture A World of Gangs Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture John M. Hagedorn 2009 Fall
From L.A. to Lagos, Port-au-Prince to Paris—a provocative analysis of the global proliferation of street gangs
“Am I That Name?”: Feminism and the Category of “Women” in History “Am I That Name?” Feminism and the Category of “Women” in History Denise Riley 2003 Spring
A new edition of a classic work on the history of feminism
ABC of Impossibility ABC of Impossibility Simon Critchley 2015 Fall
An experimental text of para-philosophical fragments working toward a poetic ontology
Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique Aberrations in Black Toward a Queer of Color Critique Roderick A. Ferguson 2003 Fall
A hard-hitting look at the regulation of sexual difference and its role in circumscribing African American culture
Aberrations of Mourning Aberrations of Mourning Laurence A. Rickels 2011 Spring
Examining our unresolved relationship with death
Abiding by Sri Lanka: On Peace, Place, and Postcolonality Abiding by Sri Lanka On Peace, Place, and Postcolonality Qadri Ismail 2005 Fall
A provocative account of Sri Lankan politics and representative democracies in general
Abolition’s Public Sphere Abolition’s Public Sphere Robert Fanuzzi 2003 Spring
An innovative analysis of the Enlightenment’s effects on the anti-slavery movement
Abolitionist Geographies Abolitionist Geographies Martha Schoolman 2014 Fall
The geographic claims and spatial contradictions of abolitionist literature, from British West Indian Emancipation to the U.S. Civil War
“But He Doesn’t Know the Territory” “But He Doesn’t Know the Territory” Meredith Willson 2009 Fall
Chronicles the making of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man
Academia and the Luster of Capital Academia and the Luster of Capital 1993 Spring
Academic Profiling: Latinos, Asian Americans, and the Achievement Gap Academic Profiling Latinos, Asian Americans, and the Achievement Gap Gilda L. Ochoa 2013 Fall
The achievement gap as it is actually experienced by Latino and Asian American students in one California high school
Accessorizing the Body: Habits of Being I Accessorizing the Body Habits of Being I Cristina Giorcelli and Paula Rabinowitz, Editors 2011 Spring
What the smallest detail of dress reveals about gender, sexuality, race, politics, and aesthetics
Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China Aching for Beauty Footbinding in China Wang Ping 2000 Fall
A fascinating and haunting exploration of the bound foot in Chinese culture.
Acting Out in Groups Acting Out in Groups Laurence A. Rickels, Editor 1999 Fall
Examines outrageous public behavior and what it can tell us about cultural and political change.
Active Radio: Pacifica’s Brash Experiment Active Radio Pacifica’s Brash Experiment Jeff Land 1999 Spring
The essential book on the origins of the influential Pacifica radio network, in time for its fiftieth anniversary.
Adaptive Strategies and Population Ecology of Northern Grouse: Volume 1. Population Studies Adaptive Strategies and Population Ecology of Northern Grouse Volume 1. Population Studies Arthur T. Bergerud and Michael W. Gratson, Editors 1988 Spring
The first volume contains eleven studies of eight grouse species; the second contains primarily the work of Bergerud, which utilizes the evidence in the first volume to advance theories of behavior and offer new demographic insights.
Administrative Districts and Field Offices of the Minnesota State Government Administrative Districts and Field Offices of the Minnesota State Government Ivan Hinderaker None
Administrative Manual for the Minnesota Test for Differential Diagnosis of Aphasia Administrative Manual for the Minnesota Test for Differential Diagnosis of Aphasia Hildred Schuell 1965 Fall
Adolescent Personality and Behavior: MMPI Patterns of Normal, Delinquent, Dropout, and Other Outcomes Adolescent Personality and Behavior MMPI Patterns of Normal, Delinquent, Dropout, and Other Outcomes Starke R. Hathaway and Elio D. Monachesi None
Adorno in America Adorno in America David Jenemann 2007 Spring
The first in-depth account of Adorno’s years in American exile
Adult Abilities: A Study of University Extension Students Adult Abilities A Study of University Extension Students Herbert Sorenson None
Advances Advances Jacques Derrida 2017 Fall
An unlimited prehistory of the world that opens up its unpredictable future
Advances in the Zoology of Tapeworms, 1950-1970 Advances in the Zoology of Tapeworms, 1950-1970 Robert A. Wardle, James A. McLeod and Sydney Radinovsky None
Aesop’s Anthropology: A Multispecies Approach Aesop’s Anthropology A Multispecies Approach John Hartigan Jr. 2015 Spring
What can we learn about culture from other species?
Aesthetic Experience and Literary Hermeneutics Aesthetic Experience and Literary Hermeneutics Hans Robert Jauss 1982 Fall
Aesthetic Ideology Aesthetic Ideology Paul de Man Andrzej Warminski, Editor 1996 Fall
An important reconsideration of ideology by one of this century’s most eminent theorists.
Aesthetic Subjects Aesthetic Subjects Pamela R. Matthews and David McWhirter, Editors 2003 Spring
Demonstrates the remarkable resurgence of interest in the aesthetic
Aesthetic Theory Aesthetic Theory Theodor W. Adorno Robert Hullot-Kentor, Editor 1998 Fall
Adorno’s major work, in its first accurate English translation.
Aesthetics and Revolution: Nicaraguan Poetry 1979-1990 Aesthetics and Revolution Nicaraguan Poetry 1979-1990 Greg Dawes None
Examines the different inflections of ideology as they manifest themselves at the intersection of class and gender in Nicaragua during the revolutionary period.
Affirmation of Poetry Affirmation of Poetry Judith Balso 2014 Spring
Reestablishing the importance of poetry’s place as a site of thought
African Intimacies: Race, Homosexuality, and Globalization African Intimacies Race, Homosexuality, and Globalization Neville Hoad 2006 Fall
An innovative investigation of African homosexuality under globalization
African Literature in the Twentieth Century African Literature in the Twentieth Century O.R. Dathorne 1976 Spring
Afro-Orientalism Afro-Orientalism Bill V. Mullen 2004 Fall
Reveals a century of political solidarity uniting Asians and African Americans
After Exile: Writing the Latin American Diaspora After Exile Writing the Latin American Diaspora Amy K. Kaminsky 1999 Spring
Considers the effect of exile on contemporary South American writers.
After Extinction After Extinction Richard Grusin, Editor 2018 Spring
A multidisciplinary exploration of extinction and what comes next
After High School - What? After High School - What? Ralph F. Berdie None
After Jews and Arabs: Remaking Levantine Culture After Jews and Arabs Remaking Levantine Culture Ammiel Alcalay 1992 Fall
“Painstakingly, brick by brick, he has reconstructed a shared literary and historical tradition that has linked Arab and Oriental Jewish thought for the better part of a millennium.” --Victor Perera
After the End: Representations of Post-Apocalypse After the End Representations of Post-Apocalypse James Berger 1999 Spring
Explores the cultural function of the concept of “the end.”
After the Fire: A Writer Finds His Place After the Fire A Writer Finds His Place Paul Zimmer 2002 Spring
Looking back at a lifetime of rich experience from Wisconsin’s driftless hills
After the Irish Renaissance: A Critical History of the Irish Drama since The Plough and The Stars After the Irish Renaissance A Critical History of the Irish Drama since The Plough and The Stars Robert Hogan None
[. . . After the Media]: News from the Slow-Fading Twentieth Century [. . . After the Media] News from the Slow-Fading Twentieth Century Siegfried Zielinski 2013 Fall
Thinking media after the media
Afterimage of Empire: Photography in Nineteenth-Century India Afterimage of Empire Photography in Nineteenth-Century India Zahid R. Chaudhary 2012 Spring
How the colonial photograph revolutionized the very nature of perception
Afterimages of Gilles Deleuze’s Film Philosophy Afterimages of Gilles Deleuze’s Film Philosophy D. N. Rodowick, Editor 2009 Fall
A critical debate on the importance—and usefulness—of Deleuze’s film theory
Against Affective Formalism: Matisse, Bergson, Modernism Against Affective Formalism Matisse, Bergson, Modernism Todd Cronan 2013 Spring
Close examinations of the works of Henri Matisse and Henri Bergson reveal problems of form and agency, expression and affect, representation and reality that are still in effect today
Against Ecological Sovereignty: Ethics, Biopolitics, and Saving the Natural World Against Ecological Sovereignty Ethics, Biopolitics, and Saving the Natural World Mick Smith 2011 Fall
Links the political critique of sovereign power with ecological concerns
Against Literature Against Literature John Beverley 1993 Fall
Is there a way of thinking about literature that is “outside” or “against” literature? In Against Literature, John Beverly brilliantly responds to this question, arguing for a negation of the literary that would allow nonliterary forms of cultural practice to displace literature’s hegemony.
Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times Against Purity Living Ethically in Compromised Times Alexis Shotwell 2016 Fall
Why contamination and compromise might be a starting point for doing something, instead of a reason to give up
Against the Romance of Community Against the Romance of Community Miranda Joseph 2002 Spring
An unexpected and valuable critique of community that points out its complicity with capitalism
Aging in Minnesota Aging in Minnesota Arnold M. Rose, Editor None
Agitating Images: Photography against History in Indigenous Siberia Agitating Images Photography against History in Indigenous Siberia Craig Campbell 2014 Fall
Demonstrates how photographic images complicate the history of Soviet Siberia
Agricultural Cooperation: Selected Readings Agricultural Cooperation Selected Readings Martin A. Abrahamsen and Claud L. Scroggs, Editors None
Agricultural Research Policy Agricultural Research Policy Vernon W. Ruttan 1982 Spring
Agriculture, Environment, and Health: Sustainable Development in the 21st Century Agriculture, Environment, and Health Sustainable Development in the 21st Century Vernon W. Ruttan, Editor 1993 Fall
Offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the implications of changes in institutional design and policy reform now underway at the global level. Ultimately, these changes will provide sustainable growth in agricultural production. Particular attention is given to the institutions that conduct research and implement changes in technology and practice in the fields of agriculture and health, as well as those that monitor the changes in resource endowments, the quality of the environment and the health, and productivity of the human resources employed in agricultural production.
Airport Urbanism: Infrastructure and Mobility in Asia Airport Urbanism Infrastructure and Mobility in Asia Max Hirsh 2016 Spring
The first book on infrastructure and migration to focus on the Asian transportation boom
Alfred Maurer: The First American Modern Alfred Maurer The First American Modern Daphne Anderson Deeds 2003 Fall
A welcome overview of the career of a significant yet often overlooked American painter
Alien Phenomenology, or What It’s Like to Be a Thing Alien Phenomenology, or What It’s Like to Be a Thing Ian Bogost 2012 Spring
A bold new metaphysics that explores how all things—from atoms to green chiles, cotton to computers—interact with, perceive, and experience one another
Alienhood: Citizenship, Exile, and the Logic of Difference Alienhood Citizenship, Exile, and the Logic of Difference Katarzyna Marciniak 2006 Spring
A timely and critical understanding of transnational culture
All about Almodóvar: A Passion for Cinema All about Almodóvar A Passion for Cinema Brad Epps and Despina Kakoudaki, Editors 2009 Spring
New critical perspectives on the filmmaker behind All About My Mother, Talk to Her, and Volver
All Faithful People: Change and Continuity in Middletown’s Religion All Faithful People Change and Continuity in Middletown’s Religion Theodore Caplow, Howard M. Bahr, Bruce A. Chadwick, Dwight W. Hoover, Laurence A. Martin, Joseph B. Tamney and Margaret Holmes Williamson None
All Things Common: The Hutterian Way of Life All Things Common The Hutterian Way of Life Victor Peters None
All Thoughts Are Equal: Laruelle and Nonhuman Philosophy All Thoughts Are Equal Laruelle and Nonhuman Philosophy John Ó Maoilearca 2015 Fall
A much-needed illumination of the “non-philosophy” of François Laruelle
Allegories of Empire: The Figure of Woman in the Colonial Text Allegories of Empire The Figure of Woman in the Colonial Text Jenny Sharpe 1993 Spring
Brings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction.
Allegories of Underdevelopment: Aesthetics and Politics in Modern Brazilian Cinema Allegories of Underdevelopment Aesthetics and Politics in Modern Brazilian Cinema Ismail xavier 1997 Spring
Examines the centrality of Cinema Novo to filmmaking in Brazil.
Allen Tate - American Writers 39: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers Allen Tate - American Writers 39 University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers George Hemphill 1964 Fall
Allen Tate and His Work: Critical Evaluations Allen Tate and His Work Critical Evaluations Radcliffe Squires, Editor None
Alms for Oblivion Alms for Oblivion Edward Dahlberg None
Along the Journey River: A Mystery Along the Journey River A Mystery Carole laFavor 2017 Fall
When tribal traditions run strong, is it possible to love an “other”?
Already Doing It: Intellectual Disability and Sexual Agency Already Doing It Intellectual Disability and Sexual Agency Michael Gill 2015 Spring
Exploring and exposing efforts to restrict the sexuality of intellectually disabled people
Alternative Art New York Alternative Art New York Julie Ault, Editor 2002 Fall
A multifaceted history of New York’s influential alternative art scene during a time of rapid social change.
Amalgamation Schemes: Antiblackness and the Critique of Multiracialism Amalgamation Schemes Antiblackness and the Critique of Multiracialism Jared Sexton 2008 Spring
Questions the ramifications of multiracialism for progressive social change
Ambient Media: Japanese Atmospheres of Self Ambient Media Japanese Atmospheres of Self Paul Roquet 2016 Spring
How atmospheric media have come to shape urban Japan
Ambrose Bierce - American Writers 37: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers Ambrose Bierce - American Writers 37 University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers Robert A. Wiggins 1964 Spring
America in the Forties: The Letters of Ole Munch Ræder America in the Forties The Letters of Ole Munch Ræder None
America Town: Building the Outposts of Empire America Town Building the Outposts of Empire Mark L. Gillem 2007 Spring
How the United States has exported the suburban way of life through the design of its military bases
America’s Experts: Race and the Fictions of Sociology America’s Experts Race and the Fictions of Sociology Cynthia H. Tolentino 2009 Fall
Reveals the impact of sociology on ethnic literature and the politics of race
American Architectural Books: A List of Books, Portfolios, and Pamphlets on Architecture and Related Subjects Published in American Before 1895 American Architectural Books A List of Books, Portfolios, and Pamphlets on Architecture and Related Subjects Published in American Before 1895 Henry-Russell Hitchcock None
American-Australian Relations American-Australian Relations Werner Levi None
American by Paper: How Documents Matter in Immigrant Literacy American by Paper How Documents Matter in Immigrant Literacy Kate Vieira 2016 Spring
A richly enlightening look at literacy as lived experience
American City: A Rank and File History of Minneapolis American City A Rank and File History of Minneapolis Charles Rumford Walker 2005 Spring
A “civic biography” that examines a critical event in the labor history of Minneapolis—and the United States
American Elegy: The Poetry of Mourning from the Puritans to Whitman American Elegy The Poetry of Mourning from the Puritans to Whitman Max Cavitch 2006 Fall
An original study of the place of elegy in American literature and culture
American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism American Eugenics Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism Nancy Ordover 2003 Spring
Traces the history of eugenics ideology in the United States and its ongoing presence in contemporary life
American Exposures: Photography and Community in the Twentieth Century American Exposures Photography and Community in the Twentieth Century Louis Kaplan 2005 Fall
A fascinating analysis of how photographers image and imagine American communities
American Farm Policy, 1948-1973 American Farm Policy, 1948-1973 Willard W. Cochrane and Mary E. Ryan None
American Historical Explanations: A Strategy for Grounded Inquiry American Historical Explanations A Strategy for Grounded Inquiry Gene Wise 1980 Fall
American Humorists - American Writers 42: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers American Humorists - American Writers 42 University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers Willard Thorp 1964 Fall
American Imperialism in the Image of Peer Gynt: Memoirs of a Professor-Bureaucrat American Imperialism in the Image of Peer Gynt Memoirs of a Professor-Bureaucrat E.A.J. Johnson None
American Interests and Policies in the Middle East, 1900-1939 American Interests and Policies in the Middle East, 1900-1939 John A. DeNovo None
American Literary Naturalism, a Divided Stream American Literary Naturalism, a Divided Stream Charles Child Walcutt None
American Pentimento: The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of Riches American Pentimento The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of Riches Patricia Seed 2001 Fall
An illuminating examination of colonization’s ongoing cultural legacy.
American Pietàs: Visions of Race, Death, and the Maternal American Pietàs Visions of Race, Death, and the Maternal Ruby C. Tapia 2011 Spring
What visual tropes of race, death, and motherhood tell us about citizenship
American Policy Toward Communist Eastern Europe: The Choices Ahead American Policy Toward Communist Eastern Europe The Choices Ahead John C. Campbell None