University of Pittsburgh Press

  • The Volcano Sequence

    A bold, erotic,and spiritual collection of poetry from well-respected poet and critic Alicia Suskin Ostriker, whose previous two books were both National Book Award finalists. “This is a book written…

    $17.00
  • Theories On The Scrap Heap

    In a recent issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Cullen Murphy wrote that “It is always a little disconcerting when audacious scientific theories come a cropper.” In this case, he was…

    $35.95
  • Theory and Method In The Neurosciences

    Theory and Method in the Neurosciences surveys the nature and structure of theories in contemporary neuroscience, exploring many of its methodological techniques and problems. The essays explore basic questions about…

    $75.00
  • Thomas Mellon And His Times

    Publicly available for the first time, Pittsburgh entrepreneur, judge, and banker Thomas Mellon’s autobiography includes maps and rarely seen photographs.  The preface by his grandson Paul Mellon and the foreword…

    $38.95
  • Thunder In the Mountains

    The West Virginia mine war of 1920–21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and…

    $20.00
  • Ties That Bind

    In the early days of utility development, municipalities sought to shape the new systems in a variety of ways even as private firms struggled to retain control and fend off…

    $45.00
  • Time’s Fancy

    Winner of the 1995 Banta Book Prize for a Wisconsin Author Ronald Wallace is best known for his wit and good humor, his synthesis of technical skill and strong…

    $17.00
  • To Hell With Paradise

    In the course of the nineteenth century, Jamaica transformed itself from a pestilence-ridden “white man’s graveyard” to a sun-drenched tourist paradise.  Deftly combining economics with political and cultural history, Frank…

    $35.95
  • To Vote or Not to Vote

    What makes people decide to vote? In addressing this simple question, André Blais examines the factors that increase or decrease turnout at the aggregate, cross-national level and considers what affects…

    $31.95
  • Toward a Feminist Rhetoric

    The nature of Gertrude Buck, professor of English at Vassar College from 1897 until her death in 1922, is well-known to anyone interested in the history of composition.  Her writing…

    $35.95
  • Traces Of A Stream

    Traces of a Stream offers a unique scholarly perspective that merges interests in rhetorical and literacy studies, United States social and political theory, and African American women writers. Focusing on…

    $33.95
  • Traditional and Modern Natural Resource Management in Latin America

    This book identifies a major problem facing developing nations and the countries and sources that fund them: the lack of attention and/or effective strategies available to prevent farmers in underdeveloped…

    $32.95