January 11, 2013

VIDEO: William Duggan on intuition and creative strategy

Watch William Duggan explain his conceptions of strategic intuition and innovation in business to his class at Columbia Business School.

January 10, 2013

VIDEO: Professor William Duggan on the science of strategic intuition

Professor Duggan explains the mind science behind strategic intuition.

January 10, 2013

VIDEO: Interview with Robert J. Durán, author of Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider’s Journey

In the following interview with Fronteras, Robert J. Durán, author of Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider’s Journey, talks about his new book as well as his experiences interviewing members of Latino gangs in Denver, Colorado and Ogden, Utah....

January 9, 2013

William Duggan — From Mind to Method

Read an excerpt from William Duggan’s Creative Strategy!

January 9, 2013

Columbia University Press Books Win CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012

We were very excited to learn that several Columbia University Press titles and those of our distributed press Edinburgh were winners of the prestigious CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012. Here’s the list and congratulations to the authors: Sufi Bodies:...

January 8, 2013

William Duggan — From Intuition to Creation

Professor William Duggan explains how innovations are made, from idea to implementation.

January 8, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Badiou on Plato's Republic and Much More

We play catch-up this week as we include a couple of week’s worth of new titles: Plato’s Republic: A Dialogue in 16 Chapters Alain Badiou Rewiring the Real: In Conversation with William Gaddis, Richard Powers, Mark Danielewski, and Don DeLillo...

January 7, 2013

Peanut Butter, The Environment, and Psychoanalysis — Columbia University Press Author Events for January

A look at some upcoming events in January with Columbia University Press authors. For more details visit our author events page: The much-traveled Jon Krampner continues his tour discussing his much-talked-about Creamy and Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter,...

December 21, 2012

Andrew F. Smith on the Future of Drinking in America

In the epilogue to Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages, Andrew Smith points to some of the more recent trends in American’s consumption of beverages namely, the popularity of bottled water and coffee. Looking back...

December 20, 2012

Andrew Smith on How Beverages Have Changed American History (He Also Talks About Tuna)

Earlier this fall, Andrew Smith talked about his book Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages at a special event sponsored by the Culinary Historians of Chicago. In the talk, Smith considers why Americans drink what...

December 20, 2012

Siddharth Kara Interviewed in The Economist

The Economist blog Feast and Famine: Demography and Development recently interviewed Siddharth Kara about his new book Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia . In the interview Kara explains how people become trapped and exploited in...

December 19, 2012

Beer — Another Turning Point from "Drinking History"

Yesterday, we posted on the history of youth drinks from Andrew Smith’s Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages. Today, we turn to the more adult beer, which skyrocketed in popularity in the 1840s thanks in...