{"product_id":"human-goodness-9780299226701","title":"Human Goodness","description":"In\u003ci\u003e Death of a Department Chair\u003c\/i\u003e, protagonist Miriam Held recounts the events of the previous fall when she was suspected of killing Isabel Vittorio, the chair of her department and her former lover. The controversial and contrary Vittorio was, at the time of her death, attempting to block the hire of a brilliant African American female professor. Already under siege for her attempts to increase diversity on campus, Miriam is forced to defend her reputation and her life. As she searches for the truth, Miriam amasses evidence that leaves few friends and colleagues free from suspicion. Both a classic whodunit and a witty satire, \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Department Chair\u003c\/i\u003e dramatizes how communities can create the very climate of mistrust and paranoia that victimizes them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYi-Fu Tuan is the author of more than two dozen critically acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003eSpace and Place, Topophilia, Escapism, Coming Home to \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eChina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDominance and Affection: The Making of Pets\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous books published by the University of Wisconsin Press are \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life, Morality and Imagination, \u003c\/i\u003e and the autobiography \u003ci\u003eWho Am I? \u003c\/i\u003eTuan is theJ. K. Wright and Vilas Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been honored with the Cullum Medal of the American Geographical Society, the Laur?at d'Honneur of the International Geographical Union, and the Charles Homer Haskins Lectureship of the American Council of Learned Societies.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844257419538,"sku":"9780299226701","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f8e3648-6ffa-4092-b984-e375dad19669.jpg?v=1737314920","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/human-goodness-9780299226701","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}