Extraction & Control

Extraction & ControlMatthew Wolfgang Stolper began working for the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary in 1978 and became full professor in the Oriental Institute 1987, focusing on Neo Babylonian and Middle Elamite. The twenty six papers from Stolper's colleagues, friends, and students show the breadth of his interests.

Based on ethnographic research and qualitative interviews

Analyses the depiction of breastfeeding in literature

Now in paperback

He asks: can past lessons guide a sustainable future

and the priorities of the movie industry

Presents the results of a programme of survey and excavation conducted under the directorship of the author at the site of Kataret es-Samra

and in terms of other sitcoms and cultures which produced them

All 36 paintings are reproduced here in colour

Beckett’s dialogue with the arts (music

This book is the story of British consuls at the edge of the British and Chinese empires

economic viability and the production process of so-called ‘niche’ cinema

a series of difficult and reflexive questions: What obscured our understanding of our students’ needs in a particular moment