better book titles
Erik over at The Monkey Cage points me towards the excellent Better Book Titles, where you can find numerous contemporary and classic works slightly altered in a way that the title is more informative about their actual content. In closing he says,
If you can do anything like this with a political science book, I’d consider putting it on the Cage.
So what he’s looking for are titles that better convey the core of the argument of academic monographs. Like this.
Of course, we shouldn’t just pick on the famous. So here’s another one, a bit closer to home.
Contributions welcomed.
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Charles Tilly’s Why? Could be retitled: Why?
Omar
January 24, 2011 at 9:30 pm
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January 24, 2011 at 9:46 pm
So, James Scott’s “Weapons of the Weak” could be: “STFU! He’s listening!” Or maybe it should be “Eaponsway ofway ethay eakway?”
Jenn Lena
January 24, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Richard Florida’s The Rise of the Creative Class. And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure and Everyday Life could be The City Councilman’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Hipsters
gabrielrossman
January 25, 2011 at 2:59 am
White’s Identity and Control could be called
“Cited and Unread.”
jordi comas
January 25, 2011 at 11:33 am
DO they have to be about the same length or meter?
Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point” could be called “Everything Spreads.” Or “A Red Herring for Marketeers.”
jordi comas
January 25, 2011 at 11:37 am
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