History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. This title takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFMC; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271210
- ISBN
- 9780520271210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Hardback. Illuminates various aspects of a central but unexplored area of American history: the midcentury Japanese American experience. This title includes case studies that focus on various developments relating to Japanese Americans in the aftermath of their wartime confinement, including resettlement nationwide. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271586
- ISBN
- 9780520271586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.61€ 57.54
€ 74.61
€ 57.54
Hardback. It is widely known that such Western institutions as the museum, the university, and the penitentiary shaped Japan's emergence as a modern nation-state. This title offers a study of Japan's first modern zoo, Tokyo's Ueno Imperial Zoological Gardens, opened in 1882. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271869
- ISBN
- 9780520271869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 50.63
€ 65.14
€ 50.63
Paperback. How do we explain the surprising trajectory of the Chinese Communist revolution? Why has it taken such a different route from its Russian prototype? This title suggests an answer that lies in the Chinese Communists' creative development and deployment of cultural resources - during their revolutionary rise to power and afterwards. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 412 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271906
- ISBN
- 9780520271906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923, this volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 400 pages, 99 color illustrations, 101 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; ACX; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1192. Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan's Great Earthquake of 1923. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 400 pages, Illustrationsstrations. Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923, this volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; ACX; HBJF; HBLW. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 27. Weight: 1192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Tion
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271951
- ISBN
- 9780520271951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 50.63
€ 65.14
€ 50.63
Hardback. Explores the position of the Catholic Church in modern Vietnamese history. By demonstrating how French colonial rule allowed for the transformation of Catholic missions in Vietnam into powerful economic and institutional structures, this title discovers the ways race defined cultural prestige and control of resources and institutional authority. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 333 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584. A Church from Empire to Nation. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. 333 pages, Illustrations. Explores the position of the Catholic Church in modern Vietnamese history. By demonstrating how French colonial rule allowed for the transformation of Catholic missions in Vietnam into powerful economic and institutional structures, this title discovers the ways race defined cultural prestige and control of resources and institutional authority. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HRCC7. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 25. Weight: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272477
- ISBN
- 9780520272477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.08€ 64.67
€ 84.08
€ 64.67
Paperback. Probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration (ishin) in modern Japanese history. This title argues that both the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868) and the reformers of the Meiji era (1868-1912) recruited the classical map to serve the cause of administrative reform. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 340 pages, 16 color maps, 20 b/w maps, 5 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272767
- ISBN
- 9780520272767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.18
€ 41.99
€ 30.18
Hardback. Intended for general readers as well as scholars, this book extends the boundaries of classics and anthropology, forming a model of the sensitive work that can be done to illuminate how deeply animals are imbricated in human history. Translator(s): Fox, Matthew. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, With a New Preface and Appendix
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273405
- ISBN
- 9780520273405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.46
€ 59.21
€ 46.46
Hardback. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation's political economy. This biography weaves together three engrossing stories. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273757
- ISBN
- 9780520273757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Provides a fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. This title illuminates a social world based on love, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398. Love and Survival in Sierra Leone. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. 296 pages, illustrations. Provides a fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. This title illuminates a social world based on love, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JHMC. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273795
- ISBN
- 9780520273795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the Graeco-Macedonian settlements founded in the East. This book pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects, making a distinct contribution to ongoing questions and opening new avenues of inquiry. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 440 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273825
- ISBN
- 9780520273825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.48€ 75.95
€ 99.48
€ 75.95
Hardback. The figure of Julius Caesar has loomed large in the United States since its very beginning, admired and evoked as a gateway to knowledge of politics, war, and even national life. This title examines Caesar's place in modern American culture and investigates how his use has intensified in periods of political crisis. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QDAR; HBJK; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582. 320 pages, Illustrations. The figure of Julius Caesar has loomed large in the United States since its very beginning, admired and evoked as a gateway to knowledge of politics, war, and even national life. This title examines Caesar's place in modern American culture and investigates how his use has intensified in periods of political crisis. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QDAR; HBJK; HBLA1. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 25. Weight: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273917
- ISBN
- 9780520273917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.77
€ 45.99
€ 32.77
Hardback. Offers fresh interpretations of the decisive moments of 1995, including the emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web in mainstream American life; the bombing at Oklahoma City, the deadliest attack of domestic terrorism in US history; and the sensational Trial of the Century," at which OJ Simpson faced charges of double murder. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b/w, 3 line. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273993
- ISBN
- 9780520273993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.87
€ 32.99
€ 23.87
Hardback. Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 254 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBLA; HRLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466. Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. 254 pages, illustrations. Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBLA; HRLP. Dimension: 180 x 233 x 19. Weight: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274839
- ISBN
- 9780520274839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.08€ 65.14
€ 84.08
€ 65.14
Hardback. In the wake of the conquests of Alexander the Great, the ancient world of the Bible the ancient Near East came under Greek rule, and in the land of Israel, time-old traditions and Greek culture met. This book discloses fresh political and economic factors. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 568 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275584
- ISBN
- 9780520275584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 72.84
€ 94.74
€ 72.84
Hardback. In agreeing to the accords, Ho Chi Minh and other leaders of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam anticipated a new period of peace leading to national reunification under their rule; they never imagined that within a decade they would be engaged in an even bigger feud with the United States. This title explores the communist path to war. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276123
- ISBN
- 9780520276123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.48€ 43.33
€ 54.48
€ 43.33
Hardback. Drawing on a range of memoirs, art, poetry, and contemporary records, this title reconstructs their experience of captivity, return, and encounter with a postwar Japan that now seemed as alien as it had once been familiar. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276154
- ISBN
- 9780520276154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 51.02
€ 65.14
€ 51.02
Hardback. It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's. This title examines the critical years of 1955 through 1957. Num Pages: 592 pages, 20 halftones and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 684
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276512
- ISBN
- 9780520276512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.08€ 64.45
€ 84.08
€ 64.45
Hardback. Features David Brower, a dynamic leader in the environmental movement over the last half of the twentieth century. This book explores Brower's impact on the movement from its beginnings until his death in 2000. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278363
- ISBN
- 9780520278363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Links health inequalities and worker struggles as it charts how people excluded from workplace and legal protections have found ways to challenge power structures and seek justice from states and transnational corporations alike. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFH; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278981
- ISBN
- 9780520278981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 72.21
€ 94.74
€ 72.21