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Hardback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262492
- ISBN
- 9780520262492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
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Paperback. Presents an history of the activists, intellectuals, and movements that played a crucial role in shaping civil society and civic thought throughout Japan's postwar period. The author traces the development of a new vision of citizenship based on political participation, self-reliance, popular nationalism, and commitment to daily life. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262713
- ISBN
- 9780520262713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Follows the spread of Chinese tobacco use from the sixteenth century, when it was introduced to China from the New World, through the development of commercialized tobacco cultivation, and to the present day. This title analyzes the factors that have shaped China's highly gendered tobacco cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262775
- ISBN
- 9780520262775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
€ 83.99
€ 64.94
Paperback. Drawing on extensive interviews with surviving members of the George Jackson Brigade, this book provides an inside-out perspective on the social movements of the 1970s. It is also a compelling exploration of the true nature of crime and a provocative meditation on the tension between self-restraint and anger in the process of social change. Num Pages: 358 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520264298
- ISBN
- 9780520264298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. 'My friends, I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking.' So began the first of Franklin D Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats. This book illuminates the period from 1933 to 1938 by setting each of the Fireside Chats in context. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265547
- ISBN
- 9780520265547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.18
€ 31.99
€ 23.18
Hardback. For most of East Asia, Buddhist sutras were written in classical Chinese and inaccessible to many devotees. How, then, did such devotees access these texts? The author argues that the medieval genre of 'explanatory tales' illuminates the link between human body (devotee) and sacred text (sutra). Series: Buddhisms S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HRES. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265615
- ISBN
- 9780520265615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 65.15
€ 83.99
€ 65.15
Paperback. The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex fifth-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during China's turbulent twentieth century. This title connects the story to the major traumas of the last century, exploring why such stories often remain sealed up within a culture, unknown to outsiders. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265837
- ISBN
- 9780520265837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.78
€ 34.99
€ 25.78
Paperback. Brings to life the stories of legendary 'public enemies' for whom America's first supermax prison was created. This book contains answers to questions that have swirled about the prison: How did prisoners cope psychologically with the harsh regime? and What provoked the protests and strikes? Num Pages: 584 pages, 72 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 850. The Gangster Years. 584 pages, Illustrations. Brings to life the stories of legendary 'public enemies' for whom America's first supermax prison was created. This book contains answers to questions that have swirled about the prison: How did prisoners cope psychologically with the harsh regime? and What provoked the protests and strikes?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKVP1. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 38. Weight: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265967
- ISBN
- 9780520265967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.63
€ 35.99
€ 26.63
Hardback. Presents the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving railroad revival. This book covers a range of topics and offers different types of railroad maps. Num Pages: 224 pages, 157 color illustrations, 396 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 249 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266162
- ISBN
- 9780520266162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Focuses on the origins of the names currently used for the cities, towns, settlements, mountains, and streams of California, with accounts of the history of their usage. This dictionary includes a glossary and a bibliography. Editor(s): Bright, William. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 40 Enl Rev
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266193
- ISBN
- 9780520266193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.55
€ 37.99
€ 27.55
Hardback. 'To the barricades!' - The cry conjures images of angry citizens, turmoil in the streets, and skirmishes fought behind hastily improvised cover. This title presents the history of the barricade that charts the origins, development, and diffusion of a European revolutionary tradition. It traces the barricade from its beginnings onwards. Num Pages: 454 pages, 34 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266322
- ISBN
- 9780520266322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 65.15
€ 83.99
€ 65.15
Hardback. Beginning in 1947, when 'India and Pakistan were born to conflict', this title presents an account of what is potentially the world's most dangerous crisis. It distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, and explaining the various attempts to resolve their disputes. Num Pages: 144 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266773
- ISBN
- 9780520266773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.67
€ 59.15
€ 46.67
Hardback. Presents a study that explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. This book discusses the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. It also explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668. The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa. Series: California World History Library. 392 pages, Illustrations, maps. Presents a study that explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. This book discusses the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. It also explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; KCLT; KCZ. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266872
- ISBN
- 9780520266872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
€ 83.99
€ 64.94
Paperback. Why has the West developed and modernized, while the Muslim world has lagged behind? Why has democracy not found a hospitable home in much of the Muslim world? And why have the opponents of innovation found their message so resonant with ordinary Muslims? This volume offers analyses of the history, causes, and consequences to innovation in Islam. Editor(s): Kamrava, Mehran. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266957
- ISBN
- 9780520266957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
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€ 29.27
Paperback. Follows one family through six hundred years of Chinese history and brings to life the epic narrative of the nation, from the fourteenth century through the Cultural Revolution. The author draws from rare manuscripts and archival and oral history sources to provide an uncommonly personal and intimate glimpse into Chinese family history. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267008
- ISBN
- 9780520267008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Provides a fresh interpretation of Latin American history and the region's place in the changing global political economy, from the discovery of America into the twenty-first century. This title shows how the Iberian populations and cultures - both European and American - merged and evolved. Translator(s): Giammanco Frongia, Rosanna M. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267497
- ISBN
- 9780520267497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and west of Lhasa. This book revisits the Nyemo Incident, which has long been romanticized as the epitome of Tibetan nationalist resistance against China. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267909
- ISBN
- 9780520267909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.52
€ 26.99
€ 20.52
Paperback. Over 12,000 years ago, in one of the greatest triumphs of prehistory, humans colonized North America. This title tells the scientific story of the first Americans: where they came from, when they arrived, and how they met the challenges of moving across the vast, unknown landscapes of Ice Age North America. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 color illustrations, 64 b/w illustrations, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267992
- ISBN
- 9780520267992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.18
€ 31.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. Features essays and articles by Japanese visitors to the United States from many walks of life: writers and academics, bureaucrats and priests, politicians and journalists, businessmen, philanthropists, artists. Covering the period from 1878 to 1989, this title offers these visitors' perspectives on Americans and American society. Editor(s): Duus, Peter; Hasegawa, Kenji. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268456
- ISBN
- 9780520268456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Hardback. What was it like to grow up German during Hitler's Third Reich? This book interviews average Germans who came of age between 1933 and 1945. It provides insights into Germany's tragic years, offering a nuanced response to the abiding question of how a nation made the quantum leap from anti-Semitism to systematic genocide. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269644
- ISBN
- 9780520269644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.47
€ 37.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Tells how a few men set off a war that would lead to tragedy for millions. Taking us from the antechambers of policymakers in Paris to the docksides of Haiphong and the streets of Hanoi, this title provides an account of the series of events that would make Vietnam the most embattled area in the world during the Cold War period. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 388 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269934
- ISBN
- 9780520269934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. After living in San Francisco for 15 years, the author found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and "star" of the Michael Moore documentary "Roger & Me". This book reminds us that cities are defined by people, not politics or economics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270527
- ISBN
- 9780520270527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Hardback. Combining personal memories with political information about Hawai'i's crucial Territorial era, this title discovers the central role played by the author's great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawai'i. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; BM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270664
- ISBN
- 9780520270664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
€ 83.99
€ 64.94
Hardback. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534. Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 282 pages, Illustrations. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270909
- ISBN
- 9780520270909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.99
€ 83.99
€ 64.99