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Paperback. Presents ancient Egypt in photographs and textual descriptions of Egyptian art, culture, and government. This book provides a view of the civilization as a whole, and includes a section on the history of Egyptology, the invasions and excavations, and a section on where the artifacts can be seen today. Series: Dictionaries of Civilization. Num Pages: 384 pages, 320 color illustrations, 17 b/w photographs, 17 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; GBC; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 207 x 30. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256484
ISBN
9780520256484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. An atlas that presents the history of the American West through more than 600 full-color maps and captions. From the earliest human inhabitants and the first European explorers to the national parks and retirement resorts of today, it chronicles the West from uncharted territory to a well-populated Eden. Num Pages: 288 pages, 606 maps, 90 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 341 x 261 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2266. 288 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.). An atlas that presents the history of the American West through more than 600 full-color maps and captions. From the earliest human inhabitants and the first European explorers to the national parks and retirement resorts of today, it chronicles the West from uncharted territory to a well-populated Eden. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTP. Dimension: 341 x 261 x 31. Weight: 2270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256521
ISBN
9780520256521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.88

Hardback. Tells of the story of Beirut, a city that has stood at the crossroads of Mediterranean civilization for more than four thousand years. This title takes the reader from the ancient to the modern world, offering a panorama of the city's Seleucid, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and French incarnations. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B. Num Pages: 656 pages, 115 b/w photographs, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1032.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Text is Free of Markings
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256682
ISBN
9780520256682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 49.59

Paperback. Features a story of ethnic cleansing in California and the Pacific Northwest when the first Chinese Americans were rounded up and purged from more than three hundred communities by lawless citizens and duplicitous politicians. Num Pages: 432 pages, 79 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256941
ISBN
9780520256941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. This book explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity. It reveals how 'menticide', the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257313
ISBN
9780520257313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. A study that illuminates the Egyptian experience of modernity by critically analyzing the foremost medium through which it was articulated: history. Covering more than one hundred years of mostly unexamined historical literature in Arabic, it explores Egyptian historical thought and examines the careers of numerous critical historians. Num Pages: 406 pages, 4 b/w photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257337
ISBN
9780520257337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.06

Paperback. For most Americans, September 11, 2001, symbolized the moment when their security was altered. For Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans, 9/11 also ushered in a backlash in the form of hate crimes and a string of devastating government initiatives. This book analyses the impact of the post-9/11 events on Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 line illustrations, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPWL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257351
ISBN
9780520257351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Features the story of America's transformation from a nation of honest appetites into an obedient market for instant mashed potatoes. This work investigates a band of reformers at the turn of the twentieth century who were determined to modernize the American diet through a 'scientific' approach to cooking. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; JFCV; JFSJ1; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257382
ISBN
9780520257382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558. Dalits and the Politics of Modern India. 416 pages, illustrations. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257610
ISBN
9780520257610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Investigates time and its contours as described by the ancient Romans, first as Rome positioned itself in relation to Greece and then as it exerted its influence as a major world power. This book examines the most important of the ancient world's time divisions, that between myth and history. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544. Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 392 pages, Illustrations. Investigates time and its contours as described by the ancient Romans, first as Rome positioned itself in relation to Greece and then as it exerted its influence as a major world power. This book examines the most important of the ancient world's time divisions, that between myth and history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258013
ISBN
9780520258013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.31

Paperback. Presents a debate about the origins of Athenian democracy. This book addresses such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy 'invented' or did it evolve over a long period of time? And what were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258099
ISBN
9780520258099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. A lively and wide-ranging study of the men and ideas of late antique education, this book explores the intellectual and doctrinal milieux in the two great cities Athens and Alexandria from the second to the sixth century to shed new light on the interaction between the pagan cultural legacy and Christianity. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258167
ISBN
9780520258167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Traces the evolution of a dazzling urban culture that became alternately isolated from and intertwined with China's tumultuous history. Focusing on Shanghai's leading banks, publishing enterprises, and department stores, this book sketches the rise of a maritime and capitalist economic culture among the city's middle class. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258174
ISBN
9780520258174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. After decades of civil war and instability, the African country of Angola is experiencing an economic boom thanks to its most valuable natural resource: oil. Focusing on the everyday realities of people living in the extraction zones, this work explores the exclusion, degradation and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola. Series: Global, Area, and International Archive. Num Pages: 338 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; HBJH; HBLX; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258228
ISBN
9780520258228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Hardback. Taking us from World War I Berlin to the Third Reich and beyond to 1940s Palestine and 1950s New York - and to the influential work of the Frankfurt School - this book traces the network of artists and psychoanalysts that began in Germany and continued in exile. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258372
ISBN
9780520258372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.36
€ 65.36

Paperback. Stretching from Malibu to the Mexican border, Southern California's coast is justifiably famous. This guide features well-known beaches of soft, golden sand. It describes rocky shores and tide pools, hidden pocket beaches, historic lighthouses, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and much more. Series: Experience the California Coast. Num Pages: 352 pages, 303 color illustrations, 10 line illustrations, 55 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258525
ISBN
9780520258525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Aizawa Kikutaro was born into the wealthiest family in Hashimoto, an agricultural village specializing in wheat and silk. Taking the biography of this villager as its focus and incorporating details of life drawn from Aizawa's diary, this book chronicles the transformation of Hashimoto against the background of Japan's rapid industrialization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258594
ISBN
9780520258594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Examines how US foreign policy since the 1960s has led to partial or total cover-ups of past domestic criminal acts, including, perhaps, the catastrophe of 9/11. This book probes how the policies of presidents since Nixon have augmented the tangled bases for the 2001 terrorist attack. Num Pages: 449 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
449
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258716
ISBN
9780520258716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.31

Hardback. Shortly after the third edition of "Leaves of Grass" was published in 1860, Walt Whitman seemed to drop off the literary map, only to emerge two and a half years later. This work reconstructs the forgotten years of Whitman through letters and manuscripts, as well as mapping his associations through newspapers and magazines in which he published. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259065
ISBN
9780520259065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

Hardback. Offers a sampling from the pages of "Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture" - including essays, poetry, interviews, memoirs, and a selection of the artwork that has made Gastronomica so distinctive. This book investigates topics from early hominid cooking to Third Reich caterers to the Shiite clergy. Editor(s): Goldstein, Darra. Num Pages: 376 pages, 46 color illustrations, 14 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 204 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259393
ISBN
9780520259393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.69

Hardback. Captures the end of the Ottoman world and a pivotal moment in Palestinian history. This title follows the misadventures of an Ottoman soldier stationed in Jerusalem. Num Pages: 214 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; BJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259553
ISBN
9780520259553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Tells the story of Africa through many full-color, full-page images of people, landscapes, artworks, and artifacts accompanied by explanatory captions, relevant quotations, and overviews of topics such as art, religion, colonialism, slavery, and popular culture. This book shows the dynamic, multicultural, and complex nature of African societies. Series: Dictionaries of Civilization. Num Pages: 388 pages, 321 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 33. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259744
ISBN
9780520259744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. A collection that features an assortment of ephemera, or paper collectibles, related to food. Suitable for food lovers, collectors, designers, and curators alike, it includes images of postcards, match covers, menus, labels, posters, brochures, valentines, packaging, advertisements, and other materials from 19th- and 20th-century America. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 354 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 974.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259775
ISBN
9780520259775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. A work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife. It explores how Chinese authors, including Daoists and non-Buddhists, received and deployed ideas about rebirth from the third to the sixth centuries CE. In tracing the antecedents of these scriptures, it presents non-Buddhist accounts that provide detail on the realms of the dead. Num Pages: 234 pages, A Lillienthal title. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259881
ISBN
9780520259881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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