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hardcover. This is a painstaking reconstruction of the original version of Orson Welles's film, which was drastically recut by RKO Studios in 1942 before its release. It examines all surviving evidence, including rare studio documents and the recollections of Welles and other participants in the film. Num Pages: 318 pages, 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520078574
- ISBN
- 9780520078574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.33€ 48.20
€ 62.33
€ 48.20
Paperback. Shows us the wretched face of homelessness in late twentieth-century America in countless cities across the nation. This title reveals who the homeless are, how they live, and why they have ended up on the streets. It sketches a portrait of men and women who are highly adaptive, resourceful, and pragmatic. Num Pages: 405 pages, 3 b&w photographs, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 405
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079892
- ISBN
- 9780520079892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. A detailed account of police misconduct and violations of protected freedoms over the past century. In an examination of undercover work in cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadephia, Donner reveals the underside of American law enforcement. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JKSW1; JPVH; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520080355
- ISBN
- 9780520080355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. With the emergence of Abstract Expressionism after World War II, the attention of the international art world turned from Paris to New York. In this book, Dore Ashton captures the vitality of the cultural milieu in which the New York School artists worked and argued from the 1930s to the 1950s. Num Pages: 246 pages, 52 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; ACXD9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press Berkeley, CA
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520081062
- ISBN
- 9780520081062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.40
€ 34.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs? This work explores the Cuban medical phenomenon, examining how a governmental obsession with health has reaped medical and political benefits at home and abroad. It is suitable for those dealing with international relations and Third World societies. Num Pages: 328 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082984
- ISBN
- 9780520082984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. Describes Rincon in detail, from the day the brainstorm to bid on the land took shape in the mind of a Perini Co executive until its champagne-soaked opening party. This book focuses on what it takes to build a tiny, self-contained city. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 3 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMG; KFFR; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520083998
- ISBN
- 9780520083998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. From her perspective as both a participant and an observer, the author of this study examines the nonviolent direct action movement, an offshoot of the American civil rights movement, which flourished in the USA from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Num Pages: 332 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520084339
- ISBN
- 9780520084339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.84
€ 38.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520084957
- ISBN
- 9780520084957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. This text offers a new statement on the making of national politics. Comparing the popular political cultures and discourses of post-colonial Mexico and Peru, it provides an analysis of their effect on the evolution of these nation states. Series: A Centennial book. Num Pages: 496 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085053
- ISBN
- 9780520085053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.54
€ 41.99
€ 29.54
Paperback. Provides an analysis of the making and unmaking of class consciousness among the urban poor. This title chronicles the transformation of Peru's poor from a culture of deference and clientelism in the late 1960s to a population mobilized for radical political action. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFFA; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520200234
- ISBN
- 9780520200234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
paperback. This work takes an anthropological approach to the fundamental question of what makes life worth living. It considers the issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520201330
- ISBN
- 9780520201330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. This study offers an explanation of why the radical Catholic church is losing, and Pentecostalism and "umbanda" are winning, the battle for souls in urban Brazil. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRCC7; HRCC96; HRCX6; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520205031
- ISBN
- 9780520205031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Hardback. This investigation of slavery on the northwest coast of North America argues that slaves and slavery were central to these hunting-fishing-gathering societies. It examines how important slaves were to the Northwest economies for their labour and for their value as major items of exchange. Num Pages: 375 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206168
- ISBN
- 9780520206168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 52.70
€ 68.21
€ 52.70
Paperback. In this text, Lea Jacobs uses the "fallen woman" film, which served as a focal point for public criticism of the film industry, to explore Hollywood's system of self-censorship and the evolution of the rules governing representations of sexuality. Num Pages: 220 pages, 49. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520207905
- ISBN
- 9780520207905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.33
€ 35.99
€ 26.33
Paperback. Many Guatemalans speak of Mayan indigenous organizing as 'a finger in the wound'. This book explores the implications of this painfully graphic metaphor in a study of the civil war and its aftermath. It investigates the notion of Quincentennial Guatemala, which has given focus to the overarching question of Mayan - and Guatemalan - identity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 black-and-white illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212855
- ISBN
- 9780520212855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.67
€ 41.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. A manifesto against systematic thinking, this text on literary theory, first published 70 years ago in 1928, is a difficult book by a famously difficult writer. Editor(s): Samuels, Lisa. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213944
- ISBN
- 9780520213944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.62
€ 40.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Presents an account of the birth of modern California. This book frames the gold rush years within the larger story of the state's transformation from the quietude of a Mexican hinterland in the 1840s to the forefront of entrepreneurial capitalism by the 1890s. Num Pages: 366 pages, 275 color and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520214026
- ISBN
- 9780520214026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.35
€ 46.99
€ 33.35
Paperback. When Orange County, California, filed for Chapter 9 protection on December 6, 1994, it became the largest municipality in United States history to declare bankruptcy. Presenting an analysis of this momentous fiscal crisis, this title uncovers the many twists and turns from the dark days in December 1994 to the financial recovery of June 1996. Num Pages: 320 pages, 86 tables, 1 map, 1 line figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBTB; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214866
- ISBN
- 9780520214866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continent, launching hundreds of ships and hitching a thousand prairie schooners. This title demonstrates that in its far-reaching repercussions, it was the most significant event in the first half of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 569 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 569
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520216594
- ISBN
- 9780520216594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. Over the years the American religious landscape has undergone a dramatic change. More and more churches meet in converted warehouses, and many have ministers who've never attended a seminary. This title offers an examination of these 'new paradigm churches' - sometimes called megachurches or postdenominational churches. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC99; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218116
- ISBN
- 9780520218116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. This work draws ideas from two projects which took place in French Guiana - the Ariane Rocket programme and the Devil's Island penal experiment. The two are compared and connected with developments and events, with a focus on place, and the incorporation of this place into greater extended systems. Num Pages: 361 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; JHM; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219854
- ISBN
- 9780520219854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. Chronicles one of the twentieth century's most dynamic personalities and one of the nation's greatest social struggles. This title conveys Martin Luther King, Jr's call for racial justice and his faith in the power of nonviolence to engender a major transformation of American society. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Carson, Susan; Clay, Adrienne; Shadron, Virginia; Taylor, Kieran. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 670 pages, 31 b/w photographs, 15 facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 670
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520222311
- ISBN
- 9780520222311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.09€ 56.78
€ 74.09
€ 56.78
Paperback. This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of native California includes a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs drawn from a wide sampling of California's many native cultures. Introductions provide cultural and biographical context. Editor(s): Luthin, Herbert W. Num Pages: 651 pages, 12 black & white photographs, 5 maps, 4 musical examples, 1 line figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2ABM; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Annotated.
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222700
- ISBN
- 9780520222700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Tells how aboriginal Americans and then early Spanish and Mexican immigrants contrived to use and share the available water and how American settlers, arriving in ever-increasing numbers after the Gold Rush, transformed California into the home of the nation's preeminent water seekers. Num Pages: 832 pages, 94 b/w photographs, 25 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224568
- ISBN
- 9780520224568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.51
€ 41.99
€ 29.51