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Paperback. Examines the life and work of Muhammad Mitwalli Sha rawi, one of Egypt's most beloved and successful Islamic preachers. This book uses Sha rawi and his work as a lens to explore how traditional Muslim authorities have used various media to put forth a unique vision of how Islam can be renewed and revived in the contemporary world. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287006
- ISBN
- 9780520287006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.89
€ 33.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. Placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, this book explains the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 b/w images, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3D; 3F; HBLA; HRCC; HRKZ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286191
- ISBN
- 9780520286191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93€ 72.21
€ 94.93
€ 72.21
Hardback. Tracing the theological character of American environmental thought from its Romantic foundations to contemporary nature spirituality, this book explores the religious underpinnings of American environmentalism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM1; HRCM; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285729
- ISBN
- 9780520285729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93€ 72.21
€ 94.93
€ 72.21
Hardback. The Indus basin was once an arid pastoral watershed, but by the second half of the twentieth century, it had become one of the world's most heavily irrigated and populated river basins. This book explores how environmental transformation is tied to the creation of communities and nations, focusing on the intersection of politics, and more. Num Pages: 376 pages, 9 maps, 1 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285293
- ISBN
- 9780520285293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.76€ 57.69
€ 74.76
€ 57.69
Paperback. Drawing on three detailed case studies the sewing machine, a glass bottle blowing factory, and the cyanide process for gold and silver refining, this book explores a central paradox of economic growth in nineteenth-century Mexico. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 line drawings, 18 b/w images, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTK; KCZ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284906
- ISBN
- 9780520284906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Offers an account of how Peruvian emigrants raise and remit money and what that activity means for themselves and for their home communities. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284746
- ISBN
- 9780520284746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Was Christmas always as commercialized as it is today? Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday? When did we begin trick-or-treating on Halloween? This book reveals answers to questions about each holiday's traditions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5H; ASZP; HBJK; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284722
- ISBN
- 9780520284722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.28
€ 27.99
€ 21.28
Paperback. Who are the dominant owners of US public debt? Is it widely held, or concentrated in the hands of a few? What do we make of the fact that foreign-owned debt has ballooned to nearly 50 per cent today? This title reveals that ownership of federal bonds have been increasingly concentrated in the hands of the 1 per cent over the decades. Num Pages: 172 pages, 20 b/w images, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284661
- ISBN
- 9780520284661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Hardback. Investigates late antique Christian heresiologies as ethnographies that catalogued and detailed the origins, rituals, doctrines, and customs of the heretics in explicitly polemical and theological terms. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; HRKP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284265
- ISBN
- 9780520284265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93€ 72.21
€ 94.93
€ 72.21
Paperback. Focuses on one of the most contentious and bitter battles in the history of public health. This book details how the nature of the epidemic has changed and highlights the dilemmas public health agencies face today in terms of prevention strategies and chronic illness linked to low levels of toxic exposure. Series: California/ Milbank Books on Health & the Public. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; MBN; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283930
- ISBN
- 9780520283930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. Shows how American artists, photographers, and graphic designers helped to shape public perceptions about World War I. This book considers how flag-based patriotic imagery prompted Americans to intervene in Europe in 1917, and contemplates the corrosive effects of the war on soldiers who lost their faces on the battlefield. Series: Franklin D. Murphy Lectures. Num Pages: 124 pages, 41 color, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; ACXD; AG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283633
- ISBN
- 9780520283633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Concentrates on the peoples and cultures who have determined how war is conducted and reveals the lasting historical consequences of combat, offering a picture of the major geopolitical and civilizational clashes that have rocked our common history and made us who we are today. Translator(s): Mangin-Woods, Michele; Woods, David. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Avid Woods. Foreword by R ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283619
- ISBN
- 9780520283619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. Concentrates on the peoples and cultures who have determined how war is conducted and reveals the lasting historical consequences of combat, offering a picture of the major geopolitical and civilizational clashes that have rocked our common history and made us who we are today. Translator(s): Mangin-Woods, Michele; Woods, David. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 276 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition, Translated by Michle Mangin-Woods a
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283602
- ISBN
- 9780520283602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93€ 72.21
€ 94.93
€ 72.21
Hardback. Provides a glimpse into Martin Luther King's early relationship with President John F Kennedy and his efforts to remain relevant in a protest movement growing increasingly massive and militant. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Armstrong, Tenisha Hart. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 facsimiles, 21 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 178 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282698
- ISBN
- 9780520282698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.76€ 57.54
€ 74.76
€ 57.54
Paperback. Drawing on social and cultural history, this book shows how, despite Anglo attempts to fix racial categories through Jim Crow laws, converging migrations - particularly those of Mexicans and Creoles - complicated ideas of blackness and whiteness and introduced different understandings about race. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282582
- ISBN
- 9780520282582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
paperback. Traces the journeys of a stone across the world. This book recounts the origins, trade, and circulation of a natural object in the context of the history of Islamic Eurasia and global encounters between empire and nature. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 color, 11 b/w. BIC Classification: HBG; PNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282551
- ISBN
- 9780520282551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 black & white photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282490
- ISBN
- 9780520282490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 32 b/w photographs, 5 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282193
- ISBN
- 9780520282193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.06
€ 32.99
€ 24.06
Paperback. Over the decades, structural unemployment, concentrated urban poverty, and mass homelessness have also become permanent features of the political economy. This title traces the roots of this carceral crisis through a series of turning points in US history including the Watts insurrection in 1965, the Detroit rebellion in 1967, and more. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281820
- ISBN
- 9780520281820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Hardback. Tells the story of China's political elites from their own perspectives. Based on over five hundred interviews, this title offers a rare glimpse into how the attitudes and ideas of those at the top have evolved over the decades. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281219
- ISBN
- 9780520281219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.55
€ 36.99
€ 26.55