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Hardback. Looking at painting and sculpture from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, this work focuses on the symbolism of the female breast to open an interpretive view of Western European history. Num Pages: 196 pages, 12 color illustrations, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AGR; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253483
- ISBN
- 9780520253483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.08€ 64.45
€ 84.08
€ 64.45
Hardback. Analyzing lecture transcripts, administrative guidelines, didactic tales, and diaries, this title abandons the facile explanation that charity was a response to poverty and social unrest. It examines the social and economic changes that stimulated the fervor for doing good. Num Pages: 424 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; HBJF; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253636
- ISBN
- 9780520253636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.08€ 64.45
€ 84.08
€ 64.45
Paperback. By 1853 Japan had been transformed from a sparsely populated land of nonliterate tribal peoples into an elaborately structured commercial society sustaining massive cities and a array of sophisticated cultural production. This work examines the origins of Japanese civilization and explores in the classical, medieval, and early-modern epochs. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254077
- ISBN
- 9780520254077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Considers the social processes that drove the information explosion of the 1600s. This book provides an account of the conversion of the public from an object of state surveillance into a subject of self-knowledge. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 343 pages, 34 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254176
- ISBN
- 9780520254176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Exploring complex webs of local consumer demands that affected patterns of exchange and production as far away as India and the United States, this book challenges presumptions that Africa's global relationships have always been dictated by outsiders. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JH; HBTB; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254244
- ISBN
- 9780520254244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.61€ 57.54
€ 74.61
€ 57.54
Paperback. In September 1965, Filipino and Mexican American farm workers went on strike against grape growers in and around Delano, California. The strike became a movement for social justice that helped redefine Latino and American politics. Based on first-hand reportage and interviews, this book illuminates a moment of unusually significant social ferment. Num Pages: 225 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBTB; JPVH; KNAC; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254336
- ISBN
- 9780520254336
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.68
€ 35.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. Investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a different perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 2 charts, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534. Might, Money, and Minds. 384 pages, illustrations. Investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a different perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JP. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254428
- ISBN
- 9780520254428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Tells two intertwined stories: how, in early twentieth-century Iran, an emerging middle class used scientific knowledge as its cultural and economic capital, and how, along with the state, it employed biomedical sciences to tackle presumably modern problems like the stress of everyday life, people's defective willpower and demographic stagnation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FBN; HBJF1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254473
- ISBN
- 9780520254473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.08€ 64.45
€ 84.08
€ 64.45
Paperback. Traces Herman Melville's response to an array of nineteenth-century writings that includes literary scriptures, biblical scholarship, Holy Land travel narratives, political sermons, and women's bibles. This book shows how Melville raised with verve the question of what counts as Bible and what counts as interpretation. Num Pages: 206 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254558
- ISBN
- 9780520254558
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Offers a rereading of the early history of Chan Buddhism (Zen). This work focuses on the narrative logics of the early Chan genealogies - the seventh-and eighth-century lineage texts that claimed that certain high-profile Chinese men were descendents of Bodhidharma and the Buddha. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254855
- ISBN
- 9780520254855
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Develops a theory and framework to describe how archaeology can contribute to a more humane world. Recognizing that archaeology is an inherently political activity, this book builds on the history of archaeological theory and Marxist dialectical theory to point out how archaeologists can use their craft to evaluate interpretations of this world. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254916
- ISBN
- 9780520254916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
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Paperback. Covering both history and literature, Greece and Rome, this title features studies that range from the real nature of Athenian society to poets as diverse as Sappho and Juvenal, and all of them, without laboring any parallels, make the ancient world immediately relevant to our own. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255074
- ISBN
- 9780520255074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.23
€ 41.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. Guantanamo has become a symbol of what has gone wrong in the War on Terror. This history of the women and men who worked on the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay tells the story of US-Cuban relations from a fresh perspective, and at the same time, shows how neocolonialism, empire, and revolution transformed the lives of everyday people. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPS; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255401
- ISBN
- 9780520255401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. 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. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, the author overturns this mythology for good. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255623
- ISBN
- 9780520255623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.77€ 48.91
€ 62.77
€ 48.91
Paperback. In the aftermath of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, the discovery of unmarked mass graves revealed Europe's worst atrocity since World War II: the genocide in the UN "safe area" of Srebrenica. This title provides an account of the genetic technology developed to identify the eight thousand Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) men and boys found in those graves. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255753
- ISBN
- 9780520255753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Presents a cultural analysis of the conservative shift in national politics that transformed the United States during the Reagan-Bush era. This work focuses on two fundamental aspects of this shift: the suburbanization of evangelicalism and the rise of Christian popular culture, especially popular music. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCX6. 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
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255968
- ISBN
- 9780520255968
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. A collection of essays on late imperial and modern Chinese history spans the brilliant forty-year career of the late Frederic E Wakeman, Jr. It offers narratives of critical historical events as well as analyses of China's place in world history. Editor(s): Wakeman, Lea H. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256064
- ISBN
- 9780520256064
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Tells the story of the Tour de France since its creation in 1903. This book links the history of the Tour to key moments and themes in French history. It examines the popularity of Tour racers, and explores how their public images have changed. Num Pages: 406 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBT; WSB; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Updated with a New Preface
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256309
- ISBN
- 9780520256309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.88
€ 33.99
€ 24.88
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€ 29.06
€ 40.99
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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
€ 45.00€ 39.77
€ 45.00
€ 39.77