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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Is travel inherently beneficial to human character? Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understanding? This title identifies and overcomes common obstacles to ethical sightseeing. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w photos and 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFM; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257825
- ISBN
- 9780520257825
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€ 94.17€ 71.25
€ 94.17
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Paperback. Public health has made our lives safer - but it often works behind the scenes, without our knowledge, that is, 'while we are sleeping'. This book illuminates how public health works with more than sixty success stories drawn from the area of injury and violence prevention. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258464
- ISBN
- 9780520258464
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€ 36.99€ 27.31
€ 36.99
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Hardback. Examines the ways we have used and embraced Google - and the growing resistance to its expansion across the globe. This title exposes the dark side of our Google fantasies, raising red flags about issues of intellectual property and the much-touted Google Book Search. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258822
- ISBN
- 9780520258822
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.50
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€ 35.50
Paperback. Examines the role of sound and audio in the development of media theory and practice, including technologies and performance art events, with particular emphasis on sound, embodiment, art, and technological interactions. This book takes an historical approach, focusing on technologies that became available in the mid-twentieth century-electronics. Num Pages: 262 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AB; AV; JFD; TTA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368. Immersion and Embodiment in the Arts and Culture. 262 pages, illustrations. Examines the role of sound and audio in the development of media theory and practice, including technologies and performance art events, with particular emphasis on sound, embodiment, art, and technological interactions. This book takes an historical approach, focusing on technologies that became available in the mid-twentieth century-electronics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AB; AV; JFD; TTA. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258990
- ISBN
- 9780520258990
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Addresses masculine gender expectations in a male-dominated political world, the connection between gendered identity and ethical being. This book follows the lives of two very different Japanese men entering political life in two very different communities. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ2; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259171
- ISBN
- 9780520259171
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
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Hardback. Part ethnography, part memoir, this book traces Japan's vibrant cafe society over one hundred and thirty years. It also traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day, as uniquely Japanese ways with coffee surface in Europe and America. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259331
- ISBN
- 9780520259331
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Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 72.29
€ 94.17
€ 72.29
Hardback. Explores the healing power of caring and intimacy in a small, closely bonded Apostolic congregation during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic. This book shows how members of the Baitshepi Church make strenuous efforts to sustain loving relationships amid widespread illness and death. It helps discover the Baitshepi's maternal ethos. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; HRCX6; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259652
- ISBN
- 9780520259652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 71.14
€ 94.17
€ 71.14
Paperback. Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, this title offers an account of the lives of families divided by borders. It shows that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260900
- ISBN
- 9780520260900
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
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€ 24.43
Paperback. Unlike the wave of immigration that came through Ellis Island and then subsided, immigration to the United States from Mexico has been virtually uninterrupted for one hundred years. This book takes us into the lives of later-generation descendants of Mexican immigrants. It sheds light on America's largest ethnic group. Num Pages: 366 pages, 6 line illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261426
- ISBN
- 9780520261426
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Explains how the complex concepts of terroir and gout de terroir are instrumental to France's food and wine culture. This book explores the multifaceted connections between taste and place in both cuisine and agriculture in the United States. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350. A Cultural Journey into Terroir. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 320 pages, Illustrations. Explains how the complex concepts of terroir and gout de terroir are instrumental to France's food and wine culture. This book explores the multifaceted connections between taste and place in both cuisine and agriculture in the United States. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Dimension: 196 x 141 x 19. Weight: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261723
- ISBN
- 9780520261723
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
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Hardback. Offers a three-dimensional portrait of Afghan women. This title examines the realities of life for women in both urban and rural settings. It addresses topics including food security, sex work, health, marriage, education, poetry, politics, prisoners, and community development. Editor(s): Heath, Jennifer; Zahedi, Ashraf. Num Pages: 406 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261853
- ISBN
- 9780520261853
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Condition: New
€ 68.28€ 52.52
€ 68.28
€ 52.52
Paperback. Presents a journey into the lived reality of prison for women in the United States. This book uncovers the complex gendered under-pinning of methods of control and intervention used in the criminal justice system and links that system to discussions on contemporary government and state power and asks why these strategies have risen. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261914
- ISBN
- 9780520261914
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€ 33.99€ 24.43
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Paperback. Presents the story of how food has come to play a central role in how Palestinian citizens of Israel negotiate life and a shared cultural identity within a tense political context. Translator(s): Wesley, David; Wesley, Elana. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366. Social and Political Aspects of Palestinian Food in Israel. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 232 pages. Presents the story of how food has come to play a central role in how Palestinian citizens of Israel negotiate life and a shared cultural identity within a tense political context. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFCV. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight: 366. Translator(s): Wesley, David; Wesley, Elana.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262324
- ISBN
- 9780520262324
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262836
- ISBN
- 9780520262836
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
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€ 26.13
Hardback. Emphasizing feminist cross-talk, transnational collaborations and influences, and cultural differences in context, this title heralds an approach to studying feminist history. Editor(s): Alcalde, M. Cristina; Bordo, Susan; Rosenman, Ellen Bayuk. Num Pages: 608 pages, 6. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 186 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520264205
- ISBN
- 9780520264205
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Condition: New
€ 98.88€ 74.91
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Paperback. A study that synthesizes an array of cross-cultural, experimental, and ethnographic data to understand the broad meaning of friendship, how it develops, how it interfaces with kinship and romantic relationships, and how it differs from place to place. Series: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 b/w photographs, 24 line illustrations, 2 maps, 28 sidebars, 17 equations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265479
- ISBN
- 9780520265479
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€ 40.99€ 28.70
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Hardback. Every year over 200 million peasants flock to China's urban centers, providing a profusion of cheap labor that helps fuel the country's staggering economic growth. This title follows the trials and triumphs of eight such migrants - including a vegetable vendor, an itinerant knife sharpener, a free-spirited recycler, and a cash-strapped mother. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; JFFN; KCF; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266506
- ISBN
- 9780520266506
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€ 33.99€ 24.43
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Paperback. Traces the nineteenth-century genesis and development of an important contemporary myth about human origins: that of an original prehistoric matriarchy. This title explores the intellectual history of the myth, which arose from male scholars who mostly wanted to vindicate the patriarchal family model as a higher stage of human development. Num Pages: 290 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266766
- ISBN
- 9780520266766
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
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Paperback. Examines the lives of five topless dancers in the economically devastated 'rust belt' of upstate New York. With insight and empathy, this title shows how these women negotiate their lives as parents, employees, and family members while working in a profession widely regarded as incompatible with motherhood and fidelity. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266919
- ISBN
- 9780520266919
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
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Paperback. Offers a comprehensive analysis of an economic trend that has been reshaping the United States over the years: rapidly rising income inequality. This title provides an overview of how and why the level and distribution of income and wealth has changed since 1979, and investigates the forces that are driving it. Series: Wildavsky Forum Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 34 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266933
- ISBN
- 9780520266933
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
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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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
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Paperback. Focuses on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the 'shadow mothers' they hire. The author illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266971
- ISBN
- 9780520266971
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.77
€ 33.99
€ 24.77
Hardback. Focuses on a group of African American families in a multicultural urban environment, many of them poor and all of them with children who have been diagnosed with serious chronic medical conditions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267343
- ISBN
- 9780520267343
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Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 71.25
€ 94.17
€ 71.25
Paperback. Investigates "the Oprah" phenomenon and finds in Winfrey's empire - Harpo Productions, "O Magazine", and her television network - an uncanny reflection of religion in modern society. This title shows that when Oprah liked, needed, or believed something, she offered her audience nothing less than spiritual revolution. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267527
- ISBN
- 9780520267527
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42