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Society & culture: general
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
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. Looks at the explosive situation in Kosovo, where years of simmering tensions between Serbs and Albanians erupted in armed conflict in 1998. This title demonstrates how myths and truths can start a war. It also shows how our identity as individuals and as members of groups is defined through the telling and remembering of stories. Num Pages: 400 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 13 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVW; JFSL; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218659
- ISBN
- 9780520218659
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.55
€ 35.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. Investigates the images of Jews and Judaism in the works of medieval Christian theologians from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas. This book reveals how, and why, medieval Christianity fashioned a Jew on the basis of its reading of Bible, and how this hermeneutically crafted Jew assumed distinctive character and power in Christian thought and culture. Num Pages: 461 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HRCM; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 461
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218703
- ISBN
- 9780520218703
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.97
€ 44.99
€ 31.97
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. This companion text to "College Korean" intends to enable students to continue their development of Korean language skills and enrich their understanding of Korea. Because language is a fundamental component of culture, the book covers themes relating to Korea's cultural customs and social issues. Num Pages: 374 pages, 4 line illustrations, 3 maps, 2 music examples. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; CJB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222953
- ISBN
- 9780520222953
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.85
€ 45.99
€ 32.85
Paperback. This account of the author's experience with a chronic pain disorder and subsequent interaction with the American health care system goes to the heart of the workings of power and culture in the biomedical domain, illustrating medicine's power to create and inflict suffering. Num Pages: 383 pages, 7 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223981
- ISBN
- 9780520223981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.34
€ 38.99
€ 28.34
Paperback. Examining the industry of reproductive technology from the perspective of the consumer, this book scrutinizes the staggering array of medical options available to women and men with fertility problems and assesses the toll - both financial and emotional - that the quest for a biological child often exacts from would-be parents. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; MBX; MFKC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224315
- ISBN
- 9780520224315
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Hardback. Traces debates about the woman consumer to examine the complex encounter between the market and the republic in nineteenth-century France. This work explores how agents of capitalism - department store managers, fashion journalists - addressed fears of consumerism through the forging of an aesthetics of the marketplace: a 'marketplace modernism'. Num Pages: 334 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFFT; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225299
- ISBN
- 9780520225299
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Condition: New
€ 58.03€ 45.94
€ 58.03
€ 45.94
Paperback. Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making. Num Pages: 271 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1KB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227408
- ISBN
- 9780520227408
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.28
€ 38.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. Given that matters relevant to race remain confused and divisive in many corridors of American society, it is not surprising that rumors and legends that reflect racial misunderstanding and mistrust frequently circulate. This work focuses on a wide array of tales told in black and white communities across America. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228559
- ISBN
- 9780520228559
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Examines the Chicano movement's development in Los Angeles, home of the largest population of people of Mexican descent outside of Mexico City. This book focuses on four organizations that constituted the heart of the movement: the Brown Berets, the Chicano Moratorium Committee, La Raza Unida Party, and the Centro de Accion Social Autonomo. Num Pages: 183 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230187
- ISBN
- 9780520230187
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. This text compares Puerto Rican migration with Caribbean migration to both the United States and Western Europe. It examines the position: of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean; of Puerto Ricans in the USA; and the position of colonial migrants compared to noncolonial migrants in the world system. Num Pages: 283 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230217
- ISBN
- 9780520230217
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Combining contemporary ethnography and ethnohistory, Circe Strum's analysis probes the intersection of race and national identity, the process of national formation, and the dangers in linking racial and national identities. The study focuses on the Oklahoma Cherokee. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 line figures,1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230972
- ISBN
- 9780520230972
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.68
€ 35.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. Solving the riddle of America's immigration puzzle, this text seeks to address the question of why an increasingly high-tech society has use for so many immigrants who lack the basic skills that the modern economy seems to demand. Num Pages: 299 pages, 17 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520231627
- ISBN
- 9780520231627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. A interdisciplinary sociocultural account of music as a feature and a force in the shaping of Israeliness. Maps not only the complex field of Israeli popular music but also Israeli culture in general. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236547
- ISBN
- 9780520236547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.30
€ 40.99
€ 35.30
Paperback. An account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies. It provides both an informative anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a chronicle of the loss of the author's father. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236783
- ISBN
- 9780520236783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. In France, a common notion is that the shared interests of graduate students and their professors could lead to intimate sexual relations, and that regulations curtailing those relationships would be both futile and counterproductive. This title explores nthe social problem of sexual harassment. Num Pages: 252 pages, 7 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE2; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237414
- ISBN
- 9780520237414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240339
- ISBN
- 9780520240339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.08€ 65.15
€ 84.08
€ 65.15
Hardback. Shows that Spanish intellectuals, calls for Spain to modernize its political, social, and economic institutions brought the question of women's place to the forefront, along with women themselves. This book illustrates the visibility of women, and reveals the processes that led to their swift exit from public institutions in the early 1800s. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245839
- ISBN
- 9780520245839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.08€ 64.67
€ 84.08
€ 64.67
Hardback. Offers an account of geopolitics and industrialization in Japan. This book traces the meteoric rise of ramen from humble fuel for the working poor to international icon of Japanese culture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 b/w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, 1 ed.
- SKU
- V9780520277564
- ISBN
- 9780520277564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.46
€ 59.21
€ 46.46
Hardback. Suitable for students and scholars of American music, gender and sexuality, class, and pop culture, this book looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520280656
- ISBN
- 9780520280656
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Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.81
€ 59.21
€ 46.81
Hardback. Illustrates how neoliberalism influences the production, branding, and regulation of local foods and drinks. This book also challenges the strategy of relying on "alternative" markets to protect food cultures and rural livelihoods. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b/w, 2 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHMC; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281042
- ISBN
- 9780520281042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 72.48
€ 94.74
€ 72.48
Hardback. Public schools across the nation have turned to the criminal justice system as a gold standard of discipline. This book shows how schools and prisons became so intertwined. It tells what this mean for students, communities, and a democratic society? Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 b&w line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JKVP; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281455
- ISBN
- 9780520281455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 73.01
€ 94.74
€ 73.01
Hardback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520283725
- ISBN
- 9780520283725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 73.01
€ 94.74
€ 73.01