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Hardback. Examines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith and reason. Based on interviews with two hundred people from various faiths, this book dispels the common explanations: that Americans are adept at keeping religion and intellect separate, or that they are a nation of joiners. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274280
- ISBN
- 9780520274280
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Paperback. Looks at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, this book explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 342 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFD; JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474. Refugee Families and the Making of Kashmiri Jihadists. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. 342 pages. Looks at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, this book explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFD; JFSR2; JPW. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274211
- ISBN
- 9780520274211
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Paperback. Doctors have always absorbed the racial stereotypes and folkloric beliefs about racial differences that permeate the general population. This title provides a description of how American doctors think about racial differences and how this kind of thinking affects the treatment of their black patients. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 68.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274013
- ISBN
- 9780520274013
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
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Paperback. Provides a glimpse into modern-day American families. This title focuses on a variety of issues that face American families: the differing stress levels among parents; the problem of excessive clutter in the American home; the importance (and decline) of the family meal; the vanishing boundaries that once separated work and home life; and more. Editor(s): Ochs, Elinor; Kremer-Sadlik, Tamar. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 10 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273986
- ISBN
- 9780520273986
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Hardback. Provides a glimpse into modern-day American families. This title focuses on a variety of issues that face American families: the differing stress levels among parents; the problem of excessive clutter in the American home; the importance (and decline) of the family meal; the vanishing boundaries that once separated work and home life; and more. Editor(s): Ochs, Elinor; Kremer-Sadlik, Tamar. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 10 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273979
- ISBN
- 9780520273979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.11€ 54.55
€ 70.11
€ 54.55
Hardback. Captures the language that explains culinary practices. To prove its case, this book draws on a range of cultural documents from interviews, cookbooks, and novels to comic strips, essays, and films. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273924
- ISBN
- 9780520273924
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
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Hardback. In the German states in the late eighteenth century, women flourished as musical performers and composers, their achievements measuring the progress of culture and society from barbarism to civilization. This title restores this earlier musical history and explores the role that women played in the development of classical music. Num Pages: 350 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 8 tables, 49 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; AVGC4; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273849
- ISBN
- 9780520273849
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Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.89
€ 84.37
€ 64.89
Hardback. Offers an inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. This book offers a pointed look beneath the surface in order to see, and engage with, the city on its own terms. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273726
- ISBN
- 9780520273726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.09
€ 19.99
€ 16.09
Paperback. Examines the formation of self among the Urarina, an Amazonian people of lowland Peru. Based on detailed ethnography, this title highlights the role of intimate but asymmetrical attachments and dependencies which begin in the womb, but can extend beyond human society to include a variety of animals, plants, spirits and material objects. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 252 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388. Self, Power, and Intimacy in Amazonia. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. 252 pages, illustrations. Examines the formation of self among the Urarina, an Amazonian people of lowland Peru. Based on detailed ethnography, this title highlights the role of intimate but asymmetrical attachments and dependencies which begin in the womb, but can extend beyond human society to include a variety of animals, plants, spirits and material objects. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273603
- ISBN
- 9780520273603
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
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€ 29.15
Paperback. Traces of bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical used in plastics production, are widely detected in our bodies and environment. This title explores the roots of the contemporary debate over the safety of BPA, and the concerns presented by its estrogen-like effects even at low doses. Num Pages: 324 pages, 4 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFU; MMGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273580
- ISBN
- 9780520273580
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
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Paperback. Told through a range of characters and events, this title illuminates many aspects of Jewish life in the area: the high profile of Jewish women, extraordinary achievements in the business world, the cultural creativity of the second generation, the bitter debate about the proper response to the Holocaust and Zionism, and more. Num Pages: 464 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271302
- ISBN
- 9780520271302
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.89
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Paperback. When Spanish explorers and missionaries came onto Southern California's shores in 1769, they encountered the large towns and villages of the Chumash, a people who at that time were among the most advanced hunter-gatherer societies in the world. This title weaves together multiple sources of evidence to re-create the tapestry of Chumash society. Num Pages: 376 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 30 line illustrations, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271241
- ISBN
- 9780520271241
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Paperback. 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. This title takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFMC; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271210
- ISBN
- 9780520271210
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
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Paperback. Mixed feelings about motherhood - uncertainty over having a child, fears of pregnancy and childbirth, or negative thoughts about one's own children - are not just hard to discuss, they are a social taboo. This title uncovers the roots of ambivalence, and tells how it manifests in lives of women and their children. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271203
- ISBN
- 9780520271203
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
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Paperback. What is it like to become an adult in twenty-first-century America? This book takes us to four very different places - New York City, San Diego, rural Iowa, and Saint Paul, Minnesota - to explore the dramatic shifts in coming-of-age experiences across the country. Editor(s): Waters, Mary C.; Carr, Patrick J.; Kefalas, Maria; Holdaway, Jennifer. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSP3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270930
- ISBN
- 9780520270930
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
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Hardback. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534. Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 282 pages, Illustrations. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270909
- ISBN
- 9780520270909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.99
€ 84.37
€ 64.99
Paperback. Explores the relationship between globalization and South Asia through food, covering the cuisine of the colonial period to the contemporary era, investigating its material and symbolic meanings. Editor(s): Ray, Krishnendu; Srinivas, Tulasi. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270121
- ISBN
- 9780520270121
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Paperback. Focuses on Starbucks, the world's most famous coffee company, looking beyond baristas, movie cameos, and Paul McCartney CDs to understand what Starbucks can tell us about America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412. Learning About America from Starbucks. 320 pages. Focuses on Starbucks, the world's most famous coffee company, looking beyond baristas, movie cameos, and Paul McCartney CDs to understand what Starbucks can tell us about America. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; KNSH. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269927
- ISBN
- 9780520269927
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
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Paperback. Looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are often subject to income taxes, and where regressive sales taxes apply even to food for home consumption. This book argues that these policies contribute in unrecognized ways to poverty-related problems. Series: Wildavsky Forum Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 31 line illustrations, 27 maps, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JPQB; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269675
- ISBN
- 9780520269675
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
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Paperback. Over the years, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs and small towns. This title explores the challenges encountered by Mexican families as they endeavor to find their place in the US. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269590
- ISBN
- 9780520269590
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
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Hardback. Includes stories about food and eating under extreme conditions. This title features the diverse voices of journalists who have reported from dangerous conflict zones around the world. Editor(s): McAllester, Matt. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; JFCV; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1 edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268678
- ISBN
- 9780520268678
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. A story of fits and starts that provides a chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. It explains how laws shape the wine industry in such areas as pricing and taxation, licensing, appellations, health claims and warnings, labeling, and domestic and international commerce. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; KNDF; LAZ; WBXD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268005
- ISBN
- 9780520268005
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.01
€ 31.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. Investigates the role that violence plays in the lives of Ladina women in eastern Guatemala. This title provides a glimpse into the root causes of the feminicide in Guatemala, as well as in other Latin American countries, and offers observations relevant for understanding violence against women around the world. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267671
- ISBN
- 9780520267671
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
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Paperback. Examines the role of Russian Orthodox Church in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRCC8; JFFH2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267640
- ISBN
- 9780520267640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06