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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Demonstrates how crucial French films were in making 'going to the movies' popular in the United States, first in vaudeville houses and then in nickelodeons. This book exposes the consequences of that popularity. It offers a revealing cultural history of American cinema's nationalization. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; JFC; JPFN; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214781
ISBN
9780520214781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. An exploration of the ways we talk about - and why we worry about - new crimes and new forms of victimization. Focusing on so-called random crimes such as freeway shootings, gang violence, and wilding, it shows how new crime problems emerge and how some quickly fade from public attention while others spread and become enduring subjects of concern. Num Pages: 237 pages, 5 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE; JKV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520215726
ISBN
9780520215726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.41

Paperback. A study of early 20th-century literary and artistic culture. The text focuses on the turbulent later years of the 1920s and 1930s, tracking the dissolution of modernism in the interwar years. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AB; ACX; APFA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216488
ISBN
9780520216488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.40

Paperback. Nothing has generated more controversy in the social sciences than the turn toward culture, variously known as the linguistic turn, culturalism, or postmodernism. This book examines the impact of the cultural turn on two prominent social science disciplines, history and sociology. Editor(s): Bonnell, Victoria E.; Hunt, Lynn. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 361 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216792
ISBN
9780520216792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.80

Paperback. This study of ethnicity, identity, and nation-building has a new introduction that shows the continuing validity of the book's approach to ethnography, ecology, culture and politics. The authors investigated two Alpine villages only a mile apart in the same mountain valley. Num Pages: 372 pages, 20 black-and-white photos, 12 line illustrations, 27 tables, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFHA; JFSL; JHM; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition, With a New Introduction
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216815
ISBN
9780520216815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.80

Hardback. This collection of essays presents an ongoing exploration of the moral character and enlightenment-potential of vision. It examines texts by Descartes, Husserl, Wittgensein, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas. Num Pages: 502 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB; HPC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217805
ISBN
9780520217805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.33
€ 48.64

Paperback. Anthropologist Katherine S. Newman interviewed a wide range of men, women and children who experienced a precipitous fall from middle-class status in the 30 years between the late 1960s and the late 1990s. This text documents their stories. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st California pbk. print
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218420
ISBN
9780520218420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.13

Hardback. Amid the national shame and subjugation following World War I in France, journalists, novelists, doctors, and legislators worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. This title shows how they attempted to reconstruct the 'bodily integrity' of the nation by pointing to the dangers of homosexuality and pornography. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219953
ISBN
9780520219953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.63
€ 45.21

Hardback. Challenging an enduring paradigm among linguists, this text explores the origins of plantation creole. It proposes that the "limited access model" of creole genesis is seriously flawed. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; 2ZP; CFFD; GTB; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219991
ISBN
9780520219991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.33
€ 48.27

Paperback. An account of Chinese literary modernism, written from the perspective of Republican China. Shih argues for the contextualization of Chinese modernism in the semicolonial cultural and political formation of the time and analyzes pivotal issues, such as decadence and Orientalism. Series: Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220645
ISBN
9780520220645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.93

Paperback. Intends to take readers on a global tour of the sprawling process called 'militarization'. This book takes an international look at the politics of masculinity, nationalism, and globalization. It covers variety of subjects: gays in the military, the history of 'camp followers', and the politics of women who have sexually serviced male soldiers. Num Pages: 437 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPFN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
437
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220713
ISBN
9780520220713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Explores the nature of medieval religious democracy, including discussion of the community, social services, local government, worship, education, interfaith relations, relations between religion and the state, and the relations between the communities and the state. Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA. Num Pages: 649 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 48. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
649
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221598
ISBN
9780520221598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.68

Paperback. Deals with the Mediterranean family - the extended family, marriage (rituals, economics, social and cultural safeguards), the Mediterranean household, widowhood, divorce, remarriage, and the world of women. Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA. Num Pages: 543 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
543
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221604
ISBN
9780520221604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. Tells how it was in the Mediterranean world of the tenth through the thirteenth century. This book details city life, domestic architecture, furnishings and housewares, clothing and jewelry, food and drink, and other material culture. Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA. Num Pages: 513 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221611
ISBN
9780520221611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. In a comprehensive treatment of Salvadoran immigration, this text gives a detailed account of the inner workings of the networks by which immigrants leave their homes in Central America to start new lives in the Mission District of of San Francisco. Num Pages: 319 pages, 1 map, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCS; JFFN; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520222113
ISBN
9780520222113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. This volume proposes a theoretical grounding for the study of cities and the people who live and work in them. Using a threefold, interdisciplinary approach to urban identities which links agency, space,and structure, the book examines the work of three major urban theorists. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520222786
ISBN
9780520222786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.84

Hardback. For many Germans the hyperinflation of 1922 to 1923 was one of the most decisive experiences of the twentieth century. This title investigates the effects of that inflation on German culture during the Weimar Republic. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 293 pages, 29 b/w photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition /First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520222908
ISBN
9780520222908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.33
€ 48.50

Paperback. This is a guide to the workings of festive behaviour, often seen as the "uniform expression of a collective consciousness". The book combines four case studies in multisite ethnography to demonstrate how concepts of race, ethnicity, history, gender, and nationhood are challenged and redefined. Num Pages: 252 pages, 28 b/w photograph, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st PAPERBACK
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223318
ISBN
9780520223318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.13

Paperback. An intimate exploration of the complexity of a bicultural immigrant experience, this text traces three generations of an Iranian (and Iranian-American) family undergoing a century of change - from the author's grandfather to her father, to Bahrampour herself. Num Pages: 357 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223547
ISBN
9780520223547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Hardback. A biography of Franklin D Murphy (1916-994). It delivers the story of how Murphy, as chancellor of UCLA and later as chief executive of the "Times Mirror" media empire, was able to influence academia, the media, and cultural foundations to reshape a fundamentally provincial city. It also brings to light the influence of LA's powerful families. Num Pages: 495 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
495
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224957
ISBN
9780520224957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.50
€ 63.50

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