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Paperback. Explores the transition from oral to written history that is taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. This book discusses the substance of tribal history through the eyes of its creators. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 363 pages, 22 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBAH; HBTD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201019
ISBN
9780520201019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. An ethnography that examines the gendered nature of large corporate law firms. Although increasing numbers of women have become lawyers in the past decade, it discovers that the double standards and sexist attitudes of legal bureaucracies are a continuing problem for women lawyers and paralegals. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHM; LAT; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201088
ISBN
9780520201088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theatre, and the novel, the essays in this volume reasses the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Editor(s): Charney, Leo; Schwartz, Vanessa R. Num Pages: 409 pages, 50 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586. 409 pages, 50 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Charney, Leo; Schwartz, Vanessa R. Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theatre, and the novel, the essays in this volume reasses the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201125
ISBN
9780520201125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. This work pieces together the complex story of the Shanghai Green Gang and its charismatic leader, Du Yuesheng. In analyzing the Green Gang's system of organized crime in Shanghai, the author aims to broaden understanding of a critical aspect of Chinese urban history. Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201149
ISBN
9780520201149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.50
€ 49.27

Paperback. Addressing Western and non-Western music, composers from Francesca Caccini to Charles Ives, and musical communities from 12th-century monks to contemporary opera queens, these essays explore questions of gender and sexuality. Editor(s): Solie, Ruth A. Num Pages: 353 pages, 5 figures, 17 music examples, 3 tables. BIC Classification: AVA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201460
ISBN
9780520201460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Lucrecia de Leon lived on the fringes of the 16th-century Spanish royal court. As a teenager, Lucrecia had hundreds of dreams about Spain's future that became the stuff of political controversy. This book is based upon surviving transcripts of her dreams and on the records of her Inquisition trial. Num Pages: 229 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201583
ISBN
9780520201583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. Features the essays that consider how Western societies think about and use goods, how goods shape female, as well as male, identities, how labor in the family came to be divided between a male breadwinner and a female consumer, and how fashion and cosmetics shape women's notions of themselves and the society in which they live. Editor(s): Grazia, Victoria De; Furlough, Ellen. Num Pages: 443 pages, 44 b&w photographs, 13 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
443
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201972
ISBN
9780520201972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. The ritual culture of image-worshipping Sventambar Jains of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan are explored in this volume, with the author linking Jain tradition to the social identity of existing Jain communities. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRKJ; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203242
ISBN
9780520203242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.61

Hardback. This collection of essays demonstrates that the death of democracy and the rise of fascism during the first half of the 20th century suggest crucial lessons for contemporary political and legal scholars. It includes writings on constitutionalism, political freedom, and both Nazi and liberal law. Editor(s): Scheuerman, William E. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203792
ISBN
9780520203792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.50
€ 48.96

Paperback. Challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. This title argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were responsible for the character of the Israeli state. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLL; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204010
ISBN
9780520204010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.08

Paperback. Drawn from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declasse elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. This title examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 603 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JFSG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
603
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204393
ISBN
9780520204393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. The story of Senator Joseph McCarthy's rise to unprecedented power and the decline of his influence is a dramatic one. This title documents the process by which a clever, power hungry individual came to mislead and manipulate members of Congress and the American public and to damage countless lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204720
ISBN
9780520204720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. One of the unanticipated results of the First Crusade in 1095 was a series of violent assaults on major Jewish communities in the Rhineland. The author offers a detailed analysis of these events, illuminating the attitudes that triggered the assaults as well as the beliefs that informed Jewish reactions to them. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205062
ISBN
9780520205062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.22

Hardback. The "cold war university" is the academic component of the military-industrial-academic complex. This work discusses the role played by university administrators in making their universities dependent upon military foundation and industrial patronage. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNKG; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205413
ISBN
9780520205413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.50
€ 48.91

Hardback. With the help of over one hundred illustrations spanning three centuries, this title investigates the role of visual images in European Jewish history. It shows how the coming of the modern period expanded the relationship of Jews to the visual realm far beyond the religious context. Num Pages: 382 pages, 141 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ACBK; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205451
ISBN
9780520205451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.55
€ 63.58

Paperback. This work is concerned with the ethno-nationalist explosions that have occurred in many regions of the world. It focuses primarily on collective violence, in the form of civilian "riots" in South Asia, using selected instances in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 417 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFE; JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206427
ISBN
9780520206427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.10

Hardback. Overturns the common assumption that apartheid in South Africa was enforced only through terror and coercion. Without understating the role of violent intervention, this book shows that apartheid was sustained by a great and ever-swelling bureaucracy. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 401 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206519
ISBN
9780520206519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.50
€ 49.27

Paperback. Locates the study of Chicano culture in a social context. This title examines issues of representation and expression in a diverse, exciting assortment of texts - corridos, novels, poems, short stories, punk and hip-hop music, ethnography, paintings, performance, art, and essays. It provides a model for a kind of US cultural studies. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 298 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSB; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206823
ISBN
9780520206823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. When Coca-Cola was introduced in France in the late 1940s, the country's most prestigious newspaper warned that Coke threatened France's cultural landscape. This book presents an exploration of France's response to American influence after World War II. Num Pages: 293 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206984
ISBN
9780520206984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. Featuring contemporary feminist theory, this book argues for a feminism that transcends national borders and ethnic identities. It analysis the novels and short stories of three Chicana writers - Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, and Helena Maria Viramontes and a range of Chicana feminist writing from several disciplines. Num Pages: 226 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADSL; DSA; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520207332
ISBN
9780520207332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

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