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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
€ 62.70€ 49.28
€ 62.70
€ 49.28
Hardback. Victor Considerant (1808-1893), a follower of the great utopian thinker Charles Fourier, played an important role in the creation of a Fourierist movement and the development of socialist journalism. This study offers a life story of one of the engaging figures among the French romantic intellectuals of the 1840s. Num Pages: 600 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 939.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222977
- ISBN
- 9780520222977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.35€ 57.11
€ 73.35
€ 57.11
Paperback. Focuses on a number of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from Sri Lanka to New York, Japan to Tibet. This work provides a historical overview and briefly characterizes the three major variants of Buddhist tradition. It also takes note of a distinctive form of Buddhism that is emerging among non-Asian practitioners in the West. Editor(s): Reynolds, Frank E.; Carbine, Jason A. Series: The Life of Religion S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRE; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338. Series: The Life of Religion S. 240 pages, 15 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Reynolds, Frank E.; Carbine, Jason A. Focuses on a number of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from Sri Lanka to New York, Japan to Tibet. This work provides a historical overview and briefly characterizes the three major variants of Buddhist tradition. It also takes note of a distinctive form of Buddhism that is emerging among non-Asian practitioners in the West. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRE; HRLM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223370
- ISBN
- 9780520223370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. This ethnography explores the links between a violent historical and political legacy, and the production of secrecy in everyday material culture. The focus is on Mende-speaking southeastern Sierra Leone and the surrounding region. Num Pages: 299 pages, 6 b/w photos, 3 line figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFC; JHMP; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225435
- ISBN
- 9780520225435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. Traces the rich legacy of stories and images of the Amazon that reflects the influence of different groups of people - conquistadors, corporate executives, subsistence farmers - over the centuries. This book argues that we cannot defend the Amazon's array of plants and animals without comprehending its astonishing human and cultural diversity. Num Pages: 332 pages, 41 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; DSB; GTB; HBJK; RGBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226425
- ISBN
- 9780520226425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. At a time when women could not vote and very few were involved in the world outside the home, Annie Montague Alexander (1867-1950) was an intrepid explorer, skilled markswoman, philanthropist, and founder and patron of two natural history museums at the University of California, Berkeley. This title presents a luminous portrait of this woman. Num Pages: 397 pages, 46 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; GTB; JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227262
- ISBN
- 9780520227262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70€ 49.28
€ 62.70
€ 49.28
Paperback. This work examines how the exercise of power and the strategies of social movements transformed with the transition from a military to an elected-civilian regime in Chile. Num Pages: 273 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPR; GTB; JHMC; JPHV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227682
- ISBN
- 9780520227682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Focused exclusively on native and naturalized vascular plants of California's southeastern deserts, the "Desert Manual" provides illustrations for more than 200 desert taxa, keys to identification, distributional information and 128 colour photographs. Editor(s): Baldwin, Bruce G.; Boyd, Steve; Ertter, Barbara J.; Patterson, Robert W.; Rosatti, Thomas J.; Wilken, Dieter H. Num Pages: 640 pages, 128 color photographs, more than 1,000 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GBC; PSTS; RGBA; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227750
- ISBN
- 9780520227750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.97€ 45.94
€ 57.97
€ 45.94
Paperback. Explores a key period in the making of the modern West. Although the notion of 'dual revolutions,' economic in Britain and political in France, has been vigorously challenged, this book finds that 'revolutionary' is an apt description of the important cultural transformations that took place in both France and Britain at the onset of modernity. Editor(s): Jones, Colin; Wahrman, Dror. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229679
- ISBN
- 9780520229679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a racial consciousness. This title examines the processes of racial identification and their implications by looking at the case of American Indians. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229778
- ISBN
- 9780520229778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.25
€ 31.99
€ 23.25
Paperback. The cities of the developing world are hubs of economic growth, but they are increasingly ecologically unsustainable and, for ordinary citizens, increasingly unliveable. This book explores the issues of livelihood and ecological sustainability in cities of the developing and transitional world. Editor(s): Evans, Peter B. Num Pages: 290 pages, 5 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSG; RNF; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230255
- ISBN
- 9780520230255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65
Hardback. A comprehensive history of Republican Beijing, this text examines how the capital acquired its identity as a consummately "traditional" Chinese city. The author argues that nostalgia directed towards the living Republic city is an essential characteristic of Chinese modernity. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 403 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 10 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230507
- ISBN
- 9780520230507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 65.15
€ 83.99
€ 65.15
Paperback. Where did American literature start? The familiar story of Emerson and Thoreau has them setting up shop in Concord, Massachusetts, and determining the course of American writing. This title overhauls this story of origins as it shifts the context for these literary giants from the civilized East to the wide-open spaces of the Louisiana Purchase. Num Pages: 213 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520231856
- ISBN
- 9780520231856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. This selection of essays taken from "Hollywood Quarterly" reflect the astonishing eclecticism of the journal, with sections on animation, the avant-garde, and documentary to go along with a representative sampling of articles about feature-length narrative films. Editor(s): Smoodin, Eric; Martin, Ann. Num Pages: 417 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 12 line figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APFA; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 36. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232747
- ISBN
- 9780520232747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.05
€ 32.99
€ 24.05
Hardback. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602. Museums, Archaeology and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire. Series: Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S. 280 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233355
- ISBN
- 9780520233355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
€ 83.99
€ 64.94
Hardback. The most feared man in China, Dai Li, was chief of Chiang Kai-shek's secret service during WWII. This work traces Dai's rise from obscurity as a rural hooligan and Green Gang blood-brother to commander of the paramilitary units of the Blue Shirts and of the Military Statistics Bureau: the world's largest spy and counterespionage organization. Num Pages: 672 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234079
- ISBN
- 9780520234079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.99
€ 83.99
€ 64.99
Paperback. Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Num Pages: 282 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400. Filipino American Lives across Cultures, Communities, and Countries. 282 pages, 3 tables. Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235274
- ISBN
- 9780520235274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. An examination of power struggles and ideological shifts in various social sectors where the public authority of religion has diminished, in particular, education, science, law and journalism. Together the essays depict a cultural and institutional revolution. Editor(s): Smith, Christian. Num Pages: 496 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBTB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235618
- ISBN
- 9780520235618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.15
€ 41.99
€ 30.15
Paperback. The tradition of Chan Buddhism - more popularly known as Zen - has been romanticized throughout its history. This book shows how modern critical techniques make possible a more skeptical, accurate, and - ultimately - productive assessment of Chan lineages, teaching, fundraising practices, and social organization. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 b/w illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237988
- ISBN
- 9780520237988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Focusing on the era from Napoleon's conquest and the discovery of the Rosetta Stone to the outbreak of World War I, this book examines the evolution of Egyptian archaeology in the context of Western imperialism and nascent Egyptian nationalism. Num Pages: 424 pages, 46 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240698
- ISBN
- 9780520240698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73