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Paperback. Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, this title offers an account of the lives of families divided by borders. It shows that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260900
ISBN
9780520260900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Hardback. Includes essays that offer an insider's perspective on three decades at a major American university during a time of political turmoil. This title focuses on a range of the issues that dominated virtually all institutions of higher learning during the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260962
ISBN
9780520260962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.97
€ 40.69

Paperback. Offering a history of youth culture based on interviews with former zoot-suiters, this book explores race, region, and the politics of culture in urban America during World War II. It argues that Mexican American and African American youths, along with many nisei and white youths, used popular culture to oppose accepted modes of youthful behavior. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261549
ISBN
9780520261549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. Depicts Hawai'i's press against the continent, endowing America's story with fresh meaning. This book reveals Hawaiians fighting in the Civil War, sailing on nineteenth-century New England ships, and living in pre-gold rush California. It revises the way we think about islands, oceans, and continents. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, 57 b/w photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKPH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261679
ISBN
9780520261679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. identifies a number of formal and informal checks on government as disseminator, withholder, and controller of ideas and information. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261754
ISBN
9780520261754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.62

Paperback. Presents the story of post-9/11 America and the nation's descent into the netherworld of prisoner abuse. This book describes events surrounding Guantanamo detainees capture, their years of incarceration, and the myriad difficulties preventing many from resuming a normal life upon returning home. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261778
ISBN
9780520261778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.12

Paperback. Traces the career of Jim Crow signs - simplified in cultural memory to the 'colored/white' labels that demarcated the public spaces of the American South - from their intellectual and political origins in the second half of the nineteenth century through their dismantling by civil rights activists in the 1960s and '70s. Num Pages: 416 pages, 85 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261839
ISBN
9780520261839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Hardback. Born and raised at Mission San Luis Rey, near San Diego, Pablo Tac became an international scholar. He traveled to Rome, where he studied Latin and other subjects, and produced these historical writings for the Vatican Librarian Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti. This title introduces Pablo Tac's life and the significance of the record he left. Illustrator(s): Luna, James. Editor(s): Haas, Lisbeth. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261891
ISBN
9780520261891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.42
€ 62.24

Paperback. Presents a journey into the lived reality of prison for women in the United States. This book uncovers the complex gendered under-pinning of methods of control and intervention used in the criminal justice system and links that system to discussions on contemporary government and state power and asks why these strategies have risen. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261914
ISBN
9780520261914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Hardback. Offers a challenging reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. This title examines the US and Japanese empires as they struggled to manage racialized populations while waging total war. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 520 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262232
ISBN
9780520262232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.42
€ 62.16

Paperback. Focusing on the malaise of underdevelopment that has shaped the country since the Spanish conquest, the author offers a panoramic interpretation of Mexican history and culture from the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras through the twentieth century. He helps us understand where the country has come, why it is where it is today, and where it might go. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262362
ISBN
9780520262362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Hardback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262492
ISBN
9780520262492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.06

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262836
ISBN
9780520262836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.60

Paperback. From sunny beaches where thousands escape the summer's heat to wild and isolated rocky cliffs, California boasts one of the most spectacular and diverse shorelines in the world. Accompanied by numerous color photographs, diagrams, and maps, this guide explains why California's Pacific Coast looks and works the way it does. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 328 pages, 183 color illustrations, 13 line illustrations, 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 114 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262904
ISBN
9780520262904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.61

Paperback. Drawing on extensive interviews with surviving members of the George Jackson Brigade, this book provides an inside-out perspective on the social movements of the 1970s. It is also a compelling exploration of the true nature of crime and a provocative meditation on the tension between self-restraint and anger in the process of social change. Num Pages: 358 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520264298
ISBN
9780520264298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.02

Paperback. Offering information for both beginning and experienced native gardeners, this title lists gardening tasks, including repeated tasks and those specific to each season. It offers planting and design ideas, and explains core gardening techniques such as pruning, mulching and propagating. Num Pages: 224 pages, 85 color illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265356
ISBN
9780520265356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. An illustrated field guide that gathers information about California's agriculture and its environmental context. It explores the full range of the state's agriculture, deftly balancing agribusiness triumphalism with the pride of boutique producers, sketching meanwhile the darker shadows that can envelop California farming. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 504 pages, 125 color illustrations, 4 line illustrations, 18 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; TV; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 119 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265431
ISBN
9780520265431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. 'My friends, I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking.' So began the first of Franklin D Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats. This book illuminates the period from 1933 to 1938 by setting each of the Fireside Chats in context. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265547
ISBN
9780520265547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.27

Paperback. Proposes that we reconsider the work of the Farm Security Administration and its most beloved photographers in light of various forms of trauma in the 1930s. This title offers ways to understand this body of work by exploring a more variable idea of documentary photography than what the New Dealers proposed. Series: Defining Moments in American Photography. Num Pages: 121 pages, 28 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 204 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265660
ISBN
9780520265660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. Brings to life the stories of legendary 'public enemies' for whom America's first supermax prison was created. This book contains answers to questions that have swirled about the prison: How did prisoners cope psychologically with the harsh regime? and What provoked the protests and strikes? Num Pages: 584 pages, 72 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 850. The Gangster Years. 584 pages, Illustrations. Brings to life the stories of legendary 'public enemies' for whom America's first supermax prison was created. This book contains answers to questions that have swirled about the prison: How did prisoners cope psychologically with the harsh regime? and What provoked the protests and strikes?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKVP1. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 38. Weight: 796.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265967
ISBN
9780520265967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.60

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