Regional studies
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Regional studies
Paperback. During the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. Providing the stories that Africans told to describe colonial power, this book presents an epistemological inquiry into the nature of historical truth and memory. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217041
- ISBN
- 9780520217041
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€ 37.99€ 27.25
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Hardback. Illuminates the diverse elements that constitute opera by focusing the investigation around three main categories: composition and production; words, music, and drama; and the interaction of society, genre, and aesthetics. Translator(s): Schneider, Edward. Num Pages: 442 pages, 34 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; AVGC9; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press Berkeley
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217195
- ISBN
- 9780520217195
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€ 60.88€ 47.20
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Hardback. Constructs a framework that examines the subject of German collective memory, which has been shaped by the experience of Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust. This title follows the evolution of German 'memory landscapes' all the way from national unification in 1870-71 through the world wars and political division to reunification in 1990. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 52 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AM; GTB; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217683
- ISBN
- 9780520217683
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€ 60.88€ 47.27
€ 60.88
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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
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€ 60.88€ 47.20
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Paperback. The Rape of Nanjing was one of the worst atrocities committed during WWII. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army captured the city of Nanjing, then the capital of wartime China. This book considers the post war treatment in China of the Nanjing Massacre and Japan. It examines how the issue has developed as a political and diplomatic controversy. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; GTB; HBAH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220072
- ISBN
- 9780520220072
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.53
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Hardback. A powerful element in Chinese politics has been the myth of Chinese resistance to Japan's seizure of Manchuria in 1931. This text examines the shifting alliance of key players, traces the narrative of resistance to the occupation and shows how it became part of China's political conciousness. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; GTB; HBJF; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221116
- ISBN
- 9780520221116
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Condition: New
€ 66.62€ 51.35
€ 66.62
€ 51.35
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
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Condition: New
€ 60.88€ 47.07
€ 60.88
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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
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€ 71.22€ 54.68
€ 71.22
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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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
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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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
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Paperback. In 1895 Japan acquired Taiwan as its first formal colony after a resounding victory in the Sino-Japanese war. This work examines the formation of Taiwanese political and cultural identities under the dominant Japanese colonial discourse of assimilation and imperialization (kominka) from the early 1920s to the end of the Japanese Empire in 1945. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPJ; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225534
- ISBN
- 9780520225534
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.77
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Paperback. This study attempts to unlock the mystery of why women's fates vary so greatly from one Islamic country to another. The book analyzes the distinctive nature of Islamic legal codes by placing them in the larger context of the different historical bases of state power in various societies. Num Pages: 359 pages, 10 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; GTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225763
- ISBN
- 9780520225763
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.29
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Paperback. This text examines contemporary Chinese history from the Great Leap Famine (1958-1960) to the 1990s. Stories from this period described as "the age of ghosts", convey aspects of pain, loss, and social upheaval and give an insight into the lives of the people who lived through them. Num Pages: 375 pages, 15 line illustrations, 3 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534. Memory, Violence and Place in Southwest China. 375 pages, 15 line illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables. This text examines contemporary Chinese history from the Great Leap Famine (1958-1960) to the 1990s. Stories from this period described as "the age of ghosts", convey aspects of pain, loss, and social upheaval and give an insight into the lives of the people who lived through them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JHMC; JHMP. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226319
- ISBN
- 9780520226319
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
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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
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
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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
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Condition: New
€ 60.88€ 47.20
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227682
- ISBN
- 9780520227682
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.92
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Paperback. Considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. This title assembles a range of collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments, cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world fairs, and museum exhibits. Editor(s): Landau, Paul Stuart; Kaspin, Deborah D. Num Pages: 396 pages, 79 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; AB; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 2. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229495
- ISBN
- 9780520229495
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
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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
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.60
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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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.34
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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
€ 81.55€ 62.24
€ 81.55
€ 62.24