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Hardback. Shows that 'Aryan,' a word that today evokes images of racial hatred and atrocity, was first used by Europeans to suggest bonds of kinship. This book features the history of British Orientalism and the ethnology of India. Num Pages: 259 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205468
- ISBN
- 9780520205468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.80€ 48.05
€ 60.80
€ 48.05
Hardback. Until the late 19th century, Jews were identified in their own religious and poetic imagination as wanderers, their sacred center - Jerusalem, Zion - fatefully out of reach. This book examines the work of medieval Hebrew poet Yehuda Halevi to chart a journey whose end was envisioned as the realignment of the people with their original center. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSB; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206458
- ISBN
- 9780520206458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.80€ 48.05
€ 60.80
€ 48.05
Paperback. In this text, Lea Jacobs uses the "fallen woman" film, which served as a focal point for public criticism of the film industry, to explore Hollywood's system of self-censorship and the evolution of the rules governing representations of sexuality. Num Pages: 220 pages, 49. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520207905
- ISBN
- 9780520207905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.62
€ 34.99
€ 25.62
paperback. Does Judaism in fact liberate or repress sexual desire? This title answers this question as the author traces Judaism's evolving position on sexuality, from the Bible and Talmud to Zionism up through American attitudes. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; HRLB; JFC; JFSR1; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520211346
- ISBN
- 9780520211346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.34
€ 32.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. While the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. Studying the politics of the average female citizen in Japan, this title argues that this taxi-bicycle contrast reaches deeply into Japanese society. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212916
- ISBN
- 9780520212916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.98
€ 34.99
€ 25.98
Hardback. More than half a century after the Holocaust, in countries where Jews make up just a tiny fraction of the population, products of Jewish culture have become very viable components of the popular public domain. But how can there be a growing Jewish presence in Europe, without the significant presence of Jews? The author explores this phenomenon. Num Pages: 317 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520213630
- ISBN
- 9780520213630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.62€ 41.28
€ 51.62
€ 41.28
Paperback. Records the relationship that developed between the author and Diane DeVries, a woman born with all the physical and mental equipment she would need to live in our society - except arms and legs. This work argues that DeVries is a perfect example of an American woman coming of age in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 299 pages, 21 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSJ1; JHMC; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217164
- ISBN
- 9780520217164
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.98
€ 34.99
€ 25.98
Paperback. Looks at the explosive situation in Kosovo, where years of simmering tensions between Serbs and Albanians erupted in armed conflict in 1998. This title demonstrates how myths and truths can start a war. It also shows how our identity as individuals and as members of groups is defined through the telling and remembering of stories. Num Pages: 400 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 13 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVW; JFSL; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218659
- ISBN
- 9780520218659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.98
€ 34.99
€ 25.98
Paperback. Investigates the images of Jews and Judaism in the works of medieval Christian theologians from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas. This book reveals how, and why, medieval Christianity fashioned a Jew on the basis of its reading of Bible, and how this hermeneutically crafted Jew assumed distinctive character and power in Christian thought and culture. Num Pages: 461 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HRCM; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 461
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218703
- ISBN
- 9780520218703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.06
€ 42.99
€ 31.06
Hardback. Chronicles one of the twentieth century's most dynamic personalities and one of the nation's greatest social struggles. This title conveys Martin Luther King, Jr's call for racial justice and his faith in the power of nonviolence to engender a major transformation of American society. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Carson, Susan; Clay, Adrienne; Shadron, Virginia; Taylor, Kieran. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 670 pages, 31 b/w photographs, 15 facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 670
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520222311
- ISBN
- 9780520222311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.27€ 56.38
€ 72.27
€ 56.38
Paperback. An analysis of the gendered political ecology brought about by conflicting local interests and changing developmental initiatives in a West African village. Series: California Studies in Critical Human Geography. Num Pages: 206 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 14 tables, and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDG; JFSJ1; JHMC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222335
- ISBN
- 9780520222335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of native California includes a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs drawn from a wide sampling of California's many native cultures. Introductions provide cultural and biographical context. Editor(s): Luthin, Herbert W. Num Pages: 651 pages, 12 black & white photographs, 5 maps, 4 musical examples, 1 line figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2ABM; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Annotated.
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222700
- ISBN
- 9780520222700
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. Given that matters relevant to race remain confused and divisive in many corridors of American society, it is not surprising that rumors and legends that reflect racial misunderstanding and mistrust frequently circulate. This work focuses on a wide array of tales told in black and white communities across America. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228559
- ISBN
- 9780520228559
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. Examines the Chicano movement's development in Los Angeles, home of the largest population of people of Mexican descent outside of Mexico City. This book focuses on four organizations that constituted the heart of the movement: the Brown Berets, the Chicano Moratorium Committee, La Raza Unida Party, and the Centro de Accion Social Autonomo. Num Pages: 183 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230187
- ISBN
- 9780520230187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.44
€ 38.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. This text compares Puerto Rican migration with Caribbean migration to both the United States and Western Europe. It examines the position: of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean; of Puerto Ricans in the USA; and the position of colonial migrants compared to noncolonial migrants in the world system. Num Pages: 283 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230217
- ISBN
- 9780520230217
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. Combining contemporary ethnography and ethnohistory, Circe Strum's analysis probes the intersection of race and national identity, the process of national formation, and the dangers in linking racial and national identities. The study focuses on the Oklahoma Cherokee. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 line figures,1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230972
- ISBN
- 9780520230972
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.62
€ 34.99
€ 25.62
Paperback. An account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies. It provides both an informative anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a chronicle of the loss of the author's father. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236783
- ISBN
- 9780520236783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. In France, a common notion is that the shared interests of graduate students and their professors could lead to intimate sexual relations, and that regulations curtailing those relationships would be both futile and counterproductive. This title explores nthe social problem of sexual harassment. Num Pages: 252 pages, 7 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE2; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237414
- ISBN
- 9780520237414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240339
- ISBN
- 9780520240339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.45€ 63.00
€ 81.45
€ 63.00
Hardback. Suitable for students and scholars of American music, gender and sexuality, class, and pop culture, this book looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520280656
- ISBN
- 9780520280656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.36€ 45.44
€ 57.36
€ 45.44
Hardback. Whether looking at divided cities or working with populations on the margins of society, a growing number of engaged academics have reached out to communities around the world to address the practical problems of living with difference. This book explores the challenges of accommodating difference, however difficult such accommodation may be. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 232 pages, 27 b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284111
- ISBN
- 9780520284111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.77€ 70.81
€ 91.77
€ 70.81
Hardback. Are girls taking over the world? It would appear so, based on magazine covers, news headlines, and popular books touting girls' academic success. This title investigates how academically successful girls deal with stress, the "supergirl" drive for perfection, race and class issues, and the sexism that is still present in schools. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284142
- ISBN
- 9780520284142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.77€ 70.81
€ 91.77
€ 70.81
Hardback. In the decades after the landmark Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court decision, busing to achieve school desegregation became one of the nation's most controversial civil rights issues. This book examines the pitched battles over busing on a national scale, focusing on cities such as Boston, Chicago, New York, and Pontiac, Michigan. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL3; JNFR; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520284241
- ISBN
- 9780520284241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.77€ 70.93
€ 91.77
€ 70.93
Hardback. The inequalities that structure relationships in Delhi's urban slums have left the health of women living there chronically vulnerable. The author argues that women rely on moral strategies to confront the poverty and unstable relationships that threaten their well-being. She breaks new ground by delineating the ways in which women set boundaries. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 b/w, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284807
- ISBN
- 9780520284807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.77€ 70.81
€ 91.77
€ 70.81