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The pacific coast maritime shipping industry, 1930-1948
The Pacific Coast Maritime Shipping Industry, 1930-1948: Volume I: An Economic Profile offers a meticulous examination of an industry pivotal to the economic and historical development of the United States' West Coast. Spanning nearly two decades, the book explores the fluctuations in cargo tonna...
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The age structure of the corporate system
This work aims to serve two primary purposes: first, to present findings regarding the age and related characteristics of corporations within the private enterprise system. The research seeks to provide insights into corporate behavior and potential implications for both private and public policy...
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Frank roney, irish rebel and california labor leader
Frank Roney: Irish Rebel and California Labor Leader, edited by Ira B. Cross, presents the remarkable autobiography of a nineteenth-century immigrant who bridged the struggles of two worlds. Born in Belfast in 1841 and shaped by early involvement in Ireland’s nationalist movements, Roney carried ...
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The california gold rush
This seminal book, The California Gold Rush, offers a sweeping narrative of one of the most transformative events in American history. Originally published under the title Gold is the Cornerstone in 1948, it captures the excitement and consequences of the 1848 discovery at Sutter's Mill, tracing ...
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Bluecoated terror
A searing chronicle of how racist violence became an ingrained facet of law enforcement in the United States. Too often, scholars and pundits argue either that police violence against African Americans has remained unchanged since the era of slavery or that it is a recent phenomenon and disconn...
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World resources and peace
World Resources and Peace brings together a series of lectures delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1939 under the auspices of the Committee on International Relations, probing the fundamental links between global resource distribution, international trade, and the conditions f...
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Authoritarian socialism in america
In Authoritarian Socialism Arthur Lipow raises important issues about the nature of democracy and defines the intellectual roots of the authoritarian side of the socialist tradition in America and distinguishes it from democratic socialism. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program,...
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The mycenaean origin of greek mythology
The last major work of the giant of the field. Martin P. Nilsson set himself the task of tracing the elements of Greekmythology, as they appear in Homer's Iliad, to their source in Mycenaean culture, a much earlier period. His conclusions, drawn from a very limited empirical material - archaeolog...
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We are pregnant with freedom
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Situated at the crossroads of author Stacie Selmon McCormick's lived experiences as a Black birthing person, mother, and scholar...
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The she-wolf and other stories
The She-Wolf and Other Stories, translated and introduced by Giovanni Cecchetti, presents the definitive English collection of Giovanni Verga’s most powerful short fiction, placing the Sicilian master of *verismo* in his full literary and historical context. Verga began his career with sentimenta...
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Honky
This vivid memoir captures how race, class, and privilege shaped a white boy’s coming of age in 1970s New York—now with a new epilogue. “I am not your typical middle-class white male,” begins Dalton Conley’s Honky, an intensely engaging memoir of growing up amid predominantly African American ...
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The opening of the california trail
The Opening of the California Trail by George R. Stewart delves into the remarkable story of the Stevens Party, often overlooked in the chronicles of early westward migration. This group of covered-wagon emigrants, traveling in 1844, is credited with establishing the first wagon road to Californi...
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The french revolution and the birth of modernity
Written from widely different perspectives, these essays characterize the Great Revolution as the dawn of the modern age, the grand narrative of modernity. The scope of issues under scrutiny is extremely broad, ranging from the analyses of the hotly debated class character of 1789 and the problem...
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The dusky-footed wood rat
The Dusky-footed Wood Rat: A Record of Observations Made on the Hastings Natural History Reservation provides a detailed account of the dusky-footed wood rat, a rodent species studied extensively at the Frances Simes Hastings Natural History Reservation in California. Located in the northern Sant...
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Elements of critical theory
Perspectives in Criticism offers a comprehensive exploration of the philosophy of literary criticism, providing a framework for understanding the relationship between critical analysis and value evaluation. Initially designed to introduce students to critical developments in the theory of value, ...
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The new deal collective bargaining policy
The New Deal Collective Bargaining Policy offers a meticulously detailed exploration of the transformative labor policies that emerged during the early years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Focused on the period from 1933 to 1935, this study highlights the pivotal role of federal interventio...
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Military theory and practice in the age of xenophon
Military Theory and Practice in the Age of Xenophon offers a penetrating examination of ancient Greek military strategies, focusing particularly on the techniques and philosophies of Spartan warfare. Grounded in the historical and geographical realities of classical Greece, the book explores the ...
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Agricultural change and peasant choice in a thai village
This study examines the agricultural practices and decision-making processes of a small Tai-Lue village in northern Thailand, focusing on the period from 1959 to 1961, with a follow-up visit in 1965. Conducted through anthropological fieldwork, the research involved living among villagers, learni...
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The price of justice
Given an unpredictable criminal legal system and a fraying social safety net, sexual violence victims increasingly turn to civil lawsuits to find justice. They sue offenders and responsible organizations directly, seeking recognition, resources, and reform. But at what cost? Benjamin R. Weiss use...
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Poste restante
Poste Restante: A Lawrence Travel Calendar by Harry T. Moore offers a meticulously detailed account of the travels of D.H. Lawrence, intertwining geography and biography to provide a comprehensive picture of Lawrence’s nomadic life and its profound influence on his work. This "geographical biogra...
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A functional biology of sticklebacks
Explore the fascinating world of the threespine stickleback in A Functional Biology of Sticklebacks, a compelling synthesis of empirical research and theoretical ecology. This groundbreaking book uses the stickleback, a versatile teleost fish, as a model organism to illuminate the intricate relat...
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Vilyatpur 1848-1968
Vilyatpur 1848–1968: Social and Economic Change in a North Indian Village by Tom G. Kessinger reconstructs over a century of life in an ordinary Punjabi village, tracing the rhythms of agriculture, labor, and community from the advent of British rule through independence and into the postcolonial...
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The great loochoo
The Great Loochoo: A Study of Okinawan Village Life explores the intricate relationships between culture, environment, and historical evolution in Okinawa. Rooted in themes spanning centuries of cultural anthropology, the study underscores the interplay of human agency and natural environments. H...
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Who were the greeks?
Who Were the Greeks? by John L. Myres, first delivered as the 1927 Sather Lectures, confronts a deceptively simple question: how can we define the Greeks as a people and a civilization? Myres rejects both timeless ethnic myths and romanticized self-descriptions, proposing instead a multi-discipli...
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Mosquitoes of north america, north of mexico
Mosquitoes of North America: North of Mexico is a comprehensive resource that consolidates decades of research on mosquito species found in North America. Building on foundational works by Howard, Dyar, and Knab (1912–1917) and later studies, this book fills a critical gap by presenting an update...
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Voices of liberty
Voices of Liberty argues that Black revolutionaries' fight for freedom directly challenged the ideological architects of British imperialism, whose narratives of liberty endeavored to silence Black people by defining abolitionism as a white enterprise. The book privileges the voices of Black peop...
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Beryllium
Beryllium: Its Metallurgy and Properties is a comprehensive exploration of the metal's characteristics, processing, and applications, based on lectures delivered at the University of California, Los Angeles, in March 1963. The book focuses on beryllium as a construction material, recent advanceme...
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Essays in population history, volume three
Essays in Population History: Mexico and California, Volume Three is the final volume of the Cook and Borah Essays, marking the conclusion of the collaborative work of Sherburne F. Cook, who passed away in 1974. This volume features three essays that continue the research into the impact of Europ...
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Printed poison
Combining a broad analysis of political culture with a particular focus on rhetoric and strategy, Jeffrey Sawyer analyzes the role of pamphlets in the political arena in seventeenth-century France. During the years 1614-1617 a series of conflicts occurred in France, resulting from the struggle fo...
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Christian souls and chinese spirits
How do the people of a village that is both Chinese and Christian reconcile the contradictions between their religious and ethnic identities? This ethnographic study explores the construction and changing meanings of ethnic identity in Hong Kong. Established at the turn of the century by Hakka Ch...
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Heat, a history
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2025"In this provocative book, both witty and profoundly serious, Barak provides a human-scale history of the causes and consequences of rising temperatures in the Middle East. He brings the abstractions of carbon footprints and greenhouse gas emissions to vivid, ta...
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European socialism, volume ii
European Socialism covers the transformative development of socialism in Europe, exploring the intellectual, social, and political evolution of the movement from its inception through to the early 20th century. The narrative seeks to provide a comparative analysis of the movements in major contin...
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Happiness, justice, and freedom
Happiness, Justice, and Freedom: The Moral and Political Philosophy of John Stuart Mill delves deeply into Mill's ethical and political theories, arguing that his ideas form a cohesive and robust philosophical framework. Challenging traditional critiques, this book contends that Mill's doctrines ...
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Empire of knowledge
Empire of Knowledge: The Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1917-1970) explores the unparalleled scope and influence of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, an institution that served as both the pinnacle of Soviet scholarly achievement and a crucial mechanism for integrating science with state ideology...
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Housebuilding in transition
Housebuilding in Transition: Based on Studies in the San Francisco Bay Area offers an in-depth exploration of the housebuilding industry's structure, operations, and potential for improvement. By focusing on the San Francisco Bay Area, the book provides a detailed examination of how houses are bu...
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The generation
This book examines the lives of a remarkable generation of Polish-Jewish Communists, whose experiences embody the profound socio-political upheavals of the 20th century. Born around 1910, these individuals joined the Communist movement during the 1930s, survived World War II in the USSR, and rebu...
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Mathematics for biomedical applications
Mathematics for Biomedical Applications bridges the gap between introductory calculus and advanced mathematical techniques, offering a practical framework for biomedical students and professionals. Originating from a course developed in Stanford University's Cardiology Division, this text equips ...
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Federal government in nigeria
The book offers a critical analysis of Nigeria's political institutions, examining the country's government and constitution in depth. Aimed at stimulating intellectual engagement, particularly for students, it covers key topics such as the development of the party system, the structure of the fe...
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The delphic oracle
The Delphic Oracle: Its Responses and Operations with a Catalogue of Responses explores the enigmatic and storied institution of the Delphic Oracle, separating historical reality from myth and modern misconceptions. The book offers a comprehensive examination of all recorded responses attributed ...
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Critical crossings
The period immediately following the Second World War was a time, observed Randall Jarrell, when many American writers looked to the art of criticism as the representative act of the intellectual. Rethinking this interval in our culture, Neil Jumonville focuses on the group of writers and thinker...
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The early italian poets
The Early Italian Poets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti offers a comprehensive exploration of early Italian poetry, spanning from poets like Ciullo d'Alcamo to Dante Alighieri. Initially published in 1861, this collection features Rossetti's translations of seminal works from the Italian trecento, capt...
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Medieval poor law
In Medieval Poor Law: A Sketch of Canonical Theory and Its Application in England, Brian Tierney provides an insightful and groundbreaking exploration of the Church’s pivotal role in the development of social services during the Middle Ages. Expanding on lectures delivered at UCLA, Tierney examin...
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Satiric catharsis in shakespeare
Alice Lotvin Birney reopens the most intractable question in aesthetics—catharsis—and relocates it in the charged arena of satire. Arguing that Aristotle’s purgation can illuminate drama driven by invective as surely as it explains tragedy, Satiric Catharsis in Shakespeare proposes a twofold mode...
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The victims of democracy
The Victims of Democracy: Malcolm X and the Black Revolution by Eugene Victor Wolfenstein is both an interpretation of Malcolm X’s life and thought and a meditation on how psychoanalysis and Marxism can illuminate revolutionary politics. Drawing on The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Malcolm’s col...
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Rise of the labor movement in los angeles
Rise of the Labor Movement in Los Angeles by Grace Heilman Stimson recovers the largely neglected early history of organized labor in southern California, situating the city’s unions within the broader trajectory of American labor and industrial relations. Drawing on extensive primary sources and...
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Gender bound
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Transgender-responsive policies might seem like a radical new idea for prisons, but California's creation of tailored housing pol...
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Leave if you can
The consequences of U.S. border policies through the experiences of Honduran migrants. Hondurans have been at the heart of some of the most visible migration phenomena in the last few years, as well as the direct target of anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy. In Leave If You Can, Amelia Frank-Vi...
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Together we fight
Disguised as a family planning program during Peru's internal armed conflict, a campaign was launched by the government of Alberto Fujimori that resulted in the forced sterilization of thousands of women of poor, rural, and Indigenous-language-speaking backgrounds. Together We Fight explores Indi...
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The resources of kind
The Resources of Kind: Genre-Theory in the Renaissance, edited by Barbara K. Lewalski, presents the four Una’s Lectures delivered at Berkeley in 1972 by Rosalie Littell Colie, whose sudden death prevented their further expansion into the major study she had planned. Even in this form, the essays ...
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Ibn khaldun in egypt
Ibn Khaldun in Egypt: His Public Functions and His Historical Research (1382–1406) offers a deep exploration of the transformative years the renowned scholar spent in Cairo, highlighting his dual roles as a public figure and a pioneering historian. While widely celebrated for his Muqaddimah, Ibn ...
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A flora of southern california
A Flora of Southern California offers an in-depth exploration of the plant life in one of the most ecologically diverse regions in North America. The book defines southern California's geographic boundaries, encompassing areas from the Pacific coast to the high deserts and mountain ranges, includ...
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Bibliotactics
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Libraries in French colonial Vietnam functioned as symbols of Western modernity and infrastructures of colonial knowledge. Yet V...
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The mexican profit-sharing decision
The Mexican Profit-Sharing Decision: Politics in an Authoritarian Regime offers an incisive exploration of the mechanisms and implications of decision-making within the unique political structure of mid-20th-century Mexico. The book delves into President López Mateos’s decision to implement the p...
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Underground networks
New York City’s downtown scene of the 1970s and 1980s is synonymous with underground film, video, and performance art. Many of the artists who would come to define this period also dabbled in the then-new technology of public access cable television, as host, producer, guest, or studio audience m...
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A critical anthology of spanish verse
A Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse is an essential collection for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding and appreciation of Spanish poetry across centuries. This meticulously curated volume provides not only a rich selection of poems but also insightful commentary that sheds light on th...
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Industrial revolution in mexico
The industrial revolution in Mexico, beginning in the mid-20th century, marked a significant shift in the nation's economic and social trajectory. Following decades of agrarian focus and reform that characterized the earlier phases of the Mexican Revolution, attention turned decisively to industr...
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Contemporary politics in japan
This study by one of Japan's foremost political scientists examines the unfolding relationship between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the state, and the forces of industrialization in Japan from the 1950s through the 1980s. It is the only book in English to describe and analyze in detail Jap...
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Prophetic woman
Prophetic Woman: Anne Hutchinson and the Problem of Dissent in the Literature of New England offers an incisive exploration of how the story of Anne Hutchinson has been repeatedly reshaped in American cultural narratives to address anxieties about female autonomy, dissent, and individualism. Exam...
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Fresh fruit, broken bodies
With a new preface and a new epilogue co-written with Jorge Ramirez-Lopez, this updated edition of Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives, suffering, and resistance of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. Seth Holmes, an anthropologist and ...
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Smart as a city
Smart as a City provides a rich ethnographic investigation into how smartness is received and negotiated in a midsize US city. Burcu Baykurt follows the work of civic entrepreneurs, local residents, and city officials in Kansas City, Missouri, where Google tested a citywide gigabit service and th...
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Archbishop grindal, 1519-1583
This biography of Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury during the Elizabethan era, reveals the complexities and challenges he faced in his attempts to reform the English Church. Historically, Grindal’s primacy has often been viewed skeptically, with some historians and contemporaries labeling...
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Lu xun and his legacy
Lu Xun and His Legacy explores the profound and complex impact of Lu Xun, a towering figure in modern Chinese literature, whose influence has extended far beyond his writings. Hailed as a revolutionary thinker and a literary pioneer, Lu Xun's works, including Call to Arms and Wild Grass, were ins...
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Eugene onegin
Eugene Onegin, a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin, is often regarded as his greatest work and a landmark of Russian literature. Written intermittently from 1823 to 1831, the poem is considered a masterpiece for its insightful portrayal of Russian society and its timeless depiction of love, reg...
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The metamorphoses of ovid
Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a masterful exploration of transformation, weaving together a vast tapestry of mythological and human tales that span the origins of the world to the deification of Julius Caesar. Written in elegant Latin hexameter, the poem stands as both a monumental work of storytelling...
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Silicon elsewhere
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Heralded as Africa's "Silicon Savannah"—a cradle of innovation—Nairobi has become a technology and innovation capital for Kenya ...
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A treatise on war inflation
A Treatise on War Inflation: Present Policies and Future Tendencies in the United States by William Fellner is a seminal study of the economic challenges faced by the United States during the Second World War. Written in 1942 as part of a research program for the Bureau of Business and Economic R...
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The thirty years war
The Thirty Years War by J. V. Polišenský, translated by Robert Evans, offers a sweeping reinterpretation of one of Europe’s most formative conflicts. Rather than treating the war as merely a clash of monarchs and generals, Polišenský situates it within a broader crisis of European society between...
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The technical intelligentsia and the east german elite
The Technical Intelligentsia and the East German Elite: Legitimacy and Social Change in Mature Communism by Thomas A. Baylis examines the deliberate cultivation of engineers, scientists, economists, and managers in the German Democratic Republic and their role in shaping both political authority ...
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The novel of august strindberg
The Novels of August Strindberg: A Study in Theme and Structure offers a comprehensive exploration of the psychological depths and artistic innovations of one of literature's most enigmatic figures. This book focuses on Strindberg's quest for identity—a central and universal theme—tracing its evo...
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Nabati poetry
Nabati Poetry: The Oral Poetry of Arabia offers a deep exploration of a vibrant poetic tradition that has long captured the cultural and social essence of Arabia. Rooted in the central region of Najd, Nabati poetry serves as a vernacular artistic expression of the Arabian Peninsula, blending hist...
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Aerial archives of race
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Opening new perspectives in transpacific studies, Etsuko Taketani examines the genealogy and contours of the aerial imaginary an...
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Anselm of bec and robert of meulan
This title delves into the intertwined lives of St. Anselm, the renowned theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury, and Robert of Meulan, an influential Anglo-Norman nobleman and advisor to the English crown. These two figures, representing the sacred and the secular, engaged in a lifelong adversar...
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The anatomy of drama
The Anatomy of Drama by Alan Reynolds Thompson argues that drama, as an art form, is essential to the vitality of civilization, especially during times of global upheaval. Thompson asserts that while art is often overlooked during crises, it is a key measure of a culture's quality. He argues that...
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The american temper
The American Temper: Patterns of Our Intellectual Heritage explores the evolution of American intellectual thought through four major movements—Puritanism, Republicanism, Transcendentalism, and Pragmatism—each contributing distinctively to the American mind. The Puritans provided a foundational s...
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The africanization of the labor market
This book offers a detailed analysis of the labor market segmentation in Cameroon, examining the social, educational, and occupational divides that influence labor market access and mobility. The author’s primary focus is on how these divisions, rooted in colonial history and ethnic fragmentation...
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Thomas jefferson and the development of american public education
Thomas Jefferson and the Development of American Public Education by James B. Conant originates from the Jefferson Memorial Lectures delivered at the University of California in 1960. Conant uses this platform to revisit Jefferson’s role as both a visionary political leader and an educational inn...
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A quest for time
A Quest for Time: The Reduction of Work in Britain and France, 1840-1940 provides a compelling historical analysis of the struggle for shorter working hours as a crucial aspect of labor movements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book challenges conventional labor historiography by s...
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Local government in california
Local Government in California by John C. Bollens and Stanley Scott is a landmark study of California’s municipal, county, and special district systems at mid-century. Drawing on research conducted at UC Berkeley’s Bureau of Public Administration, the authors provide a comprehensive survey of loc...
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Experimentation in american religion
Experimentation in American Religion: The New Mysticism and Their Implications for the Churches explores the emergence of new religious movements in America, particularly those outside the traditional Judeo-Christian framework. Wuthnow examines these movements in the context of the societal shift...
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The heart of the pearl shell
For the Foi people who live on the edge of the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, the flow of pearl shells is the "heart" of their social life. The pearl shell is the exchange item that mediates the creation of their most important sexual and social roles. The Heart of the Pearl Shell analyze...
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