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The long peace: Ottoman Lebanon, 1861-1920

Author: Akarlı, Engin Deniz

Publisher: University of California Press, 1993

Abstract: Long notorious as one of the most turbulent areas of the world, Lebanon nevertheless experienced a…

Holland under Habsburg rule, 1506-1566: the formation of a body politic

Author: Tracy, James D

Publisher: University of California Press, 1990

Abstract: Under what conditions were limited forms of self-government possible in medieval and early modern …

Tobacco war: inside the California battles

Author: Glantz, Stanton A

Publisher: University of California Press, 2000

Abstract: Tobacco War charts the dramatic and complex history of tobacco politics in California over the pas…

Dateline Soweto: travels with black South African reporters

Author: Finnegan, William

Publisher: University of California Press, 1995

Abstract: Dateline Soweto documents the working lives of black South African reporters caught between the mi…

The origins of modernism in Russian architecture

Author: Brumfield, William Craft 1944-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1991

Abstract: The dramatic transformation of Russian architecture from the 1880s to the 1917 revolution reflecte…

Heroes of the age: moral fault lines on the Afghan frontier

Author: Edwards, David B

Publisher: University of California Press, 1996

Abstract: Much of the political turmoil that has occurred in Afghanistan since the Marxist revolution of 197…

Season of high adventure: Edgar Snow in China

Author: Thomas, S. Bernard 1921-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1996

Abstract: In 1928, Edgar Snow (1905-1972) set out to see the world, hoping to make his mark as a travel-adve…

Japanese workers in protest: an ethnography of consciousness and experience

Author: Turner, Christena L 1949-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1995

Abstract: This first ethnographic study of factory workers engaged in radical labor protest gives a voice to…

Testing testing: social consequences of the examined life

Author: Hanson, F. Allan 1939-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1992

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Public disputation, power, and social order in late antiquity

Author: Lim, Richard 1963-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1995

Abstract: Richard Lim explores the importance of verbal disputation in Late Antiquity, offering a rich socio…