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Respectable lives: social standing in rural New Zealand 

Author: Hatch, Elvin
Publisher: University of California Press,  1991
Abstract: Where do we get our notions of social hierarchy and personal worth? What underlies our beliefs abo…

Diffusion of distances: dialogues between Chinese and Western poetics 

Author: Yip, Wai-lim
Publisher: University of California Press,  1993
Abstract: In this collection of passionately argued essays, the internationally acclaimed poet and critic Wa…

Familia: migration and adaptation in Baja and Alta California, 1800-1975 

Author: Alvarez, Robert R
Publisher: University of California Press,  1987
Abstract: Anthropologists, historians, and sociologists will find here a striking challenge to accepted expl…

The private worlds of Marcel Duchamp: desire, liberation, and the self in modern culture 

Author: Seigel, Jerrold
Publisher: University of California Press,  1997
Abstract: Marcel Duchamp is a founding figure of twentieth-century art and culture, the common source to whi…

Environment and experience: settlement culture in nineteenth-century Oregon 

Author: Boag, Peter G
Publisher: University of California Press,  1992
Abstract: The pioneer battling with a hostile environment - whether it be arid land, drought, dust storms, d…

Acceptable risk?: making decisions in a toxic environment 

Author: Clarke, Lee Ben
Publisher: University of California Press,  1989
Abstract: Organizations and modern technology give us much of what we value, but they have also given us Che…

Urban forms and colonial confrontations: Algiers under French rule 

Author: Çelik, Zeynep
Publisher: University of California Press,  1997
Abstract: During its long history as the French colonial city par excellence , Algiers was the site of recur…

Punishment: theory and practice 

Author: Tunick, Mark
Publisher: University of California Press,  1992
Abstract: What actions should be punished? Should plea-bargaining be allowed? How should sentencing be deter…

To craft democracies: an essay on democratic transitions 

Author: Di Palma, Giuseppe
Publisher: University of California Press,  1990
Abstract: Is democracy a hot-house plant? Is it difficult to transplant it into new soil? The fall of so man…

California's spiritual frontiers: religious alternatives in Anglo-Protestantism, 1850-1910 

Author: Frankiel, Sandra Sizer 1946-
Publisher: University of California Press,  1988
Abstract: In this fascinating work, Frankiel examines California's rich, multi-faceted religious history dur…
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