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Tortured confessions: prisons and public recantations in modern Iran

Author: Abrahamian, Ervand 1940-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1999

Abstract: The role of torture in recent Iranian politics is the subject of Ervand Abrahamian's important and…

The human difference: animals, computers, and the necessity of social science

Author: Wolfe, Alan 1942-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1993

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Visionaries: the Spanish Republic and the reign of Christ

Author: Christian, William A 1944-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1996

Abstract: In June 1931, on a hillside in the Spanish Basque country, two children reported seeing the Virgin…

City steeple, city streets: saints' tales from Granada and a changing Spain

Author: Slater, Candace

Publisher: University of California Press, 1990

Abstract: Candace Slater's new book focuses on narratives concerning Fray Leopoldo de Alpandeire (1864-1956)…

Three mothers, three daughters: Palestinian women's stories

Author: Gorkin, Michael

Publisher: University of California Press, 1996

Abstract: This remarkable collection of oral histories from six Palestinian women, three mothers and three o…

Acting naturally: Mark Twain in the culture of performance

Author: Knoper, Randall K 1953-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1995

Abstract: The phenomenon of performance is central to Mark Twain's writing and persona. But Twain's performa…

Protecting motherhood: Women and the family in the politics of postwar West Germany

Author: Moeller, Robert G

Publisher: University of California Press, 1993

Abstract: Robert G. Moeller is the first historian of modern German women to use social policy as a lens to …

Hypochondria: woeful imaginatings

Author: Baur, Susan

Publisher: University of California Press, 1989

Abstract: Writing with grace, humor, and an expert's eye for revealing detail, Susan Baur illuminates the pr…

Marriage and inequality in Chinese society

Author: Watson, Rubie S. (Rubie Sharon) 1945-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1991

Abstract: Until now our understanding of marriage in China has been based primarily on observations made dur…

Weimar: a jurisprudence of crisis

Author: Jacobson, Arthur J

Publisher: University of California Press, 2001

Abstract: This selection of the major works of constitutional theory during the Weimar period reflects the r…