California Press: 1495 books
by Dr. Mark A. Colwell
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Shorebirds are model organisms for illustrating the principles of ecology and excellent subjects for research. Their mating systems are as diverse as any avian group, their migrations push the limits of endurance, and their foraging is easily studied in the open habitats of estuaries and freshwater...
Passion, Betrayal, and Revolution in Colonial Saigon
The Memoirs of Bao Luong
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2010
This is the incredible story of Bao Luong, Vietnam’s first female political prisoner. In 1927, when she was just 18, Bao Luong left her village home to join Ho Chi Minh’s Revolutionary Youth League and fight both for national independence and for women’s equality. A year later, she became embroiled...
M.K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law
The Man before the Mahatma
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
**“...a must read for persons from all walks of life...interested in understanding the philosophical evolution of an ordinary man into the extraordinary.” -- **Indian Law Journal
In 1888, at the age of eighteen, Mohandas Gandhi sets out from his modest home in India. Shy, timid, and soft-spoken,...
The Gender of Memory
Rural Women and China’s Collective Past
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
What can we learn about the Chinese revolution by placing a doubly marginalized group—rural women—at the center of the inquiry? In this book, Gail Hershatter explores changes in the lives of seventy-two elderly women in rural Shaanxi province during the revolutionary decades of the 1950s and 1960s....
Dear China
Emigrant Letters and Remittances, 1820–1980
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Qiaopi is one of several names given to the “silver letters” Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the Chinese diaspora in different parts of the world and in different times.
Dear China is the...
Exceptional States
Chinese Immigrants and Taiwanese Sovereignty
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Exceptional States examines new configurations of marriage, immigration, and sovereignty emerging in an increasingly mobile Asia where Cold War legacies continue to shape contemporary political struggles over sovereignty and citizenship. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book...
Golden-Silk Smoke
A History of Tobacco in China, 1550–2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2011
From the long-stemmed pipe to snuff, the water pipe, hand-rolled cigarettes, and finally, manufactured cigarettes, the history of tobacco in China is the fascinating story of a commodity that became a hallmark of modern mass consumerism. Carol Benedict follows the spread of Chinese tobacco use from...
Chocolate Cities
The Black Map of American Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
From Central District Seattle to Harlem to Holly Springs, Black people have built a dynamic network of cities and towns where Black culture is maintained, created, and defended. But imagine—what if current maps of Black life are wrong? Chocolate Cities offers a refreshing and persuasive rendering...
by Frances Di Savino, Bill Nesto
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
The World of Sicilian Wine provides wine lovers with a comprehensive understanding of Sicilian wine, from its ancient roots to its modern evolution. Offering a guide and map to exploring Sicily, Bill Nesto, an expert in Italian wine, and Frances Di Savino, a student of Italian culture, deliver a substantive...
RKO Radio Pictures
A Titan Is Born
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
One of the "Big Five" studios of Hollywood’s golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from King Kong and Citizen Kane to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. But its own story also provides a fascinating case study of film industry management during one of...
Hollywood Vault
Film Libraries before Home Video
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Hollywood Vault is the story of how the business of film libraries emerged and evolved, spanning the silent era to the sale of feature libraries to television. Eric Hoyt argues that film libraries became valuable not because of the introduction of new technologies but because of the emergence and...
Concrete Jungle
New York City and Our Last Best Hope for a Sustainable Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
If they are to survive, cities need healthy chunks of the world’s ecosystems to persist; yet cities, like parasites, grow and prosper by local destruction of these very ecosystems. In this absorbing and wide-ranging book, Eldredge and Horenstein use New York City as a microcosm to explore both the...
Sustainability through Soccer
An Unexpected Approach to Saving Our World
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
In the quest for sustainability, we strive to meet our present needs without sacrificing the same opportunity for future generations. Our success or failure depends on our ability to think in “systems,” integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations. But how do we learn systems-thinking?...
by Charlotte Greenhalgh
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
As today’s baby boomers reach retirement and old age, this timely study looks back at the first generation who aged in the British welfare state. Using innovative research methods, Charlotte Greenhalgh sheds light on the experiences of elderly people in twentieth-century Britain. She adds further...