California Press: 1495 books
by Corinna Kruse
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
In The Social Life of Forensic Evidence, Corinna Kruse provides a major contribution to understanding forensic evidence and its role in the criminal justice system. Arguing that forensic evidence can be understood as a form of knowledge, she reveals that each piece of evidence has a social life and...
On Time
Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
In this pioneering history of transportation and communication in the modern Middle East, On Barak argues that contrary to accepted wisdom technological modernity in Egypt did not drive a sense of time focused on standardization only. Surprisingly, the introduction of the steamer, railway, telegraph,...
French Wine
A History
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
"A fascinating book that belongs on every wine lover’s bookshelf."—The Wine Economist
"It’s a book to read for its unstoppable torrent of fascinating and often surprising details."—Andrew Jefford, Decanter
For centuries, wine has been associated with France...
Purchasing Medical Innovation
The Right Technology, for the Right Patient, at the Right Price
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Innovation in medical technology generates a remarkable supply of new drugs, devices, and diagnostics that improve health, reduce risks, and extend life. But these technologies are too often used on the wrong patient, in the wrong setting, or at an unaffordable price. The only way to moderate the...
Wines of South America
The Essential Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
The most comprehensive guide to the wines of the entire continent, Wines of South America introduces readers to the astounding quality and variety of wines that until recently have been enjoyed, for the most part, only locally. Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein leads wine enthusiasts on an exciting...
Making New Music in Cold War Poland
The Warsaw Autumn Festival, 1956-1968
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Making New Music in Cold War Poland presents a social analysis of new music dissemination at the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, one of the most important venues for East-West cultural contact during the Cold War. In this incisive study, Lisa Jakelski examines the festival’s...
Islam after Communism
Religion and Politics in Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2007
Adeeb Khalid combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history in this sophisticated analysis of the ways that Muslim societies in Central Asia have been transformed by the Soviet presence in the region. Arguing that the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world featured a sustained...
Maize for the Gods
Unearthing the 9,000-Year History of Corn
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Maize is the world’s most productive food and industrial crop, grown in more than 160 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. If by some catastrophe maize were to disappear from our food supply chain, vast numbers of people would starve and global economies would rapidly collapse. How...
The Weight of Obesity
Hunger and Global Health in Postwar Guatemala
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
A woman with hypertension refuses vegetables. A man with diabetes adds iron-fortified sugar to his coffee. As death rates from heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes in Latin America escalate, global health interventions increasingly emphasize nutrition, exercise, and weight loss—but much goes awry...
Beginning to End Hunger
Food and the Environment in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Beginning to End Hunger presents the story of Belo Horizonte, home to 2.5 million people and the site of one of the world’s most successful food security programs. Since its Municipal Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security was founded in 1993, Belo Horizonte has sharply reduced malnutrition,...
Risk-Based Policing
Evidence-Based Crime Prevention with Big Data and Spatial Analytics
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Risk-based policing is a research advancement that improves public safety, and its applications prevent crime specifically by managing crime risks. In Risk-Based Policing, the authors analyze case studies from a variety of city agencies including Atlantic City, New Jersey; Colorado Springs, Colorado;...
Reproduction and Sexuality in Marine Fishes
Patterns and Processes
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
Marine fishes represent astonishing diversity with respect to practically every aspect of their biology. Reproductive modes and sexual patterns are especially fascinating and provide deep insight into general evolutionary problems. In this volume, chapters focus on reproduction and sexuality among...
Coral Whisperers
Scientists on the Brink
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
In recent years, a catastrophic global bleaching event devastated many of the world’s precious coral reefs. Working on the front lines of ruin, today’s coral scientists are struggling to save these important coral reef ecosystems from the imminent threats of rapidly warming, acidifying, and polluted...
Unprepared
Global Health in a Time of Emergency
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Recent years have witnessed an upsurge in global health emergencies—from SARS to pandemic influenza to Ebola to Zika. Each of these occurrences has sparked calls for improved health preparedness. In Unprepared, Andrew Lakoff follows the history of health preparedness from its beginnings in 1950s...