Tourist art production is a global phenomenon and is increasingly recognized as an important and authentic expression of…

After decades of egalitarian, restricted consumption, residents of China's cities are surrounded by a level of material…

Collects the official and unofficial documents relating to the interval of American military rule. Containing neither the…

"Boundaries: The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees".…

An examination of power struggles and ideological shifts in various social sectors where the public authority of religion…

A survey of Japan's early modern period (1568-1868) that blends political, economic, intellectual, literary, and cultural…

An introduction to a fresh way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time onwards.…

Takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' this…

Aims to convey the diversity and beauty of California's native plants and demonstrates how they can be brought into…

An account of winemaking in the United States, first as it was carried out under Prohibition, and then as it developed and…

The five centuries which have passed since the discovery of the New World have not diminished the overwhelming importance or…

Sought after by European aristocrats and a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte, the sweet wines of Constantia in the Cape Colony…

A guide to the wines of the entire continent. It introduces readers to the astounding quality and variety of wines that…

South Africa boasts the largest private security sector in the entire world, reflecting deep anxieties about violence,…

Herodotus' great work is not only an account of the momentous historical conflict between the Greeks and the Persians but…

Perhaps never in the time-honored American tradition of frontiering did 'civilization' appear to sink so low as in gold rush…

Expands what we know about urban homicide, and challenges some of the things we think we know. This title covers two…

Transforms our understanding of the region's cultural history in the last hundred years by highlighting how key players such…

For fans of Italian wine, few names command the level of respect accorded to Brunello di Montalcino. This title provides…

Examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and…

Chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. This book…

An atlas that presents the history of the American West through more than 600 full-color maps and captions. From the…

Provides a history of environmentalism in Israel, interviewing hundreds of experts and activists who have made it their…

During the years between the world wars, a small but dynamic community of African American jazz musicians left the US and…

Covering more than half a millennium in US history - from conception to colonization to Hurricane Katrina - this atlas…

Takes the reader on an informed and engaging journey into the social and ritual life of contemporary Vietnam. This title…

An anthology of Chinese travel writing from the first century A D through the nineteenth. It is suitable for scholars of…

With a full control on two centuries of Pascalian hermeneutics, the author leads her readers into a passionate quest far…

Originally published in 1982, the author's analytical biography of Maurice Leenhardt (1878 - 1954) received wide critical…

Presents a range of houses, from tenements to villas, and shows us how enduring patterns of Roman wall decoration bear the…

California is the nation's great vineyard, supplying grapes for most of the wine produced in the United States. The state is…

Cleopatra - a brave, astute, and charming woman - continues to fascinate centuries after she ruled Egypt. This title…

Between Bordeaux and the Spanish border, reaching east to the Massif Central and the river valleys of the Dordogne and Lot,…

Provides an account of the common social, economic, and labor problems modern governments confront and their contrasting…

Weaves an interpretative history of the intersection between mass print culture and surrealism, re-evaluating both our…

Washington, DC, is a city of powerful symbols - from the dominance of the Capitol dome to the authority of the Smithsonian.…

The American Revolution gave birth not just to a new nation, but to a new landscape. This title provides a perspective from…

Charles Montgomery's narrative traces the hisotry of the upper Rio Grande's modern Spanish heritage, showing how Anglos and…

Provides a fresh account of the modernized AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) - the 40-million…

The Japanese are conscious of the lush green of their homeland, which they refer to as 'the green archipelago'. This work…

Migration and intermarriage between Mexican women and men from Asia, Europe, and the United States transformed Baja…

The account of Bartok's compositional processes stresses the composer's position as one of the masters of Western music…

Kroeber's intellectual robustness is all the more refreshing when viewed against the background of the narrowness and…

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, radio created a virtual place where Jewish immigrants could listen to voices like theirs and…

Produkt Arctic Shorebirds in North America zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele University of California Press.…

Accelerating seismic activity in late Meiji Japan climaxed in the legendary Great Nobi Earthquake of 1891, which rocked the…

Celebrates the complexity of South Asian representation and iconography by examining the relationship between aesthetic…

In the German states in the late eighteenth century, women flourished as musical performers and composers, their…