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| 21. |  | Title: The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000 Author: Endelman, Todd M Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Jewish Studies | European History | Ethnic Studies | Immigration Publisher's Description: In Todd Endelman's spare and elegant narrative, the history of British Jewry in the modern period is characterized by a curious mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the modern period, especially the establishment of t . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 22. |  | Title: The Jews of modern France Author: Hyman, Paula 1946- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Jewish Studies | French Studies | European Studies | History | European History | Judaism | Urban Studies Publisher's Description: The Jews of Modern France explores the endlessly complex encounter of France and its Jews from just before the Revolution to the eve of the twenty-first century. In the late eighteenth century, some forty thousand Jews lived in scattered communities on the peripheries of the French state, not consid . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 23. |  | Title: J.M. Coetzee: South Africa and the politics of writing  Author: Attwell, David Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Literature | African Studies | Literary Theory and Criticism Publisher's Description: David Attwell defends the literary and political integrity of South African novelist J.M. Coetzee by arguing that Coetzee has absorbed the textual turn of postmodern culture while still addressing the ethical tensions of the South African crisis. As a form of "situational metafiction," Coetzee's wri . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 24. |  | Title: Joyce in America: cultural politics and the trials of Ulysses Author: Segall, Jeffrey Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Literature | English Literature | American Studies | Literary Theory and Criticism | American Literature Publisher's Description: When James Joyce's Ulysses was first published in America, it quickly became a dynamic symbol of both modern art and the modern age. Jeffrey Segall skillfully demonstrates how various political, ideological, and religious allegiances influenced the critical reception and eventual canonization of wha . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 25. |  | Title: Judeo-Spanish ballads from New York Author: Benardete, M. J. (Maír José) 1895- Published: University of California Press, 1982 Subjects: Anthropology | American Literature | Jewish Studies Similar Items |
| 26. |  | Title: Judgement in Jerusalem: Chief Justice Simon Agranat and the Zionist century Author: Lahav, Pnina 1945- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Jewish Studies | Law | History Publisher's Description: Simon Agranat (1906-1992) was the third chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court and a founding father of Israeli law. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, and educated at the University of Chicago, Agranat brought U.S. progressivism and constitutionalism to Israeli legal soil. Agranat laid the foundatio . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 27. |  | Title: Just doctoring: medical ethics in the liberal state Author: Brennan, Troyen A Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Philosophy | Ethics | Medicine Publisher's Description: Just Doctoring draws the doctor-patient relationship out of the consulting room and into the middle of the legal and political arenas where it more and more frequently appears. Traditionally, medical ethics has focused on the isolated relationship of physician to patient in a setting that has left t . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 28. |  | Title: Just interpretations: law between ethics and politics Author: Rosenfeld, Michel 1948- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: American Studies | Social and Political Thought | Political Theory Publisher's Description: In pluralistic societies that lack common ethical, social, and political values, legal interpretation is constantly under siege. Just interpretations - that is, interpretations that reflect a shared vision of justice - may become just interpretations in the sense of mere interpretations, rooted in t . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 29. |  | Title: Justice and the human genome project Author: Murphy, Timothy F 1955- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Philosophy | Ethics | Biology | Medicine Publisher's Description: The Human Genome Project is an expensive, ambitious, and controversial attempt to locate and map every one of the approximately 100,000 genes in the human body. If it works, and we are able, for instance, to identify markers for genetic diseases long before they develop, who will have the right to o . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 30. |  | Title: Justice in South Africa, Author: Sachs, Albie 1935- Published: University of California Press, 1973 Subjects: African Studies | Politics | Law Similar Items |