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| 281. |  | Title: I, candidate for governor: and how I got licked Author: Sinclair, Upton 1878-1968 Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: History | Politics | California and the West | United States History | Californian and Western History | Autobiography | American Studies Publisher's Description: Here, reprinted for the first time since its original publication, is muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair's lively, caustic account of the 1934 election campaign that turned California upside down and almost won him the governor's mansion.Using his "End Poverty in California" movement (more commonl . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 282. |  | Title: "Mi raza primero!" (My people first!): nationalism, identity, and insurgency in the Chicano movement in Los Angeles, 1966-1978 Author: Chávez, Ernesto 1962- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | California and the West | Californian and Western History | Chicano Studies | Sociology | Politics | Social Problems | Immigration Publisher's Description: ¡Mi Raza Primero! is the first book to examine the Chicano movement's development in one locale - in this case Los Angeles, home of the largest population of people of Mexican descent outside of Mexico City. Ernesto Chávez focuses on four organizations that constituted the heart of the movement: The . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 283. |  | Title: La lucha for Cuba: religion and politics on the streets of Miami  Author: De La Torre, Miguel A Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Religion | Latino Studies | Politics | Christianity Publisher's Description: For many in Miami's Cuban exile community, hating Fidel Castro is as natural as loving one's children. This hatred, Miguel De La Torre suggests, has in fact taken on religious significance. In La Lucha for Cuba, De La Torre shows how Exilic Cubans, a once marginalized group, have risen to power and . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 284. |  | Title: Late modernism: politics, fiction, and the arts between the world wars Author: Miller, Tyrus 1963- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Literature | Fiction | Art Theory | Cinema and Performance Arts | Politics | Political Theory | History Publisher's Description: Tyrus Miller breaks new ground in this study of early twentieth-century literary and artistic culture. Whereas modernism studies have generally concentrated on the vital early phases of the modernist revolt, Miller focuses on the turbulent later years of the 1920s and 1930s, tracking the dissolution . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 285. |  | Title: The bridge betrayed: religion and genocide in Bosnia Author: Sells, Michael Anthony Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Religion | Politics | European History | Islam | History | Middle Eastern Studies | Jewish Studies | Christianity Publisher's Description: The recent atrocities in Bosnia-Herzegovina have stunned people throughout the world. With Holocaust memories still painfully vivid, a question haunts us: how is this savagery possible? Michael A. Sells answers by demonstrating that the Bosnian conflict is not simply a civil war or a feud of age-old . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 286. |  | Title: One step from the White House: the rise and fall of Senator William F. Knowland Author: Montgomery, Gayle B 1934- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Politics | Autobiographies and Biographies | California and the West | Californian and Western History | American Studies | United States History Publisher's Description: During the Cold War years of the 1950s, William F. Knowland was one of the most important figures in American politics. As the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate, the wealthy California newspaper heir was recognized and respected by millions. His influence with President Eisenhower led to Earl War . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 287. |  | Title: Marxist modern: an ethnographic history of the Ethiopian revolution Author: Donham, Donald L. (Donald Lewis) Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: African Studies | History | Cultural Anthropology | African History | Politics Publisher's Description: Modernity has become a keyword in a number of recent intellectual discussions. In this book, Donald L. Donham shows that similar debates have long occurred, particularly among peoples located on the margins of world power and wealth. Based on extensive fieldwork in Ethiopia - conducted over a twenty . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 288. |  | Title: The children of NAFTA: labor wars on the U.S./Mexico border Author: Bacon, David 1948- Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Sociology | American Studies | Labor Studies | Ethnic Studies | Latin American Studies | Immigration | Politics | Anthropology Publisher's Description: Food, televisions, computer equipment, plumbing supplies, clothing. Much of the material foundation of our everyday lives is produced along the U.S./Mexico border in a world largely hidden from our view. Based on gripping firsthand accounts, this book investigates the impact of the North American Fr . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 289. |  | Title: Western times and water wars: state, culture, and rebellion in California Author: Walton, John 1937- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: History | Politics | California and the West | United States History | Californian and Western History | Social Theory | Environmental Studies Publisher's Description: Western Times and Water Wars chronicles more than a hundred years of tumultuous events in the history of California's Owens Valley. From the pioneer conquest of the native inhabitants to the infamous destruction of the valley's agrarian economy by water-hungry Los Angeles, this legendary setting is . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 290. |  | Title: Paradise in ashes: a Guatemalan journey of courage, terror, and hope Author: Manz, Beatriz 1944- Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Anthropology | Latin American Studies | Politics | Ethnic Studies | Sociology | American Studies | Latin American History Publisher's Description: Paradise in Ashes is a deeply engaged and moving account of the violence and repression that defined the murderous Guatemalan civil war of the 1980s. In this compelling book, Beatriz Manz - an anthropologist who spent over two decades studying the Mayan highlands and remote rain forests of Guatemala . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 291. |  | Title: No there there: race, class, and political community in Oakland Author: Rhomberg, Chris 1959- Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Sociology | Anthropology | American Studies | Labor Studies | Politics | Ethnic Studies | Urban Studies Publisher's Description: Challenged by Ku Klux Klan action in the '20s, labor protests culminating in a general strike in the '40s, and the rise of the civil rights and black power struggles of the '60s, Oakland, California, seems to encapsulate in one city the broad and varied sweep of urban social movements in twentieth-c . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 292. |  | Title: Learning from experience: minority identities, multicultural struggles Author: Moya, Paula M. L Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Literature | American Studies | Ethnic Studies | Chicano Studies | Gender Studies | Social and Political Thought | Politics | Social Theory | Immigration Publisher's Description: In Learning from Experience, Paula Moya offers an alternative to some influential philosophical assumptions about identity and experience in contemporary literary theory. Arguing that the texts and lived experiences of subordinated people are rich sources of insight about our society, Moya presents . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 293. |  | Title: Imaginary communities: utopia, the nation, and the spatial histories of modernity Author: Wegner, Phillip E 1964- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | Politics | Social and Political Thought Publisher's Description: Drawing from literary history, social theory, and political critique, this far-reaching study explores the utopian narrative as a medium for understanding the social space of the modern nation-state. Considering the narrative utopia from its earliest manifestation in Thomas More's sixteenth-century . . . [more] Similar Items |