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| 141. |  | Title: Arabs and Young Turks: Ottomanism, Arabism, and Islamism in the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1918  Author: Kayalı, Hasan Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History | Middle Eastern History | Middle Eastern Studies | Politics Publisher's Description: Arabs and Young Turks provides a detailed study of Arab politics in the late Ottoman Empire as viewed from the imperial capital in Istanbul. In an analytical narrative of the Young Turk period (1908-1918) historian Hasan Kayali discusses Arab concerns on the one hand and the policies of the Ottoman . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...Ironically, it was the war with Russia that offered Abdülhamid the pretext to... Similar Items...rather than dissipate energy in Turkic Russia. 194 Yet, the ultimate defeat in... ...in denouncing the declaration of war by Russia (Ibid. , 1:173–84. I/21 and I/22,... |
| 142. |  | Title: Spacefaring: the human dimension Author: Harrison, Albert A Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Science | Technology and Society | Psychology Publisher's Description: The stars have always called us, but only for the past forty years or so have we been able to respond by traveling in space. This book explores the human side of spaceflight: why people are willing to brave danger and hardship to go into space; how human culture has shaped past and present missions; . . . [more] Matches in book (14): ...aloft until the political situation in Russia calmed down and they were able to... Similar Items...to be the cosmonaut who abandoned Russia's space station. It was a tough call:... ...the world riveted its attention on Russia's Mir Space Station. Successor to a... |
| 143. |  | Title: State and intellectual in imperial Japan: the public man in crisis Author: Barshay, Andrew E Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: History | Asian History | Japan | Intellectual History Publisher's Description: In this superbly written and eminently readable narrative, Andrew E. Barshay presents the contrasting lives of Nanbara Shigeru (1889-1974) and Hasegawa Nyoze-kan (1875-1969), illuminating the complex predicament of modern Japanese intellectuals and their relation to state and society.Following the M . . . [more] Matches in book (14): ...for a "hard" policy against czarist Russia. The government's attempt to punish... Similar Items...fittingly, before the war with Russia. War, and victory in war, only punctuated... ...effects of the October revolution in Russia. Most Japanese were either dazzled... |
| 144. |  | Title: Opium regimes: China, Britain, and Japan, 1839-1952 Author: Brook, Timothy 1951- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: History | China | Asian History Publisher's Description: Opium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. Over the past two centuries it has been a palliative medicine, an addictive substance, a powerful mechanism for concentrating and transferring wealth and power between nations, and the anchor for a now vanished sociocultural world in and around . . . [more] Matches in book (17): ...that Japan was at most a pawn to help Russia or Britain capture the great Qing... Similar Items...Asia and the political impact of Russia's 1905 defeat and subsequent revolution,... ...would be far worse than attacks by Russia." 4 By the 1820s and 1830s Satō's fear... |
| 145. |  | Title: Nationalism and the Nordic imagination: Swedish art of the 1890s Author: Facos, Michelle Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Art | Art History | European Studies Publisher's Description: This richly illustrated book is a lucid introduction to a largely neglected manifestation of Modernism that came out of fin-de-siècle Sweden. Michelle Facos presents the first study in English to seriously examine the movement known as Swedish National Romanticism. Her work is especially valuable in . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...differed in England, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States. In England... Similar Items...was the crucial factor, whereas in Russia nationalist ideology was fueled in... ...groups championed nationalism: in Russia, aristocrats unable to derive self-... |
| 146. |  | Title: The country of memory: remaking the past in late socialist Vietnam Author: Tai, Hue-Tam Ho 1948- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: History | Southeast Asia | Film | Gender Studies | Postcolonial Studies | Popular Culture | Asian History Publisher's Description: The American experience in the Vietnam War has been the subject of a vast body of scholarly work, yet surprisingly little has been written about how the war is remembered by Vietnamese themselves. The Country of Memory fills this gap in the literature by addressing the subject of history, memory, an . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...Lives! The Lenin Cult in Soviet Russia (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University... Similar Items...Lives: The Lenin Cult in Soviet Russia ( Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University... ...Fall of the Cult of World War II in Russia ( New York : Basic Books , 1994 ).... |
| 147. |  | Title: The autobiography of Ōsugi Sakae Author: Ōsugi, Sakae 1885-1923 Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Asian Studies | Japan | Autobiography | Asian History Publisher's Description: In the Japanese labor movement of the early twentieth century, no one captured the public imagination as vividly as Osugi Sakae (1885-1923): rebel, anarchist, and martyr. Flamboyant in life, dramatic in death, Osugi came to be seen as a romantic hero fighting the oppressiveness of family and society . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...the Portsmouth peace treaty with Russia, a war that Osugi and his comrades... Similar Items...in the wars with China and with Russia; he was also later involved with the... ...to Japan. Within the week, however, Russia, Germany, and France intervened to... |
| 148. |  | Title: Early modern Japan Author: Totman, Conrad D Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: History | Asian Studies | Asian History | Japan Publisher's Description: This thoughtfully organized survey of Japan's early modern period (1568-1868) is a remarkable blend of political, economic, intellectual, literary, and cultural history. The only truly comprehensive study in English of the Tokugawa period, it also introduces a new ecological perspective, covering na . . . [more] Matches in book (20): ...Japanese role in, 275 , 276 -77, 549 ; Russia and, 483 , 486 , 489 , 492 , 549 ;... Similar Items...clear frontier between Japan and Russia, resettle criminals, and exploit George... ...empire that could counterbalance Russia and England. Badly overestimating the... |
| 149. |  | Title: The stubborn earth: American agriculturalists on Chinese soil, 1898-1937 Author: Stross, Randall E Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Asian Studies | China Publisher's Description: This is a study of the first major American effort to aid a developing country - China - in the early twentieth century. Anyone interested in U.S.-China relations and in the American presence abroad will find it provocative and frequently moving. Matches in book (11): ...Veterinary medicine, 204 Vladivostok (Russia), 55 , 56 , 57 Von Liebig, Justus,... Similar Items...State University, 117 Olives, 23 Omsk (Russia), 56 Opium, 5 , 30 , 31 , 36 , 178... ...and International Harvester in Imperial Russia (Chapel Hill: University of North... |
| 150. |  | Title: A mind always in motion: the autobiography of Emilio Segrè Author: Segrè, Emilio Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Science | History and Philosophy of Science | Physics | Autobiography Publisher's Description: The renowned physicist Emilio Segrè (1905-1989) left his memoirs to be published posthumously because, he said, "I tell the truth the way it was and not the way many of my colleagues wish it had been." This compelling autobiography offers a personal account of his fascinating life as well as candid . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...92 ; Proceedings of , 62 , 92 Russia: czarist, 5 . See also Soviet Union... Similar Items...used to tell me stories about the czarist Russia of 1908 reminiscent of what I... ...a photo. My uncle also noted that Russia was then, as subsequently, the only... |
| 151. |  | Title: The Manchurian myth: nationalism, resistance and collaboration in modern China Author: Mitter, Rana 1969- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: History | China | Japan Publisher's Description: A powerful element in twentieth-century Chinese politics has been the myth of Chinese resistance to Japan's seizure of Manchuria in 1931. Investigating the shifting alliances of key players in that event, Rana Mitter traces the development of the narrative of resistance to the occupation and shows h . . . [more] Matches in book (13): ...D. Coox, Nomonhan: Japan against Russia, 1939 (Stanford: Stanford University... Similar Items...Alvin D . Nomonhan: Japan against Russia, 1939 . Stanford : Stanford University... ...the Qing were forced to grant Russia railway and territorial concessions in the... |
| 152. |  | Title: Empire and revolution: the Americans in Mexico since the Civil War Author: Hart, John M. (John Mason) 1935- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | Latin American History | United States History | American Studies | Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: The deep relationship between the United States and Mexico has had repercussions felt around the world. This sweeping and unprecedented chronicle of the economic and social connections between the two nations opens a new window onto history from the Civil War to today and brilliantly illuminates the . . . [more] Matches in book (16): ...South America, China, Europe, and Russia. Stillman, who was still the chairman... Similar Items...the regimes in Iran, China, and Russia as well as Mexico. In each nation local... ...William J. Forgotten War: Yanks in Russia. Los Angeles Times , 10 March 1987 .... |
| 153. |  | Title: Welcoming the undesirables: Brazil and the Jewish question Author: Lesser, Jeff Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: History | Latin American Studies | Jewish Studies | Latin American History Publisher's Description: Jeffrey Lesser's invaluable book tells the poignant and puzzling story of how earlier this century, in spite of the power of anti-Semitic politicians and intellectuals, Jews made their exodus to Brazil, "the land of the future." What motivated the Brazilian government, he asks, to create a secret ba . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...Murillo M. de, 56 Soviet Union (Russia), 58 stateless persons: Jews as, 91 ;... Similar Items...in 1897 in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia. Its separation from general radical... ...1,130 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 363 835 357 Russia 225 283 286 315 0 0 0 0 0 0 0... |
| 154. |  | Title: Tokyo life, New York dreams: urban Japanese visions of America, 1890-1924 Author: Sawada, Mitziko 1928- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: History | Asian Studies | Japan | Asian American Studies Publisher's Description: Tokyo Life, New York Dreams is a bicultural study focusing on Japanese immigrants in New York and the ideas they had about what they would find there. It is one of the first works to consider Japanese immigration to the East Coast, where immigrants were of a different class and social background fro . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...of offenses by imin to China, Russia, Korea, and Canada is inconsequential. In... Similar Items...unprecedented victory over "formidable Russia" in 1905, the United States... ...Constantinople, touched Odessa in Russia, and arrived in Southampton, England,... |
| 155. |  | Title: Revolution and history: the origins of Marxist historiography in China, 1919-1937 Author: Dirlik, Arif Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Asian Studies Publisher's Description: In Revolution and History, Arif Dirlik examines the application of the materialist conception of history to the analysis of Chinese history in a period when Marxist ideas first gained currency in Chinese intellectual circles. His argument raises questions about earlier interpretations of Marxist his . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...V. I. The Development of Capitalism in Russia, Collected Works , vol. 3. Moscow:... Similar Items...in his Development of Capitalism in Russia, where the growth of market society... ...191–202. Pokrovsky, Mikhail N. Russia in World History . Ed. by R. Szporluk. Ann... |
| 156. |  | Title: Yakuza: Japan's criminal underworld Author: Kaplan, David E 1955- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Sociology | Japan | Politics | Asian History Publisher's Description: Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than four times the size of the American Mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the yakuza are accepted by fellow Japanese to a degree guaranteed to shock most . . . [more] Matches in book (14): ...he planned to spend six months in Russia learning the language and meeting his... Similar Items...the boundary between Manchuria and Russia. The group would be come far better... ...Japan into a victorious war with Russia, commit political assassinations, and do... |
| 157. |  | Title: The real environmental crisis: why poverty, not affluence, is the environment's number one enemy Author: Hollander, Jack M Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: EcologyEvolutionEnvironment | Conservation | Politics | Social Science | Politics Publisher's Description: Drawing a completely new road map toward a sustainable future, Jack M. Hollander contends that our most critical environmental problem is global poverty. His balanced, authoritative, and lucid book challenges widely held beliefs that economic development and affluence pose a major threat to the worl . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...bombs. In fact, Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and India presently carry out... Similar Items...the United Nations (St. Petersburg, Russia: State Hydrological Institute, 1996),... ...percent requirement may be met by Russia's expected ratification. Nonetheless,... |
| 158. |  | Title: Crescendo of the virtuoso: spectacle, skill, and self-promotion in Paris during the Age of Revolution Author: Metzner, Paul 1952- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: History | European History | French Studies | European Studies Publisher's Description: During the Age of Revolution, Paris came alive with wildly popular virtuoso performances. Whether the performers were musicians or chefs, chess players or detectives, these virtuosos transformed their technical skills into dramatic spectacles, presenting the marvelous and the outré for spellbound au . . . [more] Matches in book (13): ...in Munich). For Paganini and tsar of Russia: Codignola, Paganini intimo, p. 291.... Similar Items...existed in Austria, Prussia, and Russia. When King Charles X, who succeeded to... ...have traveled in England, Austria and Russia. ” Carême was well compensated... |
| 159. |  | Title: Eros and the Jews: from biblical Israel to contemporary America Author: Biale, David 1949- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Jewish Studies | Religion | Sociology | Gender Studies Publisher's Description: Contradictory stereotypes about Jewish sexuality pervade modern culture, from Lenny Bruce's hip eroticism to Woody Allen's little man with the big libido (and even bigger sexual neurosis). Does Judaism in fact liberate or repress sexual desire? David Biale does much more than answer that question as . . . [more] Matches in book (12): ...228 . See also Portnoy's Complaint Russia, 153 , 162 –63, 168 , 172 , 184 , 193... Similar Items...J. S. Raisin, The Haskalah Movement in Russia (Philadelphia, 1913); and Raphael... ...Characteristics of the Jewish Population in Russia at the End of the Nineteenth... |
| 160. |  | Title: Background to discovery: Pacific exploration from Dampier to Cook Author: Howse, Derek Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | European History | Travel | Geography Publisher's Description: Background to Discovery recounts the great voyages of discovery, from Dampier to Cook, that excited such fervent political and popular interest in eighteenth-century Europe. Perhaps this book's greatest strength lies in its remarkable synthesis of both the achievements of European maritime explorati . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...brother, Louis, who accompanied Jean to Russia and was known as Delisle de la... Similar Items...40 , 41 , 53 n75, 55 n86, 170 , 180 Russia, 18 -19, 37 , 73 , 74 , 93 Rycaut,... ...Bering, who was hired by the tsar of Russia; the other by a Dutchman, Jacob... |