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Your search for russia in text, title, author, description found 816 book(s). | Modify Search | Displaying 161 - 180 of 816 book(s) | |
| 161. |  | Title: Media worlds: anthropology on new terrain Author: Ginsburg, Faye D Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology | Media Studies | Cultural Anthropology | Electronic Media | Postcolonial Studies | Ethnic Studies | Gender Studies | Sociology | Sociology | Sociology Publisher's Description: This groundbreaking volume showcases the exciting work emerging from the ethnography of media, a burgeoning new area in anthropology that expands both social theory and ethnographic fieldwork to examine the way media - film, television, video - are used in societies around the globe, often in places . . . [more] Matches in book (13): ...Tsivian, Yuri . 1994 . Early Cinema in Russia and Its Cultural Reception . New... Similar Items...Reading Los Ricos Tambien Lloran in Russia . In To Be Continued … , edited by... ...Mythologies of Everyday Life in Russia . Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University... |
| 162. |  | Title: Displaying the Orient: architecture of Islam at nineteenth-century world's fairs  Author: Çelik, Zeynep Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Architecture | European History | Cultural Anthropology | Middle Eastern History Publisher's Description: Gathering architectural pieces from all over the world, the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867 introduced to fairgoers the notion of an imaginary journey, a new tourism en place . Through this and similar expositions, the world's cultures were imported to European and American cities as artifacts an . . . [more] Matches in book (5): ...122 Rue du Caire, 70 , 75 -78, 76 -77, 83 , 220 n9 Russia, 9 , 68 , 117 , 134... Similar Items...half of the century, carried out by Russia in the north and the British Empire... ...establish closer political ties with Russia and England and in Vienna to see the... |
| 163. |  | Title: War, memory, and the politics of humor: the Canard enchaîné and World War I Author: Douglas, Allen 1949- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | French Studies | European History | European Literature | Print Media Publisher's Description: War, Memory, and the Politics of Humor features carnage and cannibalism, gender and cross-dressing, drunks and heroes, militarism and memory, all set against the background of World War I France. Allen Douglas shows how a new satiric weekly, the Canard Enchaîné, exploited these topics and others to . . . [more] Matches in book (13): ...the communists, either in France or in Russia, but the reds were the only French... Similar Items...noted the coming of the plague to Russia. If it had only come earlier and... ...offensives (strengthened by the removal of Russia from the war) drove the Allies... |
| 164. |  | Title: The Saga of the Volsungs: the Norse epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer Author: Byock, Jesse L Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Literature | History | European History | Folklore and Mythology Publisher's Description: The Saga of the Volsungs is an Icelandic prose epic whose anonymous thirteenth-century author based his story on the legends of Old Scandinavian folk culture. A trove of traditional lore, it tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung. The Sa . . . [more] Matches in book (6): ...88. Russia. 89. Aslaug links The Saga of the Volsungs and The Saga of Ragnar... Similar Items...Varangians, were Scandinavian traders in Russia. The name also denotes Northmen... ...Greenland to Scandinavian settlements in Russia (see map 1). The most frequently... |
| 165. |  | Title: Martyred village: commemorating the 1944 massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane Author: Farmer, Sarah Bennett Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: History | French Studies | European History Publisher's Description: Among German crimes of the Second World War, the Nazi massacre of 642 men, women, and children at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944, is one of the most notorious. On that Saturday afternoon, four days after the Allied landings in Normandy, SS troops encircled the town in the rolling farm country of . . . [more] Matches in book (9): ...as in the vast stretches of Russia." It seems likely that this designation also... Similar Items...conducted by the German Army in Russia, see Omer Bartov, The Eastern Front,... ...in France, had been common procedure in Russia. This is how, according to the... |
| 166. |  | Title: Reversible destiny: mafia, antimafia, and the struggle for Palermo Author: Schneider, Jane 1938- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Anthropology | History | Politics | Criminology | Sociology Publisher's Description: Reversible Destiny traces the history of the Sicilian mafia to its nineteenth-century roots and examines its late twentieth-century involvement in urban real estate and construction as well as drugs. Based on research in the regional capital of Palermo, this book suggests lessons regarding secretive . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...Stephen . 1995 . Comrade Criminal: Russia's New Mafiya. New Haven : Yale... Similar Items...1998 . The Inflation of Crime in Russia: The Social Danger of the Emerging... ...Market and the State in Italy and Russia. Journal of Modern Italian Studies 1 :... |
| 167. |  | Title: Epic encounters: culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East, 1945-2000 Author: McAlister, Melani 1962- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: American Studies | United States History | Middle Eastern History | Popular Culture | Middle Eastern Studies | Ethnic Studies | Religion Publisher's Description: In the last half of the twentieth century, cultural products--from films and news reports to museum exhibits and novels--profoundly shaped ideas about the relationship between Americans and the Middle East. In this innovative book, Melani McAlister explores the cultural history of political interest . . . [more] Matches in book (12): ...East; and Walter LaFeber, America, Russia, and the Cold War. Emily Rosenberg,... Similar Items...its impact, Walter LaFeber, America, Russia, and the Cold War, 49–73; and Melvyn... ...215–232 . LaFeber, Walter. America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945–1984 . New... |
| 168. |  | Title: Aging in the past: demography, society, and old age Author: Kertzer, David I 1948- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Sociology | History | Demography Publisher's Description: Thanks to improved food, medicine, and living conditions, the average age of the population is increasing throughout the modern industrialized world. Yet, despite the recent upsurge of scholarly interest in the lives of older people and the blossoming of historical demography, little historical demo . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...modernization in late nineteenth-century Russia Princeton: Princeton University... Similar Items...multiple family household, Mishino, Russia, 1782-1858." Journal of Family... ...A. Lewis. 1968. "Internal migration in Russia in the late nineteenth century."... |
| 169. |  | 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] Matches in book (11): ...Press, 1987. LaFeber, Walter. America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945–1990. New... Similar Items...75 nuclear warfare, 166 , 173 -74, 186 Russia/Soviet Union, 47 , 51 , 62 , 68 ,... ...Knowland, Hannah Russell, Richard, 216 Russia, 47 , 51 , 62 ; see also Soviet... |
| 170. |  | Title: The language of inquiry Author: Hejinian, Lyn Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Literature | Poetry | Language and Linguistics Publisher's Description: Lyn Hejinian is among the most prominent of contemporary American poets. Her autobiographical poem My Life, a best-selling book of innovative American poetry, has garnered accolades and fans inside and outside academia. The Language of Inquiry is a comprehensive and wonderfully readable collection o . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...Arkadii . Phosphor . Saint Petersburg, Russia : Severo-Zapad , 1994 . Dreiser,... Similar Items...Luk Odisseya . Saint Petersburg, Russia : Sovietskii Pisatel , 1993 . Lee,... ...Dragomoshchenko Phosphor (Saint Petersburg, Russia: Severo-Zapad, 1994) .... |
| 171. |  | Title: Minor heresies, major departures: a China mission boyhood Author: Espey, John Jenkins 1913- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Asian Studies | China | Literature | Autobiographies and Biographies Publisher's Description: An American boy, son of Presbyterian missionaries, was born in Shanghai early in this century. The boy lived two lives, one within the pious church compound, the other along the canal and in the alleys of a traditional Chinese city. There he faced the alley brats' Lady Bandit, heard the shrill screa . . . [more] Matches in book (8): ...stand like this. Very charming. In Russia the lower classes bathe thus in the... Similar Items...clever," she said finally. "Well, in Russia we have not this tradition—a very... ...times Mme Poliakov told me about her life in Russia, the country house with its... |
| 172. |  | Title: The snow lion and the dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama Author: Goldstein, Melvyn C Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History | Politics | Asian History | China | Cultural Anthropology | Tibet Publisher's Description: Tensions over the "Tibet Question" - the political status of Tibet - are escalating every day. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. What is the history of the conflict? Can . . . [more] Matches in book (6): ...83 , 86 Roosevelt, Franklin, 38 , 39 , 40 Russia, 26 , 27 . See also USSR... Similar Items...117 -25. See also Central Intelligence Agency USSR, 40 , 114 . See also Russia... ...as more obvious countries such as Russia it also forbade any other foreign power... |
| 173. |  | Title: Weimar: a jurisprudence of crisis Author: Jacobson, Arthur J Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Law | Social and Political Thought | German Studies | Political Theory Publisher's Description: This selection of the major works of constitutional theory during the Weimar period reflects the reactions of legal scholars to a state in permanent crisis, a society in which all bets were off. Yet the Weimar Republic's brief experiment in constitutionalism laid the groundwork for the postwar Feder . . . [more] Matches in book (15): ...soviet republic on the model of Soviet Russia. In this situation, the Council of... Similar Items...Thus the constitution of Soviet Russia, breaking down thousand-year-old... ...equality to foreigners working in Russia. In the legal development characterized... |
| 174. |  | Title: Japan's new middle class; the salary man and his family in a Tokyo suburb, Author: Vogel, Ezra F Published: University of California Press, 1971 Subjects: Asian Studies | Sociology | Economics and Business Matches in book (10): ...defined, 46 Rosovsky, Henry, 6 n. Russia: Japanese attitude toward, 94 , 278... Similar Items...with the West than with China or Russia. They are grateful for the economic help... ...they been occupied, for example, by Russia or China. They consider the United... |
| 175. |  | Title: Gender and U.S. immigration: contemporary trends Author: Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Sociology | American Studies | Asian American Studies | Chicano Studies | Latino Studies | Gender Studies | Latin American Studies | Immigration | Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: Resurgent immigration is one of the most powerful forces disrupting and realigning everyday life in the United States and elsewhere, and gender is one of the fundamental social categories anchoring and shaping immigration patterns. Yet the intersection of gender and immigration has received little a . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...While their families have lived in Russia for centuries, Jews' offcial documents... Similar Items...Anastasia Posadskaya (Ed. ), Women in Russia: A new era in Russian feminism (pp.... ...Anastasia Posadskaya (Ed. ), Women in Russia: A new era in Rus sian feminism (... |
| 176. |  | 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] Matches in book (13): ...Jewish primary school) with him in Russia. He bought a plot of land and left... Similar Items...Meir (formerly Meirson) was born in Russia and brought up in the United States.... ...D. Weinryb, "Antisemitism in Soviet Russia," in The Jews in Soviet Russia since... |
| 177. |  | Title: The nuclear seduction: why the arms race doesn't matter and what does Author: Schwartz, William A Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Politics | Sociology | Social Problems | Public Policy | Science Matches in book (11): ...Afghan territory seized by czarist Russia. The leader of the Islamic party has... Similar Items...of Disarmament: How the United States and Russia Run the Arms Race (New York:... ...with the United States, or with Russia. This reality is the kernel of truth in... |
| 178. |  | Title: Overtones and undertones: reading film music Author: Brown, Royal S Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts | Film | Music Publisher's Description: Since the days of silent films, music has been integral to the cinematic experience, serving, variously, to allay audiences' fears of the dark and to heighten a film's emotional impact. Yet viewers are often unaware of its presence. In this bold, insightful book, film and music scholar and critic Ro . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...Harry, 340 Frobe, Gert, 46 From Russia With Love (film), 328 , 329 Frost, Mark,... Similar Items...just heard Theremin is still alive, in Russia. He's over ninety. 2 Anyway, I had... ...small significance to revolutionary Russia. Shostakovich's score begins with a... |
| 179. |  | Title: Thundering Zeus: the making of Hellenistic Bactria Author: Holt, Frank Lee Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Classics | Classical History | Archaeology | Ancient History | History Publisher's Description: Thundering Zeus uses an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to resolve one of the greatest puzzles in all of Hellenistic history. This book explores the remarkable rise of a Greek-ruled kingdom in ancient Bactria (modern Afghanistan) during the third century B.C. Diodotus I and II, whose dynasty . . . [more] Matches in book (5): ...Oriental Institute, Russia, 162 n Owen, Edgar, 145... Similar Items...treasury records, 177 Nishni Novgorod, Russia, 76 nomads/nomadism, 24 , 28 -29,... ...consular date, 59 , 63 -64, 180 ; Parthia and, 57 , 182 rubies, 124 Russia, 75... |
| 180. |  | Title: The Prophet's pulpit: Islamic preaching in contemporary Egypt Author: Gaffney, Patrick D 1947- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Middle Eastern Studies | Islam Publisher's Description: Muslim preaching has been central in forming public opinion, building grassroots organizations, and developing leadership cadres for the wider Islamist agenda. Based on in-depth field research in Egypt, Patrick Gaffney focuses on the preacher and the sermon as the single most important medium for pr . . . [more] Matches in book (13): ...large and the small, between Europe, Russia, and America, between the ruler and... Similar Items...of Europe has surrounded him. America, Russia, Belgium, Holland, France, Spain,... ...are simply "America," "Europe," and "Russia," but when he surveys the Arab world... |