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| 1. |  | Title: It did happen here: recollections of political repression in America Author: Schultz, Ruth Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Politics | Sociology | American Studies | United States History Publisher's Description: In this moving book, two skilled oral historians collect the words of Americans who have been victims of political repression in their own country. Disturbing and provocative, It Did Happen Here is must-reading for everyone who cares about protecting the rights and liberties upon which this country . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 2. |  | Title: From craft to profession: the practice of architecture in nineteenth-century America Author: Woods, Mary N 1950- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Architecture | Architectural History | United States History Publisher's Description: This is the first in-depth study of how the architectural profession emerged in early American history. Mary Woods dispels the prevailing notion that the profession developed under the leadership of men formally schooled in architecture as an art during the late nineteenth century. Instead, she cite . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 3. |  | Title: Adventures of a mathematician Author: Ulam, Stanislaw M Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: History | History and Philosophy of Science | Mathematics | United States History Publisher's Description: The autobiography of mathematician Stanislaw Ulam, one of the great scientific minds of the twentieth century, tells a story rich with amazingly prophetic speculations and peppered with lively anecdotes. As a member of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1944 on, Ulam helped to precipitate some . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 4. |  | Title: Rethinking American history in a global age Author: Bender, Thomas Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | United States History | Intellectual History | Historiography Publisher's Description: In rethinking and reframing the American national narrative in a wider context, the contributors to this volume ask questions about both nationalism and the discipline of history itself. The essays offer fresh ways of thinking about the traditional themes and periods of American history. By locating . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 5. |  | Title: Myths in stone: religious dimensions of Washington, D.C Author: Meyer, Jeffrey F Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Religion | American Studies | Christianity | United States History Publisher's Description: Washington, D.C., is a city of powerful symbols - from the dominance of the Capitol dome and Washington Monument to the authority of the Smithsonian. This book takes us on a fascinating and informative tour of the nation's capital as Jeffrey F. Meyer unravels the complex symbolism of the city and ex . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 6. |  | Title: Same bed, different dreams: managing U.S.-China relations, 1989-2000 Author: Lampton, David M Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Politics | Asian History | China | United States History Publisher's Description: The title of this unique insider's look at a crucial decade of Sino-American interchange derives from a Chinese expression that describes a relationship of two people whose lives are intimately intertwined but who do not fundamentally communicate with each other. David M. Lampton, former president o . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 7. |  | Title: American media and mass culture: left perspectives Author: Lazere, Donald Published: University of California Press, 1987 Subjects: History | United States History | Media Studies Similar Items |
| 8. |  | Title: The American musical landscape  Author: Crawford, Richard 1935- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Music | Musicology | American Studies | United States History Publisher's Description: In this refreshingly direct and engaging historical treatment of American music and musicology, Richard Crawford argues for the recognition of the distinct and vital character of American music. What is that character? How has musical life been supported in the United States and how have Americans u . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 9. |  | Title: The fragmented metropolis: Los Angeles, 1850-1930 Author: Fogelson, Robert M Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Urban Studies | California and the West | Geography | United States History Publisher's Description: Here with a new preface, a new foreword, and an updated bibliography is the definitive history of Los Angeles from its beginnings as an agricultural village of fewer than 2,000 people to its emergence as a metropolis of more than 2 million in 1930 - a city whose distinctive structure, character, and . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 10. |  | Title: The romance of American psychology: political culture in the age of experts Author: Herman, Ellen Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Social Science | American Studies | Politics | Psychology | United States History Publisher's Description: Psychological insight is the creed of our time. A quiet academic discipline two generations ago, psychology has become a voice of great cultural authority, informing everything from family structure to government policy. How has this fledgling science become the source of contemporary America's most . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 11. |  | Title: The urban wilderness: a history of the American city Author: Warner, Sam Bass 1928- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Urban Studies | American Studies | United States History | Social Problems Publisher's Description: Sam Bass Warner, Jr., examines the historical roots of the major economic and social problems facing the U.S. in the 1990s. He documents the efforts, both failed and successful, to provide for basic human needs in the urban context, especially for decent housing and health care. For this edition, Wa . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 12. |  | Title: Black magic: religion and the African American conjuring tradition Author: Chireau, Yvonne Patricia 1961- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Religion | African Studies | American Studies | United States History | African American Studies Publisher's Description: Black Magic looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure - the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements - from the slavery period to well into the twentieth century. Illuminating a world that is dimly understood by both schola . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 13. |  | Title: Murder in New York City Author: Monkkonen, Eric H 1942- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: American Studies | Psychology | Criminology | United States History Publisher's Description: Murder in New York City dramatically expands what we know about urban homicide, and challenges some of the things we think we know. Eric Monkkonen's unprecedented investigation covers two centuries of murder in America's biggest city, combining newly assembled statistical evidence with many other do . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 14. |  | Title: Rethinking the borderlands: between Chicano culture and legal discourse Author: Gutiérrez-Jones, Carl Scott Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: American Studies | Chicano Studies | Literature | Language and Linguistics | Law | Social and Political Thought | Rhetoric | Postcolonial Studies | United States History | United States History Publisher's Description: Challenging the long-cherished notion of legal objectivity in the United States, Carl Gutiérrez-Jones argues that Chicano history has been consistently shaped by racially biased, combative legal interactions. Rethinking the Borderlands is an insightful and provocative exploration of the ways Chicano . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 15. |  | Title: The Antislavery debate: capitalism and abolitionism as a problem in historical interpretation Author: Bender, Thomas Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History | United States History | American Studies Publisher's Description: This volume brings together one of the most provocative debates among historians in recent years. The center of controversy is the emergence of the antislavery movement in the United States and Britain and the relation of capitalism to this development.The essays delve beyond these issues, however, . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 16. |  | Title: Creating the Cold War university: the transformation of Stanford Author: Lowen, Rebecca S 1959- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History | Education | Technology and Society | Military History | Californian and Western History | History and Philosophy of Science | California and the West | Intellectual History | United States History | United States History Publisher's Description: The "cold war university" is the academic component of the military-industrial-academic complex, and its archetype, according to Rebecca Lowen, is Stanford University. Her book challenges the conventional wisdom that the post-World War II "multiversity" was created by military patrons on the one han . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 17. |  | Title: Deep politics and the death of JFK Author: Scott, Peter Dale Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: History | Politics | Popular Culture | United States History | American Studies | Sociology Publisher's Description: Peter Dale Scott's meticulously documented investigation uncovers the secrets surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination. Offering a wholly new perspective - that JFK's death was not just an isolated case, but rather a symptom of hidden processes - Scott examines the deep politics of early 1960s Am . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 18. |  | Title: Rethinking home: a case for writing local history Author: Amato, Joseph Anthony Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | Intellectual History | United States History | Writing Publisher's Description: Joseph A. Amato proposes a bold and innovative approach to writing local history in this imaginative, wide-ranging, and deeply engaging exploration of the meaning of place and home. Arguing that people of every place and time deserve a history, Amato draws on his background as a European cultural hi . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 19. |  | Title: Their sisters' keepers: prostitution in New York City, 1830-1870 Author: Hill, Marilynn Wood Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: History | United States History | Women's Studies | American Studies Publisher's Description: This intimate study of prostitutes in New York City during the mid-nineteenth century reveals these women in an entirely new light. Unlike traditional studies, Marilynn Wood Hill's account of prostitution's positive attractions, as well as its negative aspects, gives a fresh perspective to this much . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 20. |  | Title: African-American Christianity: essays in history Author: Johnson, Paul E 1942- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: History | United States History | African American Studies | Christianity Publisher's Description: Eight leading scholars have joined forces to give us the most comprehensive book to date on the history of African-American religion from the slavery period to the present.Beginning with Albert Raboteau's essay on the importance of the story of Exodus among African-American Christians and concluding . . . [more] Similar Items |