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| 181. |  | Title: An American engineer in Stalin's Russia: the memoirs of Zara Witkin, 1932-1934  Author: Witkin, Zara 1900-1940 Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: History | European History | Autobiography | Russian and Eastern European Studies Publisher's Description: In 1932 Zara Witkin, a prominent American engineer, set off for the Soviet Union with two goals: to help build a society more just and rational than the bankrupt capitalist system at home, and to seek out the beautiful film star Emma Tsesarskaia.His memoirs offer a detailed view of Stalin's bureaucr . . . [more] Matches in book (1): ...1926-1934 (in Russian, with English title) (Jerusalem, 1975). 12. Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov (... Similar Items |
| 182. |  | 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 (1): ...said. "We can't have all our policies made in Jerusalem." Knowland replied, "I agree, but sanctions... Similar Items |
| 183. |  | Title: The Quantifying spirit in the 18th century Author: Frängsmyr, Tore 1938- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Science | History and Philosophy of Science | Intellectual History Matches in book (1): ...the history of ideas, 96 (The Hague: Nijhoff; Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1982); Gereon Wolters, Basis... Similar Items |
| 184. |  | Title: Play it again, Sam: retakes on remakes Author: Horton, Andrew Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts | Film Publisher's Description: Play It Again, Sam is a timely investigation of a topic that until now has received almost no critical attention in film and cultural studies: the cinematic remake. As cinema enters its second century, more remakes are appearing than ever before, and these writers consider the full range: Hollywood . . . [more] Matches in book (1): ...him as a prisoner about to be beheaded in a Jerusalem dungeon. Through a not very convincing trick,... Similar Items |
| 185. |  | Title: On human nature: a gathering while everything flows, 1967-1984 Author: Burke, Kenneth 1897- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | Intellectual History | Rhetoric | Comparative Literature Publisher's Description: On Human Nature: A Gathering While Everything Flows brings together the late essays, autobiographical reflections, an interview, and a poem by the eminent literary theorist and cultural critic Kenneth Burke (1897-1993). Burke, author of Language as Symbolic Action, A Grammar of Motives, and Rhetoric . . . [more] Matches in book (1): ...of pollution into the Vision of a New Jerusalem satirically golden. Behind it all, inspiriting it... Similar Items |
| 186. |  | Title: The disenchanted self: representing the subject in the Canterbury tales Author: Leicester, H. Marshall (Henry Marshall) 1942- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | Medieval Studies Publisher's Description: The question of the "dramatic principle" in the Canterbury Tales , of whether and how the individual tales relate to the pilgrims who are supposed to tell them, has long been a central issue in the interpretation of Chaucer's work. Drawing on ideas from deconstruction, psychoanalysis, and social the . . . [more] Matches in book (1): ...she moves on at once: He deyde whan I cam fro Jerusalem, And lith ygrave under the roode beem, Al ... Similar Items |
| 187. |  | Title: Mexico at the world's fairs: crafting a modern nation Author: Tenorio-Trillo, Mauricio 1962- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: History | Latin American History | Latin American Studies | Literature Publisher's Description: This intriguing study of Mexico's participation in world's fairs from 1889 to 1929 explores Mexico's self-presentation at these fairs as a reflection of the country's drive toward nationalization and a modernized image. Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo contrasts Mexico's presence at the 1889 Paris fair - whe . . . [more] Matches in book (1): ...realization of the "Heavenly City," or the "New Jerusalem"—and to him its creators were almost gods.... Similar Items |
| 188. |  | Title: Hegemony to empire: the development of the Roman Imperium in the East from 148 to 62 B.C Author: Kallet-Marx, Robert Morstein Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Classics | History | Ancient History Publisher's Description: In one of the most important contributions to the study of Roman imperialism to appear in recent years, Robert Kallet-Marx argues for a less simplistic, more fluid understanding of the evolution of Roman power in the Balkans, Greece, and Asia Minor. He distinguishes between hegemony - the ability of . . . [more] Matches in book (1): ...136 Finally, as the imperator marched on Jerusalem in 63, the news came of Mithridates' suicide.... Similar Items |
| 189. |  | Title: One king, one faith: the Parlement of Paris and the religious reformations of the sixteenth century Author: Roelker, Nancy L. (Nancy Lyman) Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: History | European History | Christianity | European Studies | French Studies Publisher's Description: This book, the culmination of a lifelong career in French history, tackles head-on the central question of the French Religious Wars: Why did France prove so consistently hostile and resistant to Protestantism? Distinguished scholar Nancy Lyman Roelker claims that what ultimately motivated the passi . . . [more] Matches in book (1): ...led an armed troop to the house called "Jerusalem" in the Faubourg St-Jacques, where Protestant... Similar Items |