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| 1. |  | Title: Peasant and nation: the making of postcolonial Mexico and Peru Author: Mallon, Florencia E 1951- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: History | Latin American History | Anthropology | Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: Peasant and Nation offers a major new statement on the making of national politics. Comparing the popular political cultures and discourses of postcolonial Mexico and Peru, Florencia Mallon provides a groundbreaking analysis of their effect on the evolution of these nation states. As political histo . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 2. |  | Title: Changing fortunes: biodiversity and peasant livelihood in the Peruvian Andes Author: Zimmerer, Karl S Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Anthropology | Geography | Ecology | Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: Two of the world's most pressing needs - biodiversity conservation and agricultural development in the Third World - are addressed in Karl S. Zimmerer's multidisciplinary investigation in geography. Zimmerer challenges current opinion by showing that the world-renowned diversity of crops grown in th . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 3. |  | Title: Imagining development: economic ideas in Peru's "fictitious prosperity" of guano, 1840-1880  Author: Gootenberg, Paul 1954- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Latin American Studies | Economics and Business | Latin American History Publisher's Description: Retelling the saga of Peru's nineteenth-century age of guano, Paul Gootenberg provides the first book in English to explore the historical genealogy of Latin America's postcolonial economic thought. He scrutinizes the mentalities, ideas, and visions that led the country down an ill-fated path of exp . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 4. |  | Title: Cultures in conflict: social movements and the state in Peru Author: Stokes, Susan Carol Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Latin American Studies | Politics | Sociology | Anthropology | Urban Studies Publisher's Description: In this vivid ethnography set in contemporary Peru, Susan Stokes provides a compelling analysis of the making and unmaking of class consciousness among the urban poor. Her research strategy is multifaceted; through interviews, participant observation, and survey research she digs deeply into the pop . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 5. |  | Title: Translating property: the Maxwell Land Grant and the conflict over land in the American West, 1840-1900 Author: Montoya, María E 1964- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | Californian and Western History | Law | Latino Studies | California and the West | California and the West Publisher's Description: Although Mexico lost its northern territories to the United States in 1848, battles over property rights and ownership have remained intense. This turbulent, vividly narrated story of the Maxwell Land Grant, a single tract of 1.7 million acres in northeastern New Mexico, shows how contending groups . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 6. |  | Title: Ancient Titicaca: the evolution of complex society in southern Peru and northern Bolivia Author: Stanish, Charles 1956- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Archaeology | Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: One of the richest and most complex civilizations in ancient America evolved around Lake Titicaca in southern Peru and northern Bolivia. This book is the first comprehensive synthesis of four thousand years of prehistory for the entire Titicaca region. It is a fascinating story of the transition fro . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 7. |  | Title: The state must be our master of fire: how peasants craft culturally sustainable development in Senegal Author: Galvan, Dennis Charles Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Politics | Anthropology | African Studies | Postcolonial Studies Publisher's Description: Over several centuries, the Serer of the Siin region of Senegal developed a complex system of land tenure that resulted in a stable rural society, productive agriculture, and a well-managed ecosystem. Dennis Galvan tells the story of what happened when French colonial rulers, and later the governmen . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 8. |  | Title: Public lands and political meaning: ranchers, the government, and the property between them Author: Merrill, Karen R Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | Californian and Western History | United States History | Law Publisher's Description: The history of the American West is a history of struggles over land, and none has inspired so much passion and misunderstanding as the conflict between ranchers and the federal government over public grazing lands. Drawing upon neglected sources from organized ranchers, this is the first book to pr . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 9. |  | Title: Peasants and king in Burgundy: agrarian foundations of French absolutism Author: Root, Hilton L Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History | European History | Politics | French Studies Publisher's Description: The example of Old Regime France provides a source for many of the ideas about capitalism, modernization, and peasant protest that concern social scientists today. Hilton Root challenges traditional assumptions and proposes a new interpretation of the relationship between state and society. Similar Items |
| 10. |  | Title: Slide Mountain, or, The folly of owning nature Author: Steinberg, Theodore 1961- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Law | Environmental Studies | United States History | American Studies Publisher's Description: The drive to own the natural world in twentieth-century America seems virtually limitless. Signs of this national penchant for possessing nature are everywhere - from suburban picket fences to elaborate schemes to own underground water, clouds, even the ocean floor.Yet, as Theodore Steinberg demonst . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 11. |  | Title: Land, labor and the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 1882-1914 Author: Shafir, Gershon Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies | Middle Eastern History | Labor Studies Publisher's Description: Gershon Shafir challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. He argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were responsible for the character of the Israeli state, but t . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 12. |  | Title: This land is our land: immigrants and power in Miami Author: Stepick, Alex Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: American Studies | Anthropology | Ethnic Studies | Politics | Sociology | Urban Studies | Immigration Publisher's Description: For those opposed to immigration, Miami is a nightmare. Miami is the de facto capital of Latin America; it is a city where immigrants dominate, Spanish is ubiquitous, and Denny's is an ethnic restaurant. Are Miami's immigrants representative of a trend that is undermining American culture and identi . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 13. |  | Title: California rivers and streams: the conflict between fluvial process and land use Author: Mount, Jeffrey F 1954- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Environmental Studies | California and the West | Ecology | Geography Publisher's Description: California Rivers and Streams provides a clear and informative overview of the physical and biological processes that shape California's rivers and watersheds. Jeffrey Mount introduces relevant basic principles of hydrology and geomorphology and applies them to an understanding of the differences in . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 14. |  | Title: Conquests and historical identities in California, 1769-1936 Author: Haas, Lisbeth Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: History | Californian and Western History | Ethnic Studies | Latino Studies | American Studies | Gender Studies | California and the West | United States History Publisher's Description: Spanning the period between Spanish colonization and the early twentieth century, this well-argued and convincing study examines the histories of Spanish and American conquests, and of ethnicity, race, and community in southern California. Lisbeth Haas draws on a diverse body of source materials (mi . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 15. |  | Title: Fanshen: a documentary of revolution in a Chinese village Author: Hinton, William Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History | China | Anthropology | Asian History Publisher's Description: More than thirty years after its initial publication, William Hinton's Fanshen continues to be the essential source for those fascinated with China's continual process of rural reform and social change. This edition will appeal to anyone interested in understanding China's complex social processes, . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 16. |  | Title: The promise of the land: the inheritance of the land of Canaan by the Israelites Author: Weinfeld, Moshe Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Jewish Studies | Middle Eastern Studies Publisher's Description: The settlement of the Land of Canaan by the Israelite tribes is a central theme in the Bible which is immensely relevant to the Middle East today.Moshe Weinfeld synthesizes the biblical material on this theme, approaching his subject from three viewpoints: historical, using the Bible as a source; li . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 17. |  | Title: Paying the price of freedom: family and labor among Lima's slaves, 1800-1854 Author: Hünefeldt, Christine Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: History | Anthropology | Latin American History | Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: Christine Hünefeldt documents in impressive, moving detail the striving and ingenuity, the hard-won triumphs and bitter defeats of slaves who sought liberation in nineteenth-century urban Peru. Drawing on judicial, ecclesiastical, and notarial records - including the testimony of the slaves themselv . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 18. |  | Title: Intimate enemies: Jews and Arabs in a shared land Author: Benvenisti, Meron 1934- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Politics | Middle Eastern Studies | Jewish Studies | Middle Eastern History Publisher's Description: As Israelis and Palestinians negotiate separation and division of their land, Meron Benvenisti, former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, maintains that any expectations for "peaceful partition" are doomed. In his brave and controversial new book, he raises the possibility of a confederation of Israel/Pales . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 19. |  | Title: War of shadows: the struggle for utopia in the Peruvian Amazon Author: Brown, Michael F. (Michael Fobes) 1950- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Anthropology | Latin American History | Politics | Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: War of Shadows is the haunting story of a failed uprising in the Peruvian Amazon - told largely by people who were there. Late in 1965, Asháninka Indians, members of one of the Amazon's largest native tribes, joined forces with Marxist revolutionaries who had opened a guerrilla front in Asháninka te . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 20. |  | Title: Peasant protests and uprisings in Tokugawa Japan Author: Vlastos, Stephen 1943- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | Japan | Asian History Publisher's Description: The Japanese peasant has been thought of as an obedient and passive subject of the feudal ruling class. Yet Tokugawa villagers frequently engaged in unlawful and disruptive protests. Moreover, the frequency and intensity of the peasants' collective action increased markedly at the end of the Tokugaw . . . [more] Similar Items |