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| 1. |  | Title: Land mammals of Oregon Author: Verts, B. J Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Science | Zoology | Biology | Natural History Publisher's Description: This is the first comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of mammals in the state of Oregon since 1936, when Vernon Bailey's The Mammals and Life Zones of Oregon was published. It provides a basic reference for mammalogists, wildlife biologists, students, and anyone interested in mammalian life in the n . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 2. |  | Title: The Bug Creek problem and the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition at McGuire Creek, Montana  Author: Lofgren, Donald L 1950- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Science | Paleontology Publisher's Description: Bug Creek assemblages from Montana, transitional in composition between typical Cretaceous and Paleocene vertebrate faunas, are critical to K-T extinction debates because they have been used to support both gradual and catastrophic K-T extinction scenarios. Geological and palynological data from McG . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 3. |  | Title: Evolution's rainbow: diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people Author: Roughgarden, Joan Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Gender Studies | EcologyEvolutionEnvironment | Anthropology | Evolution | Health Care | Social Problems | GayLesbian and Bisexual Studies | Social Problems Publisher's Description: In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social scie . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 4. |  | Title: Oil age Eskimos Author: Jorgensen, Joseph G 1934- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Anthropology | Ecology | Economics and Business Publisher's Description: In a book made especially timely by the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in March 1989, Joseph Jorgensen analyzes the impact of Alaskan oil extraction on Eskimo society. The author investigated three communities representing three environments: Gambell (St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea), Wainwright . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 5. |  | Title: Elephant seals: population ecology, behavior, and physiology Author: Le Boeuf, Burney J Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Science | Natural History | Biology | Ecology Publisher's Description: The largest of all seals, elephant seals rank among the most impressive of marine mammals. They are renowned for their spectacular recovery from near-extinction at the end of the nineteenth century when seal hunters nearly eliminated the entire northern species. No other vertebrate has come so close . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 6. |  | Title: Dolphin societies: discoveries and puzzles Author: Pryor, Karen 1932- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Science | Zoology | Natural History | Marine and Freshwater Sciences Publisher's Description: Wild dolphins are an elusive subject for behavioral studies: How can you "do a Jane Goodall" on animals usually visible only as a glimpse of rolling dorsal fins heading for the horizon? In this unusual book, two of the best-known scientists in the marine-mammal field have assembled an astonishing va . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 7. |  | Title: The Hawaiian spinner dolphin Author: Norris, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Stafford) Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Science | Biology | Ecology | Science Publisher's Description: Twenty years in the making by a distinguished dolphin expert and his associates, The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin is the first comprehensive scientific natural history of a dolphin species ever written. From their research camp at Kealakeakua Bay in Hawaii, these scientists followed a population of wild . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 8. |  | Title: The temptations of evolutionary ethics Author: Farber, Paul Lawrence 1944- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Philosophy | History | Ethics | History and Philosophy of Science Publisher's Description: Evolutionary theory tells us about our biological past; can it also guide us to a moral future? Paul Farber's compelling book describes a century-old philosophical hope held by many biologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and social thinkers: that universal ethical and social imperatives are bui . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 9. |  | Title: From the soil, the foundations of Chinese society: a translation of Fei Xiaotong's Xiangtu Zhongguo ; with an introduction and epilogue by Gary G. Hamilton and Wang Zheng Author: Fei, Xiaotong Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Sociology | China | Asian History Publisher's Description: This classic text by Fei Xiaotong, China's finest social scientist, was first published in 1947 and is Fei's chief theoretical statement about the distinctive characteristics of Chinese society. Written in Chinese from a Chinese point of view for a Chinese audience, From the Soil describes the contr . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 10. |  | Title: Biodiversity conservation in Costa Rica: learning the lessons in a seasonal dry forest Author: Frankie, G. W Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: EcologyEvolutionEnvironment | Ecology | Conservation | Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: The beautiful tropical dry forest of northwest Costa Rica, with its highly seasonal rainfall and diversely vegetated landscape, is disappearing even more rapidly than Costa Rica's better-known rain forest, primarily because it has been easier to convert to agriculture. This book, based on more than . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 11. |  | Title: Afghanistan: the Soviet invasion and the Afghan response, 1979-1982 Author: Kakar, M. Hasan Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies | Politics | History | Middle Eastern History Publisher's Description: Few people are more respected or better positioned to speak on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan than M. Hassan Kakar. A professor at Kabul University and scholar of Afghanistan affairs at the time of the 1978 coup d'état, Kakar vividly describes the events surrounding the Soviet invasion in 1979 a . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 12. |  | Title: Dateline Soweto: travels with black South African reporters Author: Finnegan, William Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Media Studies | African Studies | Social Problems | Politics | African History Publisher's Description: Dateline Soweto documents the working lives of black South African reporters caught between the mistrust of militant blacks, police harrassment, and white editors who - fearing government disapproval - may not print the stories these reporters risk their lives to get. William Finnegan revisited seve . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 13. |  | Title: Lines in the water: nature and culture at Lake Titicaca Author: Orlove, Benjamin S Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology | Environmental Studies | Latin American Studies | Conservation Publisher's Description: This beautifully written book weaves reflections on anthropological fieldwork together with evocative meditations on a spectacular landscape as it takes us to the remote indigenous villages on the shore of Lake Titicaca, high in the Peruvian Andes. Ben Orlove brings alive the fishermen, reed cutters . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 14. |  | Title: Controlling corruption Author: Klitgaard, Robert E Published: University of California Press, 1988 Subjects: Politics | Asian Studies | Economics and Business | African Studies Publisher's Description: Corruption is increasingly recognized as a preeminent problem in the developing world. Bribery, extortion, fraud, kickbacks, and collusion have resulted in retarded economies, predator elites, and political instability. In this lively and absorbing book, Robert Klitgaard provides a framework for des . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 15. |  | Title: Encountering Chinese networks: Western, Japanese, and Chinese corporations in China, 1880-1937 Author: Cochran, Sherman 1940- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: History | Economics and Business | Asian History | China Publisher's Description: Big businesses have faced a persistent dilemma in China since the nineteenth century: how to retain control over corporate hierarchies while adapting to local social networks. Sherman Cochran, in the first study to compare Western, Japanese, and Chinese businesses in Chinese history, shows how vario . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 16. |  | Title: Reclaiming America: Nike, clean air, and the new national activism Author: Shaw, Randy 1956- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: American Studies | Politics | Public Policy Publisher's Description: Have activists taken the bumper-sticker adage "Think Globally, Act Locally" too literally? Randy Shaw argues that they have, with destructive consequences for America. Since the 1970s, activist participation in national struggles has steadily given way to a nearly exclusive focus on local issues. Am . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 17. |  | Title: Cultural curiosity: thirteen stories about the search for Chinese roots Author: Khu, Josephine M.T 1964- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Ethnic Studies | Asian Studies | Anthropology | Social Science | Asian American Studies | China Publisher's Description: This anthology of autobiographical essays reveals the human side of the Chinese diaspora. Written by ethnic Chinese who were born or raised outside of China, these moving pieces, full of the poignant details of everyday life, describe the experience of growing up as a visible minority and the subseq . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 18. |  | Title: Fluxus experience Author: Higgins, Hannah 1964- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Art | Art History | Art Theory | Art Criticism Publisher's Description: In this groundbreaking work of incisive scholarship and analysis, Hannah Higgins explores the influential art movement Fluxus. Daring, disparate, contentious - Fluxus artists worked with minimal and prosaic materials now familiar in post-World War II art. Higgins describes the experience of Fluxus f . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 19. |  | Title: The gold and the blue: a personal memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967 Author: Kerr, Clark 1911- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: History | California and the West | Intellectual History | Californian and Western History | Autobiography Publisher's Description: One of the last century's most influential figures in higher education, Clark Kerr was a leading visionary, architect, leader, and fighter for the University of California. Chancellor of the Berkeley campus from 1952 to 1958 and president of the university from 1958 to 1967, Kerr saw the university . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 20. |  | Title: A critical cinema 2: interviews with independent filmmakers Author: MacDonald, Scott 1942- Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts | Film | Women's Studies Publisher's Description: This sequel to A Critical Cinema offers a new collection of interviews with independent filmmakers that is a feast for film fans and film historians. Scott MacDonald reveals the sophisticated thinking of these artists regarding film, politics, and contemporary gender issues.The interviews explore th . . . [more] Similar Items |