UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004: Similar Items


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1.	Requires cookie*	Title: A finger in the wound: body politics in quincentennial Guatemala Author: Nelson, Diane M 1963- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Anthropology \| Latin American Studies \| Latin American History Publisher's Description: Many Guatemalans speak of Mayan indigenous organizing as "a finger in the wound." Diane Nelson explores the implications of this painfully graphic metaphor in her far-reaching study of the civil war and its aftermath. Why use a body metaphor? What body is wounded, and how does it react to apparent f . . . [more] Similar Items
2.	Requires cookie*	Title: A Renaissance court: Milan under Galeazzo Maria Sforza Author: Lubkin, Gregory Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: History \| Renaissance History Publisher's Description: Ambitious, extravagant, progressive, and sexually notorious, Galeazzo Maria Sforza inherited the ducal throne of Milan in 1466, at the age of twenty-two. Although his reign ended tragically only ten years later, the young prince's court was a dynamic community where arts, policy making, and the pano . . . [more] Similar Items
3.	Requires cookie*	Title: The Spanish redemption: heritage, power, and loss on New Mexico's upper Rio Grande Author: Montgomery, Charles H 1964- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History \| United States History \| Latino Studies \| California and the West Publisher's Description: Charles Montgomery's compelling narrative traces the history of the upper Rio Grande's modern Spanish heritage, showing how Anglos and Hispanos sought to redefine the region's social character by glorifying its Spanish colonial past. This readable book demonstrates that northern New Mexico's twentie . . . [more] Similar Items
4.	Requires cookie*	Title: Mexico's mandarins: crafting a power elite for the twenty-first century Author: Camp, Roderic Ai Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Politics \| Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: This groundbreaking study marks the culmination of over twenty years of research by one of this country's most prominent Mexico scholars. Roderic Ai Camp provides a detailed, comprehensive examination of Mexico's power elite - their political power, societal influence, and the crucial yet often over . . . [more] Similar Items
5.	Requires cookie*	Title: Zapata lives!: histories and cultural politics in southern Mexico Author: Stephen, Lynn Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Latin American Studies \| Anthropology \| Sociology \| American Studies \| Ethnic Studies \| Latin American History \| Politics \| Postcolonial Studies Publisher's Description: This richly detailed study chronicles recent political events in southern Mexico, up to and including the July 2000 election of Vicente Fox. Lynn Stephen focuses on the meaning that Emiliano Zapata, the great symbol of land reform and human rights, has had and now has for rural Mexicans. Stephen doc . . . [more] Similar Items
6.	Requires cookie*	Title: Tokugawa village practice: class, status, power, law Author: Ooms, Herman Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: History \| Asian History \| Japan \| Law Publisher's Description: In contrast to modern Japanese citizens, during the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) villagers frequently resorted to lawsuits to settle conflicts. Herman Ooms uses colorful, skillfully analyzed case studies to trace the evolution of class and status conflicts through lawsuits and petitions in villages. . . . [more] Similar Items
7.	Requires cookie*	Title: Empire and revolution: the Americans in Mexico since the Civil War Author: Hart, John M. (John Mason) 1935- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History \| Latin American History \| United States History \| American Studies \| Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: The deep relationship between the United States and Mexico has had repercussions felt around the world. This sweeping and unprecedented chronicle of the economic and social connections between the two nations opens a new window onto history from the Civil War to today and brilliantly illuminates the . . . [more] Similar Items
8.	Requires cookie*	Title: The romance of democracy: compliant defiance in contemporary Mexico Author: Gutmann, Matthew C 1953- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology \| Latino Studies \| Latin American Studies \| Sociology \| Urban Studies Publisher's Description: The Romance of Democracy gives a unique insider perspective on contemporary Mexico by examining the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City today. A highly absorbing and vividly detailed ethnographic study of popular politics and official subjugation, the book pro . . . [more] Similar Items
9.	Requires cookie*	Title: With broadax and firebrand: the destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic forest Author: Dean, Warren Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Environmental Studies \| Latin American Studies \| Natural History Publisher's Description: Warren Dean chronicles the chaotic path to what could be one of the greatest natural disasters of modern times: the disappearance of the Atlantic Forest. A quarter the size of the Amazon Forest, and the most densely populated region in Brazil, the Atlantic Forest is now the most endangered in the wo . . . [more] Similar Items
10.	Requires cookie*	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] Similar Items
11.	Requires cookie*	Title: Mayo ethnobotany: land, history, and traditional knowledge in northwest Mexico Author: Yetman, David 1941- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology \| Botany \| Cultural Anthropology \| Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: The Mayos, an indigenous people of northwestern Mexico, live in small towns spread over southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa, lands of remarkable biological diversity. Traditional Mayo knowledge is quickly being lost as this culture becomes absorbed into modern Mexico. Moreover, as big agriculture s . . . [more] Similar Items
12.	Requires cookie*	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
13.	Requires cookie*	Title: Tropical forests and the human spirit: journeys to the brink of hope Author: Stone, Roger D Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: EcologyEvolutionEnvironment \| Ecology \| Conservation \| Anthropology Publisher's Description: Tropical forests are vanishing at an alarming rate. This book, based on extensive international field research, highlights one solution for preserving this precious resource: empowering local people who depend on the forest for survival. Synthesizing a vast amount of information that has never been . . . [more] Similar Items
14.	Requires cookie*	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
15.	Requires cookie*	Title: Silicon second nature: culturing artificial life in a digital world Author: Helmreich, Stefan 1966- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Science \| Computer Science \| Biology \| Technology and Society \| Social Theory \| Cultural Anthropology \| California and the West Publisher's Description: Silicon Second Nature takes us on an expedition into an extraordinary world where nature is made of bits and bytes and life is born from sequences of zeroes and ones. Artificial Life is the brainchild of scientists who view self-replicating computer programs - such as computer viruses - as new forms . . . [more] Similar Items
16.	Requires cookie*	Title: Migration, mujercitas, and medicine men: living in urban Mexico Author: Napolitano, Valentina Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology \| Gender Studies \| Latin American Studies \| Urban Studies \| Sociology \| Medical Anthropology \| Ethnic Studies \| Medical Anthropology Publisher's Description: Valentina Napolitano explores issues of migration, medicine, religion, and gender in this incisive analysis of everyday practices of urban living in Guadalajara, Mexico. Drawing on fieldwork over a ten-year period, Napolitano paints a rich and vibrant picture of daily life in a low-income neighborho . . . [more] Similar Items
17.	Requires cookie*	Title: Sanctuaries of Spanish New Mexico/ Author: Treib, Marc Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Architecture \| Architectural History Publisher's Description: Among the oldest buildings in the United States, the churches of Spanish New Mexico - made of earth, of stone, of wood - are the surprisingly fragile reminders of a unique amalgam of Spanish architectural ideas and native American Pueblo culture. This book surveys the land and rivers, the people and . . . [more] Similar Items
18.	Requires cookie*	Title: Building the fourth estate: democratization and the rise of a free press in Mexico Author: Lawson, Chappell H 1967- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Politics \| Latin American Studies \| Media Studies Publisher's Description: Based on an in-depth examination of Mexico's print and broadcast media over the last twenty-five years, this book is the most richly detailed account available of the role of the media in democratization, demonstrating the reciprocal relationship between changes in the press and changes in the polit . . . [more] Similar Items
19.	Requires cookie*	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
20.	Requires cookie*	Title: Houses in the rain forest: ethnicity and inequality among farmers and foragers in Central Africa Author: Grinker, Roy Richard 1961- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Anthropology \| African Studies \| Cultural Anthropology Publisher's Description: This is the first ethnographic study of the farmers and foragers of northeastern Zaire since Colin Turnbull's classic works of the 1960s. Roy Richard Grinker lived for nearly two years among the Lese farmers and their long-term partners, the Efe (Pygmies), learned their languages, and gained unique . . . [more] Similar Items