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


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1.	Add to Bookbag	Title: Religious nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India Author: Veer, Peter van der Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Anthropology \| Cultural Anthropology \| Hinduism \| South Asia Publisher's Description: Religious nationalism is a subject of critical importance in much of the world today. Peter van der Veer's timely study on the relationship between religion and politics in India goes well beyond other books on this subject. He brings together several disciplines - anthropology, history, social theo . . . [more] Similar Items
2.	Add to Bookbag	Title: Global community: the role of international organizations in the making of the contemporary world Author: Iriye, Akira Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Politics \| International Relations \| History \| Global Studies Publisher's Description: The "global community" is a term we take for granted today. But how did the global community, both as an idea and as a reality, originate and develop over time? This book examines this concept by looking at the emergence, growth, and activities of international organizations--both governmental and n . . . [more] Similar Items
3.	Add to Bookbag	Title: China's new nationalism: pride, politics, and diplomacy Author: Gries, Peter Hays 1967- Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Politics \| Asian Studies \| China \| International Relations Publisher's Description: Three American missiles hit the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, and what Americans view as an appalling and tragic mistake, many Chinese see as a "barbaric" and intentional "criminal act," the latest in a long series of Western aggressions against China. In this book, Peter Hays Gries explores the role . . . [more] Similar Items
4.	Add to Bookbag	Title: Divided loyalties: nationalism and mass politics in Syria at the close of Empire Author: Gelvin, James L 1951- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: History \| Middle Eastern Studies \| Middle Eastern History \| Politics Publisher's Description: James L. Gelvin brings a new and distinctive perspective to the perennially fascinating topic of nationalism in the Arab Middle East. Unlike previous historians who have focused on the activities and ideas of a small group of elites, Gelvin details the role played by non-elites in nationalist politi . . . [more] Similar Items
5.	Add to Bookbag	Title: The comparative imagination: on the history of racism, nationalism, and social movements Author: Fredrickson, George M 1934- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History \| United States History Publisher's Description: In this collection of essays, an eminent American historian of race relations discusses issues central to our understanding of the history of racism, the role of racism, and the possibilites for justice in contemporary society. George M. Fredrickson provides an eloquent and vigorous examination of r . . . [more] Similar Items
6.	Add to Bookbag	Title: The new Cold War?: religious nationalism confronts the secular state Author: Juergensmeyer, Mark Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Politics \| Asian Studies \| Religion \| Social Problems \| Middle Eastern Studies \| South Asia Publisher's Description: Will the religious confrontations with secular authorities around the world lead to a new Cold War? Mark Juergensmeyer paints a provocative picture of the new religious revolutionaries altering the political landscape in the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Impassioned Musl . . . [more] Similar Items
7.	Add to Bookbag	Title: Nationalism and the Nordic imagination: Swedish art of the 1890s Author: Facos, Michelle Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Art \| Art History \| European Studies Publisher's Description: This richly illustrated book is a lucid introduction to a largely neglected manifestation of Modernism that came out of fin-de-siècle Sweden. Michelle Facos presents the first study in English to seriously examine the movement known as Swedish National Romanticism. Her work is especially valuable in . . . [more] Similar Items
8.	Add to Bookbag	Title: The Manchurian myth: nationalism, resistance and collaboration in modern China Author: Mitter, Rana 1969- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: History \| China \| Japan Publisher's Description: A powerful element in twentieth-century Chinese politics has been the myth of Chinese resistance to Japan's seizure of Manchuria in 1931. Investigating the shifting alliances of key players in that event, Rana Mitter traces the development of the narrative of resistance to the occupation and shows h . . . [more] Similar Items
9.	Add to Bookbag	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
10.	Add to Bookbag	Title: Globalization: culture and education in the new millennium Author: Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M 1956- Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Global Studies \| Politics \| Media Studies \| Postcolonial Studies \| Sociology \| Environmental Studies \| Education \| Global Studies Publisher's Description: Globalization defines our era. While it has created a great deal of debate in economic, policy, and grassroots circles, many aspects of the phenomenon remain virtual terra incognita. Education is at the heart of this continent of the unknown. This pathbreaking book examines how globalization and lar . . . [more] Similar Items
11.	Add to Bookbag	Title: Rethinking the American race problem Author: Brooks, Roy L. (Roy Lavon) 1950- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: American Studies \| Law \| Politics \| Ethnic Studies Publisher's Description: If the conservative view of the American race problem is frightening, the traditional liberal view seems impotent. Analyzing the race problem from neither right nor left, Brooks sheds a new and clarifying light on America's longest running social and moral dilemma.This incisive book provides a bold . . . [more] Similar Items
12.	Add to Bookbag	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
13.	Add to Bookbag	Title: Rethinking evil: contemporary perspectives Author: Lara, María Pía Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Philosophy \| Ethics \| Social and Political Thought \| Intellectual History \| Social Theory \| Social Problems Publisher's Description: This innovative volume will be welcomed by moral and political philosophers, social scientists, and anyone who reflects seriously on the twentieth century's heavy burden of war, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other evidence of people's desire to harm one another. María Pía Lara brings together a pr . . . [more] Similar Items
14.	Add to Bookbag	Title: A translucent mirror: history and identity in Qing imperial ideology Author: Crossley, Pamela Kyle Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: History \| China \| Asian History Publisher's Description: In this landmark exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, Pamela Kyle Crossley traces the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing (1636-1912), incorporated neighboring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship. Drawi . . . [more] Similar Items
15.	Add to Bookbag	Title: Romance on a global stage: pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages Author: Constable, Nicole Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Anthropology \| American Studies \| Asian American Studies \| Postcolonial Studies \| Sociology \| Gender Studies \| Gender Studies Publisher's Description: By the year 2000 more than 350 Internet agencies were plying the email-order marriage trade, and the business of matching up mostly Western men with women from Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America had become an example of globalization writ large. This provocative work opens a window onto the com . . . [more] Similar Items
16.	Add to Bookbag	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
17.	Add to Bookbag	Title: "Mi raza primero!" (My people first!): nationalism, identity, and insurgency in the Chicano movement in Los Angeles, 1966-1978 Author: Chávez, Ernesto 1962- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History \| California and the West \| Californian and Western History \| Chicano Studies \| Sociology \| Politics \| Social Problems \| Immigration Publisher's Description: ¡Mi Raza Primero! is the first book to examine the Chicano movement's development in one locale - in this case Los Angeles, home of the largest population of people of Mexican descent outside of Mexico City. Ernesto Chávez focuses on four organizations that constituted the heart of the movement: The . . . [more] Similar Items
18.	Add to Bookbag	Title: Remaking the modern: space, relocation, and the politics of identity in a global Cairo Author: Ghannam, Farha 1963- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology \| Cultural Anthropology \| Middle Eastern Studies Publisher's Description: In an effort to restyle Cairo into a global capital that would meet the demands of tourists and investors and to achieve President Anwar Sadat's goal to modernize the housing conditions of the urban poor, the Egyptian government relocated residents from what was deemed valuable real estate in downto . . . [more] Similar Items
19.	Add to Bookbag	Title: The colonial Bastille: a history of imprisonment in Vietnam, 1862-1940 Author: Zinoman, Peter 1965- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Asian Studies \| Asian History \| Southeast Asia \| Politics Publisher's Description: Peter Zinoman's original and insightful study focuses on the colonial prison system in French Indochina and its role in fostering modern political consciousness among the Vietnamese. Using prison memoirs, newspaper articles, and extensive archival records, Zinoman presents a wealth of significant ne . . . [more] Similar Items
20.	Add to Bookbag	Title: Post-nationalist American studies Author: Rowe, John Carlos Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: American Studies \| Ethnic Studies Publisher's Description: Post-Nationalist American Studies seeks to revise the cultural nationalism and celebratory American exceptionalism that tended to dominate American Studies in the Cold War era. The goal of the book's contributors is a less insular, more trans-national, comparative approach to American Studies, one t . . . [more] Similar Items