university of california press jun 2004 (7 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This magnificent book, the fruit of a decade of original research, is a landmark in Los Angeles's difficult conversation with its past. Deverell brilliantly exposes the white lies and racial deceits that have for too long reigned as municipal 'history.'--Mike Davis.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Fifty-three years after its original publication, this backlist title still goes strong! Here it is with a new look.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Three Kingdoms gives us The Iliad of China. First of the five great works of traditional prose fiction, this master narrative transforms history into epic and has thereby educated and entertained readers of five centuries with unforgettable exemplars of martial and civic virtue, of personal fidelity and political treachery. Moss Roberts's translation, the first complete rendering in English, is one of surpassing excellence and impeccable scholarship. It should delight and captivate Western readers for many more years to come.'--Anthony C. Yu, University of Chicago 'Moss Roberts's elegant and powerful translation of China's most important historical romance has a stunning directness that aptly conveys the dramatic boldness of the original episodic narrative. English readers may now finally understand why this 15th-century novel so strategically shaped the political world-view of generations of Chinese.'--Frederic Wakeman, Director of the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Galvan studies howpeasants in rural Senegal creatively combine remembered elements of local culture into modern development efforts, thus generating innovative institutional blends that can render develoment more sustainable by meeting the needs of state-building without sacrificing community-based solidarity, local culture, and historic identity.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, militarization, nationalism, and globalization are scrutinized at sites of violent conflict from a range of feminist pespectives.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Prominent archaeologists present new archaeological evidence from Europe and Asia that bears on the origin of modern humans and their culture. This evidence collectively suggests that modern human behavior emerged gradually and across a broad geographic area, in contrast to the scenario based on previous evidence from western Europe.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cole shows how women participated in ancient Greek religion and draws fascinating conclusions about what these activities suggested to the women about themselves as well as about them to their societies.