university of california berkeley 2004 (38 risultati)

23.0 mx 15.0cms 384pp very good paperback & cover (poorly applied laminate across front cover) The Urapmin people sent their young men to study with Baptist missionaries in the 1960s and suffered a charismatic conversion to Christianity in the 1970s.

28.0 x 23.0cms 230pp 140 b/w & colour illusts very good+ paperback with French flaps This catalogue presents Ireland as one of the West Coast's most significant conceptual and installation artists. He sees himself as a 'post-discipline art's who is guided by Zen thought and post-discipline aesthetics.

24.0 x 15.0cms 330pp b/w illusts very good hardback & dustwrapper Deverall discusses 6 developments that shaped Los Angeles: the cementing of the Los Angeles River; the bublonic plage f 1924; the evolution of the brickyard in the 1920s; the appropriation (and obliteration) of its connections with Mexican place and people.

8vo, 413pp. A near fine paperback copy. Remainder mark.

8vo, 327pp. A very good paperback copy. Remainder mark.

Hard cover Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p.

8vo, 265pp. A very good paperback copy. Remainder mark.

8vo, 321pp. A near fine hardback copy in like dust jacket.

Octavo, paperback,256 pp.,colour photographs, maps. WAS $45. The first section provides facts about reef wildlife, the interactions between humans and reefs, and the Caribbean area in general. Spalding discusses the problems facing the reefs, with a focus on what each person can do to protect them. The second section comprises thirty-five country-based chapters that provide key information about the coral reefs, marine parks, points of general interest, remote places, and unusual species. Throughout the text a set of stunning maps show the islands, coral reefs, marine features, dive centers, and many other key sites. Section three provides a photographic field guide and inventory of the marine flora and fauna of the region. Also available in hardcover, POA.

Large octavo, dustwrapper,356 pp.,black and white photographs, text illustrations, maps. WAS $115. The book begins with an introduction by noted iguana biologist Dr. Gordon Burghardt that examines the state of iguana research - past, present, and future - with an emphasis on social behaviour. Three major sections follow, each opening with a synthesis by the volume editors, who survey the current status and likely future direction of investigations in the pertinent area. The first section focuses on different aspects of the taxonomic and morphological diversity of iguanas and includes a complete checklist of species. In the second section, contributors address the behaviour and ecology of iguanas and provide compelling evidence that both may be far more complex than previously appreciated. The third and final section, highlighting the threats facing iguana populations today, describes the broad array of innovative conservation strategies that will be needed to help ensure their survival. Illustrated throughout with photographs, distribution maps, tables, and figures, this volume will be the definitive resource for anyone--professional or curious amateur--interested in iguanas.

Small quarto,304 pp.photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. WAS $120. The book is divided into four parts: Evolutionary history of the Giant Panda; Studies of Giant Panda biology; Pandas and their habitats; and Giant Panda conservation. It combines the latest findings from the field and the laboratory together with panel and workshop summaries from a recent international conference.

1096 p 25 cm Encuadernación editorial en rústica. Estado de conservación: Como nuevo. .

540 p 25 cm Encuadernación editorial en rústica. Estado de conservación: Como nuevo. .

Size: 8vo. xvi, 620pp. Publisher's hardback with printed dust-jacket. Stamp along longer edges.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine, internally clean, solid hard cover first printing in a complete Near Fine dust jacket. #.

revised edition).Octavo, paperback,432 pp.,colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. From river otters and minks to bobcats, pikas, and flying squirrels, California boasts a diverse and intriguing fauna. But many of these animals can be secretive, shy, and nocturnal and observing them in the wild can be difficult. During the past two decades, the first edition of this popular guide introduced thousands to California's mammals by describing techniques for recognizing their presence, and when possible, methods for watching them in their natural habitats. Also available in hardcover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. First Edition. Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Dust-jacket in clear plastic cover, taped to boards and endpapers.; xxviii, 340 pages. Red boards with green cloth spine. Bronze lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 228 x 151mm. Illustrated. "Mammals first evolved at about the same time as dinosaurs, and their story is perhaps the more fascinating of the two - in part because it is also our own story. In this book, eminent naturalist David Rains Wallace brings the saga of ancient mammals to a general audience. Using artist Rudolph Zallinger's majestic "Age of Mammals" mural at the Peabody Museum as a frame for his narrative, Wallace deftly moves over varied terrain - drawing from history, science, evolutionary theory, and art history - to present a lively account of fossil discoveries and an overview of what those discoveries have revealed about early mammals and their evolution. In these pages we encounter towering mammoths, tiny horses, giant-clawed ground sloths, whales with legs, uintatheres, zhelestids and other exotic extinct creatures as well as the scientists who discovered and wondered about their remains. We meet such memorable figures as Georges Cuvier, Richard Owen, Edward D. Cope, George Gaylord Simpson and Stephen Jay Gould and learn of their heated disputes, from Cuvier's and Owen's fights with early evolutionists to present controversies over the Late Cretaceous mass extinction. Wallace's own lifelong interest in evolution is reflected in the book's evocative style and in the personal experiences he weaves into the tale, providing an altogether expansive perspective on what Darwin described as the "grandeur" of evolution." Contents: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Fresco and the Fossil; 1. Pachyderms in the Catacombs; 2. Dr. Jekyll and the Stonesfield Jaws; 3. The Origin of Mammals; 4. The Noblest Conquest; 5. Terrible Horns and Heavy Feet; 6. Mr. Megatherium versus Professor Mylodon; 7. Fire Beasts of the Antipodes; 8. Titans on Parade; 9. Five-toed Horses and Missing Links; 10. The Invisible Dawn Man; 11. A Bonaparte of Beasts; 12. Love and Theory; 13. Simpson's Cynodont-to-Smilodon Synthesis; 14. Shifting Ground; 15. Dissolving Ancestries; 16. Exploding Faunas; 17. The Revenge of the Shell Hunters; 18. Simpson Redivivus; 19. Winds Thieves of the Kyzylkum; 20. The Serpent's Offering; 21. Anthropoid Leapfrog; Epilogue: Cenozoic Parks; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

very good dust-jacket, very good black half-cloth with brown boards, appears little used if at all. previous owner's name in 1-inch high black ink letters on front endpaper. BACON, DAVID. The children of NAFTA: labor wars on the U.S./Mexico border. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2004, 348pp., . "Based on firsthand accounts, this book investigates the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on those who work along the U.S./Mexico border producing food, televisions, computer equipment, plumbing supplies, clothing, and other goods that are the material foundation of our lives. Journalist David Bacon paints a portrait of poverty, repression, and struggle, offering a devastating critique of NAFTA in the most in-depth examination of border workers published to date." "This book finds that, despite the promises of its backers, NAFTA has locked in a harsh neoliberal economic policy that has swept away laws and protections established by Mexican workers over many decades. More than a showcase for NAFTA's victims, The Children of NAFTA traces the emergence of a new social consciousness, telling how workers in Mexico, the U.S., and Canada are now beginning to join together in a powerful new strategy of cross-border organizing as they fight for economic and social justice." - CONTENTS: Introduction -- Grapes and green onions -- Putting solidarity on the table -- Tijuana's Maquiladora workers -- Han Young -- Build a house, go to jail -- The strategic alliance -- Duro means hard -- Mexico's wars over privatization -- Transplanted expectations -- The world of the border has changed. 9780520237780 ISBN 0520237781.

, Kramer, Lawrence, 1946-. Opera and modern culture : Wagner and Strauss. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004, 257pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth. CONTENTS: Prologue : thinking through opera with Wagner and Strauss -- Opera : two or three things I know about her -- Contesting Wagner : the Lohengrin prelude and anti-anti-semitism -- The waters of Prometheus : nationalism and sexuality in Wagner's Ring -- Enchantment and modernity : Wagner the symptom -- Modernity's cutting edge : the Salome complex -- Video as Jugendstil : Salome, visuality, and performance -- Fin-de-siècle fantasies : Elektra and the culture of supremacism -- Epilogue : voice and its beyonds. 9780520241732 ISBN 0520241738.

very good dust-jacket with some messy old label residue over rear barcode, very good brown half-cloth with white boards, top corner of front endpaper clipped away. DEVERELL, WILLIAM. Whitewashed adobe: the rise of Los Angeles and the remaking of its Mexican past. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004, 2d printing number line ending in 2, xix, 330pp., . "Chronicling the rise of Los Angeles through shifting ideas of race and ethnicity, William Deverell offers a unique perspective on how the city grew and changed. Whitewashed Adobe considers six different developments in the history of the city - among them the cementing of the Los Angeles River, the outbreak of the bubonic plague in 1924, and the evolution of America's largest brickyard in the 1920s. In an absorbing narrative illustrated by many previously unpublished period photographs, Deverell shows how a city that was once part of Mexico itself came of age through appropriating - and even obliterating - the region's connections to Mexican places and people." - CONTENTS: Introduction: City of the future -- The unending Mexican war -- History on parade -- Remembering a river -- The color of brickwork is brown -- Ethnic quarantine -- The drama of Los Angeles history -- Conclusion: Whitewashed adobe. 9780520218697 ISBN 0520218698.

reprint stiff wrappers As New octavo xiv + 315pp., b/w ills., glossary, appendix, bibliog., notes, index,

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book octavo xxix + 321pp., b/w pls., index, 'Jewish criminalty' from the 18th century through the Weimar Republic to the Nazi period.

cm 15,2x23, ill in b/n Racconto (vita, religione, morte) della vita di una popolazione rurale in un angolo sperduto del Nepal nelle vicinenze del Manaslu.

reprint softback with stiff wrappers Nice copy octavo xv + 515pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index, Small owner's label o/w 'as new'.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo xi + 256pp., b/w pls., text ills., reading list, index, 'A fascinating journey through the realm of ice age science'.

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine octavo xviii + 284pp., maps, bibliog., index, Author is a noted Russian intellectual. Foreword by Mikhail Gorbachev.

1st edition / 1st printing softback with stiff wrappers As New octavo xii + 277pp., notes, index, 'takes an intriguing look at the shifting nature of academic and public discourse in this incisive consideration of recent academic scandals - including charges of plagiarism against Stephen Ambrose, Derek Freeman's attempt to debunk Margaret Mead's research, Michael Bellesiles' alleged fabrication of an early America without weapons, Joseph Ellis' imaginary participation in major historical events of the 1960s, Napoleon Chagnon's creation and manipulation of a 'Stone Age people', and accusations that Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu's testimony on the Maya holocaust was in part fiction'.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo ix + 215pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index,

1st edition hardback with dust jacket New book octavo xxv + 295pp., sources, index,

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo xv + 348pp., colour & b/w plates, diags., maps, bibliog., index, Author is a renowned expert on the primate fossil record.