Natural state : a literary anthology of California nature writing / / selected and edited by Steven Gilbar ; with a foreword by David Brower |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.794 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GilbarSteven |
Soggetto topico |
Natural history - California
Nature |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
anthology big sur california climbing coastal continental drift desert geography grand canyon hunting literary anthology matterhorn mother nature mountain climbing mountains national parks natural world nature writing nature rock climbing santa ana santa rosa short story collection united states history us history west coast western united states western us yosemite |
ISBN |
1-283-64631-5
0-520-92033-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Natural State -- Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CREATION -- Grampa Ramsey and the Great Canyon -- THE MOUNTAINS -- An Elk Hunt -- Ramblings in Yosemite -- Lake Tahoe -- Climbing Matterhorn Peak -- A Mount for All Seasons -- Trumpets of Light -- The Fourth Dimension -- Climbing Half Dome -- THE HILLS AND VALLEYS -- Into the Valley -- The Sea Fogs -- On Sonoma Mountain -- Flight -- Spirits of the Valley -- A Reflection on White Geese -- In Condor Country -- Winter's Fog -- A Vanishing Land -- Remnants -- THE DESERT -- Desert Walking -- Death Valley -- Overlooking Carrizo Gorge -- The Palms in Our Hands -- THE COAST -- Gaviota Coast Trails -- Where the Mountains Meet the Sea -- Big Sur -- The Sundown Sea -- A Certain Moment -- Tapping the Source -- Santa Rosa -- Lost Coast -- EARTH, WIND, RAIN, AND FIRE -- Continental Drift -- The San Andreas Discrepancy -- A Wind-Storm in the Forest -- The Santa Ana -- Nurslings of the Sky -- The Storm -- After the Fire -- Afterword Coming into the Watershed -- FURTHER READING -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998 | ||
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Post-nationalist American studies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Carlos Rowe |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RoweJohn Carlos |
Soggetto topico |
Nationalism - Study and teaching - United States
Cultural pluralism - Study and teaching - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
1990s
academic america american culture american history american studies college professor essay anthology essay collection globalism historical history professor history teacher migration nationalism nationalist north atlantic post nationalist professor race issues race racism scholarly syllabi syllabus teacher united states history united states us history wartime |
ISBN |
1-59734-826-0
0-520-92526-2 1-282-75885-3 9786612758850 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Post-Nationalism, Globalism, and the New American Studies -- Creating the Multicultural Nation -- Rethinking (and Reteaching) the Civil Religion in Post-Nationalist American Studies -- Foreign Affairs -- Making Comparisons -- Race, Nation, Equality -- Joaquín Murrieta and the American 1848 -- My Border Stories -- How Tiger Woods Lost His Stripes -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783457203321 |
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
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Real Indians [[electronic resource] ] : identity and the survival of Native America / / Eva Marie Garroutte |
Autore | Garroutte Eva Marie <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.897 |
Soggetto topico |
Indians of North America - Ethnic identity
Indians of North America - Tribal citizenship Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc Identification (Psychology) Self-determination, National - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
academic american history american indians biology census categories census contemporary history cultural history cultural studies culture ethics identity politics indigenous people modern history morals native american native people political race issues race racial identity racial issues racism scholarly social history social studies survival systemic racism turn of the century united states history us history white man |
ISBN |
0-520-93592-6
1-282-76252-4 1-59734-852-X 9786612762529 1-4175-2045-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Chief Who Never Was -- 1. Enrollees and Outalucks: Law -- 2. "If He Gets a Nosebleed, He'll Turn into a White Man": Biology -- 3. What If My Grandma Eats Big Macs? Culture -- 4. If You're Indian and You Know It (but Others Don't): Self-Identification -- 5. "Whaddaya Mean 'We,' White Man?": Identity ConXicts and a Radical Indigenism -- 6. Allowing the Ancestors to Speak: Radical Indigenism and New/Old Definitions of Identity -- Conclusion: Long Lance's Ghost and the Spirit of Future Scholarship -- Appendix -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Identity and the survival of Native America |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783189303321 |
Garroutte Eva Marie <1962->
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The road to 9/11 [[electronic resource] ] : wealth, empire, and the future of America / / Peter Dale Scott |
Autore | Scott Peter Dale |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.931 |
Soggetto topico |
Transparency in government - United States
Privacy, Right of - United States War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Political aspects September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Political aspects Democracy - United States Elite (Social sciences) - United States National security - United States Political corruption - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
9/11
al qaeda american history assassination cia crime criminal cultural studies democracy democratic state disaster domestic drug war foreign policy kennedy nixon political politics presidents punishment social history social studies southeast asia terrorism terrorist united states foreign policy united states history united states presidents us history war on drugs wartime world war 2. wwii |
ISBN |
1-282-35709-3
9786612357091 0-520-92994-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface. The America We Knew and Loved: Can It Be Saved? -- 1. Introduction: Wealth, Empire, Cabals, and the Public State -- 2. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Decline of the Public State -- 3. The Pivotal Presidency: Ford, Rumsfeld, and Cheney -- 4. Brzezinski, Oil, and Afghanistan -- 5. Carter's Surrender to the Rockefellers on Iran -- 6. Casey, the Republican Counter surprise, and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, 1980 -- 7. Afghanistan and the Origins of al Qaeda -- 8. The Al-Kifah Center, al Qaeda, and the U.S. Government, 1988-98 -- 9. The Pre-9/11 Cover-up of Ali Mohamed and al Qaeda -- 10. Al Qaeda and the U.S. Establishment -- 11. Parallel Structures and Plans for Continuity of Government -- 12. The 9/11 Commission Report and Vice President Cheney -- 13. The 9/11 Commission Report's and Cheney's Deceptions about 9/11 -- 14. Cheney, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Continuity of Government -- 15. Conclusion: 9/11 and the Future of America -- Glossary of Open Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Road to nine eleven |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778475303321 |
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The road to 9/11 : wealth, empire, and the future of America / / Peter Dale Scott |
Autore | Scott Peter Dale |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.931 |
Soggetto topico |
Transparency in government - United States
Privacy, Right of - United States War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Political aspects September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Political aspects Democracy - United States Elite (Social sciences) - United States National security - United States Political corruption - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
9/11
al qaeda american history assassination cia crime criminal cultural studies democracy democratic state disaster domestic drug war foreign policy kennedy nixon political politics presidents punishment social history social studies southeast asia terrorism terrorist united states foreign policy united states history united states presidents us history war on drugs wartime world war 2. wwii |
ISBN |
1-282-35709-3
9786612357091 0-520-92994-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface. The America We Knew and Loved: Can It Be Saved? -- 1. Introduction: Wealth, Empire, Cabals, and the Public State -- 2. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Decline of the Public State -- 3. The Pivotal Presidency: Ford, Rumsfeld, and Cheney -- 4. Brzezinski, Oil, and Afghanistan -- 5. Carter's Surrender to the Rockefellers on Iran -- 6. Casey, the Republican Counter surprise, and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, 1980 -- 7. Afghanistan and the Origins of al Qaeda -- 8. The Al-Kifah Center, al Qaeda, and the U.S. Government, 1988-98 -- 9. The Pre-9/11 Cover-up of Ali Mohamed and al Qaeda -- 10. Al Qaeda and the U.S. Establishment -- 11. Parallel Structures and Plans for Continuity of Government -- 12. The 9/11 Commission Report and Vice President Cheney -- 13. The 9/11 Commission Report's and Cheney's Deceptions about 9/11 -- 14. Cheney, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Continuity of Government -- 15. Conclusion: 9/11 and the Future of America -- Glossary of Open Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Road to nine eleven |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815713703321 |
Scott Peter Dale
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Same-sex affairs [[electronic resource] ] : constructing and controlling homosexuality in the Pacific Northwest / / Peter Boag |
Autore | Boag Peter <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.76/62/09795 |
Soggetto topico |
Male homosexuality - Northwest, Pacific - History
Migrant labor - Sexual behavior - Northwest, Pacific - History Gay men - Northwest, Pacific - History Gay men - Oregon - Portland - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american history counterculture cultural history cultural studies cultural ethnic farming fishing gay men gay relationships legal issues lgbtq logging mining pacific northwest police racial racism railroad regional rural same sex relationships sexual sexuality social studies subculture united states history urban western united states white collar workers workplace |
ISBN |
0-520-93069-X
1-282-35732-8 9786612357329 1-59734-886-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Sex on the Road: Migratory Men and Youths in the Pacific Northwest's Hinterlands -- 2. Sex in the City: Transient and Working-Class Men and Youths in the Urban Northwest -- 3. Gay Identity and Community in Early Portland -- 4. From Oscar Wilde to Portland's 1912 Scandal: Socially Constructing the Homosexual -- 5. Personality, Politics, and Sex in Portland and the Northwest -- 6. Reforming Homosexuality in the Northwest -- Epilogue. Same-Sex Affairs in the Pacific Northwest: 1912 and After -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780252003321 |
Boag Peter <1961->
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Solidarity divided [[electronic resource] ] : the crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice / / Bill Fletcher Jr., Fernando Gapasin |
Autore | Fletcher Bill, Jr. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.880973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GapasinFernando <1946-> |
Soggetto topico | Labor movement - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
american history american manufacturing analysis career contemporary crisis cultural history cultural studies cultural environment global globalization history international labor movement labor union labor landmines modern world social history social justice social movements social studies solidarity trade union united states history united states trade union united states us history us labor |
ISBN |
1-282-35942-8
9786612359422 0-520-93474-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Challenges facing the U.S. labor movement -- Dukin' it out : building the labor movement -- The new deal -- The cold war on labor -- The civil rights movements, the left, and labor -- The revolution will not be televised -- Whose welfare matters, anyway? -- What's left for us? -- Organizing to organize the unorganized -- Sweeney's grand gesture -- The new voice coalition takes office -- Developing strategy in times of change -- Globalization : the biggest strategic challenge -- Could'a, would'a, should'a : central labor councils and missed opportunities -- International affairs, globalization, and 9/11 -- When silence isn't golden -- Restlessness in the ranks -- Change to win : a return to gompers? -- Anger, compromise, and the paralysis of the Sweeney coalition -- Left behind -- The way forward : social justice unionism -- The need for social justice unionism -- The need for a global outlook -- Realizing social justice unionism : strategies for transformation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780915903321 |
Fletcher Bill, Jr.
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Steeltown, USSR : Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era / / Stephen Kotkin |
Autore | Kotkin Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1991] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
Disciplina |
947.87
947/.87 |
Soggetto topico | Perestroĭka - Russia (Federation) - Magnitogorsk |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american history communism cultural history dictator economics economy elections gorbachev journalism newspaper political politics russia russian culture russian history scholarly socialism soviet russia soviet society soviet union stalin steel workers steel true story united states history us history ussr |
ISBN |
1-282-35602-X
9786612356025 0-520-91100-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface To The Paperback Edition -- Preface -- Select Chronology -- 1. The Steel Cage: The Politics Of Economic Restructuring -- 2. Glasnost: A City Newspaper Rises, A Theater Declines -- 3. Squaring The Circle: Reform Of And By The Communist Party -- 4. "Is Life Going To Go On Like This Forever?" Hopes Raised, Then Lowered -- 5. Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! Regeneration Through Elections? -- 6. A Stalin Mausoleum: The Past In The Present -- Afterword -- Epilogue -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780432003321 |
Kotkin Stephen
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Steep [[electronic resource] ] : the precipitous rise of the Tea Party / / edited by Lawrence Rosenthal, Christine Trost |
Autore | Rosenthal Lawrence |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.520973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RosenthalLawrence <1949->
TrostChristine |
Soggetto topico | Tea Party movement |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american history american politics american right american society books for history lovers easy to read engaging evolution of american government experiments government and governing nonfiction books obama occupy wall street movement political movements in america political parties political science politics and history protest movements protest politics republican party history republican party retrospective science and math tea party united states history |
ISBN |
1-283-54322-2
9786613855671 0-520-95410-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Introduction: The Rise Of The Tea Party -- 1. The Tea Party In Historical Perspective: A Conservative Response To A Crisis Of Political Economy -- 2. Reframing Populist Resentments In The Tea Party Movement -- 3. View From The Top: Report On Six National Tea Party Organizations -- 4. Astroturf Versus Grass Roots: Scenes From Early Tea Party Mobilization -- 5. The Tea Party: A "White Citizenship" Movement? -- 6. The Past And Future Of Race In The Tea Party Movement -- 7. Of Mama Grizzlies And Politics: Women And The Tea Party -- 8. Grand Old Tea Party: Partisan Polarization And The Rise Of The Tea Party Movement -- 9. The Future Of The Tea Party: Scoring An Invitation To The Republican Party -- 10. The Tea Party And The Religious Right Movements: Frenemies With Benefits -- Epilogue: A Tale Of Two Movements -- About The Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791932303321 |
Rosenthal Lawrence
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Strangers at the gates : new immigrants in urban America / / editor, Roger Waldinger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.9/0691 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WaldingerRoger David |
Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - United States - Social conditions
Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions Foreign workers - United States Cities and towns - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
african american
american history city life city living essay anthology essay collection geography immigrant history immigrant stories immigrants immigration indigenous people minority groups native born poverty race issues race racism united states history urban america urban life urban living us history |
ISBN |
1-282-35589-9
9786612355899 0-520-92771-0 1-59734-922-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Strangers at the Gates -- 2. New Immigrants in Urban America -- 3. Up from Poverty?: "Race," Immigration, and the Fate of Low-Skilled Workers -- 4. A Tale of Five Cities?: Trends in Immigrant and Native-Born Wages -- 5. The Geography of Immigrant Poverty: Selective Evidence of an Immigrant Underclass -- 6. On the Back of Blacks?: Immigrants and the Fortunes of African Americans -- 7. The Immigrant Niche: Pervasive, Persistent, Diverse -- 8. Progress, Decline, Stagnation?: The New Second Generation Comes of Age -- 9. Conclusion: Immigration and the Remaking of Urban America -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783319003321 |
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 | ||
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