Collection: University of California Press
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Pandemonium and parade
Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yôkai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, ...
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Aristotle and xenophon on democracy and oligarchy
This collection contains:Aristotle's The Constitution of AthensXenophon's The Politeia of the SpartansThe Constitution of the Athenians ascribed to Xenophon the OratorThe Boeotian Constitution from the Oxyrhynchus HistorianIn bringing together, translating, and annotating these constitutional doc...
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Struggle and survival in colonial america
Here are the fascinating stories of twenty-three little-known but remarkable inhabitants of the Spanish, English, and Portuguese colonies of the New World between the 16th and the 19th centuries. Women and men of all the races and classes of colonial society may be seen here dealing creatively an...
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Them that believe
Although outlawed in many states, serpent handling remains an active religious practice—and one that is far more stereotyped than understood. Ralph W. Hood, Jr. and W. Paul Williamson have spent fifteen years touring serpent-handling churches in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Caroli...
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The exploding metropolis
In The Exploding Metropolis, first published in 1958, William H. Whyte, Jane Jacobs, Francis Bello, Seymour Freedgood, and Daniel Seligman address the problems of urban decline and suburban sprawl, transportation, city politics, open space, and the character and fabric of cities. A new foreword b...
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Zionism and the fin de siecle
Michael Stanislawski's provocative study of Max Nordau, Ephraim Moses Lilien, and Vladimir Jabotinsky reconceives the intersection of the European fin de siècle and early Zionism. Stanislawski takes up the tantalizing question of why Zionism, at a particular stage in its development, became so at...
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In the beginning
Jerrold E. Levy's masterly analysis of Navajo creation and origin myths shows what other interpretations often overlook: that the Navajo religion is as complete and nuanced an attempt to answer humanity's big questions as the religions brought to North America by Europeans. Looking first at the h...
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Chaucer and langland
Delve into the rich interplay of history, language, and literary artistry with this compelling collection of essays by George Kane. Focusing on two of the Middle Ages' greatest poets, Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, Kane offers a nuanced exploration of their works, examining their historic...
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The auntie sewing squad guide to mask making, radical care, and racial justice
The rise of the Auntie Sewing Squad, a massive mutual-aid network of volunteers who provided free masks in the wake of US government failures during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, when the US government failed to provide personal protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Auntie S...
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Art nouveau in fin-de-siecle france
Winner, 1990 Berkshire Conference Book AwardArt Nouveau in Fin-de-Siecle France: Politics, Psychology, and Style explores the shift in the locus of modernity from technological monument to private interior. It examines the political, economic, social, intellectual and artistic factors, specific ...
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The silk weavers of kyoto
The makers of obi, the elegant and costly sash worn over kimono in Japan, belong to an endangered species. These families of manufacturers, weavers, and other craftspeople centered in the Nishijin weaving district of Kyoto have practiced their demanding craft for generations. In recent decades, h...
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Party politics in republican china
Party Politics in Republican China: The Kuomintang, 1912–1924 is a pivotal exploration of China's early struggle with political modernization during a transformative era. Written by George T. Yu, the book delves into the Kuomintang's journey from its roots in traditional Chinese secret societies ...
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The city in literature
This sweeping literary encounter with the Western idea of the city moves from the early novel in England to the apocalyptic cityscapes of Thomas Pynchon. Along the way, Richard Lehan gathers a rich entourage that includes Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Emile Zola, Bram Stoker, Rider Haggard, Jose...
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Concise dictionary of modern japanese history
This is a concise, reliable guide to the people, places, events, and ideas of significance from the Meiji Restoration to the present.
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Khubilai khan’s lost fleet
In 1279, near what is now Hong Kong, Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan fulfilled the dream of his grandfather, Genghis Khan, by conquering China. The Grand Khan now ruled the largest empire the world has ever seen—one that stretched from the China Sea to the plains of Hungary. He also inherited the worl...
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