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Wayne State University Press
2010 Spring & Summer Catalog
Featured Titles
Wayne State University Press 2009 Spring & Summer Catalog features many great titles. More information is available here: Download Spring & Summer 2010 Catalog.
SS10 Titles
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Eden Springs A novella set in the House of David religious colony that bubbles with mystery, scandal, and little-known history. |
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An American Map Meditative travel essays by Michigan author Anne-Marie Oomen that explore new landscapes across America. |
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As If We Were Prey A dark, rollicking collection of stories about men prone to foolishness trying to make their way in a modern world. |
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Birth of a Notion; or, The Half Ain't Never Been Told A critical look at black identity in American history and popular culture as told from a performative African American perspective. |
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Techno Rebels An updated, expanded history of techno music with special attention to its roots in Detroit. |
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Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan A compilation of personal photographs, historical images, and written excerpts illuminating Ernest Hemingway’s significant ties to northern Michigan. |
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Hollowed Ground Details a century and a half of copper mining along Upper Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, from the arrival of the first incorporated mines in the 1840s until the closing of the last mine in the mid-1990s. |
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Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters Considers the history of the American blockbuster—the large-scale, high-cost film—as it evolved from the 1890s to today. |
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Virgin Territory A critical and in-depth investigation of how virginity is represented in film. |
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Reclaiming the Archive Illustrates the rich relationship between film history and feminist theory. |
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FW09 Titles
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Travelin' Man A photo-driven insider’s look at Bob Seger’s career from the early days to his breakthrough as a world-famous musician. |
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A Motor City Year Photographs of the unique people, places, and events that make up a year in the life of Metropolitan Detroit. |
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The Slasher Killings Examines the postwar Windsor slasher killings and the social consequences of the public paranoia that followed. |
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Roses and Revolutions Collects significant poetry, short stories, and essays by celebrated African American poet and publisher Dudley Randall. |
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The Films of Hal Ashby Analyzes the films and filmmaking career of director Hal Ashby, placing his work in the cultural context of filmmaking in the 1970s. |
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There She Goes Examines the exchanges within and through feminist film culture to expand critical horizons in film scholarship. |
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The Honeymooners Examines the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of The Honeymooners in the context of postwar American values. |
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Storied Independent Automakers Explores the business history of three major independent American automakers—Nash Motor Company, the Hudson Motor Car Company, and the American Motors Company—that faced fierce competition from the “Big Three.” |
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Workbook for Language Skills The revised and updated “tan book” of functional, easy-to-read exercises for spelling, writing, word retrieval, and reading comprehension skills. |
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Perspectives on Israeli Anthropology Surveys past and present research on Israeli anthropology for students and researchers. |
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