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Wayne State University Press
2009 Fall & Winter Catalog
Featured Titles
Wayne State University Press 2009 Fall & Winter Catalog features many great titles. More information is available here: Download 2009 Fall & Winter Catalog.
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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SS09 Titles
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Up the Rouge! Chronicles in words and pictures a five-day trip made by two Detroit Free Press journalists up the abused Rouge River in metro Detroit. |
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American Salvage A lush and rowdy collection of stories set in a rural Michigan landscape, where wildlife, jobs, and ways of life are vanishing. |
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The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit A quirky and compelling collection of short stories set in and around Detroit, by award-winning local writer Michael Zadoorian. |
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By Cold Water A beautiful and meditative collection of poetry rooted in a wonder and deep knowledge of the natural world. |
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If the World Becomes So Bright A lyrical and accessible collection that explores both the landscape of Michigan and the inner life of one person who lives there. |
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The Golden Underground New from accomplished poet Anthony Butts, a collection of modern free verse with an attention to formal syntax and a keen religious sensibility. |
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Jane Campion An innovative collection of original essays on Jane Campion, renowned female auteur filmmaker. |
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Tracking King Kong Studies the cultural impact and audience reception of King Kong from the 1933 release of the original film until today. |
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After Kielowski Traces the legacy of Krzysztof Kie lowski in films made after his death using his scripts or ideas and in the work of other filmmakers. |
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Angel Examines the innovative approach to genre, aesthetics, narrative, and the representation of masculinity in the television series Angel. |
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