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Scapegoats: Baseballers Whose Careers Are Marked by One Fateful Play
Christopher Bell
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• Author(s): Christopher Bell • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History Everyone wants to be able to perform well at important moments, especially in the world of sports, where b...
View full detailsBaudelaire's World
Rosemary H. Lloyd
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• Author(s): Rosemary H. Lloyd • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: PoetryCharles Baudelaire is often regarded as the founder of modernist poetry. Written with clarity and verve, Baudelaire'...
View full detailsThe Films of Derek Jarman
William Pencak
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• Author(s): William Pencak • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - History & Criticism Derek Jarman's films explore the possibilities and limitations of same-sex love and self-express...
View full detailsCrepuscular Dawn
Paul Virilio, Sylvere Lotringer, Mike Taormina
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• Author(s): Paul Virilio | Sylvere Lotringer | Mike Taormina • Publisher: Semiotext(e) • Publisher Imprint: Semiotext(e) • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernThe "genetic bomb" marks a turn in the history of humanity. The accident is a new for...
View full detailsDer moralische Status menschlicher Embryonen
Gregor Damschen, Dieter Schönecker
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• Author(s): Gregor Damschen | Dieter Schönecker • Publisher: de Gruyter • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyIn der Debatte �ber den moralischen Status menschlicher Embryonen ist nicht immer klar, �ber welche Arg...
View full detailsConfederate Seadog: John Taylor Wood in War and Exile
John Bell
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• Author(s): John Bell • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military John Taylor Wood, the grandson of President Zachary Taylor and a nephew of Jefferson Davis, was one of the most daring and ...
View full detailsIndians and Colonists at the Crossroads of Empire
Timothy J. Shannon
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• Author(s): Timothy J. Shannon • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: United States - Colonial PeriodOn the eve of the Seven Years' War in North America, the British crown convened the Albany...
View full detailsPier Angeli: A Fragile Life
Jane Allen
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• Author(s): Jane Allen • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing Arts "In Pier Angeli, a nineteen-year-old Italian girl, Hollywood has found an actress who eludes th...
View full detailsAusgleichungsrechnung: Eine Einführung Für Studierende Und Praktiker Des Vermessungs- Und Geoinformationswesens
Wolfgang Niemeier
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• Author(s): Wolfgang Niemeier • Publisher: de Gruyter • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter • BISAC: CartographyDie Ausgleichungsrechnung ist fundamental für sämtliche Bereiche des Vermessungswesens. Dieses Buch ist ein einführendes Lehrbuch für Studi...
View full detailsLincoln, Religion, and Romantic Cultural Politics
Stewart Winger
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• Author(s): Stewart Winger • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)The nature of Abraham Lincoln's religious beliefs is perhaps ...
View full detailsTime Capsules: A Cultural History
William E. Jarvis
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• Author(s): William E. Jarvis • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & Social Time capsules have been used for thousands of years to store for posterity a selection ...
View full detailsThe American Architect from the Colonial Era to the Present
Cecil D. Elliott
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• Author(s): Cecil D. Elliott • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: History - General The later Colonial era saw a need to replace the buildings hurriedly assembled by earlier colonists, but co...
View full detailsProvincial Modernity: Local Culture and Liberal Politics in Fin-De-Siècle Hamburg
Jennifer Jenkins
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• Author(s): Jennifer Jenkins • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: GeneralA history of the making of public culture in Imperial Germany, Provincial Modernity challenges traditional accounts ...
View full detailsFrom Shiloh to Savannah
D. Leib Ambrose
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• Author(s): D. Leib Ambrose • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)From the first Union victories in the west at Forts Henry an...
View full detailsThe Power of Institutions: Political Architecture and Governance
Andrew Macintyre
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• Author(s): Andrew Macintyre • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Public Affairs & AdministrationConventional wisdom holds that "institutions matter." Here, Andrew MacIntyre reveals exa...
View full detailsIf Each Comes Halfway: Meeting Tamang Women in Nepal
Kathryn S. March
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• Author(s): Kathryn S. March • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Women's Studies - GeneralFor twenty-five years, Kathryn S. March has collected the life stories of the women of a Buddhist ...
View full detailsThe Making of National Money
Eric Helleiner
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• Author(s): Eric Helleiner • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Economic ConditionsWhy should each country have its own exclusive currency? Eric Helleiner offers a fascinating and unique pe...
View full detailsDomestic Violence and the Politics of Privacy
Kristin A. Kelly
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• Author(s): Kristin A. Kelly • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Abuse - Domestic Partner AbuseAlthough domestic violence is not new, it has only recently been recognized as a problem meri...
View full detailsDreams of the Burning Child
David Lee Miller
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• Author(s): David Lee Miller • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Subjects & Themes - GeneralIn Dreams of the Burning Child, David Lee Miller explores the uncanny persistence of filial ...
View full detailsDomestic Violence and the Politics of Privacy
Kristin A. Kelly
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• Author(s): Kristin A. Kelly • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Abuse - Domestic Partner AbuseAlthough domestic violence is not new, it has only recently been recognized as a problem meri...
View full detailsBlack Winning Jockeys in the Kentucky Derby
James Robert Saunders, Monica Renae Saunders
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• Author(s): James Robert Saunders | Monica Renae Saunders • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Sports Oliver Lewis was champion jockey of the Kentucky Derby in 1875 with a winning race time o...
View full detailsFrauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe
Joachim W. Dudenhausen, H. P. G. Schneider, G. Bastert
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• Author(s): Joachim W. Dudenhausen | H. P. G. Schneider | G. Bastert • Publisher: de Gruyter • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter • BISAC: Gynecology & ObstetricsKeine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe" verfügbar.
The Single-Season Home Run Kings: Ruth, Maris, McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds, 2d ed.
William F. McNeil
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• Author(s): William F. McNeil • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History After Babe Ruth erased Buck Freeman's record in 1919, the new mark stood for 34 years before Maris better...
View full detailsTaiwan
Denny Roy
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• Author(s): Denny Roy • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralFor centuries, various great powers have both exploited and benefited Taiwan, their designs for t...
View full detailsTaiwan: A Political History
Denny Roy
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• Author(s): Denny Roy • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaFor centuries, various great powers have both exploited and benefited Taiwan, their designs for this island frequently...
View full detailsHuman Prehistory in Fiction
Charles De Paolo
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• Author(s): Charles De Paolo • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Anthropology - General What was the world like for people thousands of years ago? How can we know? Through fiction? This is a...
View full detailsPeople of Faith
John Schmalzbauer
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• Author(s): John Schmalzbauer • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Sociology of ReligionOver the past two decades, a host of critics have accused American journalism and higher education of...
View full detailsWar and Reconciliation: Reason and Emotion in Conflict Resolution
William J. Long, Peter Brecke
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• Author(s): William J. Long | Peter Brecke • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: GeneralThis book is the first systematic examination of the impact of reconciliation on restoring and maintaining peace following civil and...
View full detailsNegotiations and Change
Thomas A. Kochan, David B. Lipsky
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• Author(s): Thomas A. Kochan | David B. Lipsky • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Marketing - GeneralMajor changes within and between organizations are now generally negotiated by the parties that have a stake in the ...
View full detailsOpen Mike
Michael Eric Dyson
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• Author(s): Michael Eric Dyson • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Cultural & RegionalEssays and interviews from one of the most insightful and thought-provoking black intellectuals to emerge since the heyday o...
View full detailsThe Old Breed of Marine: A World War II Diary
Abraham Felber, Franklin S. Felber, William H. Bartsch
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• Author(s): Abraham Felber | Franklin S. Felber | William H. Bartsch • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military On Friday, August 7, 1942, at 1300, after a furious cannonading by the Navy ...
View full detailsStrategic Bombing by the United States in World War II: The Myths and the Facts
Stewart Halsey Ross
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• Author(s): Stewart Halsey Ross • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Military - World War II The United States relied heavily on bombing to defeat the Germans and the Japanese in World War II...
View full detailsA Reader on the Sanskrit Grammarians
J. F. Staal
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• Author(s): J. F. Staal • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Ancient Languages (see also Latin)The achievements of Pānini and the Indian grammarians, beginning nearly 2500 years ago, have never been fully appreciated by...
View full detailsBig and Little Poison: Paul and Lloyd Waner, Baseball Brothers
Clifton Blue Parker
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• Author(s): Clifton Blue Parker • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Sports The Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd--also known as "Big Poison" and "Little Poison"--played together for fourteen se...
View full detailsStephen Vincent Benet: Essays on His Life and Work
David Garrett Izzo, Lincoln Konkle
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• Author(s): David Garrett Izzo | Lincoln Konkle • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Literary Figures When Stephen Vincent Benet died in 1943 at the age of 44, all of America mourned the loss...
View full detailsGolddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the Chinese Districts of West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Mary Somers Heidhues
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• Author(s): Mary Somers Heidhues • Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications • Publisher Imprint: Southeast Asia Program Publications • BISAC: Asia - Southeast AsiaThis study examines the changing role of the Chinese community of West Kalim...
View full detailsThe Psychology of Proof: Deductive Reasoning in Human Thinking
Lance J. Rips
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• Author(s): Lance J. Rips • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionLance Rips describes a unified theory of natural deductive reasoning and fashions a working model of deduction, with str...
View full detailsThe Politics and Plays of Bernard Shaw
Judith Evans
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• Author(s): Judith Evans • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Drama Do politics and the playhouse go together? For Bernard Shaw they most certainly did. As a playwright with a message he saw ...
View full detailsCognitive Carpentry: A Blueprint for How to Build a Person
John L. Pollock
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• Author(s): John L. Pollock • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: GeneralA sequel to Pollock's How to Build a Person, this volume builds upon that theoretical groundwork for the implementation of rationality through arti...
View full detailsMaking Use: Scenario-Based Design of Human-Computer Interactions
John M. Carroll
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• Author(s): John M. Carroll • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Software Development & Engineering - GeneralJohn Carroll shows how a pervasive but underused element of design practice, the scenario, can transform i...
View full detailsSoutheast Asia over Three Generations
James T. Siegel, Audrey R. Kahin
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• Author(s): James T. Siegel | Audrey R. Kahin • Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications • Publisher Imprint: Southeast Asia Program Publications • BISAC: Asia - Southeast AsiaIn honor of Benedict Anderson's many years as a teacher and his...
View full detailsPopulation Economics
Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka
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• Author(s): Assaf Razin | Efraim Sadka • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: DemographyFrom Malthus to Becker, the economic approach to population growth and its interactions with the surrounding economic environment has...
View full detailsThe Brooklyn Film: Essays in the History of Filmmaking
John B. Manbeck, Robert Singer
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• Author(s): John B. Manbeck | Robert Singer • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Brooklyn, New York, a borough of New York City, is known for its distinctive vernacular, its co...
View full detailsAssociative Engines: Connectionism, Concepts, and Representational Change
Andy Clark
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• Author(s): Andy Clark • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Artificial Intelligence - GeneralClark charts a fundamental shift from a static, inner-code-oriented conception of the subject matter of cognitive science to a...
View full detailsEnvisioning Cahokia: A Landscape of Perspective
Rinita Dalan, George Holley, William Woods
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• Author(s): Rinita Dalan | George Holley | William Woods • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: ArchaeologyThe massive earthen mounds of ancient Cahokia in southwestern Il...
View full detailsEducation in China Since 1976
Xiufang Wang
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• Author(s): Xiufang Wang • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Asia - China China has the largest education system in the world. The total enrollment of students in regular and adult schools a...
View full detailsBaseball and Richmond: A History of the Professional Game, 1884-2000
W. Harrison Daniel, Scott P. Mayer
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• Author(s): W. Harrison Daniel | Scott P. Mayer • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - History Early baseball in Richmond, Virginia, was very much about business. The game was a mean...
View full detailsSturm Und Drang
Hans-Georg Kemper
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• Author(s): Hans-Georg Kemper • Publisher: de Gruyter • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter • BISAC: European - German
Better a Shrew than a Sheep
Pamela Allen Brown
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• Author(s): Pamela Allen Brown • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: HumorIn a study that explodes the assumption that early modern comic culture was created by men for men, Pamela Allen Bro...
View full detailsMonetary Orders
Jonathan Kirshner
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• Author(s): Jonathan Kirshner • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Money & Monetary PolicyWherever there is money, there is money politics-a subject demanding ever greater attention at ...
View full detailsThe Poetics and Politics of Tuareg Aging
Susan Rasmussen
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• Author(s): Susan Rasmussen • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: GerontologyTo what degree does culture influence our concepts of age and aging? In our own culture, chro...
View full detailsMeek - Mythologie
Erich Ebeling, Bruno Meissner, Ernst Weidner
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• Author(s): Erich Ebeling | Bruno Meissner | Ernst Weidner • Publisher: de Gruyter • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralKeine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Meek - Mythologie" verfügbar.
Reckoning with Homelessness
Kim Hopper
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• Author(s): Kim Hopper • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Poverty & Homelessness"It must be some kind of experiment or something, to see how long people can live without food, without...
View full detailsReligion & Culture
Samuel Baron, Nancy Shields Kollmann
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• Author(s): Samuel Baron | Nancy Shields Kollmann • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: Russia & the Former Soviet UnionFocusing on the lived experience of individual...
View full detailsExercises in Rethinking Innateness [With Two Disks]
Kim Plunkett, Jeffrey Elman
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• Author(s): Kim Plunkett | Jeffrey Elman • Publisher: MIT Press (MA) • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press (MA) • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionThis book is the companion volume to Rethinking Innateness: A Connectionist Perspective on Deve...
View full detailsVessels of Meaning
Laura Fasick
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• Author(s): Laura Fasick • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: Women's StudiesFasick (English, Moorhead State U.) traces the progression of images of women's bodies throu...
View full detailsThe Business of Baseball
Albert Theodore Powers
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• Author(s): Albert Theodore Powers • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Baseball - General The crack of the bat, the cheering of fans and the agility and athleticism of the players are all ch...
View full detailsWilmington, North Carolina, to 1861
Alan D. Watson
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• Author(s): Alan D. Watson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: United States - State & Local - General Of America's thirteen original colonies, North Carolina was one of the most rural, ...
View full detailsNetwork Power
Peter J. Katzenstein, Takashi Shiraishi
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• Author(s): Peter J. Katzenstein | Takashi Shiraishi • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: GeneralThis book examines regional dynamics in contemporary east and southeast Asia, scrutinizing t...
View full detailsStein, Bishop, and Rich: Lyrics of Love, War, and Place
Margaret Dickie
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• Author(s): Margaret Dickie • Publisher: University of North Carolina Press • Publisher Imprint: University of North Carolina Press • BISAC: LGBTIn an insightful and provocative juxtaposition, Margaret Dickie examines the poetry of three preemin...
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