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  • Have Gun—Will Travel

    by Gaylyn Studlar ...
    Series series TV Milestones
    Analyzes the TV Western Have Gun—Will Travel through a close reading of episodes and production history.One of the most successful series of its time, Have Gun—Will Travel became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1950s and made its star, Richard Boone, a nationwide celebrity. The series offered viewers an unusual hero in the mysterious, Shakespeare-spouting gunfighter known only as "Paladin" and ... Read more

    $34.41 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Global Tobacco Control

    Power, Policy, Governance and Transfer

    by P. Cairney, D. Studlar, H. Mamudu ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The first major book by political scientists explaining global tobacco control policy. It identifies a history of minimal tobacco control then charts the extent to which governments have regulated tobacco in the modern era. It identifies major policy change from the post-war period and uses theories of public policy to help explain the change. ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Precocious Charms

    Stars Performing Girlhood in Classical Hollywood Cinema

    by Gaylyn Studlar ...
    In Precocious Charms, Gaylyn Studlar examines how Hollywood presented female stars as young girls or girls on the verge of becoming women. Child stars are part of this study but so too are adult actresses who created motion picture masquerades of youthfulness. Studlar details how Mary Pickford, Shirley Temple, Deanna Durbin, Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones, and Audrey Hepburn performed girlhood ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Great Britain

    Decline Or Renewal?

    by Donley T Studlar ...
    This thoughtful introduction to British politics explores a country undergoing a painful transition as the twenty-first century approaches. Informed throughout by a comparative public policy perspective, it surveys British policy, institutions, and behavior since World War II. ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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  • Turning Parliament Inside Out

    Practical Ideas for Reforming Canada's Democracy

    Edited by Michael Chong, Scott Sims, Kennedy Stewart ...
    For years, the prospect of parliamentary reform has been a hot-button issue in Canada. More and more Canadians find themselves frustrated with how Parliament works (or doesn't) and end up increasingly checked out from politics as a whole, feeling like their voices don't matter to those in power.When he introduced the "Reform Act" bill in 2013, Conservative MP Michael Chong brought the issue of ... Read more

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  • Revolt on the Right

    Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain

    by Robert Ford, Matthew Goodwin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    Winner of the Political Book of the Year Award 2015The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is the most significant new party in British politics for a generation. In recent years UKIP and their charismatic leader Nigel Farage have captivated British politics, media and voters. Yet both the party and the roots of its support remain poorly understood. Where has this political revolt come from? Who is ... Read more

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  • Becoming Zimbabwe

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  • Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box

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  • Across the Aisle

    Opposition in Canadian Politics

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    How do parties with official opposition status influence Canadian politics? Across the Aisle is an innovative examination of the theory and practice of opposition in Canada, both in Parliament and in provincial legislatures. Extending from the pre-Confederation era to the present day, it focuses on whether Canada has developed a coherent tradition of parliamentary opposition.David E. Smith argues ... Read more

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  • Blue Thunder: The Truth About Conservatives from Macdonald to Harper

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