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  • A History of Denmark from the Viking Age to the 21st Century

    Edited by Mary Hilson, Bjørn Poulsen, Thorsten Borring Olesen ...
    Beginning with the emergence of a Danish kingdom during the Viking Age, this book provides an introduction to the history of Denmark as a political entity, from the eighth century to the present day. It shows how what we know as ‘Denmark’ has evolved – from Cnut the Great’s North Sea empire in the eleventh century, through disintegration and civil war in the Middle Ages, the Kalmar Union of 1397 ... Read more

    $52.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Superhuman Japan

    Knowledge, Nation and Culture in US-Japan Relations

    by Marie Thorsten ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    This book examines the imaginative narratives that shaped the attitudes of Americans (and others) toward Japan. Focusing on cultural aspects of economic nationalism and US-Japan relations during the trade war Marie Thorsten uses examples from public discourse, film, documentaries, novels, acts of racism and comparison of international education assessments to examine the way in which Japan has ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Japan Viewed from Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    History and Prospects

    by Yoneyuki Sugita, Karl Gustafsson, Steven Heine, Toru Oga, Yuki Ooi, Nissim Otmazgin, John Paden, Juha Saunavaara, Mayako Shimamoto, Judith Snodgrass0, Marie Söderberg1, Victor Teo2, Marie Thorsten3, Christopher Weiss4, Bruce Cumings5 ...
    Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
    The growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Asia-Pacific region greatly surpasses the world average. When the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is better realized, then the world’s largest free trade zone will be firmly established. It seems that this region has a very rosy outlook indeed; however, this region also faces a large number of serious problems such as: atomic energy in ... Read more

    $71.69 CAD

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    On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

    by David Graeber ...
    From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our livesWhere does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend so much of our time filling out forms? And is it really a cipher for state violence?To answer these questions, the anthropologist David Graeber—one of ... Read more

    $21.59 CAD

  • The Penguin History of Europe

    by J. Roberts ...
    Comprehensive in its scope and brilliantly readable, this is a superb follow-up to the author's bestselling Penguin History of the World. Beginning with prehistory and the early civilizations of the Aegean, The Penguin History of Europe traces the development of European identity in its many guises, through the age of Christendom, the Middle Ages, early Modern history and the old European order. ... Read more

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  • Our Own Worst Enemy

    The Assault from within on Modern Democracy

    by Tom Nichols ...
    A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility on the citizens themselves. Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble--but who is really to ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

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  • The Story of Scandinavia

    From the Vikings to Social Democracy

    by Stein Ringen ...
    In The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises, kings and queens, war, peace, language and culture.Scandinavian history has been one of dramatic discontinuities of collapse and restarts, from the Viking Age to the Age of Perpetual War to the modern age today. For a thousand years, the Scandinavian countries were ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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  • Rebel Sell

    Why The Culture Can't Be Jammed

    by Joseph Heath, Andrew Potter ...
    With the popularity of Michael Moore, Adbusters magazine and Naomi Klein’s No Logo, it’s hard to ignore the growing tide of resistance to our corporate-controlled world. But do these vocal opponents of the status quo offer us a real political alternative?In this lively blend of pop culture, history and philosophical analysis, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter argue that this countercultural ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Concise History of Switzerland

    by Clive H. Church, Randolph C. Head ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    Despite its position at the heart of Europe and its quintessentially European nature, Switzerland's history is often overlooked within the English-speaking world. This comprehensive and engaging history of Switzerland traces the historical and cultural development of this fascinating but neglected European country from the end of the Dark Ages up to the present. The authors focus on the initial ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Four Futures

    Life After Capitalism

    by Peter Frase ...
    Series series Jacobin
    An “invigorating” vision of four post-capitalist futures that consider the intersections of technology, the environment, and modern politics (The Guardian)Peter Frase argues that increasing automation and a growing scarcity of resources, thanks to climate change, will bring it all tumbling down. In Four Futures, Frase imagines how this post-capitalist world might look, deploying the tools of both ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

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  • A Concise History of the Netherlands

    by James C. Kennedy ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    The Netherlands is known among foreigners today for its cheese and its windmills, its Golden Age paintings and its experimentation in social policies such as cannabis and euthanasia. Yet the historical background for any of these quintessentially Dutch achievements is often unfamiliar to outsiders. This Concise History offers an overview of this surprisingly little-known but fascinating country. ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD

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    How Europe's Vision of the Future Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream

    by Jeremy Rifkin ...
    The national bestseller that shows how the American Dream is languishing, surpassed worldwide by a powerful alternative in the lifestyle of the new Europe. ... Read more

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