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  • Museums of Communism

    New Memory Sites in Central and Eastern Europe

    Edited by Stephen M. Norris ...
    How did communities come to terms with the collapse of communism? In order to guide the wider narrative, many former communist countries constructed museums dedicated to chronicling their experiences. Museums of Communism explores the complicated intersection of history, commemoration, and victimization made evident in these museums constructed after 1991. While contributors from a diverse range ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Russia's People of Empire

    Life Stories from Eurasia, 1500 to the Present

    by Stephen M. Norris, Willard Sunderland ...
    "A fresh and lively approach to understanding how the various Russian empires have worked." — Slavic ReviewA fundamental dimension of the Russian historical experience has been the diversity of its people and cultures, religions and languages, landscapes and economies. For six centuries this diversity was contained within the sprawling territories of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and it ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fedor Bondarchuk: 'Stalingrad'

    by Stephen Norris, Birgit Beumers, Richard Taylor, Julian Graffy, Denise Youngblood ...
    Series series KinoSputnik
    KinoSputniks closely analyse some key films from the history of Russian and Soviet cinema. Written by international experts in the field, they are intended for film enthusiasts and students, combining scholarship with an accessible style of writing.This KinoSputnik about Fedor Bondarchuk's megahit Stalingrad (2013) examines the production, context and reception of the film, whilst offering a ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Akunin Project

    The Mysteries and Histories of Russia's Bestselling Author

    Edited by Elena V. Baraban, Stephen M. Norris ...
    The Akunin Project is the first book to study the fiction and popular history of Grigorii Chkhartishvili, one of the most successful writers in post-Soviet Russia. In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Chkhartishvili published over sixty books under the pen names Anatolii Brusnikin, Anna Borisova, Akunin-Chkhartishvili, and, most commonly, Boris Akunin. His series featuring the ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Blockbuster History in the New Russia

    Movies, Memory, and Patriotism

    by Stephen M. Norris ...
    Seeking to rebuild the Russian film industry after its post-Soviet collapse, directors and producers sparked a revival of nationalist and patriotic sentiment by applying Hollywood techniques to themes drawn from Russian history. Unsettled by the government's move toward market capitalism, Russians embraced these historical blockbusters, packing the American-style multiplexes that sprouted across ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Museums of Communism

    New Memory Sites in Central and Eastern Europe

    Edited by Stephen M. Norris ...
    How did communities come to terms with the collapse of communism? In order to guide the wider narrative, many former communist countries constructed museums dedicated to chronicling their experiences. Museums of Communism explores the complicated intersection of history, commemoration, and victimization made evident in these museums constructed after 1991. While contributors from a diverse range ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Preserving Petersburg

    History, Memory, Nostalgia

    Edited by Helena Goscilo, Stephen M. Norris ...
    "Goscilo and Norris' innovative anthology provides Slavic scholars with a panoramic view of the city's literary, pictorial and social manifestations." — Europe-Asia StudiesFor more than three centuries, St. Petersburg, founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's westward-oriented capital and as a visually stunning showcase of Russia's imperial ambitions, has been the country's most mythologized ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Meaning and Measurement in Comparative Housing Research

    Edited by Mark Stephens, Michelle Norris ...
    The last two decades have seen a marked growth in comparative research within the field of housing studies. This reflects the increasing globalisation of housing finance and therefore the interconnectedness of housing markets, growing interest among researchers and policy makers in learning from developments in other countries and the availability of more funding and better comparative data to ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Insiders and Outsiders in Russian Cinema

    Edited by Stephen M. Norris, Zara M. Torlone ...
    "Examines in a remarkably rich and varied way the construction of otherness and foreignness within this complexly 'national' cinema tradition." —John MacKay, Yale UniversityIdentifying who was "inside" and who was "outside" the Soviet/Russian body politic has been a matter of intense and violent urgency, especially in the high Stalinist and post-Soviet periods. It is a theme encountered ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The City in Russian Culture

    Edited by Pavel Lyssakov, Stephen Norris ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
    Cities are constructed and organized by people, and in turn become an important factor in the organization of human life. They are sites of both social encounter and social division and provide for their inhabitants “a sense of place”. This book explores the nature of Russian cities, outlining the role played by various Russian cities over time. It focuses on a range of cities including provincial ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Crushed by the Dollar – 5 Classic Urban Poverty Studies

    Enriched edition. New York: Its Upper Ten and Lower Million, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, The Cliff-Dwellers, The Pit, The Price She Paid

    by George Lippard, Stephen Crane, Henry Blake Fuller, Frank Norris, David Graham Phillips, Lauren Gibson ...
    Crushed by the Dollar – 5 Classic Urban Poverty Studies delves into the multifaceted and pervasive issue of urban poverty, capturing a tapestry of narratives that span varying styles from stark realism to innovative naturalism. Each piece, distinct in its literary flair, explores the grim realities and societal nuances of urban deprivation in a rapidly industrializing America. The anthology ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014

    Understanding Good Practice

    by Jane Lawson, Dr Tony Stanley, Marilyn Taylor, Linda Tapper, John Gunner, Sarah Carr, Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Daniel Baker, Fiona Bateman, Jill Manthorpe, Stephen Martineau, Martin Stevens, Caroline Norrie, Michael Preston-Shoot, David Orr, Suzy Braye, Nicki Norman, Lindsey Pike, Sean Olivier, Tish Elliott, Antony Botting, Sally Lee, Keith Brown, Rebecca Johnson, Lee-Ann Fenge ...
    Practice in safeguarding adults is changing, with a shift in approach to ensure it is person-centred and outcome-focused. The Care Act 2014 introduced new safeguarding duties for local authorities, and this book describes what up-to-date practice should look like, and how to provide the best quality care and support for adults who may be at risk of abuse or neglect.Chapters cover core areas of ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD