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  • Captured by Fire

    Surviving British Columbia's New Wildfire Reality

    by Chris Czajkowski, Fred Reid ...
    In the summer of 2017, wildfires dominated the headlines in British Columbia. As a low pressure weather system continued to cause lightning strikes, starting new fires, strong winds fanned the existing ones. Over two hundred fires burned in the province and nearly ten thousand people in or around the towns of 100 Mile House, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Princeton and Williams Lake received the ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thomas Hardy and History

    by Fred Reid ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book addresses the questions 'What did Thomas Hardy think about history and how did this enter into his writings?' Scholars have sought answers in 'revolutionary', 'gender', 'postcolonial' and 'millennial' criticism, but these are found to be unsatisfactory. Fred Reid is a historian who seeks answers by setting Hardy more fully in the discourses of philosophical history and the domestic and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Keir Hardie

    The Making of a Socialist

    by Fred Reid ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement
    First published in 1978. This book is an essay in labour biography. Labour leaders of the nineteenth century are often enigmatic personalities, and James Keir Hardie is no exception. The main purpose of this study is to penetrate the heart of the enigma that is Kier Hardie. Why does he remain so puzzling? The author explores Hardie’s childhood and his interest and involvement within the Labour ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • Flesh in the Age of Reason

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  • The Long Revolution

    by Raymond Williams ...
    Examining the gradual change that has shaped the political, economic, and cultural life of the 20th century, socialist thinker Raymond Williams offers interesting arguments that remain timely for contemporary readers. In this new edition of the classic text, Williams' study of education and the press traces the development of a common language, revealing links between ideas, literary forms, and ... Read more

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  • Victorian England - Portait of an Age

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  • English Literature in Context

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    This is the second edition of English Literature in Context, a popular textbook which provides an essential resource and reference tool for all English literature students. Designed to accompany students throughout their degree course, it offers a detailed narrative survey of the diverse historical and cultural contexts that have shaped the development of English literature, from the Anglo-Saxon ... Read more

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  • The Work of the Dead

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  • Inventing Ireland

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  • Edwardian Turn Of Mind

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