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Wayne State University Press

Wayne State University Press is a leading publisher of Great Lakes books, Judaica, and African American studies, as well as a wide range of other scholarly and general interest titles. The Press disseminates research, advances education, and serves the local community while expanding the international reputation of the Press and the University.

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A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas

Edited by Ruth Wisse

All share a common setting—the Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different ways with a single topic—the Jewish confrontation with modernity.

Paperback
Published: October 1986
ISBN: 9780814318492
$27.99

Michigan Place Names

The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities

By Walter Romig
Foreword by Larry B. Massie

From Aabec in Antrim County to Zutphen in Ottawa County, from Hell to Hooker, Michigan Place Names is a compendium of information on the origins of the state's geographical names.

Paperback
Published: October 1986
ISBN: 9780814318386
$32.99

Etruscan Life and Afterlife

A Handbook of Etruscan Studies

Edited by Larissa Bonfante

A reliable and lively volume which brings readers into the mainstream of the latest Etruscan scholarship.

Paperback
Published: August 1986
ISBN: 9780814318133
$32.99

Aphasia, My World Alone

Helen Harlan Wulf

Helen Harlan Wulf’s post-stroke diary describes her struggle with the isolation and helplessness she felt as a victim of aphasia.

Paperback
Published: July 1986
ISBN: 9780814318232
$22.99

Mighty Mac

The Official Picture History of the Mackinac Bridge

Lawrence A. Rubin

This impressive photograph collection captures the struggles and the hardships, as well as the determination and the pride of the men who labored to build the Mackinac Bridge.

Paperback
Published: April 1986
ISBN: 9780814318171
$19.99

Bridging the Straits

The Story of Mighty Mac

Lawrence A. Rubin
Foreword by Prentiss M. Brown, Jr.

The project—the longest total suspension bridge in the world—would span the Starits of Mackinac where winds exceed eighty miles an hour and ice windrows reach a height of forty feet.

Paperback
Published: February 1986
ISBN: 9780814318126
$26.99

Talkin and Testifyin

The Language of Black America

by Geneva Smitherman

In this book, Smitherman makes a substantial contribution to an understanding of Black English by setting it in the larger context of Black culture and life style.

Paperback
Published: January 1986
ISBN: 9780814318058
$26.99

A Middle English Anthology

Edited by Ann S. Haskell

A reissue of the popular 1969 volume, this anthology includes a wide variety of selections from Middle English literature.

Paperback
Published: August 1985
ISBN: 9780814317983
$29.99

O City of Byzantium

Annals of Niketas Choniates

Translated by Harry J. Magoulias

One of the most important accounts of the Middle Ages, the history of Niketas Choniates describes the Byzantine Empire from 1118 to 1207. Niketas provides an eyewitness account of the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade.

Hardback
Published: September 1984
ISBN: 9780814317648
$84.99

Marxism and Art

Essays Classic and Contemporary

Edited with Historical and Critical Commentary by Maynard Solomon

Marxism and Art is a collection of basic readings in Marxist criticism and aesthetics.

Paperback
Published: May 1984
ISBN: 9780814316214
$29.99

Latin Via Ovid

A First Course

Norma Goldman and Jacob E. Nyenhuis

Using an introduction to mythology by the master storyteller Ovid himself, the authors have prepared a unique teaching tool designed to achieve proficiency at Latin in one year at the college level, two years at the high school or intermediate level.

Hardback
Published: September 1982
ISBN: 9780814317327
$36.99

Architecture in Michigan

Revised and Enlarged Edition

Wayne Andrews

A pictorial survey of Michigan architecture from 1831 to the present.

Paperback
Published: September 1982
ISBN: 9780814317198
$29.99
Hardback
Published: September 1982
ISBN: 9780814317181
$34.95

Epicyclic Drive Trains

Analysis, Synthesis, and Applications

Herbert W. Müller

This is a comprehensive text and reference book for students and teachers of mechanical engineering, for design and research engineers, and for manufacturers and users of gear trains for the transmission of power in industry and transportation.

Hardback
Published: April 1982
ISBN: 9780814316634
$89.99

Greek Realities

Life and Thought in Ancient Greece

Finley Hooper

A history of ancient Greek life and thought from the Mycenaean kings to Alexander, Aristotle and Diogenes.

Paperback
Published: August 1978
ISBN: 9780814315972
$29.99

Roman Realities

Finley Hooper

Based on the major primary sources of Roman history, this book recalls the experiences of the ancient Romans through a thousand years of their history.

Paperback
Published: January 1978
ISBN: 9780814315941
$29.99

Folk Music in the United States

An Introduction

by Bruno Netti, Revised and Expanded by Helen Myers

A graceful, deeply meditative debut from Kawita Kandpal.

Paperback
Published: February 1976
ISBN: 9780814315576
$26.99
eBOOK
Published: February 1976
ISBN: 9780814337578

The Origins of the Modern Jew

Jewish Identity and European Culture in Germany, 1749-1824

By Michael A. Meyer

An excellent overview of the intellectual history of important figures in German Jewry.

Paperback
Published: April 1972
ISBN: 9780814314708
$22.99
eBOOK
Published: April 1972
ISBN: 9780814337547

Squash Racquets

The Khan Game

By Hashim Khan with Richard E. Randall

The story of Hashim Khan, the legendary squash racquets player.

Paperback
Published: February 1972
ISBN: 9780814314692
$26.99

Old English

Grammar and Reader

by Robert E. Diamond

An excellent introduction to learning Old English.

Paperback
Published: January 1970
ISBN: 9780814315101
$25.99

Spanish-American Literature

A History

Enrique Anderson-Imbert

With a focus both historical and literary, Enrique Anderson-Imbert surveys the literature of Hispanic America.

Hardback
Published: January 1969
ISBN: 9780814313855
$0.00

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