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NATIONAL DREAMS
The Winnipeg General Strike took place more than 90 years ago, but it resonates still — as in historian Daniel Francis’s new book ... A well-told tale. —Globe and Mail
An incisive and widely acclaimed study of the most persistent icons and stories in Canadian history, and how they inform our sense of national identity, a fascinating document that allows us to see the past in a shocking new light. Includes 35 black-and-white images.
fifth printing
Seeing Reds tells the story of a turbulent period in Canadian history during the winter of 1918– 19, when a fearful government led by Prime Minister Robert Borden tried to suppress radical political activity by branding legitimate labour leaders as “Bolsheviks” and “Reds.”
Myth, Memory, and Canadian History Daniel Francis
A brilliant examination of our national myths. —Toronto Star
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An astonishing book. —Georgia Straight history (canada)
history (canada)
isbn 978-1-55152-373-6 • e-isbn 978-1-55152-384-2
isbn 978-1-55152-043-8 • e-isbn 978-1-55152-330-9
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I, SHITHEAD
An Illustrated History of D.O.A. Joe Keithley
A Life in Punk Joe Keithley
Joe “Shithead” Keithley founded legendary punk pioneers D.O.A. in 1978. I, Shithead is Joe’s personal, no-bullshit recollections of a life in punk, starting with the burgeoning punk movement, and traversing a generation disillusioned with the status quo who believed they could change the world, conquering all manner of obstacles through sheer determination.
third printing
The punk band D.O.A., established in 1978, is considered one of the founders of hardcore punk; their raw, melodic sound, which drew comparisons to the Clash and the Ramones, has always been matched by the band’s acute political sensibility. This large-format book is a sprawling full-colour visual history that offers a visceral glimpse into the hardcore life of one of the hardest-working bands in the business.
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SEEING REDS
The Red Scare of 1918–1919, Canada’s First War on Terror Daniel Francis
A document that is both an eye-popping tome and a chronological account of the rise and fall (and rise again) of one of punk music’s most important acts. —Vancouver Sun The proper medicine growing young minds need. —Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)
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music
biography / music
isbn 978-1-55152-396-5 • e-isbn 978-1-55152-404-7 • fixed 978-1-55152-495-5
isbn 978-1-55152-148-0
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THE LAST GENET
ANARCHY AND ART
A Writer in Revolt Hadrien Laroche, translated by David Homel
From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall Allan Antliff
The Last Genet is a careful philosophical and historical reading of the last eighteen years in the life of Jean Genet, during which time he became intimately involved with the plight of the oppressed (the Black Panthers, the Palestinians, the Baader Meinhof). [Genet’s] last journey, as revealed by Laroche, is imbued with beauty, metamorphosis and emancipation on one hand, and monstrosity, nihilism and hopelessness on the other. An indispensible study for readers interested in Genet, the Black Panthers, the Palestinian/Israeli conflict or, more generally, the philosophy of humanism. —Kirkus Reviews
In numerous essays, Allan Antliff interrogates moments of engagement when anarchist artists, poets, philosophers, and critics have confronted pivotal events over the past 135 years. A thoughtful discussion of art’s potential as a conduit for revolution and meaningful social change. —Midwest Book Review Antliff’s research has yielded a new theoretical insight into a genre not often considered. —Bookforum
biography
politics / history / visual art
isbn 978-1-55152-365-1 • e-isbn 978-1-55152-386-6
isbn 978-1-55152-218-0 • e-isbn 978-1-55152-300-2
$24.95 • $22.95 us
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