Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Falling Brick Kills Local ManISBN13:9780299230845ISBN10:0299230848Author:Kraushaar, Mark (Author), Levitt, Marcus (Editor)Description:From The Country That Has Added To Our Vocabulary Such Colorful Terms As Purges, Pogroms, And Gulag, This Collection Investigates The Conspicuous Marks Of Violence In Russian History And Culture Russians And Non-Russians Alike Have Long Debated The Reasons For This Endemic Violence Some Have Cited Russia's Huge Size, Unforgiving Climate, And Exposed Geographical Position As Formative In Its National Character, Making Invasion Easy And Order Difficult Others Have Fixed The Blame On Cultural And Religious Traditions That Spurred Internecine Violence Or On Despotic Rulers Or Unfortunate Episodes In The Nation's History, Such As The Mongol Invasion, The Rule Of Ivan The Terrible, Or The Red Terror Of The Revolution Even In Contemporary Russia, The Specter Of Violence Continues, From Widespread Mistreatment Of Women To Racial Antagonism, The Product Of A Frustrated Nationalism That Manifests Itself In Such Phenomena As The Wars In Chechnya Times Of Trouble Is The First In English To Explore The Problem Of Violence In Russia From A Variety Of Perspectives, Essays Investigate Russian History As Well As Depictions Of Violence In The Visual Arts And In Literature, Including The Works Of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Isaac Babel, Mikhail Lermontov, And Nina Sadur From The Mongol Invasion To The Present Day, Topics Include The Gulag, Genocide, Violence Against Women, Anti-Semitism, And Terrorism As A Tool Of Revolution Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressPublication Date:2007-10-26Weight:0.34 lbsDimensions:0.31'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:83Language:English
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Item Weight: 0.34 lbs
Book Title: Falling Brick Kills Local Man
Item Length: 10in.
Item Height: 0.4in.
Item Width: 7in.
Author: Mark Kraushaar
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, American / General
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Poetry
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
