A Country Called Prison: Mass Incarceration and the Making of a New Nation, Hardcover - Mary D. Looman

The United States is the world leader in incarcerating citizens. 707 people out of every 100, 000 are imprisoned. If those currently incarcerated i...

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Reducere. We all know that orange is the new black and mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow, but how much do we actually know about the structure, goals, a...

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Recasts the political narrative of the late twentieth century, as Anne Parsons charts how the politics of mass incarceration shaped the deinstituti...

Publisher: The New PressAuthor(s): Jonathan SimonNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 140 x 208 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softba...

At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union captured 600, 000 Japanese prisoners of war and interned them in Siberian labor camps. Sherzod Muminov...

Reducere. A Choice Academic Book of the Year: The Sweeping Story of the Men and Women Who Fought to End Slavery in America Drawing on decades of research, an...

Reducere. The George Floyd riots that have precipitated great changes throughout American society were not spontaneous events. Americans did not suddenly ris...

Reducere. DescriptionA tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--"one of the most influential books of the past decade, " according to the Chronicl...

Reducere. The award-winning "radically original" (The Atlantic) restorative justice leader, whose work the Washington Post has called "totally sensible and t...

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How does an individual garden relate to the larger landscape? How does it connect to the natural and cultural environment? Does it evoke a sense of...

The illustrated history of a seminal New York neighborhood--a story of birth, decline, and renewal, of high design, of grit and glamour--a tale of ...

Social conflict and the making of a globalized place at Rosia Montana - Filip Alexandrescu

Co-Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial PrizeA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Wall Street ...

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The United States has the world's largest prison population, with more than two million behind bars. Alexander says this is mainly due to America's...

A fresh historical perspective on the fifty years since the founding of the Black Panther Party, in which the world's largest police state has emer...

Japan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy.

Reducere. The phenomenal growth of penal confinement in the United States in the last quarter of the twentieth century is still a public policy mystery. Whil...

Reducere. This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of...

Reducere. A "Philadelphia Inquirer "Best Book of the Year A biography of Pope Francis that describes how this revolutionary thinker will use the power of his...

DescriptionThis volume gathers an array of voices to tell the stories of Cleveland's twentieth century Jewish community. Strong and stable after an...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Michelle JonesIllustration(s): 61 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

DescriptionAmerica's criminal justice policy reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win election. A preeminent legal scholar ar...

Known internationally as a symbol of elegance and luxury, Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria is one of the world's most famous hotels. David Freeland take...

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Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Mitch AlbomNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 108 x 168 x 18Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera ...

Reducere. A TRUE LOOK INSIDE THE US CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMApril 2, 2015 started like any other day for reserve deputy Bob Bates. He left his home in South Tulsa...

As heard on NPR's Fresh Air A "persuasive and essential" (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison in Americ...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Todd R. ClearAuthor: Natasha A. FrostOver the last 40 years, the US penal system has grown at an unprecedented rate--five t...

Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become ...

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Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): D. NurkseNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 166 x 242 x 32Cover type: HardbackRedescop...

Reducere. The New Testament documents cover an intense period of innovation and development in what we now call "Christology." Before Jesus, "Christology" ei...