Power on the Inside. A Global History of Prison Gangs, Hardback - Mitchel P. Roth

The first historical account of the development of prison gangs world-wide.Illustrations: 70 illustrations

DescriptionThis book offers a history of crime and the criminal justice system in America, written particularly for students of criminal justice an...

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Publisher: Christian Focus Publications LtdAuthor(s): Pfellowship ScotlandNumber of pages: 136Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 10Cover...

Looking at the eleventh century to the twentieth century, Kuroda explores how money was used and how currencies evolved in transactions within loca...

In 2015, two convicted murderers escaped from maximum security Clinton Prison in Dannemora, New York. After three weeks on the run, one inmate was ...

A history of the global nature of the radical union, The Industrial Workers of the World

Publisher: iUniverseAuthor(s): D J VodickaNumber of pages: 152Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 160 x 237 x 23Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farme...

DescriptionThe collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study...

Mennonite Farmers is a pioneering work that brings faith into conversation with the land in distinctive ways.Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Pr...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): James PoskettNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 175 x 242 x 38Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Reducere. From Grapevine, the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, powerful stories of hope and peace Getting and staying sober in prison can be to...

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DescriptionA global history of restaurants beyond white tablecloths and ma tre d's, Dining Out presents restaurants both as businesses and as venue...

The collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study argues tha...

Reducere. Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? I...

This book follows the emergence and transformation of the watch industry throughout the world from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the p...

For millennia, cavalry was the premier combat arm. Horses gave armies mobility and speed; often cavalry charges, either on the enemy's flanks and i...

DescriptionCompassion traces the ways in which various societies across the globe have responded to the vulnerable among them from early human hist...

Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? B...

A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline beca...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Sul's history of the international ginseng trade reveals the cultural aspects of international capitalism and the impact of this single commodity o...

The first truly global history of sport, covering everything from football to baseball, boxing to motor racing.Illustrations: 98 illustrations

DescriptionJulian Baggini's How the World Thinks is there to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer's guide to Autumn in culture In this...

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Rens BodIllustration(s): 11 Illustrations, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and whiteTra...

In this "artfully crafted" ("Publishers Weekly") companion to the bestselling "The Misfits" and "Totally Joe, " Addie Carle confronts labels, loss,...

DescriptionCoal, gas, and oil have powered our societies for hundreds of years. But the pace at which we use them changed dramatically in the twent...

For fashion buffs, romantics, and brides-to-be, a fascinating collection of wedding garb and glamour through pop culture and history.The Way We Wed...

Inside Allenwood is an eye-opening appraisal of the American justice system, and one man's profound story of how he managed to keep his health and ...

A parent's guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse. From 'the funniest dad on Twitter' and with over 920, 000 followers this is the perfect Christ...

Reducere. "Asperger's on the Inside" is an acutely honest and often highly entertaining memoir by Michelle Vines about life with Asperger's Syndrome. The boo...

Reducere. As late as the 1960s, tacos were virtually unknown outside Mexico and the American Southwest. Within fifty years the United States had shipped taco...

In this fascinating study, Matthew J. Kuiper the story of how Islam became a world religion and cultural phenomenon of immense scale, astonishing d...

This is the history of temperance and prohibition as you've never read it before: redefining temperance as a progressive, global, pro-justice movem...

This book provides the first broad history of the evolution of combined operations since antiquity. Jeremy Black provides a balanced assessment of ...

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This book explores how the concept of a multipolar order is being used for different purposes in different national contexts. It examines the ways ...

A personal story of the peaceful revolution in South Africa following the election of Nelson Mandela as President of the Republic.Publisher: Pen & ...

The global coffee industry, which fuels the livelihoods of farmers, entrepreneurs, and consumers around the world, rests on fragile ecological foun...

Reducere. Young readers will thrill to this breathless story of courage and determination set in the Alaska wilderness. Abandoned by their mother in Seattle,...

Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Frank LesserIllustration(s): Line drawingsNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 197 x 134 x ...

A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transiti...