The Culture of Punishment: Prison, Society, and Spectacle, Paperback - Michelle Brown

America is the most punitive nation in the world, incarcerating more than 2.3 million people--or one in 136 of its residents. Against the backdrop ...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michelle Mary LelwicaWhat happens when your body doesn't look how it's supposed to look, or feel how it's supposed to feel,...

DescriptionNew York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018 One of President Barack Obama's favorite books of 2018 Winner of the Helen Bernstein Bo...

Reducere. "A brisk historical tour of the marketing and selling of the small principality of Monaco and its famous city...A well-researched, dramatic rags-to...

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 ...

Americans have been fascinated by ruins as symbols of the past and now as symbols of the future. Empire of Ruins tells the story of what ruins have...

Explaining the mechanics of tortureeven now a controversial topicthis history questions why so much effort has been put into causing painto fellow ...

Reducere. Architects of the Culture of Death, Paperback

Reducere. A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, "Soledad Brother" is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful apprais...

It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste - the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics - e...

A "persuasive and essential" (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison in America through Miller's "stunning...

A highly informative account of prisons and imprisonment by a prison chaplain containing insights for people from ALL faith groups. Tells how relig...

A lively and original study tracing the development of 'laziness' as a social problem in the Ottoman Empire over the long nineteenth-century. Hafez...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Joseph (University of Ulster, UK) McBrinnIllustration(s): 16 colour and 71 bw illusNumber of pages: ...

Throughout its long history, home dressmaking has been a formative experience in the lives of millions of women. In an age of relative affluence an...

Reducere. What is it like to visit in prison? Why would someone want to do that if they didn't know the prisoner? How does it feel to receive prison visits f...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): D LyonNumber of pages: 172Publication date: 2018Dimensions: 144 x 222 x 25Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecu...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Oliver ScharbrodtIllustration(s): 16 bw illusNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 1...

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...

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 ...

Examining the emergence of modernism from the fin-de-siecle primitivist project this volume shows how ethnographic materials shaped a variety of hi...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Emerita Ruth Pritchard (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA) DawsonIllustration(s): 60 bw i...

A groundbreaking study of prison religion, Karma and Punishment introduces a form of chaplaincy rooted in the Buddhist concept of doctrinal admonit...

An extraordinary debut collection of poetry which tackles the criminal justice system.Publisher: Octopus Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Lady UnchainedN...

An exploration of China's Communist Party as a cultural rather than a political entity, defining the experience of a fifth of humanity.

Reducere. DescriptionMaking Whiteness is a profoundly important work that explains how and why whiteness came to be such a crucial, embattled--and distorting...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Saree MakdisiIllustration(s): 17 b-w photos, scatteredNumber of pages: 244Publication date: 202...

Reducere. In The Age of Thrivability, Michelle Holliday offers a bold reinterpretation of human history and a clear course to a better future. At the root of...

The American prison system has gone off the rails. Originally started in the country by King George III, the pre-American Revolutionary prisons wer...

Reducere. The Last Party is Anthony Haden-Guest's account of Studio 54 and the legendary New York nightlife scene of the '70s and '80s, now available as an I...

Reducere. An invaluable resource for anyone who aspires to think clearly (The Guardian)from the New York Timesbestselling author of Superforecasting and Futu...

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncAuthor(s): Michael A. PetersNumber of pages: 213Collection: CounterpointsPublication date: 2007Dimensions: 153 ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Sebastien Penmellen BoretNumber of pages: 222Collection: Japan Anthropology Workshop SeriesPublication da...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): B XuNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 216 x 23Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul ...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): B XuNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 210 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescope...

Reducere. Never losing sight of his relentless passion for faith, family, and economic empowerment, Salter is focused on what he calls the civil rights issue...