Policing Sex in the Sunflower State: The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women (Perry Nicole)(Paperback)

Policing Sex in the Sunflower State: The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women (Perry Nicole)(Paperback)

Policing Sex in the Sunflower State: The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women is the history of how, over a span of two decades, the state of Kansas detained over 5,000 women for no other crime than having a venereal disease. In 1917, the Kansas legislature passed Chapter 205, a law

Policing Protest: The Post-Democratic State and the Figure of Black Insurrection (Passavant Paul A.)(Paperback)

In Policing Protest Paul A. Passavant explores how the policing of protest in the United States has become increasingly hostile since the late 1990s, moving away from strategies that protect protesters toward militaristic practices designed to suppress protests. He identifies reactions to three

Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206-1335 (de Nicola Bruno)(Paperback)

This book shows the development of women's status in the Mongol Empire from its original homeland in Mongolia up to the end of the Ilkhanate of Iran in 1335. Taking a thematic approach, the chapters show a coherent progression of this development and contextualise the evolution of the role of women

Sex Trafficking in the United States: Theory, Research, Policy, and Practice (Nichols Andrea)(Paperback)

Sex Trafficking in the United States is a unique exploration of the underlying dynamics of sex trafficking. This comprehensive volume examines the common risk factors for those who become victims, and the barriers they face when they try to leave. It also looks at how and why sex traffickers enter

Policing Iraq: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Empire in a Developing State (Wozniak Jesse)(Paperback)

Policing Iraq chronicles the efforts of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq to rebuild their police force and criminal justice system in the wake of the US invasion. Jesse S. G. Wozniak conducted extensive ethnographic research during multiple stays in the KRG, observing such signpost

The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States (Lave Tamara Rice)(Paperback)

This volume provides a comprehensive collection of essays on police and policing, written by leading experts in political theory, sociology, criminology, economics, law, public health, and critical theory. This accessible, interdisciplinary work will be valuable for anyone interested in

Agents of the State (Nicol Mike)(Paperback / softback)

State Surveillance, Political Policing and Counter-Terrorism in Britain: 1880-1914 (Solomon Vlad)(Pevná vazba)

Examines the formation of state surveillance and the emergence of institutionalized political policing in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. This book deals with the formation of state surveillance and the emergence of institutionalized political policing in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Lineages of the Absolutist State (Anderson Perry)(Paperback)

Forty years after its original publication, Lineages of the Absolutist State remains an exemplary achievement in comparative history. Picking up from where its companion volume, Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism, left off, Lineages traces the development of Absolutist states in the early modern

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (Dallaire Romo)(Paperback)

For the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who 'watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect.' When Romeo Dallaire was called on to serve as force

Women of the White House: The Illustrated Story of the First Ladies of the United States of America (Russo Amy)(Pevná vazba)

Women of the White House looks at the work, lives and times of the 47 women officially recognized as America's first lady. Through portraits, photographs, accounts and profiles, the book examines their contributions to the presidencies they supported and to the 230-year history of the role. The

Women in Medieval England (Telford Lynda)(Paperback)

This fascinating book explores the status of women in medieval England, both before and after the Norman Conquest. The author starts by contrasting the differences in status between Anglo/Danish or Saxon women with those who fell under the burden of the feudal system imposed by the Normans. She

The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts (Campbell Nancy D.)(Pevná vazba)

The United States Narcotic Farm opened in 1935 in the rolling hills of Kentucky horse country. Portrayed in the press as everything from a 'New Deal for the drug addict' to a 'million-dollar flophouse for junkies,' the sprawling art deco facility was equal parts federal prison, treatment center,

Archives of Infamy: Foucault on State Power in the Lives of Ordinary Citizens (Luxon Nancy)(Paperback)

Expanding the insights of Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault's Disorderly Families into policing, public order, (in)justice, and daily life What might it mean for ordinary people to intervene in the circulation of power between police and the streets, sovereigns and their subjects? How did the

Sorting Out the Mixed Economy: The Rise and Fall of Welfare and Developmental States in the Americas (Offner Amy C.)(Paperback)

The untold story of how welfare and development programs in the United States and Latin America produced the instruments of their own destruction In the years after 1945, a flood of U.S. advisors swept into Latin America with dreams of building a new economic order and lifting the Third World out

Egyptian Women in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt (Beshara Aida)(Paperback)

Both Egyptian and foreign historians have testified to the high status of women in all spheres of life during the ancient Egyptian period. Women were queens in their own right; once, the chief physician was a woman. In the spiritual life, there were priestesses and female musicians and dancers

Between Families and Frankenstein: The Politics of Egg Donation in the United States (Heidt-Forsythe Erin)(Paperback)

In the United States, egg donation for reproduction and egg donation for research involve the same procedures, the same risks, and the same population of donors--disadvantaged women at the intersections of race and class. Yet cultural attitudes and state-level policies regarding egg donation are

Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction in Stata (Imai Kosuke)(Paperback)

The Stata edition of the groundbreaking textbook on data analysis and statistics for the social sciences and allied fieldsQuantitative analysis is an increasingly essential skill for social science research, yet students in the social sciences and related areas typically receive little training in

The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage (Issenberg Sasha)(Pevná vazba)

The riveting story of the conflict over same-sex marriage in the United States--the most significant civil rights breakthrough of the new millennium On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, making same-sex unions legal across the United

The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat (Haseltine Eric)(Paperback)

The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow--before more American assets are rounded up and killed. Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIA In the late 1970s, the National Security Agency still did not officially

The State and Revolution: Russian-English Edition (Lenin Vladimir)(Paperback)

The State and Revolution (1917), by Vladimir Lenin, describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. It is considered to be Lenin's most

The Multiple States of the Being (Guenon Rene)(Paperback)

Study of the ontological hierarchy of the states of being as taught in the traditional metaphyscial doctrines of East and

State We're In - The epic, heartstopping love story that you will NEVER forget (Parks Adele)(Paperback / softback)

Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks gets right to the heart of the dilemmas women - and men - face in their lives in this unforgettable and heart-wrenching novel of love, loss, and the secrets we all

Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop (Perry Imani)(Paperback)

At once the most lucrative, popular, and culturally oppositional musical force in the United States, hip hop demands the kind of interpretation Imani Perry provides here: criticism engaged with this vibrant musical form on its own terms. A scholar and a fan, Perry considers the art, politics, and