The Politics of Penal Reform: Margery Fry and the Howard League 1351708198, 9781351708197

Through Prison Bars: The Lives and Labours of John Howard and Elizabeth Fry 1504045823, 9781504045827

A fascinating look—first published in 1894—at two philanthropists known as the “Prisoner’s Friends” and the early histor

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The Persistent Prison?: Rethinking Decarceration and Penal Reform 9781442682023

By situating her analysis in the context of theoretical and political arguments about the possibility of decarceration,

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Confronting Penal Excess: Retribution and the Politics of Penal Minimalism 9781509917976, 9781509918003, 9781509917990

This monograph considers the correlation between the relative success of retributive penal policies in English-speaking

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Margery Kempe and Translations of the Flesh 9780812207538

"A feminist analysis of the writing of the fifteenth-century English mystic, showing how Kempe exploited the gender

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Margery Kempe and Translations of the Flesh 081220753X, 9780812207538

This examination of the work of Kempe, a 15th-century writer, pilgrim and mystic, re-evaluates her influence in the ligh

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Building Home: Howard F. Ahmanson and the Politics of the American Dream 9780520953420

Building Home is an innovative biography that weaves together three engrossing stories. It is one part corporate and ind

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Margery Kempe and the Lonely Reader 9781501708169

In Margery Kempe and the Lonely Reader, Rebecca Krug shows how and why Kempe wrote her Book, arguing that in her engagem

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Canada and the League of Nations 9781487584269

The focus is mainly on political and security aspects of Canadian objectives and reactions but it also includes an accou

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The Politics of Public Education: Reform Ideas and Issues 9781447339595

At a time when public education and reform agendas are changing the way we approach education, this book critically exam

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The League of Nations and the Organization of Peace 9781317862222

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