SPOON - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Over the long nineteenth century, African-descended peoples used the uncertainties and possibilities of emancipation to stake claims to freedom, equality, and citizenship. In the process, people of ……続きを見る

TWELVE silver-haired beauties, ONE neighborhood pool. With a splash of laughter and the warmth of friendship, these intertwined histories present the depth of camaraderie amid the celebration of lif……続きを見る

Explores how policing students and police officers might apply theory to tackle dilemmas demonstrated through true to life scenarios. Relevant for those undertaking the Professional Policing degree,……続きを見る

In her acclaimed book Soldiers in a Narrow Land, Mary Helen Spooner took us inside the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Carrying Chile’s story up to the present, she now offers this vivid ac……続きを見る

In The Majestic Place: The Freedom Possible in Black Women’s Leadership, editors Wendi S. Williams, Whitneé L. Garrett-Walker, and Nia Spooner curate the leadership narratives of Black women leaders……続きを見る

Evidence-based policing is a core part of the National Policing Curriculum but policing students and new officers often feel daunted by the prospect of understanding research and how to use it to in……続きを見る

On an average, India has two to five elections in any given year. With 15 million polling staff, 5.5 million electronic voting machines, officers trekking across glaciers, forests, deserts, riding e……続きを見る

In "A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard," Lysander Spooner engages in a profound discourse on the nature of law, government, and individual rights, employing a clear, logical style that reflects his backgr……続きを見る

"The Unconstitutionality of Slavery" is a book by American abolitionist Lysander Spooner advocating the view that the United States Constitution prohibited slavery. This view was advocated in contra……続きを見る

Lysander Spooner, a prominent American legal theorist and abolitionist, delves into the complexities surrounding poverty in his seminal work, 'The Illegal Causes and Legal Cure of Poverty'. Written ……続きを見る

A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery and To the Non-Slaveholders of the South were two significant anti-slavery pamphlets written by Lysander Spooner.Published in 1858, these works argued passionatel……続きを見る

In 2008 two ordinary people were invited to Jordan – and decided to visit Israel/Palestine as well. Their trip had anything but ordinary consequences. Knowing very little about the history and polit……続きを見る

Lysander Spooner's "The Complete Works" is an extensive anthology that encapsulates the intellectual fervor of 19th-century America. This compendium showcases Spooner's penetrating arguments on topi……続きを見る

Madison & Adams presents this meticulously edited collection of Lysander Spooner's political, economics, legal and constitutional works, as well as writings on religion and works on slavery and abol……続きを見る

In "The Complete Works of Lysander Spooner," readers are invited into a vast intellectual landscape shaped by Spooner's radical ideas on liberty, justice, and individual rights. This comprehensive c……続きを見る

Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, ty……続きを見る

In 'The Unconstitutionality of Slavery,' Lysander Spooner presents a rigorous legal and philosophical argument against the institution of slavery in America. Written in 1845, Spooner challenges the ……続きを見る

It is often thought that small party survival or failure is a result of institutional constraints, the behavior of large parties, and the choices of individual politicians. Jae-Jae Spoon, in contras……続きを見る

"Being a girl was something that never really happened for me." -Rae Spoon Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon are accomplished, award-winning writers, musicians, and performers; they are also both admitte……続きを見る

Transgender indie electronica singer-songwriter Rae Spoon has six albums to their credit, including 2012’s I Can’t Keep All of Our Secrets. This first book by Rae (who uses "they" as a pronoun) is a……続きを見る

A two-person memoir that explores education, prison, possibility, and which children our world nurtures and which it shuns. At the books core are two stories that speak up for human imagination, spi……続きを見る

Through narrative analysis, Ordinary Theologies highlights the intersectionality of gender, race, and religio-spirituality. It examines the relationship of past and current religio-spiritual leaders……続きを見る

Arabiyyat al Naas (Part Two): An Intermediate Course in Arabic, second edition, offers a vibrant course in Arabic as it is written and spoken today by educated native speakers. It is a theme-based t……続きを見る

After Joey gets seriously injured, Eva is beside herself. She's the first to admit it: Joey Lawson is more than just her cameraman. He's her brother; the one solid through her time as the Sibyl. She……続きを見る

Never in a million years would Eva have thought that she'll get kidnapped. Maybe what the books said about Greek heroes and hubris had a point. She was too good of a fighter. There was no way Ares c……続きを見る

Garry Wotherspoon'sGay Sydney: A Historyis an updated version of his 1991 classic,City of the Plain: History of a Gay Sub-culture, written in the midst of the AIDS crisis. In this vivid book Wothers……続きを見る

Failed or fragile states are those that are unable or unwilling to provide a socio-political framework for citizens and meet their basic needs. They are a source of terrorism and international crime……続きを見る

African-American Males and the US Justice System of Marginalization provides an overview of the economic and social status of African-American males in America, which continues to deteriorate at an ……続きを見る

Surveying the widespread appropriations of the Gothic in contemporary literature and culture, Post-Millennial Gothic shows contemporary Gothic is often romantic, funny and celebratory. Reading a wid……続きを見る

Slavery existed long before the United States of America was founded, but so did opposition to slavery. Both flourished after the founding of the country, and the anti-slavery movement was known as ……続きを見る