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  • Mean Streets

    Homelessness, Public Space, and the Limits of Capital

    de Don Mitchell ...
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    The problem of homelessness in America underpins the definition of an American city: what it is, who it is for, what it does, and why it matters. And the problem of the American city is epitomized in public space. Mean Streets offers, in a single, sustained argument, a theory of the social and economic logic behind the historical development, evolution, and especially the persistence of ... Leer más

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  • The Lady Is a Spy: Virginia Hall, World War II Hero of the French Resistance (Scholastic Focus)

    de Don Mitchell ...
    The Lady Is a Spy is the audacious and riveting true story of Virginia Hall, America's greatest spy and unsung hero, brought to vivid life by acclaimed author Don Mitchell.When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted across the continent, instead of returning home, she headed to France.In a country ... Leer más

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  • Shibai: Remembering Jane Britton's Murder

    de Don Mitchell ...
    In Japanese culture, shibai means "drama," or "play," but in Hawaiian slang it means "smokescreen," "bullshit," "gaslighting." In this uncategorizable work, Don Mitchell weaves together the brutal 1969 murder of his friend, Harvard graduate student Jane Britton, with harassment by law enforcement and the media, the language and culture of the Nagovisi people of Bougainville, the Big Island of ... Leer más

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  • They Saved the Crops

    Labor, Landscape, and the Struggle over Industrial Farming in Bracero-Era California

    de Don Mitchell ...
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    At the outset of World War II, California agriculture seemed to be on the cusp of change. Many Californians, reacting to the ravages of the Great Depression, called for a radical reorientation of the highly exploitative labor relations that had allowed the state to become such a productive farming frontier. But with the importation of the first braceros—“guest workers” from Mexico hired on an ... Leer más

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  • The Right to the City

    Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space

    de Don Mitchell ...
    Includes a 2014 Postscript addressing Occupy Wall Street and other developments. Efforts to secure the American city have life-or-death implications, yet demands for heightened surveillance and security throw into sharp relief timeless questions about the nature of public space, how it is to be used, and under what conditions. Blending historical and geographical analysis, this book examines the ... Leer más

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  • The Freedom Summer Murders

    de Don Mitchell ...
    A gripping true story of murder and the fight for civil rights and social justice in 1960s Mississppi.On June 21, 1964, three young men were killed by the Ku Klux Klan for trying to help black Americans vote as part of the 1964 Fredom Summer registration effort in Mississippi. The disappearance and brutal murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner caused a national uproar and ... Leer más

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  • Urban Spaces

    Planning and Struggles for Land and Community

    The control and utilization of urban spaces remains a highly contested issue. Much of the debate centers on issues of economic development versus the maintenance and support of already existing communities. As a number of urban areas are in the throes of gentrification and economic development projects, there is a dearth of information on not only the use of private power in this process, but also ... Leer más

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  • Revolting New York

    How 400 Years of Riot, Rebellion, Uprising, and Revolution Shaped a City

    Series series Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation
    A comprehensive guide to New York City's historical geography of social and political movements.Occupy Wall Street did not come from nowhere. It was part of a long history of uprising that has shaped New York City. From the earliest European colonization to the present, New Yorkers have been revolting. Hard hitting, revealing, and insightful, Revolting New York tells the story of New York's ... Leer más

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  • Professional Lives, Personal Struggles

    Ethics and Advocacy in Research on Homelessness

    Series series Key Concepts in Philosophy
    This edited volume illuminates critical research issues through the particular lens of homelessness, bringing together some of the leading scholars in the field, from an array of disciplines and perspectives, to explore this condition of marginalization and the ethical dilemmas that arise within it. The authors provide insights into the realities and challenges of social research that will guide ... Leer más

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  • Inner Eye

    Anthology of Poems, Poetry Collection for Imaginative People

    Series series Collection of Poems
    This book "Inner Eye" is a collection of beautiful and deep-meaning poems from poets around the world. It is a mix of both short and long poems. All those people who love to dive into the world of poetic description with an imaginative approach will love this book for sure. Test your hidden imagination powers and procreate a hypothetical world of your poet's description.A deep-meaning, strongly ... Leer más

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  • Inner Eye

    Sub-title - Anthology of Poems, Poetry Collection for Imaginative PeopleDescription - This book "Inner Eye" is a collection of beautiful and deep-meaning poems from poets around the world. It is a mix of both short and long poems. All those people who love to dive into the world of poetic description with an imaginative approach will love this book for sure. Test your hidden imagination powers and ... Leer más

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  • Researching Justice

    Engaging with Questions and Spaces of (In)Justice through Social Research

    Series series Spaces and Practices of Justice
    Understanding justice, for many, begins with questions of injustice. This volume pushes us to consider the extent to which our scholarly and everyday practices are, or can become, socially just. In this edited collection, international contributors reflect on what the practice of ‘justice’ means to them, and discuss how it animates and shapes their research across diverse fields from international ... Leer más

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