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Book The Cruel Streets Revisited

Download or read book The Cruel Streets Revisited written by John F. Wake and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CARDIFF'S MEAN STREETS REVEALED.In this book we look at a side of Cardiff's history that wasn't wholesome, yet it reflects the times - the struggles and poverty. Many people today have a romantic or nostalgic view of their city's past. They imagine the old back streets populated by rough-and- ready 'Jack The Lads' and Robin Hood-style characters, They imagine that, while times were hard, people were poor but generally happy. Think again.The historical voices of law and order give a different perspective to history. But this book isn't written from the viewpoint of the governing classes or in the wider terms of national economics or social commentary. Instead,it portrays the realities of pounding the beat, often alone, in streets that were populated by those without financial advantages, education, or opportunities for upward mobility. Fuelled by alcohol, desperation, and poverty, the people who came into contact with the law had day-to-day struggles that most of us can barely imagine. The social deprivation, the inequalities of class, gender, race, and age, these were the factors that led many to crime as a means of daily survival.This book tells the story of some of the real characters, sometimes merely nameless records in police files or newspapers. Others that we follow were better documented. This is a collection of reports that bring to life the meaner aspects of Cardiff's back streets.Temperancetown, Tiger Bay, Butetown - all names that, for some, conjure up pictures of complete lawlessness. How did that happen? How did these small areas of a large city attract such a reputation?This book is compiled from extensive research in public archives, from conversations with local people, and from the personal experience of a police officer who worked in Cardiff for over 25 years. John Wake offers us snippets of news, and fuller stories, that paint a picture of Cardiff's history as lived by its poorest and most vulnerable citizens.

Book The House On South Street   Revisited

Download or read book The House On South Street Revisited written by JOHN L. BISOL and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain said: "...Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." It's been over a decade since we last visited The House On South Street. More of its background story has been revealed (in dreams), in fact and in confidence. The missing pieces start to fall into place as the real "characters" are unmasked. The house continues to brood in its somber way and yes, it still kills.

Book Murder Maps  Crime Scenes Revisited  Phrenology to Fingerprint  1811 1911

Download or read book Murder Maps Crime Scenes Revisited Phrenology to Fingerprint 1811 1911 written by Drew Gray and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivid and intriguing, Murder Maps plots the nineteenth century’s most dramatic murders from around the world onto meticulous diagrams and period maps, and recounts the brilliant detective work that solved the cases. Elegant period maps and compelling crime analysis illuminate this disquieting volume, which reexamines the most captivating and intriguing homicides of the nineteenth century. Organized geographically, the elements of each murder—from the prior movements of both killer and victim to the eventual location of the body—are meticulously replotted using archival maps and bespoke plans, taking readers on a perilous journey around the murder hot spots of the world. From the “French Ripper,” Joseph Vacher, who roamed the French countryside brutally mutilating and murdering at least eleven people, to H. H. Holmes and his “Murder Castle” in Chicago, crime expert Dr. Drew Gray recounts the details of each case. His forensic examination uncovers both the horrifying details of the crimes themselves and the ingenious detective work that led to the capture of the murderers. Throughout the book, Gray highlights the development of police methods and technology, from the introduction of the police whistle to the standardization of the mug shot to the use of fingerprinting and radiotelegraphy in apprehending criminals. Vividly recreating over one hundred individual murder cases through historic maps, photographs, newspaper excerpts, court papers, and police reports, Murder Maps is perfect for everyone interested in criminal history, forensics, or the macabre.

Book George Bellows Revisited

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nannette Maciejunes
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2017-01-06
  • ISBN : 1443861448
  • Pages : 204 pages

Download or read book George Bellows Revisited written by Nannette Maciejunes and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay collection, by scholars from both the United States and Europe, carefully examines the artwork of one of the most important 20th-century American painters and printmakers, George Bellows. It builds on the Columbus Museum of Art’s 2013 exhibition, George Bellows and the American Experience, and the National Gallery of Art’s 2012 exhibition, George Bellows. The volume offers innovative research that explores his oeuvre from multiple viewpoints. The essays challenge widely held perceptions of Bellows, such as his Americanness, hyper-masculinity, patronage, response to the World War I, and his relationship to fellow artist Edward Hopper. This is an essential collection for any serious study on Bellows’ work.

Book Out from Underdevelopment Revisited

Download or read book Out from Underdevelopment Revisited written by James H. Mittelman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development may be best understood in terms of the interplay among capital accumulation, the state, and class. Subject to globalizing structures, classes, in turn, are examined in light of their interactions with culture, especially gender and religion as well as ecology. Case-studies - Brazil, the Asian newly industrializing countries, China, and Mozambique - reveal three possibilities for overcoming underdevelopment: joining, leaving, or weaving through global capitalism. The conclusions do not fail to present specific principles upon which policies can be based.

Book BRIDESHEAD REVISITED THE SACRED AND PROFANE MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN CHARLES RYDER

Download or read book BRIDESHEAD REVISITED THE SACRED AND PROFANE MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN CHARLES RYDER written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Alien Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bell of St  Paul s

    Book Details:
  • Author : Walter Besant
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1890
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 378 pages

Download or read book The Bell of St Paul s written by Walter Besant and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Pack of Bloody Animals

Download or read book A Pack of Bloody Animals written by Ray Mooney and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Killings called 'Walsh Street' arose when police and armed robbers went to war. Both sides, convinced the others started the war, Were righteous in the letting of blood. The packs held sway and the deeds left many casualties - some celebrated but others unrecorded - and a bitter legacy. Players were driven but the strongest emotions, sweeping others up in the cruel storm they'd created. The criminal justice systems contribution was a fistful of not guilty verdicts. 'A Pack of Bloody Animals' tells the story of that war. It re-examines the evidence, much of it in the players' own voices or in previously unpublished interviews with the accused shooters made soon after their acquittal. This big story raised the toughest law-and-order questions of the decade, spills over state borders, provoked grassroots citizen action, and occupied those in the corridors of power, media and the law. Yet the questions, not resolved then, still echo. 'The verdict of the Walsh Street trial was all four not guilty. All units are warned. Keep yourselves under control' - Radio newsflash message to all State police

Book The Films of Oshima Nagisa

Download or read book The Films of Oshima Nagisa written by Maureen Turim and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the films of Oshima Nagisa is both an essential introduction to the work of a major postwar director of Japanese cinema and a theoretical exploration of strategies of filmic style. For almost forty years, Oshima has produced provocative films that have received wide distribution and international acclaim. Formally innovative as well as socially daring, they provide a running commentary, direct and indirect, on the cultural and political tensions of postwar Japan. Best known today for his controversial films In the Realm of the Senses and The Empire of Passion, Oshima engages issues of sexuality and power, domination and identity, which Maureen Turim explores in relation to psychoanalytic and postmodern theory. The films' complex representation of women in Japanese society receives detailed and careful scrutiny, as does their political engagement with the Japanese student movement, postwar anti-American sentiments, and critiques of Stalinist tendencies of the Left. Turim also considers Oshima's surprising comedies, his experimentation with Brechtian and avant-garde theatricality as well as reflexive textuality, and his essayist documentaries in this look at an artist's gifted and vital attempt to put his will on film. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999. This study of the films of Oshima Nagisa is both an essential introduction to the work of a major postwar director of Japanese cinema and a theoretical exploration of strategies of filmic style. For almost forty years, Oshima has produced provocative film

Book The Shack Revisited

    Book Details:
  • Author : C. Baxter Kruger
  • Publisher : FaithWords
  • Release : 2012-10-02
  • ISBN : 1455516813
  • Pages : 590 pages

Download or read book The Shack Revisited written by C. Baxter Kruger and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions have found their spiritual hunger satisfied by William P. Young's #1 New York Times bestseller, The Shack--the story of a man lifted from the depths of despair through his life-altering encounter with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Now C. Baxter Kruger's THE SHACK REVISITED guides readers into a deeper understanding of these three persons to help readers have a more profound connection with the core message of The Shack--that God is love. An early fan of The Shack and a close friend to its author, Kruger shows why the novel has been enthusiastically embraced by so many Christians worldwide. In the words of William P. Young from the foreword to THE SHACK REVISITED, "Baxter Kruger will stun readers with his unique cross of intellectual brilliance and creative genius as he takes them deeper into the wonder, worship, and possibility that is the world of The Shack."

Book The Western Historical Quarterly

Download or read book The Western Historical Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New Criterion Reader

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hilton Kramer
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 1988
  • ISBN : 0029176417
  • Pages : 456 pages

Download or read book The New Criterion Reader written by Hilton Kramer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1988 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers essays about modernism, Marxist criticism art patronage, Wallace Stevens, Picasso, Aaron Copland, Michel Foucault, Barbara Pym, Richard Serra, and Cindy Sherman.

Book Korea Revisited After 40 Years

Download or read book Korea Revisited After 40 Years written by Candelaria Rodríguez Hernández and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Illuminating Social Life

Download or read book Illuminating Social Life written by Peter Kivisto and published by Pine Forge Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminating Social Life has enjoyed increasing popularity with each edition. It is the only book designed for undergraduate teaching that shows today's students how classical and contemporary social theories can be used to shed new light on such topics as the internet, the world of work, fast food restaurants, shopping malls, alcohol use, body building, sales and service, and new religious movements.A perfect complement for the sociological theory course, it offers 13 original essays by leading scholars in the field who are also experienced undergraduate theory teachers. Substantial introductions by the editor link the applied essays to a complete review of the classical and modern social theories used in the book.

Book Partial Payments

Download or read book Partial Payments written by Joseph Epstein and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by Joseph Epstein on authors to whom he feels indebted, has revered and learned from.

Book The Boarder on Monroe Street

Download or read book The Boarder on Monroe Street written by Rich Polk and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man attempts to run away from life--and learns that he can't. While Craig Miller does abandon his life, he is more accurately abandoning the people he loves, and who, unfortunately for him, fail to love him in return as he would hope they would. The surprise ending demands a great deal of reflection and self-inspection by the people who populate the story.

Book Indecent Publications

Download or read book Indecent Publications written by Stuart Perry and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: