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27 produkter
Children of Other Worlds
Exploitation in the Global Market
Häftad, 2001
293 kr
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More than 40,000 children die daily in the developing world from avoidable sickness and disease. Tens of millions of children labour in mines, mills and sweatshops, or scavenge for a living on city streets and dumps. In the so-called developed world, children's lives are similarly blighted by …
Travels in the Skin Trade
Tourism and the Sex Industry
Häftad, 2001
458 kr
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Through the words of sex workers and their clients, Jeremy Seabrook reconsiders the popular conception of sex tourism in Asia. Through its examination of the many paradoxes surrounding this controversial subject, Travels in the Skin Trade also sheds new light on the wider and problematic …
World Growing Old
Häftad, 2003
293 kr
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For the first time in history, the world's population is ageing. For rich countries in the west, economies rely on youthful populations to provide for those who have retired. We face a profound economic and social crisis - how do we care for the elderly when pensions and social security systems are …
Cut Out
Living Without Welfare
Häftad, 2016
186 kr
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Britain's welfare state, one of the greatest achievements of our post-war reconstruction, was regarded as the cornerstone of modern society. Today, that cornerstone is wilfully being dismantled by a succession of governments, with horrifying consequences. The establishment paints pictures of …
Private Worlds
Growing Up Gay in Post-War Britain
Häftad, 2023
198 kr
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*Shortlisted for The TLS Ackerley Prize 2024*'Wonderful ... For anyone who has ever dreamt of leaving a small-town childhood behind them, this is going to wring your heart. It certainly did mine'– Neil Bartlett, author of Address BookIn 1950s suburban England, a friendship bloomed between Jeremy …
Asking the Earth
Farms, Forestry and Survival in India
Av Jeremy Seabrook, Winin Pereira
E-bok, 2013
1022 kr
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The need to produce food without the destructive chemical horrors of much modern farming, for an intelligent use of dwindling natural resources and for humane forms of production is universal, the practice is limited. This book is an account of one, large, instance of success in practice. …
Asking the Earth
Farms, Forestry and Survival in India
Av Jeremy Seabrook, Winin Pereira
E-bok, 2013
1022 kr
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The need to produce food without the destructive chemical horrors of much modern farming, for an intelligent use of dwindling natural resources and for humane forms of production is universal, the practice is limited. This book is an account of one, large, instance of success in practice. …
Travels in the Skin Trade
Tourism and the Sex Industry
E-bok, 2001
153 kr
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Through the words of sex workers and their clients, Jeremy Seabrook reconsiders the popular conception of sex tourism in Asia. Through its examination of the many paradoxes surrounding this controversial subject, Travels in the Skin Trade also sheds new light on the wider and problematic …
Cut Out
Living Without Welfare
E-bok, 2016
123 kr
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Britain''s welfare state, one of the greatest achievements of our post-war reconstruction, was regarded as the cornerstone of modern society. Today, that cornerstone is wilfully being dismantled by a succession of governments, with horrifying consequences. The establishment paints pictures of …
Orphans
A History
E-bok, 2018
315 kr
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Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion--but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them. Attitudes behind this maltreatment are rooted in ideas that those without parents are disruptive, malevolent, and in need of discipline. Drawing on historic documents, …
Orphans
A History
E-bok, 2018
315 kr
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Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion--but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them. Attitudes behind this maltreatment are rooted in ideas that those without parents are disruptive, malevolent, and in need of discipline. Drawing on historic documents, …
Pauperland
Poverty and the Poor in Britain
E-bok, 2013
238 kr
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In 1797 Jeremy Bentham prepared a map of poverty in Britain, which he called "Pauperland." More than two hundred years later, poverty and social deprivation remain widespread in Britain. Yet despite the investigations into poverty by Mayhew, Booth, and in the 20th century, Townsend, it remains …
Pauperland
Poverty and the Poor in Britain
E-bok, 2013
238 kr
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In 1797 Jeremy Bentham prepared a map of poverty in Britain, which he called "Pauperland." More than two hundred years later, poverty and social deprivation remain widespread in Britain. Yet despite the investigations into poverty by Mayhew, Booth, and in the 20th century, Townsend, it remains …
Song of the Shirt
The High Price of Cheap Garments, from Blackburn to Bangladesh
Häftad, 2015
272 kr
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Oh, Men, with Sisters dear! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you re wearing out, But human creatures lives! Stitch stitch stitch, In poverty, hunger and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. --from The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood (1843) Labour …
Pauperland
Poverty and the Poor in Britain
Häftad, 2015
207 kr
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In 1797 Jeremy Bentham prepared a map of poverty in Britain, which he called 'Pauperland.' More than two hundred years later, poverty and social deprivation remain widespread in Britain.Yet despite the investigations into poverty by Mayhew, Booth, and in the 20th century, Townsend, it remains …
Song of the Shirt
The High Price of Cheap Garments, from Blackburn to Bangladesh
E-bok, 2015
149 kr
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Oh, Men, with Sisters dear! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you''re wearing out, But human creatures'' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. -from “The Song of the Shirt †by Thomas Hood …
Song of the Shirt
The High Price of Cheap Garments, from Blackburn to Bangladesh
E-bok, 2015
148 kr
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Oh, Men, with Sisters dear! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you''re wearing out, But human creatures'' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. -from “The Song of the Shirt †by Thomas Hood …
Asking the Earth
Farms, Forestry and Survival in India
Av Winin Pereira, Jeremy Seabrook
Inbunden, 2009
2504 kr
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The need to produce food without the destructive chemical horrors of much modern farming, for an intelligent use of dwindling natural resources and for humane forms of production is universal, the practice is limited. This book is an account of one, large, instance of success in practice. …
No-Nonsense Guide to World Poverty
E-bok, 2007
150 kr
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This guide questions conventional thinking about wealth and poverty—is the opposite of poverty really wealth, or is it safety and sufficiency? Drawing on experience of poor people all over the world, the author gives voice to those whose views are rarely sought and shows how we all need to live …
World Growing Old
Inbunden, 2003
948 kr
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For the first time in history, the world's population is ageing. For rich countries in the west, economies rely on youthful populations to provide for those who have retired. We face a profound economic and social crisis - how do we care for the elderly when pensions and social security systems are …
People Without History
India's Muslim Ghettos
Av Jeremy Seabrook, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
Häftad, 2011
308 kr
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The West has become obsessed with Muslims, constantly classifying them as either 'moderate' or 'extreme'. Reacting against this dehumanising tendency, Jeremy Seabrook and Imran Ahmed Siddiqui show us the daily life of poor Muslims in India and sheds light on what lies behind India's 'economic …
People Without History
India's Muslim Ghettos
Av Jeremy Seabrook, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
Inbunden, 2011
943 kr
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The West has become obsessed with Muslims, constantly classifying them as either 'moderate' or 'extreme'. Reacting against this dehumanising tendency, Jeremy Seabrook and Imran Ahmed Siddiqui show us the daily life of poor Muslims in India and sheds light on what lies behind India's 'economic …
Victims of Development
Resistance and Alternatives
Häftad, 1993
195 kr
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This combination of analysis and first-hand reportage looks at the connections between development, economic growth, social justice and the environment-not in theory, but as this tangle of relationships affects people in their daily lives. It is rooted in the experience and struggles of people all …
Love in a Different Climate
Men Who Have Sex with Men in India
Inbunden, 1999
274 kr
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In this carefully researched and finely written work, Jeremy Seabrook deals with subjects rarely discussed in Western narratives about South Asia. Going beyond a straightforward contextualisation of the gatoei (lady-boys) in Thailand and the hijara (eunuchs) of India, he unravels the less familiar …
