Civil Rights

A sweeping history of how Union victory in the American Civil War inspired democratic reforms, revolutions, and emancipation movements in Europe and the AmericasThe Age of Reconstruction looks beyond post-Civil War America to tell the story of how Union...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608011858Author Jarvis DeberryFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint University of New Orleans PressPublisher University of New Orleans PressWeight(grams)...

Religious liberty lawyer Asma Uddin has long considered her work defending people of all faiths to be a calling more than a job. Yet even as she seeks equal protection for Evangelicals, Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, Native Americans, Jews, and Catholics alike,...

This book provides an insight into the historical changes and present-day circumstances that have influenced, and continue to influence, the development and future of civil society.Civil society organisations (CSOs) play a crucial role in international...

Finalist for the African Studies Association's 2021 Best Book Prize. Explores the limits of law in changing unequal land relations in Kenya. Why, despite the introduction of new land laws beginning in 2012, has there been an increase in land grabbing...

A historian's historian, F W Maitland was never to be caught indulging in fanciful speculation about times long past. Rather, he said, "We shall have to think away distinctions which seem to us as clear as the sunshine; we must think ourselves back into...

Citizenship, both the subject and the practice, should be a bridge between the vocational aims of education and education for its own sake. Not all of life is productive: there is leisure, there is culture, both of which active citizens can defend,...

A condensed and accessible intellectual history that traces the genesis of the ideas that have built into the #BlackLivesMatter movement in a bid to help us make sense of the emotions, demands, and arguments of present-day activists and public thinkers. ...

This book assesses the role of social justice in legal scholarship and its potential future development by focusing upon the 'leading works' of the discipline. The rise of socio-legal studies over recent decades has led to a more interdisciplinary...

Equality is the key issue of modern politics. It is the basic matter of principle dividing left and right - a central question for each person's political beliefs. Yet the reasoning behind these beliefs is rarely put forward or critically examined.In...

In recent years, the Danish cartoons affair, the Charlie Hebdo murders and the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris have resulted in increasingly strident anti-Islamic speeches by politicians. This raises questions about the limits to freedom of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101870877Author Melvin I. UrofskyFormat HardbackPage Count 592Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584772217Author John Stuart MillFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Publisher Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380717200Author Ellen AldermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Avon BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

An uplifting collection of speeches by African American women, curated by the civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author When Mary Ann Shadd Cary-the first Black woman publisher in North America-declared, "break every yoke . . . let the...

Goes beyond the category of transgender to question the need for gender classification Beyond Trans pushes the conversation on gender identity to its limits: questioning the need for gender categories in the first place. Whether on birth certificates...

This volume seeks to explore contemporary trans lives in a world that is both global and increasingly globalizing, examining the nuances of the rights, identities, and politics that make up the varied spectrum of what has come to be included under the...

This timely and unique book explores the concept of colorism, which is discrimination based on the color of a person's skin, in a world where arguably light skin is privileged over dark, and one's wealth, health, and opportunities are impacted by skin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316257671Author Don LemonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm)...

In 1967, when this brave book was first published, Myrlie Evers said, ""Somewhere in Mississippi lives the man who murdered my husband.""Medgar Evers died in a horrifying act of political violence. Among both blacks and whites the killing of this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865972926Author Frederic MaitlandFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 418g

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The political trial of Fethullah Gulen, a moderate Turkish religious leader, helped to greatly expand civil liberties and strengthen democracy in Turkey. The trial began in 2000 in an Ankara state security court (now disbanded) and ended in 2008 in an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956573810Author Andrew ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Garuda PublicationsPublisher Garuda Publications

In The Queen of America Goes to Washington City, Lauren Berlant focuses on the need to revitalize public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discourses of American citizenship, she addresses...

William Hone is the forgotten hero of the British Press. In 1817 he was compelled to defend himself against a government determined to enforce censorship. His fellow journalists, opposition MPs and the ministers believed that a verdict against Hone would...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780113413249Author Great Britain: Home OfficeFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Stationery Office BooksPublisher TSO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780113413287Format PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Stationery Office BooksPublisher TSO

It was the biggest leak in history. WikiLeaks infuriated the world's greatest superpower, embarrassed the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest figures ever to become a...

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In the vast expanse of human history, migration has been an ever-present phenomenon. People have sought new lands and opportunities, driven by diverse factors ranging from political turmoil and war to economic struggles, famine, and even the impact of...

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The next phase of the war over reproduction in America

Unpacking the dynamics at play between CSOs, social movements, and governance in the European context, Claudia Harris Coveney offers an essential understanding of the potential for social change at a time of social turbulence.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765132753Author Michael C. LeMayFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440879173Author Shaonta' AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury AcademicWeight(grams) 454g

Homeland security is rarely just a matter of the homeland; it involves the circulation and multiplication of policing practices across borders. Though the term "homeland security" is closely associated with the United States, Israel is credited with...

Homeland security is rarely just a matter of the homeland; it involves the circulation and multiplication of policing practices across borders. Though the term "homeland security" is closely associated with the United States, Israel is credited with...