From behind these bars

This chapter considers productions of Shakespeare’s plays put on in captivity, especially during the First and Second World Wars. It studies the phenomenon of productions of the pl...

This chapter begins with a brief overview of the ways in which shops and, especially, food and drink outlets have been identified on Roman archaeological sites. It then provides a ...

Many people besides children are denied a say over the law. Are they too, for the reasons described in earlier chapters, owed a break when they commit crimes? The chapter offers an...

How do people access movies today? What are the most popular and powerful channels for media distribution on a global scale? How are film industries changing in the face of media c...

How do people access movies today? What are the most popular and powerful channels for media distribution on a global scale? How are film industries changing in the face of media c...

The question raised at the end of Chapter 2—“what would a world without the poor being left out in the cold look like?”—finds a response in the poem “Au Cabaret-vert, cinq heures d...

This chapter looks at the concerted effort to put Patterson behind bars. It was August 1950, shortly after war had erupted on the Korean peninsula, and the nation was more anxious ...