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American gulag : inside U.S. immigration prisons / / Mark Dow
| American gulag : inside U.S. immigration prisons / / Mark Dow |
| Autore | Dow Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 413 pages) |
| Disciplina | 365/.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - Government policy - United States
Noncitizen detention centers - United States Human rights - United States Emigration and immigration law - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
america
american gulag american prisons detention centers federal officials human cruelty human rights violations human rights immigration and nationalization service immigration detention immigration history immigration laws immigration policies immigration prisons inhumane conditions ins facilities ins prisoners ins investigative journalism jailers prison system prisoners racial profiling racism repression september 11 us immigration policies |
| ISBN |
0-520-93927-1
1-59734-461-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Invisibility, intimidation, and the INS -- September 11: secrecy, disruption, and continuity -- Another world, another nation: Miami's Krome Detention Center -- "Enforcement means you're brutal" -- The world's first private prison -- "Keeping quiet means deny" : a hunger strike in Queens -- The art of jailing -- "Criminal aliens" and criminal agents -- Siege, shackles, climate, design -- "Speak to every media" : resistance, repression, and the making of a prisoner -- Good and evil in New England -- Out West: philosophy and despair -- Dead time. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Inside U.S. immigration prisons |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780445403321 |
Dow Mark
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| Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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More damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : how numbers confuse public issues / / Joel Best
| More damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : how numbers confuse public issues / / Joel Best |
| Autore | Best Joel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.3/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociology - Statistical methods
Social problems - Statistical methods Social indicators |
| Soggetto non controllato |
argumentation
bullying college ratings crime critical thinking data duels data democracy divorce economics evidence fear health care history hospital errors informed opinion innumeracy journalism justice system legal system math mathematics media news nonfiction political economy political science politics popular culture psychology racial profiling reasoning research stats research rhetoric school shooting sciences social issues stat wars statistical measures statistics stats teen suicide |
| ISBN |
0-520-93002-9
1-282-35713-1 9786612357138 1-4175-4075-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782957103321 |
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Best Joel
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stories in the time of cholera [[electronic resource] ] : racial profiling during a medical nightmare / / Charles L. Briggs with Clara Mantini-Briggs
| Stories in the time of cholera [[electronic resource] ] : racial profiling during a medical nightmare / / Charles L. Briggs with Clara Mantini-Briggs |
| Autore | Briggs Charles L. <1953-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.5/14/0987 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Mantini-BriggsClara <1956-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Cholera - Venezuela - Epidemiology
Cholera - Social aspects - Venezuela |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1990s
20th century aids anthropologists bacterial infection cholera cultural anthropology cultural perspective diseases epidemics ethnographers ethnography health threats infectious diseases malaria medical community medical services orinoco delta physicians public health officials racial prejudices racial profiling retrospective social impact social inequality social stigma thought provoking tuberculosis venezuela victim blame |
| ISBN |
1-59734-921-6
9786612358043 1-282-35804-9 1-4175-0814-0 0-520-93852-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Death in the delta -- 1. preparing for a bacterial invasion: Cholera and Inequality in Venezuela -- 2. Epidemic at the Door: Cholera Prevention in the Bureaucratic Imaginary of Delta Amacuro -- 3. Stories of an Epidemic Foretold: Cholera Reaches Mariusa -- 4. Fighting Death in a Regional Clinic: Cholera Arrives in Pedernales -- 5. Turning Chaos into Control: Initial Responses by Regional Institutions -- 6. Containing an Indigenous Invasion: Quarantine in Barrancas -- 7. Exile and Internment: -- 8. Medicine, Magic, and Military Might: Cholera Control on La Tortuga -- 9. Culture Equals Cholera: Official Explanations for the Epidemic -- 10. Challenging the Logic of Culture: Resisting Official Explanations for the Epidemic -- 11. Local Numbers and Global Power: The Role of Statistics -- 12. Sanitation and Global Citizenship: International Institutions and the Latin American Epidemic -- 13. Virulent Aftermath: The Consequences of the Epidemic -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782918503321 |
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Briggs Charles L. <1953->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stories in the time of cholera : racial profiling during a medical nightmare / / Charles L. Briggs with Clara Mantini-Briggs
| Stories in the time of cholera : racial profiling during a medical nightmare / / Charles L. Briggs with Clara Mantini-Briggs |
| Autore | Briggs Charles L. <1953-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.5/14/0987 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Mantini-BriggsClara <1956-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Cholera - Venezuela - Epidemiology
Cholera - Social aspects - Venezuela |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1990s
20th century aids anthropologists bacterial infection cholera cultural anthropology cultural perspective diseases epidemics ethnographers ethnography health threats infectious diseases malaria medical community medical services orinoco delta physicians public health officials racial prejudices racial profiling retrospective social impact social inequality social stigma thought provoking tuberculosis venezuela victim blame |
| ISBN |
1-59734-921-6
9786612358043 1-282-35804-9 1-4175-0814-0 0-520-93852-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Death in the delta -- 1. preparing for a bacterial invasion: Cholera and Inequality in Venezuela -- 2. Epidemic at the Door: Cholera Prevention in the Bureaucratic Imaginary of Delta Amacuro -- 3. Stories of an Epidemic Foretold: Cholera Reaches Mariusa -- 4. Fighting Death in a Regional Clinic: Cholera Arrives in Pedernales -- 5. Turning Chaos into Control: Initial Responses by Regional Institutions -- 6. Containing an Indigenous Invasion: Quarantine in Barrancas -- 7. Exile and Internment: -- 8. Medicine, Magic, and Military Might: Cholera Control on La Tortuga -- 9. Culture Equals Cholera: Official Explanations for the Epidemic -- 10. Challenging the Logic of Culture: Resisting Official Explanations for the Epidemic -- 11. Local Numbers and Global Power: The Role of Statistics -- 12. Sanitation and Global Citizenship: International Institutions and the Latin American Epidemic -- 13. Virulent Aftermath: The Consequences of the Epidemic -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996247981703316 |
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Briggs Charles L. <1953->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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