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A full colour map, based on digitised OS maps of Swansea of about
1919, with its medieval past overlain and important buildings
picked out. The map includes an inset map of Mumbles and its
medieval castle. In the Middle Ages, Swansea (Abertawe) became a
centre for trade around the mouth of the river Tawe. Following
Norman control of the area, Swansea Castle was established in the
early 12th century and a borough charter was granted at the end of
that century. Great growth began in the 17th century with the
establishment of copper-smelting in the area of the lower Tawe
valley, an industry which grew until Swansea was the world capital
of the copper industry - hence its nickname of 'Copperopolis'.
Initially using ore from Cornwall, Swansea took advantage of its
local coal resources and its good port facilities to process
copper, arsenic, tin, gold and other metals, using imported raw
materials from all over the world. The port exported the final
products, along with many tons of coal. At the time of the
background map shown here, heavy industry and its spoil heaps
dominated the lower Tawe valley, and extensive docks dominated the
south of the town, but evidence of its medieval past and its street
layout survived. The remains of the Norman castle became a
workhouse and the course of the river Tawe had been altered to make
access for ships easier.
A full colour map, based on digitised OS maps of Alnwick and
Alnmouth of about 1920, with its Anglo-Saxon and medieval past
overlain and important buildings picked out. The map's cover has a
short introduction to the area's history, and on the reverse an
illustrated and comprehensive gazetteer of Alnwick's and Alnmouth's
main sites of historic interest. The back of the map has coloured
early views of buildings, monuments and street scenes of Alnwick
and Alnmouth. The map has been created by a team of people
representing the various historical societies of Alnwick and
Alnmouth, a number of individuals with specific local knowledge and
the curators of local historical collections, including the
extensive archives of both the Duke of Northumberland and
Bailiffgate Museum. Members of the team have previously produced
works on particular aspects of the area's history, including the
town itself, local heritage heroes, the Abbey, the Shrovetide
Football Game and the district during the Great War.
This book gathers the very best academic research to date on prison
regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean. Grounded in solid
ethnographic work, each chapter explores the informal dynamics of
prisons in diverse territories and countries of the region -
Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Puerto
Rico, Dominican Republic - while theorizing how day-to-day life for
the incarcerated has been forged in tandem between prison
facilities and the outside world. The editors and contributors to
this volume ask: how have fastest-rising incarceration rates in the
world affected civilians' lives in different national contexts? How
do groups of prisoners form broader and more integrated 'carceral
communities' across day-to-day relations of exchange and
reciprocity with guards, lawyers, family, associates, and assorted
neighbors? What differences exist between carceral communities from
one national context to another? Last but not least, how do
carceral communities, contrary to popular opinion, necessarily
become a productive force for the good and welfare of incarcerated
subjects, in addition to being a potential source of troubling
violence and insecurity? This edited collection represents the most
rigorous scholarship to date on the prison regimes of Latin America
and the Caribbean, exploring the methodological value of
ethnographic reflexivity inside prisons and theorizing how daily
life for the incarcerated challenges preconceptions of prisoner
subjectivity, so-called prison gangs, and bio-political order.
Sacha Darke is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at University of
Westminster, UK, Visiting Lecturer in Law at University of Sao
Paulo, Brazil, and Affiliate of King's Brazil Institute, King's
College London, UK. Chris Garces is Research Professor of
Anthropology at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, and
Visiting Lecturer in Law at Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar,
Ecuador. Luis Duno-Gottberg is Professor at Rice University, USA.
He specializes in Caribbean culture, with emphasis on race and
ethnicity, politics, violence, and visual culture. Andres Antillano
is Professor in Criminology at Universidad Central de Venezuela,
Venezuala.
A full colour map, based on a digitised map of the city of
Canterbury in 1907, with its Roman, Anglo-Saxon and medieval past
overlain and important buildings picked out. Founded as the Roman
town of Durovernum Cantiacorum, Canterbury grew to be more
important than London. Canterbury Cathedral became a major European
centre of pilgrimage following the murder of Archbishop Thomas
Becket in 1170 and the centre of the Anglican church after the
Reformation. Although damaged in the Second World War, its many
surviving medieval buildings make it a major attraction for
visitors and home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The map
shows a small cathedral city in 1907 with large buildings,
surrounded by orchards and a remarkable military presence. The
map's cover has a short introduction to the city's history, and on
the reverse an illustrated and comprehensive gazetteer of
Canterbury's main sites of interest, from the city's Roman theatre
and forum to medieval monasteries, the city's walls and its castle.
Produced with Canterbury Archaeological Trust and Canterbury Christ
Church University.
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