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In the Shadow Of the Poorhouse (Tenth Anniversary Edition)

A Social History Of Welfare In America

by Michael B Katz ...

With welfare reform a burning political issue, this special anniversary edition of the classic history of welfare in America has been revised and updated to include the latest bipartisan debates on how to end welfare as we know it.”In the Shadow of the Poorhouse examines the origins of social welfare, both public and private, from the days of the colonial poorhouse through the current tragedy of ... Read more

$16.99 USD

With welfare reform a burning political issue, this special anniversary edition of the classic history of welfare in America has been revised and updated to include the latest bipartisan debates on how to end welfare as we know it.”In the Shadow of the Poorhouse examines the origins of social welfare, both public and private, from the days of the colonial poorhouse through the current tragedy of
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The Undeserving Poor

America's Enduring Confrontation with Poverty: Fully Updated and Revised

by Michael B. Katz ...

First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty. Taking stock of the last quarter century, Michael B. Katz's new edition of this classic is virtually a new book. As the first did, it will force all concerned Americans to reconsider the foundations of our policies toward the poor, especially in ... Read more

$30.59 USD

First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty. Taking stock of the last quarter century, Michael B. Katz's new edition of this classic is virtually a new book. As the first did, it will force all concerned Americans to reconsider the foundations of our policies toward the poor, especially in
... Read more
Why Don't American Cities Burn?

by Michael B. Katz ...

Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
At 1:27 on the morning of August 4, 2005, Herbert Manes fatally stabbed Robert Monroe, known as Shorty, in a dispute over five dollars. It was a horrific yet mundane incident for the poor, heavily African American neighborhood of North Philadelphia—one of seven homicides to occur in the city that day and yet not make the major newspapers. For Michael B. Katz, an urban historian and a juror on the ... Read more

$28.49 USD

At 1:27 on the morning of August 4, 2005, Herbert Manes fatally stabbed Robert Monroe, known as Shorty, in a dispute over five dollars. It was a horrific yet mundane incident for the poor, heavily African American neighborhood of North Philadelphia—one of seven homicides to occur in the city that day and yet not make the major newspapers. For Michael B. Katz, an urban historian and a juror on the
... Read more
Why Don't American Cities Burn?

by Michael B. Katz ...

Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
At 1:27 on the morning of August 4, 2005, Herbert Manes fatally stabbed Robert Monroe, known as Shorty, in a dispute over five dollars. It was a horrific yet mundane incident for the poor, heavily African American neighborhood of North Philadelphia—one of seven homicides to occur in the city that day and yet not make the major newspapers. For Michael B. Katz, an urban historian and a juror on the ... Read more

$21.59 USD

At 1:27 on the morning of August 4, 2005, Herbert Manes fatally stabbed Robert Monroe, known as Shorty, in a dispute over five dollars. It was a horrific yet mundane incident for the poor, heavily African American neighborhood of North Philadelphia—one of seven homicides to occur in the city that day and yet not make the major newspapers. For Michael B. Katz, an urban historian and a juror on the
... Read more
Improving Poor People

The Welfare State, the "Underclass," and Urban Schools as History

by Michael B. Katz ...

"There are places where history feels irrelevant, and America's inner cities are among them," acknowledges Michael Katz, in expressing the tensions between activism and scholarship. But this major historian of urban poverty realizes that the pain in these cities has its origins in the American past. To understand contemporary poverty, he looks particularly at an old attitude: because many ... Read more

$35.99 USD

"There are places where history feels irrelevant, and America's inner cities are among them," acknowledges Michael Katz, in expressing the tensions between activism and scholarship. But this major historian of urban poverty realizes that the pain in these cities has its origins in the American past. To understand contemporary poverty, he looks particularly at an old attitude: because many
... Read more
The Making of Urban America

by Eric Avila, Timothy M. Collins, Daniel Czitrom, Leslie M. Harris, Arnold R. Hirsch, Michael B. Katz, Randall M. Miller, Edward K. Muller, Gary B. Nash, Mary E. Odem, Kathy Peiss, Madelon Powers, Joel A. Tan, Dominic A. Pacyga, Thomas J. Sugrue ...

The revised and updated third edition of The Making of Urban America includes seven new articles and a richly detailed historiographical essay that discusses the vast urban history literature added to the canon since the publication of the second edition. The authors’ extensively revised introductions and the fifteen reprinted articles trace urban development from the preindustrial city to the ... Read more

$129.59 USD

The revised and updated third edition of The Making of Urban America includes seven new articles and a richly detailed historiographical essay that discusses the vast urban history literature added to the canon since the publication of the second edition. The authors’ extensively revised introductions and the fifteen reprinted articles trace urban development from the preindustrial city to the
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Darkness Calls: An Inspector Cecilie Mars Thriller

Cecilie Mars, Book 1

by Michael Katz Krefeld ...

Narrated by Zara Ramm ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Cecilie Mars
Unabridged

8 hours 44 min

***A Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Book of 2023***When a newly promoted police inspector becomes the target of a blackmailer, she struggles to clear her name. But is she fighting for justice—or revenge?Police inspector Cecilie Mars is a different kind of cop. She has a heavy cocaine habit, fantasizes about vigilante violence, and constantly falls in love with men she shouldn't. Late one night, while ... Read more

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***A Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Book of 2023***When a newly promoted police inspector becomes the target of a blackmailer, she struggles to clear her name. But is she fighting for justice—or revenge?Police inspector Cecilie Mars is a different kind of cop. She has a heavy cocaine habit, fantasizes about vigilante violence, and constantly falls in love with men she shouldn't. Late one night, while
... Read more
The Brothers Karamazov

A New Translation by Michael R. Katz

by Fyodor Dostoevsky ...

Translated by Michael R. Katz ...

**"Lively, fast-flowing.... the voiciest translation of the novel thus far. [Katz] writes at the fever pitch of speech, unleashing the speed and the chaos of the original." —Jennifer Wilson, The New YorkerA monumental new translation—the first in more than twenty years—of Russia’s greatest family drama, rendered with all the passion, humor, and soul of the original.**Dostoevsky’s final, greatest ... Read more

$13.69 USD

**"Lively, fast-flowing.... the voiciest translation of the novel thus far. [Katz] writes at the fever pitch of speech, unleashing the speed and the chaos of the original." —Jennifer Wilson, The New YorkerA monumental new translation—the first in more than twenty years—of Russia’s greatest family drama, rendered with all the passion, humor, and soul of the original.**Dostoevsky’s final, greatest
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Derailed: A Detective Ravn Thriller

Ravn, Book 1

by Michael Katz Krefeld ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Ravn
Unabridged

12 hours 50 min

A grieving cop goes on the hunt for a missing person—and is drawn into a serial killer's dark web—in this propulsive thriller from Denmark's King of Crime.Criminal investigator Thomas Ravnsholdt—better known as Ravn—is on leave from Copenhagen's special crime unit following the brutal murder of his wife. Wracked with guilt over her death, Ravn has withdrawn to a ramshackle houseboat with only his ... Read more

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A grieving cop goes on the hunt for a missing person—and is drawn into a serial killer's dark web—in this propulsive thriller from Denmark's King of Crime.Criminal investigator Thomas Ravnsholdt—better known as Ravn—is on leave from Copenhagen's special crime unit following the brutal murder of his wife. Wracked with guilt over her death, Ravn has withdrawn to a ramshackle houseboat with only his
... Read more
Beast in the Night - An Inspector Cecilie Mars Thriller

by Michael Katz Krefeld ...

Translated by Dr Ian Giles ...

Series Book 2 - An Inspector Cecilie Mars Thriller
Justice may not be enough...Amidst a spree of violent murders targeting women in Denmark, Police Commissioner Cecilie Mars is pulled into the shadows of a hidden underworld.Tracing these heinous acts back to a long-forgotten rape, Mars is pointed towards a sinister group of men bound by a deep hatred for women: incels.As her relentless approach earns her foes within the police force and at home, ... Read more

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Justice may not be enough...Amidst a spree of violent murders targeting women in Denmark, Police Commissioner Cecilie Mars is pulled into the shadows of a hidden underworld.Tracing these heinous acts back to a long-forgotten rape, Mars is pointed towards a sinister group of men bound by a deep hatred for women: incels.As her relentless approach earns her foes within the police force and at home,
... Read more

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Before the Storm: a gripping Scandinavian suspense thriller from the master of Danish crime

by Michael Katz Krefeld ...

Translated by Sinéad Quirke Køngerskov ...

Series Book 1 - A Maja Holm Thriller
From Danish crime master Michael Katz Krefeld comes a gripping Nordic noir.In the eye of the storm, truth is her only anchor...Dr Maja Holm seeks solace in a desolate Norwegian coastal town, fleeing a turbulent past. But as her gruelling work hours and self-medication take their toll, she teeters on the edge.When a patient's mysterious death raises suspicions, Maja's intuition sparks a daring ... Read more

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From Danish crime master Michael Katz Krefeld comes a gripping Nordic noir.In the eye of the storm, truth is her only anchor...Dr Maja Holm seeks solace in a desolate Norwegian coastal town, fleeing a turbulent past. But as her gruelling work hours and self-medication take their toll, she teeters on the edge.When a patient's mysterious death raises suspicions, Maja's intuition sparks a daring
... Read more

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The Sect: A Detective Ravn Thriller

Ravn, Book 3

by Michael Katz Krefeld ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Ravn
Unabridged

11 hours 24 min

From Denmark's King of Crime: The search for a businessman's missing son leads a grief-stricken PI into a web of deceit, arson, and religious fanaticism.Freelance private detective Thomas "Ravn" Ravnsholdt is attempting to move on with his life following the murder of his girlfriend. But when wealthy business mogul Ferdinand Mesmer enlists his help finding his son, Ravn reluctantly takes on what ... Read more

$25.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

From Denmark's King of Crime: The search for a businessman's missing son leads a grief-stricken PI into a web of deceit, arson, and religious fanaticism.Freelance private detective Thomas "Ravn" Ravnsholdt is attempting to move on with his life following the murder of his girlfriend. But when wealthy business mogul Ferdinand Mesmer enlists his help finding his son, Ravn reluctantly takes on what
... Read more

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In the Shadow Of the Poorhouse (Tenth Anniversary Edition)

The Undeserving Poor

Why Don't American Cities Burn?

Why Don't American Cities Burn?

Improving Poor People

The Making of Urban America

Darkness Calls: An Inspector Cecilie Mars Thriller

The Brothers Karamazov

Derailed: A Detective Ravn Thriller

Beast in the Night - An Inspector Cecilie Mars Thriller

Before the Storm: a gripping Scandinavian suspense thriller from the master of Danish crime

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