Product Description: Have you ever wanted to know more about various aspects of theatre? Acting in Stages has short chapters focusing on technique, terminology and technical aspects of theatre as well as giving an overview of many theatre genres. Following each chapter are puzzles to help the reader understand the foundations of theatre...read more

Product Description: This social history analyses a period in which the modern prison experienced some of its most serious challenges both on a practical and philosophical level. These include the way in which prison was utilised to deal with poor, disaffected and political sections of society, and the failure to establish in the prison a legitimate means of punishment...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book aims to document and analyse the enduring involvement of children in the commercial sex trade in twentieth-century England. It uncovers new evidence to indicate the extent of under-age prostitution over this period, a much-neglected subject despite the increased visibility of children more generally...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)