Bøger af Alisse Waterston

At once historical and allegorical, Light in Dark Times is an illustrated ride crossing time, space, and place as the characters walk a difficult path while grasping a lifeline of hope on a journey through knowledge.

Presents accounts of drug addicts on the streets of New York, and demonstrates how addicts are structurally vulnerable to the larger sociocultural system within which they live. This book describes the economic, political, and ideological forces that shape the nature of street-addict life.

Provides an analysis of the causes and consequences of poverty. This book offers an understanding of what leads to and perpetuates poverty and of the human complex of love, sorrow, and rage felt by those who experience it. It is aimed at those interested in urban studies, women's studies, social issues and policies, anthropology, and sociology.