{"product_id":"shadowland-sarah-colvin-9781789146271","title":"Shadowland: The Story of Germany Told by Its Prisoners","description":"\u003cb\u003eA history of modern Germany told not through the lives of its leaders, but its lawbreakers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Nelson Mandela said, \"a nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.\" \u003ci\u003eShadowland \u003c\/i\u003etells the sometimes inspiring, often painful stories of Germany's prisoners, and thereby shines new light on Germany itself. The story begins at the end of the Second World War, in a defeated country on the edge of collapse, in which orphaned and lost children are forced into homelessness, scavenging and stealing to stay alive, often laying the foundations of a so-called criminal career. While East Germany developed detention facilities for its secret police, West Germany passed prison reform laws, which erected, in the words of a prisoner, \"little asbestos walls in Hell.\" \u003ci\u003eShadowland\u003c\/i\u003e is Germany as seen through the lives, experiences, triumphs, and tragedies of its lowest citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Colvin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789146275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789146271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.51w x 1.18d","brand":"Sarah Colvin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073263431935,"sku":"9781789146271","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47574ea5-1953-4ca2-a25f-cad8c76a7cd5.jpg?v=1685446793","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shadowland-sarah-colvin-9781789146271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}