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Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva 9781538151402
RRP: £77.00£68.02Racism Without Racists examines in detail how Whites talk, think, and account for the existence of racial inequality. The main argument of the book is that color-blind racism, a new racial ideology that emerged in the post-Civil Rights era, has emerged... -
Can Muslims Think?: Race, Islam, and the End of Europe by Muneeb Hafiz 9781538165072
RRP: £93.00£81.80As Europe goes astray, deeply conflicted about where it is both within and with the world, it does not know what it wants to know about, or do, with the racial subject. It is into this context of anxiety, and the Muslim subject as its most intense... -
Terrorism on Trial: Political Violence and Abolitionist Futures by Nicole Nguyen 9781517914387
£110.01A landmark sociological examination of terrorism prosecution in United States courts Rather than functioning as a final arbiter of justice, U.S. domestic courts are increasingly seen as counterterrorism tools that can incapacitate terrorists, maintain... -
The Myth of the Age of Entitlement: Millennials, Austerity, and Hope by James Cairns 9781442636378
RRP: £25.99£23.26We are said to be living in the age of entitlement. Scholars and pundits declare that millennials expect special treatment, do whatever they feel like, and think they deserve to have things handed to them. In The Myth of the Age of Entitlement, Cairns... -
American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate by Pete Simi 9781442241367
£94.31This second edition of the acclaimed American Swastika provides an up-to-date perspective on the white power movement in America. The book takes readers through hidden enclaves of hate, exploring how white supremacy movements thrive nationwide and how we... -
Sports Matters: Race, Recreation, and Culture by John Bloom 9780814798812
£90.28"Most of the contributions strongly project the authors' perceptions of the role of race on their subjects, and essays should elicit lively discussions in the classroom." -CHOICE Frederick Douglass liked to say of West Indian boxer Peter... -
The Housing Divide: How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York's Housing Market by Emily Rosenbaum 9780814775905
£46.72The Housing Divide examines the generational patterns in New York City's housing market and neighborhoods along the lines of race and ethnicity. The book provides an in-depth analysis of many immigrant groups in New York, especially providing an... -
Brothers Gonna Work It Out: Sexual Politics in the Golden Age of Rap Nationalism by Charise Cheney 9780814716120
£89.88Brothers Gonna Work It Out considers the political expression of rap artists within the historical tradition of black nationalism. Interweaving songs and personal interviews with hip-hop artists and activists including Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One,... -
Ethnic Peace in the American City: Building Community in Los Angeles and Beyond by Edward Taehan Chang 9780814715833
£89.88The Los Angeles riot of 1992 marked America's first high-profile multiethnic civil unrest. Latinos, Asian Americans, whites, and African Americans were involved as both victims and assailants. Nearly half of the businesses destroyed were Korean American... -
Learning Difference: Race and Schooling in the Multiracial Metropolis by Annegret Daniela Staiger 9780804753159
£94.85This ethnographic study of an urban high school in one of the most diverse cities in the United States examines the role that race plays in the lives of students. At a school publicly celebrated for its integration, academic excellence, and racial... -
Left to Our Own Devices: Coping with Insecure Work in a Digital Age by Julia Ticona 9780190691288
RRP: £93.00£72.17An examination of the ways that digital technologies play an increasingly important role in the lives of precarious workers, far beyond the gig economy apps like Uber and Lyft. Over the past three decades, digital technologies like smartphones and... -
Narrow Fairways: Getting By & Falling Behind in the New India by Patrick Inglis 9780190664763
RRP: £105.00£92.10India remains a country mired in poverty, with two-thirds of its 1.2 billion people living on little more than a few dollars day. Just as telling, the country's informal working population numbers nearly 500 million, or approximately 80 percent of the... -
After Race: Racism After Multiculturalism by Antonia Darder 9780814782682
£89.88After Race pushes us beyond the old "race vs. class" debates to delve deeper into the structural conditions that spawn racism. Darder and Torres place the study of racism forthrightly within the context of contemporary capitalism. While... -
Social Scientists for Social Justice: Making the Case against Segregation by John P. Jackson 9780814742662
£89.88In one of the twentieth century's landmark Supreme Court cases, Brown v. Board of Education, social scientists such as Kenneth Clark helped to convince the Supreme Court Justices of the debilitating psychological effects of racism and segregation. John P... -
The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise by Corey Dolgon 9780814719589
£89.88Winner of the 2005 Book Prize from the Association for Humanist Sociology In this absorbing account of New York's famous vacation playground, Corey Dolgon goes beyond the celebrity tales and polo games to tell us the story of this complex and... -
Black and Multiracial Politics in America by Yvette Alex-Assensoh 9780814706626
£90.28America is currently in the midst of a major racial and ethnic demographic shift. By the twenty-first century, the population of Hispanics and Asians will increase significantly, while the black population is expected to remain relatively stable... -
Legacies of Race: Identities, Attitudes, and Politics in Brazil by Stanley R. Bailey 9780804762779
£108.33The United States and Brazil were the largest slave-trading societies of the New World. The demographics of both countries reflect this shared past, but this is where comparisons end. The vast majority of the "Afro-Brazilian" population, unlike... -
Stolen Honor: Stigmatizing Muslim Men in Berlin by Katherine Pratt Ewing 9780804758994
£99.39The covered Muslim woman is a common spectacle in Western media-a victim of male brutality, the oppressed and suffering wife or daughter. And the resulting negative stereotypes of Muslim men, stereotypes reinforced by the post-9/11 climate in which he is... -
Everyday Forms of Whiteness: Understanding Race in a 'Post-Racial' World by Melanie E. L. Bush 9780742599987
RRP: £48.00£42.05The second edition of Melanie Bush's acclaimed Everyday Forms of Whiteness looks at the often-unseen ways racism impacts our lives. The author has interviewed and surveyed hundreds of college students and reveals that even though we talk as though we... -
Not Even Past: Barack Obama and the Burden of Race by Thomas J. Sugrue 9780691137308
£28.89Barack Obama, in his acclaimed campaign speech discussing the troubling complexities of race in America today, quoted William Faulkner's famous remark "The past isn't dead and buried. In fact, it isn't even past." In Not Even Past, award-winning... -
Korean International Students and the Making of Racialized Transnational Elites by Sung-Choon Park 9781793609717
RRP: £85.00£74.51By examining privileged and highly skilled Asian migrants, such as international students who acquire legal permanent residency in the United States, this book registers and traces these transnational figures as racialized transnational elites and... -
...But I'm Not Racist!: Tools For Well Meaning Whites by Kathy Obear 9781683092025
RRP: £14.95£11.10Deepen your Resolve to Live as a Change Agent for Racial JusticeWho would you be if you were no longer afraid someone would call you racist? What impact could you have if you had proven tools and techniques to create greater racial justice in your... -
Reckoning with Race: America's Failure by Gene Dattel 9781594039096
RRP: £19.99£18.21Reckoning with Race confronts America's most intractable problem-race. The book outlines in a provocative, novel manner American racial issues from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. It explodes myths about the South as America's... -
Smash the Pillars: Decoloniality and the Imaginary of Color in the Dutch Kingdom by Melissa F. Weiner 9781498554251
RRP: £95.00£83.12Smash the Pillars builds on the efforts by scholars and activists to decolonize Dutch history and memory, as they resist the epistemological violence imposed by the state, its institutions, and dominant narratives. Contributions offer an unparalleled... -
The Religion of White Supremacy in the United States by Eric Weed 9781498538756
RRP: £85.00£74.51On January 20th, 2009, the United States entered a new era in terms of race relations in the country. The hopes of many Americans were not to be fulfilled and many believe race relations are worse now. The reason is the legacy of race is integral to the... -
Racisms: An Introduction by Steve Garner 9781412961769
RRP: £114.00£92.34Combining key theoretical perspectives with contemporary case studies, this text will be invaluable in helping you to fully understand the complex issue of racism. With clear definitions and practical examples this is a solid resource when seeking to... -
Fighting Feelings: Lessons in Gendered Racism and Queer Life by Gulzar R. Charania 9780774868990
RRP: £89.00£77.22Racialized women and girls often feel racial injustice before they have the words to name it. Gulzar Charania situates women of colour at the heart of this book, sharing the lasting impacts and exacting costs of racism in their lives. She highlights how... -
The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations by Shirley Hager 9781487545888
£21.75In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships. Thirty years ago, in Wabanaki territory... -
Punishing Race: A Continuing American Dilemma by Michael Tonry 9780199751372
RRP: £83.00£64.42How can it be, in a nation that elected Barack Obama, that one third of African American males born in 2001 will spend time in a state or federal prison, and that black men are seven times likelier than white men to be in prison? Blacks are much more... -
The Freedom to Be Racist?: How the United States and Europe Struggle to Preserve Freedom and Combat Racism by Erik Bleich 9780199739684
RRP: £80.00£55.40We love freedom. We hate racism. But what do we do when these values collide? In this wide-ranging book, Erik Bleich explores policies that the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and other liberal democracies have implemented when forced to choose... -
Interracial Romance and Health: Bridging Generations, Race Relations, and Well-Being by Byron Miller 9781793634054
RRP: £77.00£67.62Romantic relationships and health are fundamental for society, but what happens to a person's well-being when he or she chooses the "wrong" partner? Interracial Romance and Health: Bridging Generations, Race Relations, and Well-Being tackles... -
Perspectives on Racism and the Human Services Sector: A Case for Change by Carl E. James 9780802077790
RRP: £34.00£30.87Today's social services agencies are faced with the challenge of responding to the diverse needs and expectations of a growing multicultural population. This volume examines race and racism in Canada from historical and contemporary perspectives and... -
Redistributing the Poor: Jails, Hospitals, and the Crisis of Law and Fiscal Austerity by Armando Lara-Millan 9780197507896
RRP: £83.00£75.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197507896Author Armando Lara-MillanFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press, USA -
Narrow Fairways: Getting By & Falling Behind in the New India by Patrick Inglis 9780190664770
RRP: £31.99£29.35India remains a country mired in poverty, with two-thirds of its 1.2 billion people living on little more than a few dollars day. Just as telling, the country's informal working population numbers nearly 500 million, or approximately 80 percent of the... -
Race, Identity and Citizenship by RD Torres 9780631210214
RRP: £130.95£116.78This volume offers comparative and relational analysis of race, ethnicity, and culture at a time when boundaries designating radicalized groups are being radically redrawn. Particular attention is paid to how best to theorize 'race relations' in the... -
New Destination Dreaming: Immigration, Race, and Legal Status in the Rural American South by Helen B. Marrow
RRP: £99.00£39.89New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have long been shaped by immigration. These gateway cities have traditionally been assumed to be the major flashpoints in American debates over immigration policy-but the reality on the ground is proving different... -
Racism and Paid Work by Tania Das Gupta
RRP: £18.99£17.34This book explicitly addresses racism in the paid workplace, showing how racism, and by corollary sexism, are systemic to society. Based on extensive research on workers in both the Health Care sector and in the Garment Manufacturing sector, the author... -
A Leftist Critique of the Principles of Identity, Diversity, and Multiculturalism by Richard Anderson-Connolly
RRP: £30.00£26.68Identity politics is a lightning rod in American society. To both its progressive supporters and conservative critics, it is seen as defining the agenda of the Left. Both sides are wrong. Identity politics is not a leftist project. Instead it enables the... -
Diversity Matters: The Color, Shape, and Tone of Twenty-First-Century Diversity by Emily Allen Williams
RRP: £85.00£74.51Social justice rhetoric is prevalent in contemporary America, but are we as a nation ready to do the work to effect real change? Emily Allen Williams has gathered a group of essays that interrogate matters of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access. In... -
White Guys on Campus: Racism, White Immunity, and the Myth of "Post-Racial" Higher Education by Nolan L. Cabrera
RRP: £34.00£30.87On April 22, 2015, Boston University professor Saida Grundy set off a Twitter storm with her provocative question: "Why is white America so reluctant to identify white college males as a problem population?" White Guys on Campus is a critical...