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This book brings together a diverse group of American Indian thinkers to discuss traditional and contemporary philosophies and philosophical issues. Covers American Indian thinking on issues concerning time, place, history, science, law, religion,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Adult Nonfiction) 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780525576235Author Jay Caspian KangFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684827070Author Leslie SilkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 271gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

"I was driven by the belief that if I wanted to go somewhere I'd need to be something other than Black."LaTonya Summers was only six years old the first time she unconsciously tried to be "more white". Recollecting experiences from her childhood in...

MYTHS, TALES, POETRY AND ORATORY BY NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE IROQUOIS, CHEROKEE, WINNEBAGO, SIOUX, BLACKFEET, HOPI, AND MANY OTHER TRIBES. ACCOUNTS OF INDIAN LIFE BY WHITE OBSERVERS FROM BERNAL DIAZ TO FRANCIS PARKMAN. CONTEMPORARY REASSESSMENTS BY...

The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals plays a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion. These evangelicals raise a starkly consequential question for electoral politics: Why do...

The purpose of this book, says the author, is to show the effect of Indian medicinal practices on white civilization. Actually it achieves far more. It discusses Indian theories of disease and methods of combating disease and even goes into the question...

The occupation of Alcatraz Island by American Indians from November 20, 1969, through June 11, 1971, focused the attention of the world on Native Americans and helped develop pan-Indian activism. In this detailed examination of the takeover, Troy R...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590565551Author Aph KoFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US

A White Side of Black Britain explores the racial consciousness of white women who have established families and had children with black men of African Caribbean heritage in the United Kingdom. Filling a gap in the sociological literature on racism and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591431435Author Nancy Red StarFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Bear & CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyWeight(grams) 467g

Recent scholarship on slavery has explored the lives of enslaved people beyond the watchful eye of their masters. Building on this work and the study of space, social relations, gender, and power in the Old South, Stephanie Camp examines the everyday...

Foreword by Elaine WelterothIn this stunningly illustrated essay collection inspired by the popular podcast Life, I Swear, prominent Black women reflect on self-love and healing, sharing stories of the trials and tribulations they've faced and what has...

The Black Male Handbookis a collection of essays for Black males on surviving, living, and winning. Kevin Powell taps into the social and political climate rising in the Black community, particularly as it relates to Black males. This is a must-have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385311151Author B. A. BotkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394755182Author Ted ConoverFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238g

The first comprehensive history of the Aboriginal First World War experience on the battlefield and the home front. When the call to arms was heard at the outbreak of the First World War, Canada's First Nations pledged their men and money to the Crown to...

Centuries of colonization and other factors have disrupted indigenous communities' ability to control their own food systems. This volume explores the meaning and importance of food sovereignty for Native peoples in the United States, and asks whether...

2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Book Award Finalist Explores how the traditions of black music are intertwined in the games black girls grow up with When we think of African American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679760689Author Wahneema LubianoFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 294gDimensions(mm)...

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295805450The essays in this volume analyze and compare what it means to be Hakka in a variety of sociocultural, political, geographical, and historical contexts including Malaysia, Hong Kong, Calcutta, Taiwan, and...

For centuries, a persistent and important component of Lakota religious life has been the Inipi, the ritual of the sweat lodge. The sweat lodge has changed little in appearance since its first recorded description in the late seventeenth century. The...

**Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist** Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors.North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent...

In Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation critic David L. Eng and psychotherapist Shinhee Han draw on case histories from the mid-1990s to the present to explore the social and psychic predicaments of Asian American young adults from Generation X to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143124740Author Juan WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 233mm * 188mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816646272Author Thomas KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota Press

The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray has generated a firestorm of debate, confirming for some their secret belief in the innate inferiority of certain "races" or ethnic groups, angering many who view the book as an ill-concealed...

Our fascination with the trickster figure, whose presence is global, stems from our desire to break free from the tightly regimented structures of our societies. Condemned to conform to laws and rules imposed by governments, communities, social groups...

Winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Prize"This trenchant work of literary criticism examines the complex ways...African American authors have written about animals. In Bennett's analysis, Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward, and others...

The concept and idea of survivance has revolutionized our understanding of the lives, creative impulses, literary practices, and histories of the Native peoples of North America. Engendered and articulated by the Anishinaabe critic and writer Gerald...

In the mythic tradition of the Lakota, the bow and arrow were more than just tools-they were symbols of flexibility and strength. In this treasury of teaching stories, history, and piercing cultural insights, storyteller and craftsman Joseph Marshall III...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307353146Author William C. RhodenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578887050Author Nicol OsborneFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Negative Space PublishingPublisher Negative Space PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606995075Author Pat ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 1172g

Highlights Bruce Lee's influence beyond martial arts and film An Asian and Asian American icon of unimaginable stature and influence, Bruce Lee revolutionized the martial arts by combining influences drawn from around the world. Uncommonly determined,...

With the new geological age known as the Anthropocene heralding dramatic disruptions in the earth system, geopolitics needs to be fundamentally reconsidered to deal with these new circumstances. Planetary boundaries and ecological change are now the key...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598536737Author Lisa BrooksFormat HardbackPage Count 1300Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345394057Author Anne Wilson SchaefFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Changes at the global, federal, state, and municipal level are pushing forward the reparations movement for people of African descent. The distinguished editors of this volume have gathered works that chronicle the historical movement for reparations...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438453620Author Julia V. EmberleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...