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This book is the second publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, present and future, which was organised in June 2013, by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Anton de Kom University of...

This book is the first publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, Present and Future, which was organised in June 2013, by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Anton de Kom University of...

This handbook emphasizes culturally sensitive social services for Asian and Pacific Islanders. It integrates conceptual information with concrete, hands-on application of skills. The book is divided into three parts: (1) the nature and scope of social...

China, the world's most populous nation, will enter a period of rapid aging very shortly that will redefine that country. Between 2010 and 2040, the portion of people 65 and older will rise from around 7% to between 25 and 30% of the population. As China...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313253003Format HardbackPage Count 188Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

United States aid to Israel averages a staggering $21 billion per year. Yet, as this insightful volume explains, that aid has failed to serve both U.S. and Israeli interests. The Politics of Foreign Aid discusses how the appropriation of foreign aid is...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313219856Author Jules RawickFormat HardbackPage Count 1Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 936g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorwickBook InformationISBN 9780837163086Author Che RawickFormat HardbackPage Count 1Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

This timely book investigates Black-Jewish estrangement and the erosion of Black support for Israel. Topics such as the response of Afro-Americans to the early Zionist movement; the emergence of the Jewish state in the Middle East; the attitudes of such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorsson /f Robert /r ed.Book InformationISBN 9780275920845Author x Board Of TrusteesFormat HardbackPage Count 247Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury...

China, the world's most populous nation, will enter a period of rapid aging very shortly that will redefine that country. Between 2010 and 2040, the portion of people 65 and older will rise from around 7% to between 25 and 30% of the population. As China...

For peoples whose legal agreements, treaties, and other accords and conventions with the United States have been violated, multiculturalism as a pedagogical tool often becomes suspect of reinforcing the continued reification and abstraction of their...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313219825Author Jules RawickFormat HardbackPage Count 1Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 964g

The only book of its kind in the field of Afro-American labor studies, this introductory reference surveys the diverse field of Afro-American labor literature from the end of the Civil War to the present. Over ninety percent of the 583 entries have been...

The attempted Greek takeover of Cyprus, Turkey's military invasion and occupation of that country, and the Turkish arms embargo that followed during the summer of 1974 sparked a struggle over the direction of American foreign policy. Paul Y. Watanabe...

Intergenerational African families in which the grandmother is the primary caregiver of grandchildren and great-grandchildren are increasing rapidly in American society. Over the past decade, researchers and policy makers have shown considerable concern...

Oil revenue has been an economic curse for Iraq. In the second half of the 20th century the international oil sector shaped Iraq's economy, forcing it to rely too heavily on revenue brought in by oil production and exports. Iraq's failure to use copious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorlliams /f MaslynBook InformationISBN 9780837173979Format HardbackPage Count 383Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837146676Format HardbackPage Count 170Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313219887Author Jules RawickFormat HardbackPage Count 1Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 794g

Nigerians first came to the United States to attend American universities, intending to return home. Successive waves of Nigerian students began to stay, and now Nigerian Americans are the largest African immigrant group in the country. Pursuing...

Perspectives in Race and Ethnic Relations: Myths, Issues, and Current Controversies examines timely and important issues related to race and ethnicity in the United States and globally. Through a collection of scholarly research articles, students are...

Computer-mediated communication and cyberculture are dramatically changing the nature of social relationships. Whether cyberspace will simply retain vestiges of traditional communities with hierarchical social links and class-structured relationships or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.An excellent resource on the subject. Recommended for all libraries supporting research in Chicano literature. Reference Book ReviewAbout the...

Challenging widely held beliefs, this provocative book offers nothing less than a blueprint for enhancing the social and economic status of African American families. Despite the implementation of liberal social policies in the 1960s and '70s, successive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authornior /f Bernard /i MartinBook InformationISBN 9780837116549Format HardbackPage Count 313Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing...

Japan's Civil Service System is a comprehensive description of the organization, staffing, and actual daily workings of the postwar Japanese government bureaucracy. Written for students of Japanese government, comparative government, and public policy,...

The post-World War II period has been called the age of migration, since an unprecedented number of people worldwide have been on the move. This reference surveys migration and immigration past and present in 14 representative countries. Historical,...

Since the publication of the first edition of The Black Aged in the United States in 1980, a large number of studies, articles, pamphlets, and books on the subject have been produced, necessitating the present volume. In addition to a substantial...

This is a multifaceted approach to understanding one of the nation's largest ethnic communities. Blea incorporates community social history, physical, psychological, and spiritual space. The book strives to teach the student how to do research in an...

The complex story of the rise and fall of the colored class in Jamaican politics is examined in this important contribution to the history of the Caribbean.Book InformationISBN 9780313209840Author Gad J. HeumanFormat HardbackPage Count 231Imprint Praeger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorivey /f DonaldBook InformationISBN 9780313200519Author Donald SpiveyFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Elliott Hahn provides Western business leaders and their attorneys with an understanding of the complexities of the Japanese business and legal systems. It presents an overview of Japanese business law, a detailed analysis of the specific role of...

Product information not available.Scally's bio-bibliography, through its size and annotations, reveals the great breadth of Woodson's interests: history, education, politics, and the arts--in Africa and the Caribbean as well as in the US... She has...

Moody presents the thesis that `post-Confucian' societies are influenced by the legacy of a strong state ruling over a weak social structure. Ruling and opposition elites thus tend towar factionalism based on personal ties, and also to `moralistic'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorner /f Philip /i S.Book InformationISBN 9780837195452Author Philip S. FonerFormat HardbackPage Count 462Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorumberg /f Stephan /i F.ReviewsIn 1914, more than one and one-half million Eastern European Jews emigrated to the U.S. Virtually all of them passed through or...

This book examines the major theories of Black and White racial identity. Moreover, theoretical perspectives that were originally developed to describe social fomentation have been updated and expanded to explain the role of racial identity in counseling...

The vast continent of Africa is a land of enormous diversity. Bever explores the history of Africa from the origin of one of the oldest civilizations in the world to the present-day challenges of race relations, politics, and economic development. The...

The collective message of this compendium is caution: don't put excessive pressure on African institutions. Sayre Schatz, Ravi Gulhati and Satya Yalamanchili, and Raymond Hopkins, in particular, argue that laissez-faire won't work in Africa; that reforms...