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"I do not speak carelessly or recklessly but with a definite object of helping the people, especially those of my race, to know, to understand, and to realize themselves."--Marcus Garvey, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1937 A popular companion to the...

'A fascinating, inspiring journey' - Meredith Tax, author of A Road Unforeseen Kurdistan has had a tumultuous history, and the women who lived there have experienced a life like no other. From Saddam Hussein's reign of terror beginning in the 1960s,...

Michael Jackson: provocateur, icon, enigma. Who was he, really? And how does his spectacular rise, his catastrophic fall, reflect upon those who made him, those who broke him, and those who loved him? Almost ten years on from Jackson's untimely...

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780710301345Author Miguel CovarrubiasFormat PaperbackPage Count 490Imprint Kegan PaulPublisher Kegan PaulWeight(grams) 748g

In this important book, influential historian Mark Bojcun explores the social democratic workers' movement in the Ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire and its impact on the course of the 1917 Revolution. By focusing on the sections of the labour...

First biography of Khizr Tiwana, the Unionist Premier of the Punjab during the climacteric period 1942-47. The Punjab formed the heartland of a future Pakistan, hence the subcontinent's destiny rested on the clash between Khizr and Jinnah over the...

This is a new and engaging examination of the emergence of a Muslim women's movement in India. The state of Bhopal, a Muslim principality in central India, was ruled by a succession of female rulers throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, most...

Patrice Lumumba (1925-61) is perhaps the most famous leader of the African independence movement. After his execution in 1961, when he had been prime minister of the newly-liberated Congo for only seven months, he became an icon of anti-imperialist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105343Author Charles W. ChesnuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm)...

The emotional, epic story of James “Cornbread” Harris—a self-proclaimed “blessed dude” and one of Minneapolis’s most influential musicians From the heart of the Minnesota blues comes the story of James “Cornbread” Harris Jr., the songwriter, pianist, and...

Originally published in 1961, this classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by African Americans during the American Revolution. With this book, Benjamin Quarles added a new dimension to the military...

It was a massive, yet little-known landmark in modern history: in 1923, after a long war over the future of the Ottoman world, nearly 2 million citizens of Turkey or Greece were moved across the Aegean, expelled from their homes because they were of the...

Roma tribe emanated from India and settled in Europe, bringing an alien culture into its midst. Resolutely holding onto their traditions, the Roma nobly carry on in the face of Western adversity. This is an account dedicated to bringing the truth of...

Supported by Mayan traditions, this book shows you how to embrace gratitude in every area of your life so that you may find ultimate bliss, happiness, and connection to all things.In Remember Your Roots, Mayan Spiritual Guide Christine Olivia Hernandez...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375700118Author Claudine C. O'HearnFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

This Element explores Critical Race Theory (CRT) and its potential application to the field of public administration. It proposes specific areas within the field where a CRT framework would help to uncover and rectify structural and institutional racism...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Gold Pen Awards (Nonfiction) 2000.Book InformationISBN 9780060984380Author Lawrence Otis GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 433Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher...

*WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION*'Deals intensely and critically with urgent questions facing a globalised world' The TimesThe way we think and live, who we vote for and who we fear, has become ever more dictated by our personal identity.In his ground-breaking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910885123Author Antony HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks PublicationsWeight(grams) 62g

The Unfinished Politics of Race argues that the past few decades have seen important transformations in the politics of race. Contending that existing accounts have focused narrowly on the mainstream political sphere, this study argues that there is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910383667Author Lyn JuliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd

Enduring social inequalities in settler colonial societies are not an accident. They are produced and maintained by the self-repairing structural features and dynastic character of systemic racism and its intersecting oppressions. Using methods from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865435650Author Carla GottliebFormat PaperbackPage Count 119Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 216g

Hurled words. Thrown objects. Dodged burgers. A burger was thrown at Travis Alabanza on Waterloo Bridge in 2016. From this experience they have created a poetic, passionate performance piece based around the 'burger': the texture, and taste of being...

"Black people are not dark-skinned white people," says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are a lot more.They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, who have excelled against the odds, constantly...

The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, equality, and the legacies of Empire and Colonialism. We've been here before. Embracing a broader history that encompasses all British people, The Shoulders We Stand On is fundamental to a better...

A Race Is a Nice Thing to Have: A Guide to Being a White Person or Understanding the White Persons in Your Life is designed to help White people fully recognize and accept their racial identity, assume the proper responsibility for ending racism, and...

All white people understand cultural differences from a platform of relative privilege, affecting their personal and professional interactions. How should they respond when confronted with this knowledge? This introductory book looks at the concept of...

A journey into the extraordinary, vibrant world of Black African London which is shaping modern Britain. What makes a Londoner? What is it to be Black, African and British? And how can we understand the many tangled roots of our modern nation without...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807070659Author Ida B. Wells-BarnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

The author, who is himself a Romani, speaks directly to the gadze (non-Gypsy) reader about his people, their history since leaving India one thousand years ago and their rejection and exclusion from society in the countries where they settled, their...

The Rebirth of Antisemitism in the 21st Century is about the rise of antizionism and antisemitism in the first two decades of the 21st century, with a focus on the UK.It is written by the activist-intellectuals, both Jewish and not, who led the...

There is nowhere else in the world quite like Chungking Mansions, a dilapidated seventeen-story commercial and residential structure in the heart of Hong Kong's tourist district. A remarkably motley group of people call the building home; Pakistani phone...

'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times 'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant, Guardian The daughter of a successful paediatrician and a fashionable socialite, Margo...

'A robust, decolonial challenge to carceral feminism' - Angela Y. Davis ***Winner of an English PEN Award 2022*** The mainstream conversation surrounding gender equality is a repertoire of violence: harassment, rape, abuse, femicide. These words...

This book, based on extensive original research, examines the practice by women in a university sport setting of kendo, the Japanese martial art which, using bamboo swords as well as protective armour, and descended from traditional swordsmanship,...

What can we learn from successes and failures in the pursuit of racial justice in the UK and elsewhere in the Global North? A dominant view of racial justice in Britain has long been linked to a 'cruel optimism' which normalises social and political...

On 25th May, 2020, George Floyd, an African American, was murdered by a white police officer. Storms of outrage and protests spread globally. Many learned about the Black Lives Matter movement, and perhaps the most honest conversation began on racism's...

In the struggles for political and cultural hegemony that Taiwan has witnessed since the 1980s, the focal point in contesting narratives and the key battlefield in the political debates are primarily spatial and place-based. The major fault line appears...

'Essential reading' DIVA MAGAZINE'Highly accessible and important' EUGENCE ELLIS'A deeply helpful and engaging read' MEG-JOHN BARKERProviding an accessible and authoritative introduction to issues around People of Colour (POC) trans inclusion, this book...