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In the recent debate over the growing poverty among blacks, attention has increasingly focused on the role of women heading households as a contributor to poverty. Throughout the debate, however, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the...

The author explores how Africans in America internalized the negative images created of them by the European world, and how internalized racism has worked to fracture African American unity and thereby dilute inchoate efforts toward liberation. In the...

There has been an odd reluctance on the part of historians of the Italian American experience to confront the discrimination faced by Italians and Americans of Italian ancestry. This volume is a bold attempt by an esteemed group of scholars and writers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313233715Author Nabih Amin FarisFormat HardbackPage Count 279Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546208778Author Tiffany HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint AuthorhousePublisher AuthorhouseWeight(grams) 181g

Julie J. Park examines how losing racial diversity in a university affects the everyday lives of its students. She uses a student organization, the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at "California University," as a case study to show how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313204227Author William S. BerlinFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Faith, hope, and love embody the black theology of liberation, a movement created by a group of African- American pastors in the 1960s who felt that Christ's gospel held a special message of liberation for African- Americans, and for all oppressed people...

Heated debates about and insurgencies against female circumcision are symptoms of a disease emanating from a mindset that produced hierarchies of humans, conquered colonies, and built empires. The loss of colonies and empires does not in any way mitigate...

Assimilation Blues contributes to an expanding body of comparative family studies. . . . a springboard for the development of more directly comparative analysis. Family research involving issues of race and class should flow naturally from insights...

The title is perhaps a bit deceptive, for this is assuredly more than `handbook' might indicate. . . . Fried's anthology is a truly complex work, bringing together eighteen essays of mostly uniform high quality, and masses of bibliographic resources to...

Relationships with family and friends, community life, religion, work, racial identity, political attitudes and participation, and physical and mental health are among the topics explored in this volume on Black Americans. It reports the findings from a...

At the age of 17, Samuel L. Broadnax-enamored with flying-enlisted and trained as a pilot at the Tuskegee Army Air Base. Although he left the Air Corps at the end of the Second World War, his experiences inspired him to talk with other pilots and black...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authoron /f Carleton /i StevensBook InformationISBN 9780837163284Format HardbackPage Count 754Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing...

This unique contribution to the literature represents an important adjunct in developing comprehensive policies that will meet the health care needs of underserved communities in American society. The book is readable and contains useful documentation...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313239755Author Jamshid A. MomeniFormat HardbackPage Count 292Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Where were the first African American churches founded? When did Frederick Douglass deliver his first anti-slavery speech? Who de-segregated Major League Baseball? The turbulent history of African Americans unfolds in historical waves, through rights and...

Momeni pulls together 1,007 citations to articles and monographs on housing for minorities. Instead of brief annotations, he includes an abstract or summary of each title, sometimes written by the original author. The descriptions are long enough to...

This is the first major biographical dictionary devoted exclusively to celebrating Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans who have made significant contributions to their society and beyond. More than 160 profiles feature historical and contemporary figures...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313219870Author 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.Book InformationISBN 9780313238949Author John H. StanfieldFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorikobu /f Josephine /i MoraaBook InformationISBN 9780313225499Author Josephin MoikobuFormat HardbackPage Count 226Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313219849Author Jules RawickFormat HardbackPage Count 1Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 964g

Ever since Syria won its independence from France in 1946, it has been a crucial player in Middle Eastern politics. Over the years, relations between the United States and Syria have fluctuated as Washington has tried to balance its commitment to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974261829Author Robin D. GillFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Paraverse PressPublisher Paraverse PressWeight(grams) 334gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm...

A fine collection . . . this is a volume every person with interests in the social sciences and/or Latin America should read. American Anthropologist Outlines in impressive detail the dimensions of women's powerlessness and shows the rich array of...

McGuire's study fills a major gap in social histories of the Second World War by placing Hastie's role in proper historical perspective. He demonstrates that, although he is largely ignored in the published literature, Hastie did more to effect changes...

This new book tells the story of Mexico's dominant political party, the Partido Revoluconario Institucional (PRI), detailing its impact on the country's political system. Mexico's Ruling Party examines the party's role in maintaining political stability...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780837197685Author George P. RawickFormat HardbackPage Count 570Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780837197654Author George P. RawickFormat HardbackPage Count 562Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313219818Author Jules RawickFormat HardbackPage Count 1Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 907g

Although colonialism has officially been terminated, it continues to affect populations whose recent history has been shaped by European institutions, economic policies, and cultural biases. Focusing on British educational policy in colonial Zimbabwe,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313221132Author David PollockFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Africa has internal cultural resources that have positively influenced its development. Community in Motion explores the relationship between theatre and Freirian pedagogy. It underscores the urgency of refocusing development strategies on human rather...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837173573Author Oskar K. RabinowiczFormat HardbackPage Count 231Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313236921Author Ben Zion GoldbergFormat HardbackPage Count 374Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

The inspiration for this book was the predicament of the Union of South Africa, the author's own country. Based on his study of St. Augustine's De Civitate Dei, Brookes has written a book neither wholly theological nor wholly political, considering not...

A pioneering contribution to the study of negotiation theory, this volume takes as its central organizing principle the thesis that national leaders are generally the key actors in international politics and conflict management. Therefore, the editors...

This groundbreaking study fills a significant gap in educational research literature as it explores the problem of persistent and pervasive underachievement by African-American students in the public schools of the United States. Teacher quality, school...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313255700Author Gregory U. RigsbyFormat HardbackPage Count 249Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO