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The films of Ousmane Sembene are powerful representations of the newly emerging black African cinema. In this interpretive study of his most significant films, Francoise Pfaff examines Sembene's pioneering efforts over the last two decades. While...

Despite its legal abolition, racial inequality persists in many democratic societies. Entering a new era of democracy, South Africa is endeavouring to dismantle its legally structured system of inequality. In practice, however, the structures of...

This book focuses on three ethnic neighbourhoods in San Francisco: commoditized Chinatown, gentrified Japantown, and defunct Manilatown, and argues that the city is global because it comprises a multiplicity of global niches in its midst that interface...

From George Washington Carver to Dr. Mae Jemison, African Americans have been making outstanding contributions in the field of science. This unique resource goes beyond the headlines in chronicling not just the scientific achievements but also the lives...

Take Five brings together all of Kenneth McClane's poetry published since 1971, and reissues, for the first time, the privately-printed Running Before the Wind, his first collection of verse. Considered by many to be the finest Afro-American poet of his...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780837183787Author Betty L. JenkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 163Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Since the third edition was published in 1996, there have been significant developments in this key strategic and economic relationship. Kryzanek builds on the text and themes of previous editions and further examines the ties between the United States...

This major bibliographic work reflects the significant interest in Latin American literature as a creative force in the world today. Rela who has provided Latin American bibliography with many ground-breaking contributions, has created a single,...

How can the culturally diverse communities of America live justly and fruitfully together? Not by assimilation into the dominant culture - nor by fighting for the freedom to pursue our own self-interest at the cost of our repressing both the wounds and...

This book promises to be a very useful reference work, covering material that has heretofore been hard to find. . . . . useful in academic libraries and large public libraries. Reference Books Bulletin This dictionary provides an exhaustive reference...

These essays examine the proliferation of American culture in Europe. Throughout the collection, the authors raise the issue of the degree to which Europe becomes Americanized. They examine in concrete detail the way this process operates with reference...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313230684Author Arnold ShankmanFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313219801Author Jules RawickFormat HardbackPage Count 1Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 851g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837109459Author Walter Francis WhiteFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

The South African higher education system has historically been characterized by racial and gender inequities inherited from the discriminatory policies of the apartheid era. From the ascent to power of the National Party in 1948, tertiary institutions...

The dismantlement of the communist system of control of the military and its replacement with a democratic model is one of the most significant aspects of the post-communist transition in East-Central Europe and the former Soviet-Union. The success of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837113876Author A.M.H. ChristensenFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

In 1989, 1998, and 2005, fifteen Gullah speakers went to Sierra Leone and other parts of West Africa to trace their origins and ancestry. Their journey frames this exploration of the extraordinary history of the Gullah culture-characterized by strong...

This book provides a lot of information on the importance of fishing in ancient Hawaiian society. It includes drawings of fish with both Hawaiian and scientific names.Book InformationISBN 9780870227974Author Margaret TitcombFormat HardbackPage Count...

Combining both personal and academic insights into the Malaysian women's movement, this study provides an in-depth account of the multiple struggles of the Malaysian women's movement, from securing gender equality in a patriarchal society to achieving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813571997Author Alai Reyes-SantosFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837169743Author Chie SanoFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

An excellent, well-written study. . . . Unique in its sociological focus and its emphasis on young widows. Choice [In] this intelligent and emotionally gripping book, [the author] peels away both the cultural-symbolic layer of heroism in war and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837193991Author Harry Edward BerndtFormat HardbackPage Count 161Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837176673Author Thomas FitzsimmonsFormat HardbackPage Count 590Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

... aims to be something more than a biographical dictionary of missionaries, academics, artists, leaders, diplomats, educators, soldiers, engineers, etc. (dead and alive), who established relationships between the US and Africa. The entries include...

Product information not available.This book represents a laudable contribution to American ethnic studies... [It] provides an excellent guide to some seventy bodies. Special LibrariesAbout the Authornchion /f...

This book explores how six American writers have artistically responded to the racialization of U.S. frostbelt cities in the twentieth century. Using the critical tools of spatial theory, critical race theory, urban history and sociology, Simpson...

The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when U.S...

This invaluable encyclopedia covers all aspects of the conflict in Korea, principally from 1945 to the present. Conflict in Korea features A-Z entries, many of them illustrated, and covers people, events, places, political parties, treaties and...

How does a multi-ethnic society resolve the contentious issue of resource allocation without damaging the state? This study examines inequality in terms of distributive justice, adaptation of political institutions, the role of symbols of recognition in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530001944Author Nathalie LebonFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams)...

As early as the first century of the common era, Jews followed the Romans to live on German territory. For two thousand years Jews and the local population co-existed. This relationship has been turbulent at times but has occasionally been a model of...

Language rifts in the Balkans are endemic and have long been both a symptom of ethnic animosity and a cause for inflaming it. But the break-up of the Serbo-Croat language into four mutually unintelligible languages within a decade is, by any previous...

A gem of a book for scholars in race and ethnic relations and sociobiology. . . . Van den Berghe analyzes various forms that race and ethnic relations have displayed including colonial empires, slavery, middleman minorities, caste systems, and...

Dimensions of Black Conservatism in the US is a collection of twelve essays by leading black intellectuals and scholars on varied dimensions of black conservative thought and activism. The book explores the political role and functions of black...

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...

Although the opinions of whites on issues of race and inequality have been examined in depth, the perceptions of blacks about these issues have been largely ignored. This book is a path-breaking analysis of black opinions about the sources of their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorrter /f Frank /i W. /s III /r ed.Book InformationISBN 9780313252532Author Frank PorterFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher...

The author looks beyond formal criticism to explore how black writers (and by implication all writers) present their views about the world, its society, and our relation to them. Writers included range from Charles W. Chesnutt to Richard Wright and Ralph...