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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...

Adams surveys the impact of transnational organizations and NGOs on Latin American politics since 1990. The transition from military to civilian rule in Latin American countries has benefited local progressive forces, but resilient remnants favoring the...

The debate over America's multiculturalism has been intense for nearly three decades, dividing opponents into those insisting on such recognition and those fearing that such a formal acknowledgment will undermine the civic bonds created by a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313238260Author William LuisFormat HardbackPage Count 263Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Although in the 1960s and mid-1970s scholars began to question the ability of Israeli Arabs to find equal employment opportunities, there has been no systematic study of employment discrimination against Arabs. Based on demographic data and fieldwork in...

Of the several books that deal with the relationship between Israel and South Africa, this is the most scholarly and sophisticated. Joseph argues that the relationship took a long time to evolve and that it rests on a community of interests and...

There is so much to Louis Harap's three volumes, this extraordinary trilogy, that a reviewer can only hint at the depth, penetrating intelligence, research, and insight of the author. This is a monumental work. American Jewish Archives This volume, the...

With the publication of this text, Karla Holloway becomes the first to produce a book-length analysis of Hurston's use of language in her four major novels. . . . Holloway supports all of her contentions by combining studies of African and Afro-American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313224805Author L. Alex SwanFormat HardbackPage Count 251Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO