Minority Studies

Identity politics has been a smear for decades. The right use it to lament the loss of free speech, while many on the left bemoan it as the end of class politics. It has been used to dismiss movements such as Black Lives Matter and brought seemingly...

Asian American Sexual Politics explores the topics of beauty, self-esteem, and sexual attraction among Asian Americans. The book draws on sixty in-depth interviews to show how constructions of Asian American gender and sexuality tend to reinforce the...

'This illuminating, vivid volume is a fitting tribute to the experiences of migration' - Hanif Kureishi Between the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush in 1948 and the passing of the 1971 Immigration Act, half a million people came to the UK from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951806248Author Activity WizoFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Spotlight MediaPublisher Spotlight MediaWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

The Civil Rights Movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history. Not only did it decisively change the legal and political status of African...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812967463Author Jan T. GrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 303Imprint Random House TradePublisher Random House Trade

In times of heightened national security, scholars and activists from the communities under suspicion often attempt to alert the public to the more complex stories behind the headlines. But when they raise questions about the government, military and...

As racist undercurrents in many western societies become manifestly entrenched, the prevalence of Islamophobia - and the need to understand what perpetuates it - has never been greater. Critiquing the arguments found in notionally left accounts and...

In this groundbreaking work, sociologist James W. Loewen, author of the classic bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, brings to light decades of hidden racial exclusion in America. In a provocative, sweeping analysis of American residential patterns,...

Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection--personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest--on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and...

Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of America's racial and economic inequalities, Thomas Sugrue asks why Detroit and other industrial cities have become the sites of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956231321Author Liz EggerFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Wyeland PublishingPublisher Wyeland PublishingWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060578633Author Shelby SteeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Aboveground, Manhattan's Riverside Park provides open space for the densely populated Upper West Side. Beneath its surface run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people have taken shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950154197Author Mike SagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Sager Group LLCPublisher Sager Group LLCWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

This is the first ethnographic exploration of gender, race and class amongst British born or raised Arabs in London. It takes a critical look at the idea of 'Arab-ness' and the ways in which their ethnicities are created and expressed in the city. ...

An imaginative retelling of London's history, framed through the experiences of Indigenous travelers who came to the city over the course of more than five centuries"Thrush has certainly offered a powerful corrective to the usual geographies imagined for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614293514Author Larry YangFormat PaperbackPage Count 255Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385528207Author Wes MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

A contribution to black studies, this book examines the issue of racism in modern society today.Book InformationISBN 9780853157410Author Terri SewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Lawrence & Wishart LtdPublisher Lawrence & Wishart Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452278738Author Barbara Diggs-BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679767084Author Sister SouljahFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The root of all inequality is the process of othering – and its solution is the practice of belonging We all yearn for connection and community, but we live in a time when calls for further division along the well-wrought lines of religion, race,...

A minority and the state looks at the relationship between Travellers, or 'Gypsies', and the wider settled society in Britain throughout the twentieth century. This detailed study considers the ways in which the state has tried to create and enforce...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670091225Author Suraj Milind YengdeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin VikingPublisher Penguin Random House India

A POWERFUL MEMOIR AND MANIFESTO CHALLENGING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BLACK MAN IN BRITAIN "A blisteringly honest take on contemporary Britishness that manages to be both nuanced and shocking. Highly recommended." Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish) You're a...

'A magisterial contribution to the understanding of the cultural position of Romani people in Europe. ... nothing short of astounding' Literary ReviewThis remarkable book describes a dark side of European history: the rejection of the Roma from their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684838649Author Jim GoadFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 244g

Kathleen Paul challenges the usual explanation for the racism of post-war British policy. According to standard historiography, British public opinion forced the Conservative government to introduce legislation stemming the flow of dark-skinned...

The Cunning of Recognition is an exploration of liberal multiculturalism from the perspective of Australian indigenous social life. Elizabeth A. Povinelli argues that the multicultural legacy of colonialism perpetuates unequal systems of power, not by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800194212Author Zeena MoollaFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint ThreadPublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504083140Author Joseph A. PageFormat PaperbackPage Count 562Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

Today, race seems to be both everywhere and nowhere. There still exists a general abhorrence about discriminating between people according to their race. And yet, people are continually categorized according to their race--Afro- Caribbean, white,...

New York City, 1912: in downtown Greenwich Village, a group of women gathered, all with a plan to change the world. This was the first meeting of 'Heterodoxy', a secret social club. Its members were passionate advocates of women's suffrage, labour...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807000670Author Dr. Martin Luther KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

How do we define patriotism in a diverse society? What divides us and what brings us together? Why do we feel uncomfortable celebrating our country's history? How to be a Patriot offers a new way of understanding our...

From 1973 to 1988, Race Today, the journal of the revolutionary Race Today Collective was at the epicentre of the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Placing race, sex and social class at the core of its analysis, it featured in its articles and...

The 8th edition, already significantly updated, has now been further updated in 2023 to include the likely impact of the post-pandemic cutbacks, the overturning of Roe v Wade, and the Trump indictments on the 2024 national elections. These factors could...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Critics Circle Award (General Nonfiction) 1990.Book InformationISBN 9780060974152Author Shelby SteeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint...

'I hope this book inspires you to kick down barriers, go on adventures and empower the people around you to do the same. That's how we create change.' Rhiane Fatinikun knows just what an impact a connection with nature can have on your life. Finding...