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Cambridge University Press Multiculturalism and Political Theory
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Cambridge University Press Secularism Religion and Multicultural Citizenship
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Cambridge University Press Race and Place
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Cambridge University Press Race and Place
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Cambridge University Press Being Israeli The Dynamics of Multiple Citizenship 16 Cambridge Middle East Studies Series Number 16
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Cambridge University Press Computational Fluid Dynamics Chapman HallCRC Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Series
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Cambridge University Press American Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism
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Cambridge University Press Multiculturalism and Political Theory
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Cambridge University Press The Socialism of Fools
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Cambridge University Press Secularism Religion and Multicultural Citizenship
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Cambridge University Press Women Work and Family in the Antebellum Mountain South
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Cambridge University Press We Are All Migrants
Book SynopsisWe Are All Migrants is the first narrative history of multicultural Germany, told through life-stories, charting the groups and waves of post-1945 migration to Germany, West and East, and showing that the story of immigration to Germany is a success story.Trade Review'Jan Plamper's book is an invitation to rethink modern German history through the lens of migration. The author is admirably attentive to the experiences and perspectives of migrants from different backgrounds. Wide-ranging and astute, We Are All Migrants is also a highly personal account. I welcome it wholeheartedly.' Peter Gatrell, author of The Unsettling of Europe: The Great Migration, 1945 to the Present'A fascinating, highly original history of Germany as a largely successful multicultural saga. Beginning with the story of German emigration to the United States and Russia and moving on to discuss the many migrations to postwar Germany, Jan Plamper's well-written and surprising book should change the way we think about Germany.' Susan Neiman, author of Learning from the Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of EvilTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. We are all migrants, almost everywhere, almost always – especially the Germans; 2. Twelve and a half million in six years; 3. Labor migration to West Germany; 4. Labor migration to East Germany; 5. Asylum; 6. Germans there, Russians here; 7. Jewish Germaniya; 8. Welcoming culture; Conclusion; Index.
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Cambridge University Press We Are All Migrants
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Cambridge University Press Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice
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Cambridge University Press We Choose You
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Cambridge University Press Race Genetics History
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Cambridge University Press A History of Race in Muslim West Africa 16001960 115 African Studies Series Number 115
Book SynopsisThis book traces the development of arguments about race over a period of more than 350 years in the Niger Bend in northern Mali. Bruce S. Hall reconstructs an African intellectual history of race that long predated colonial conquest, and which has continued to orient community relations ever since.Trade Review'Bruce Hall embarked on a great project to understand why racial arguments were so common in West Africa's political contexts and yet so invisible in history books. His book is an objective and nuanced analysis of race relations. Anyone who wants to know about race relations in West Africa must read this brilliant study.' Chouki El Hamel, Arizona State University'In this provocative and audacious challenge to the most influential paradigm of 'race' in African studies - Mamdani's 'contemporary racism as colonial legacy', Bruce Hall posits race as an atemporal language imbued with both deep historical meaning and widespread contemporary exigency. [He] brings to his analysis not only the texts of Islamic scholars, but also the voices and views of local Songhay slave-descendants and farmers. Conceptualized in the context of the present, it draws on an enormous interdisciplinary arsenal of languages, methodologies, and theories to engage with an historical concern that spans time and space - namely when, why, and how do people 'chose' racial construction to order their lives? And with what consequences? This is African history at its best because, like the world about which Hall writes, it will take its place in the ongoing dialogue about race that extends well beyond Africa.' Ann McDougall, University of Alberta'What makes this work so outstanding is that it is for the larger part based on local Arabic source material, which ensures that the local visions of race and society are indeed local and not inferred through an interpretation of French source material … For many of us, reading this book will mean reconsidering much of what we thought we knew about Islam, history, and society in the Sahel.' Baz Lecocq, Islamic AfricaTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Race Along the Desert-Edge, c.1600–1900: 1. Making race in the Sahel, c.1600–1900; 2. Reading the blackness of the Sudan, c.1600–1900; Part II. Race and the Colonial Encounter, c.1830–1936: 3. Meeting the Tuareg; 4. Colonial conquest and statecraft in the Niger Bend, c.1893–1936; Part III. The Morality of Descent, 1893–1940: 5. Defending hierarchy: Tuareg arguments about authority and descent, c.1893–1940; 6. Defending slavery: the moral order of inequality, c.1893–1940; 7. Defending the river: Songhay arguments about land, c.1893–1940; Part IV. Race and Decolonization, 1940–60: 8. The racial politics of decolonization, 1940–60; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages
Book SynopsisIn The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, Geraldine Heng questions the common assumption that the concepts of race and racisms only began in the modern era. Examining Europe''s encounters with Jews, Muslims, Africans, Native Americans, Mongols, and the Romani (''Gypsies''), from the 12th through 15th centuries, she shows how racial thinking, racial law, racial practices, and racial phenomena existed in medieval Europe before a recognizable vocabulary of race emerged in the West. Analysing sources in a variety of media, including stories, maps, statuary, illustrations, architectural features, history, saints'' lives, religious commentary, laws, political and social institutions, and literature, she argues that religion - so much in play again today - enabled the positing of fundamental differences among humans that created strategic essentialisms to mark off human groups and populations for racialized treatment. Her ground-breaking study also shows how race figured in the emTrade Review'For more than two decades scholars have been hotly debating the appropriateness of the term 'race' and its derivatives in the analysis of medieval European societies. Now, with this book, Geraldine Heng provides the most comprehensive and persuasive validation of race as a way into the medieval cultural 'imaginary'. Race, she acknowledges, was a concept that varied from place to place and changed in multiple ways over time. It was complexly intertwined with religious ideas, and although medieval notions of race shared content with some modern somatic notions (allowing for comparability), its specifically medieval distinctiveness owes much to the various faith communities within which it attained significance. This is not a book about blaming the Middle Ages or the West for racism; it is an erudite plea to pursue the study of racialisms, for truth's sake. No one interested in the vexing and tragic history of racial thought and the practices that it informed can afford to ignore this magisterial intervention into the scholarly conversation.' William Chester Jordan, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, Princeton University, New Jersey'[One cannot overstate the importance of The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages.] Writing with astounding force and clarity, Heng accomplishes what has eluded literary scholars and historians: a breakthrough demonstration of how religion, as both sociocultural and biopolitical technology, produced 'race'. Heng shows that race is a name for an apparatus that structures and deploys human differences across the globe and time. Race would thus be the only adequate name for the process of difference-making. Heng renews the impetus for the global study of the Middle Ages and, in racial terms, shows what we have always known: that modernity is merely the effect of the Middle Ages.' Zrinka Stahuljak, University of California, Los Angeles'… The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, provides a series of … studies that demonstrate the flexibility of this central thesis, with chapters functioning as densely textured sketches that articulate the mechanisms of racial logic at several geographically and culturally disparate local sites. … The Invention of Race is intended for a broad audience, whose expertise in the field of medieval studies is not assumed: for most of the book, this results in clear prose and translated source material.' Shoshana Adler, EuropeNow'In The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages (Cambridge), Geraldine Heng shows repeated cases which would unambiguously be classified as racially motivated hate crimes today, grounded in religion. This book is field-defining and vital in the current climate.' Kate Wiles, History Today'… Heng does an impressive job weaving together various strands of scholarly conversation from a range of academic disciplines, in order to provide a multidimensional picture of how the concept of 'race' defined and redefined social realities in a period that has been habitually excluded from histories of racial categorization. While The Invention of Race may not seek to provide all the answers, it is a clarion call to continue to theorize and retheorize race in the premodern world.' Shyama Rajendran, Studies in the Age of Chaucer'Straddling the complicated line between medieval studies and critical race theory, The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages is a comprehensive volume that will change the ways in which medieval history is understood. … The debates raised and addressed in this work will challenge scholars to radically rethink how they approach the social histories with which they work, and for scholars who consider social context to be an essential aspect of their research, The Invention of Race is a must-read.' Jacqueline Lombard, Contemporaneity'The book as a whole is finely produced, and its chapters are thoughtfully self-contained, each followed by its own endnotes-allowing for easy excerpting.' Julie Orlemanski, Modern Philology'It is rich, learned, and thought-provoking, and it triggers important methodological and historiographic questions that bear on the essence of our discipline …' Joseph Ziegler, Speculum'If anyone still doubts the conceptual validity of religious race, this is the book to convince them. At every turn, readers will be confronted with fascinating evidence - some of it familiar, some startlingly new, illumining surveys of scholarly debates, and rich interpretive work … [The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages] will have a significant impact on scholarly paradigms in medieval studies and critical race studies alike for a long time to come.' Cord J. Whitaker, Critical InquiryTable of Contents1. Inventions/Reinventions; 2. State/Nation; 3. War/Empire; 4. Color; 5. World I; 6. World II; 7. World III.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc In the Little World A True Story of Dwarfs Love
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Black Fortunes
Book Synopsis“By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times Bestselling author of Hidden FiguresBetween the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of industrious, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success.Mary Ellen Pleasant, used her Gold Rush wealth to further the cause of abolitionist John Brown. Robert Reed Church, became the largest landowner in Tennessee. Hannah Elias, the mistress of a New York City millionaire, used the land her lover gave her to build an empire in Harlem. Orphan and self-taught chemist Annie Turnbo-Malone, developed the first national brand of hair care product
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Surrender White People Our Unconditional Terms
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The State Must Provide
Book Synopsis“A book that both taught me so much and also kept me on the edge of my seat. It is an invaluable text from a supremely talented writer.” —Clint Smith, author of How the Word is PassedThe definitive history of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher educationAmerica’s colleges and universities have a shameful secret: they have never given Black people a fair chance to succeed. From its inception, our higher education system was not built on equality or accessibility, but on educating—and prioritizing—white students. Black students have always been an afterthought. While governments and private donors funnel money into majority white schools, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and other institutions that have high enrollments of Black students, are struggling to survive, with state legislatures siphoning away federal funds that are legally owed to these sch
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Movement Made Us
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HarperCollins The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights
Book Synopsis“A haunting meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters. Zeldis offers a fascinating look into historic New York City and New Orleans, and her skill as a storyteller is matched by her compassion for her characters. What a beautiful read.”—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace“By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, Kitty Zeldis’s The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights, set against the backdrop of the not-always-so-roaring Twenties, is an only-in-America story of reinvention, rising above tragedy, and finding family.”—Lauren Willig, New York Times bestselling author of Band of SistersFor fans of Fiona Davis, Beatriz Williams, and Joanna Goodman, a mesmerizing historical novel from Kitty Zeldis, the author of Not Our Kind, about three women in 1920s New York City and the secrets they ho
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Vessel
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Chongda paints a tantalizing portrait of a changing China in his dazzling English-language debut. [Vessel] shines with the bright talent of an excellent storyteller." — Publishers Weekly "Deeply moving...Cai’s deep respect and love for the people who are important to him shine through in his beautiful and poignant profiles." — Booklist “Vessel is an exploration of the self and the other, and of the past and the present. It opens up in this new field of nonfiction, a new frontier that is thoughtful and well-written but also wholly unique.” — Yan Lianke, author of Three Brothers: Memoirs of My Family and The Explosion Chronicles The people that inspire you are like beacons in the fog...For me, Cai and his book have become another beacon.” — Golden Horse Award-winning actor Andy Lau "Vessel sails briskly over rough seas, bobbing and weaving in stormy waters. It’s never smooth sailing, but Chongda’s candor and courage make up for the tumultuous ride." — BookPage “Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary life in China, and highly recommended for memoir enthusiasts in general.” — Library Journal (starred review) "Vessel is a unique look into the background of a thirty-something in contemporary China." — Asian Review of Books
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc We Were Dreamers
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc In Search of Emma
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Gray Areas
Book SynopsisNEXT BIG IDEA CLUB''s November 2023 Must Read Books • LIBRARY JOURNAL EDITOR PICK • “A groundbreaking book, both bold in its premise and precise in its exploration of systemic racism in the workplace. This could not be a more urgent and necessary blueprint for progress.”—Bakari Sellers, New York Times bestselling author of My Vanishing Country“Provides a trailblazing antiracist framework for us all.”—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an AntiracistThis vital and accessible study is a must-read for anyone concerned with workplace equality.—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)A leading sociologist reveals why racial inequality persists in the workplace despite today’s multi-billion-dollar diversity industry—and provides actionable solutions for creating a truly equitable, multiracial future.Labor and race have shared a complex, interconnected history in America. For decades, key aspects of work—from getting a job to workplace norms to advancement and mobility—ignored and failed Black people. While explicit discrimination no longer occurs, and organizations make internal and public pledges to honor and achieve “diversity,” inequities persist through what Adia Harvey Wingfield calls the “gray areas:” the relationships, networks, and cultural dynamics integral to companies that are now more important than ever. The reality is that Black employees are less likely to be hired, stall out at middle levels, and rarely progress to senior leadership positions.Wingfield has spent a decade examining inequality in the workplace, interviewing over two hundred Black subjects across professions about their work lives. In Gray Areas, she introduces seven of them: Alex, a worker in the gig economy Max, an emergency medicine doctor; Constance, a chemical engineer; Brian, a filmmaker; Amalia, a journalist; Darren, a corporate vice president; and Kevin, who works for a nonprofit.In this accessible and important antiracist work, Wingfield chronicles their experiences and blends them with history and surprising data that starkly show how old models of work are outdated and detrimental. She demonstrates the scope and breadth of gray areas and offers key insights and suggestions for how they can be fixed, including shifting hiring practices to include Black workers; rethinking organizational cultures to centralize Black employees’ experience; and establishing pathways that move capable Black candidates into leadership roles. These reforms would create workplaces that reflect America’s increasingly diverse population—professionals whose needs organizations today are ill-prepared to meet.It’s time to prepare for a truly equitable, multiracial future and move our culture forward. To do so, we must address the gray areas in our workspaces today. This definitive work shows us how.Gray Areas includes 15 black-and-white images and a photo insert.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Charytín Spanish Edition
Book Synopsis“Así siento que ha sido toda mi vida: un huracán, un torbellino, un tsunami arrasador que siempre me ha traído grandes alegrías, me las ha quitado, para volverme a traer más en este incesante vaivén. ¡O tal vez el huracán soy yo! Porque allá donde voy, me dicen que siempre se arma un revolú.” - CharytínDesde una infancia dolorosa con complicados secretos familiares a un amor muy diferente al de las novelas, Charytín Goyco nos lo cuenta todo, con su peculiar tono cargado de drama y comedia a la vez. • Sus anécdotas con famosos (Juan Luis Guerra, Camilo Sesto, Jenni Rivera, entre muchos)•Los “besos de divorcio” que compartió con los galanes de moda en innumerables películas.• La pérdida de un bebé y su angustia más persistente: la de ser madre en una profesión donde tener hijos ponía en
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Illegally Yours Ilegalmente Tuyo Spanish Edition
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Boy Who Reached for the Stars El Niño Que
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc In Search of Our Mothers Gardens
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking classic essay collection, Alice Walker speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist on topics ranging from the personal to the political.This edition includes a new Letter to the Reader by Alice Walker.Originally published forty years ago, Alice Walker’s first collection of nonfiction is a dazzling compendium that remains both timely and relevant. In these thirty-six essays, Walker contemplates her own work and that of other writers, considers the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s, and writes vividly and courageously about a scarring childhood injury. Throughout, Walker explores the theories and practices of feminism, incorporating what she calls the “womanist” tradition of black women—insights that are vital to understanding our lives and society today.“When I graduated from college, my father gave me Alice Walker’
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HarperCollins Black White Colored
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Penguin Putnam Inc Indigenous Healing Exploring Traditional Paths
Book SynopsisImagine a world in which people see themselves as embedded in the natural order, with ethical responsibilities not only toward each other, but also toward rocks, trees, water and all nature. Imagine seeing yourself not as a master of Creation, but as the most humble, dependent and vulnerable part. Rupert Ross explores this indigenous world view and the determination of indigenous thinkers to restore it to full prominence today. He comes to understand that an appreciation of this perspective is vital to understanding the destructive forces of colonization. As a former Crown Attorney in northern Ontario, Ross witnessed many of these forces. He examines them here with a special focus on residential schools and their power to destabilize entire communities long after the last school has closed. With help from many indigenous authors, he explores their emerging conviction that healing is now better described as “decolonization therapy.” And the key to heali
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Houghton Mifflin The Middle of Everywhere Helping Refugees Enter
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OUP India Race and Racisms A Critical Approach
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University of Illinois Press The Obama Phenomenon
Book SynopsisPerspectives on the Obama campaign and early administrationTrade Review"These eminent scholars of African American politics provide rich, multigenerational perspectives on the Obama election and the first year of his presidency. A significant and distinctive contribution to the emerging scholarship on Obama that will be useful in African American studies and political science courses."--Robert C. Smith, coauthor of American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom"Outstanding."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Charles P. Henry / Introduction The Election 1.Charles P. Henry / The Jackson and Obama Contributions to a Multiracial Democracy; 2. Martin Kilson / The Electoral Building Blocks of Barack Obama's Victory; 3. Hanes Walton, Jr., Josephine A. V. Allen, Sherman C. Puckett & Donald R. Deskins, Jr. / The Election of Barack Obama and Its Implications for Racial Politics; 4. Julianne Malveaux / Did Race, Class, Gender, Generation, or the Economy trump in the 2008 Elections; 5. Dianne M. Pinderhughes / Race, The Presidency and Obama's First Year; 6. Herb Boyd / Obama and the Media; 7. Scharn Robinson / The Impact of the 2008 Campaign on the Legacy of William Jefferson Clinton Culture 8. Alice Walker / Lest We Forget: An open letter to my sisters who are brave; 9. Maulana Karenga / Barack Obama's Ambivalent Embrace of Blackness; 10. John L. Jackson / Obama, Black Religion, and the Rev. Wright Controversy; 11. Dwight Hopkins / Race, Religion, and the Race for the White House; 12. Ronald Williams II / Barack Obama and the Politics of Racial Representation; 13. Shaun Ossei-Owusu / Barack Obama's Anomalous Relationship with the Hip Hop Community; 14. Ula Taylor / First Lady Michelle Obama, Too Black and Too Strong Policy 15. Robin D. G. Kelley / President Obama, Freedom Democrat or Neo-Liberal; 16. Clarence Lusane / Globalization and the Obama Doctrine; 17. Cheryl Harris / Barack Obama, the Past, Present and Future of Race Remedies Robert L. Allen / Epilogue Contributors
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MIT Press Ltd In the Black Fantastic
Book SynopsisA richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative, artistically ambitious, and politically urgent.A richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative and artistically ambitious, In the Black Fantastic assembles art and imagery from across the African diaspora. Embracing the mythic and the speculative, it recycles and reconfigures elements of fable, folklore, science fiction, spiritual traditions, ceremonial pageantry, and the legacies of Afrofuturism. In works that span photography, painting, sculpture, cinema, graphic arts, music and architecture, In the Black Fantastic shows how speculative fictions in Black art and culture are boldly reimagining perspectives on race, gender and identity. Standing apart from Western narratives of progress and modernity premised on the historical subjugation of people of color, In the Black Fantastic celebrates the ways that Black artists draw
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MIT Press Ltd The Myth That Made Us
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University of Washington Press Legends of the Building of Old Peking
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewChan carries us through seemingly inexhaustible trains of legends, of Nazha of Tantric Buddhist origin and a Chinese Buddhist-Daoist advisor to Qubilai Qaghan in the design of his capital city. We are taken from Yuan through Ming and Qing to modern times... It remains to advise the reader to keep close attention to the line, where it exists, between 'history' and 'legend.' Chan walks carefully in his account, and the reader should emulate his gait. Journal of Asian History This book is rich in sources, information, and analysis, and with careful exploration of the filiation and intermingling of these legends, Chan's work opens up new and important vistas for thinking about urban culture and the evolution of the popular imagination over time. Journal of Asian Studies A meticulous study of the folklore surrounding the now largely-vanished Beijing walls... [A]n important contribution to Beijing historiography, illuminating its cultural, relingion, and ethnic complexities from a hitherto neglected angle. Legends of the Building of Old Peking throws significant light on the cultural, the religious, and the ethnic richness of one of the world's greatest cities. Journal of Chinese ReligionsTable of ContentsNote on SpellingList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction-- The Historical Background-- The Cosmological Concepts of Imperial Cities-- The Planning of Imperial Cities-- Legends of Dadu and Peking PART I: The "Nesha City" of Old Peking: Origins and Transformations Chapter 1: Liu Bingzhong, Nazha, and the Building of Yuan "Great Capital"-- The Historical Background-- Liu Bingzhong's City Plan-- The Nazha Cheng Legend-- The Nazha Cheng Saga-- Myth and Reality Chapter 2: Liu Bowen, Nezha, and the Building of Ming Peking-- The Historical Background-- The Genesis of the "Northern Capital"-- The Imperial City Plan-- New Nazha Cheng Legend-- Lui Bowen's Legends-- Nezha Cheng Legend Analyzed PART II: "Siting by Bowshot": Locating the City of Ming Peking Chapter 3: The Mongolian Story of How Emperor Yongle Built the City of Peking-- The Historical Background-- Anatomy of the Folkloric Legend-- Impact on the Nezha Cheng Legend Chapter 4: The Stories of Liu Bowen, Yao Guangxiao, and Shen Wansan Building the City of Peking -- The Folkloric Background-- "Lui Bowen Built the City of Peking"Lui Bowen, Xu Da, and Shen WansanLui Bowen, the Dragon King, and Warrior Gao LiangGoa Liang, Shen Wansan and the Dragon King-- "How was the City of Peking Built?"Yao Guangxiao and the Prince of YanThe Prince of Yan and Shen Wansan-- The Folkloric Legacy EpiloguePART III: Appendices1. The Eight-Armed Nezha City (1)2. The Eight-Armed Nexha City (2)3. Book of the Story of How Emperor Yung-lo of the Great Ming Built the City of Peking - The Yuan Prince - The True Prince4. Lui Bowen Building the City of Peking5. How was the City of Peking Built?GlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
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Hachette Books A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs
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Hachette Books Twin Cities
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Hachette Books The World of Nancy Kwan
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Hachette Books My Boy Will Die of Sorrow
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Legacy Lit Black Boy Smile
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Hachette Books Miseducated
Book Synopsis An inspiring memoir of one man’s transformation from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator through literature and debate—all by the age of twenty-seven.Brandon P. Fleming grew up in an abusive home and was shuffled through school, his passing grades a nod to his skill on the basketball court, not his presence in the classroom. He turned to the streets and drug deals by fourteen, saved only by the dream of basketball stardom. When he suffered a career-ending injury during his first semester at a Division I school, he dropped out of college, toiling on an assembly line, until depression drove him to the edge. Miraculously, his life was spared.Returning to college, Fleming was determined to reinvent himself as a scholar—to replace illiteracy with mastery over language, to go from being ignored and unseen to commanding attention. He immersed himself in the work of Black thinkers from the Harlem Renaissance to present day. Crucially, he found debate, which became the means by which he transformed his life and the tool he would use to transform the lives of others—teaching underserved kids to be intrusive in places that are not inclusive, eventually at Harvard University, where he would make champions and history.Through his personal narrative, readers witness Fleming’s transformation, self-education, and how he takes what he learns about words and power to help others like himself. Miseducated is an honest memoir about resilience, visibility, role models, and overcoming all expectations.
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Zondervan The Latin Hit Maker
Book SynopsisFor the first time, music legend Rudy Pérez shares his remarkable journey from a poor refugee kid in Miami to composing the greatest hit songs on the world stage. Named the most successful Latin songwriter in history, Rudy Pérez is the creator behind some of the bestselling records of Beyoncé, Julio Iglesias, Christina Aguilera, and IL Divo.In his one-of-a-kind memoir, Rudy tells about his childhood in Cuba and the heart-gripping visits to his father in prison during the height of the communist revolution. Tracing his family''s perilous escape on one of the last Freedom Flights to America, Rudy opens up about the years of poverty and growing up in a crime-ridden neighborhood. These memories contrast with tender moments of dancing to the stereo with his siblings, nodding along to his mother''s classical favorites, and swaying to blues melodies with his father. At a young age, Rudy tried his hand at recreating the music he loved, and his talent led him
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