Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Books
Brill Fink Karl Marx: Philosophie Für Einsteiger
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Brill Fink Martin Heidegger: Philosophie Für Einsteiger
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Brill Fink Geschichte Der Sozialen Arbeit: Eine Illustrierte
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Brill Fink Die Seele Im 20. Jahrhundert: Eine
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Lit Verlag Crossing Boundaries: African American Inner City
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Lit Verlag Crossing Borders: Interdisciplinary Approaches to
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Editon Synapse Collected English Writings of Josiah Conder
Book SynopsisJosiah Conder (1852–1920), also known as Kondoru-sensei, was hired by the Meiji Japanese government as the first professor of architecture for the Imperial College of Engineering (now Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo). After receiving the Soane Medallion Prize of the RIBA he arrived in Japan in 1877, spending the rest of his life there. Often called the ‘father of Japanese architecture’, he established the education of architecture in Japan and most of his graduates played essential roles in the development of modern Japan's architecture. He played a leading role in developing Tokyo as an urban city of Western style, and designed numerous public buildings, including the Rokumeikan, which became a symbol of Westernisation in the Meiji period, as well as Mitsubishi 1-gokan, Nicholai-do, Kyu-Iwasakitei, which are considered landmark buildings of Japanese architecture.This collection gathers together and reproduces in facsimile 65 of Josiah Conder’s most significant writings related to Japanese architecture, arts and culture. A folio volume of Paintings and Studies by Kawanabe Kyosai,is also included, reproduced in the original size with illustrations and full colour plates, as well as an album of Dr Conder’s photographs and illustrations. Dr Conder’s obituaries appeared in newspapers and journals and these too are included. Together, the material collated for this collection makes it an indispensable resource for any student or scholar of Japanese art and culture.Table of ContentsVolume 1: Architecture and Japanese Landscape Gardening1) RIBA Soane Medallion Prize in 18761. ‘Prize Designs at the Institute of Architects’ *, The Builder, 18 March 18762. ‘RIBA Soane Medallion Prize Drawings, 1876 – Design for a Country House, By J. Conder’ *, The Building News and Engineering Journal, 21 April 18763. ‘General Conference of Architects’ *, The Building News and Engineering Journal, 16 June 18762) Japanese Architecture 1878-18791. ‘Note on Japanese Architecture’ , Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 18782. ‘Discussion on Mr. Conder’s Paper - Notes on Japanese Architecture’*, Transactions of the RIBA, 18783. ‘Theatre in Japan’, The Builder, 5 April, 18793) Conder vs. Christopher Dresser on Japanese Pagodas 1882-18861. ‘Japanese Architecture and Art’ A Book Review of Japan: Its Architecture, Art and Art Manufactures, by Christopher Dresser *, The Building News, 24 November, 18822. ‘Japanese Pagodas and their Construction’, The Building News, 20 April, 18833. ‘Japanese Architecture and Ornament’ by Christopher Dresser *, The Building News, 12 December, 18844. ‘Japanese Pagoda’ by Roger T. Conder *, The Building News, 19 December, 18845. ‘The Suspended Beam in Japanese Pagodas’*, American Architect and Building News, June 26, vol. XIX, 18864) Japanese Architecture, 1883-18871. ‘Opening of the Rokumei-Kwan’ *, The Japan Weekly Mail, Dec. 1, 1883. 2. ‘Tokio University’ *, The Builder, 13 Dec. 18843. ‘Further Note on Japanese Architecture’, Transactions of the RIBA, vol. II (New Series), 18864. ‘The Mausoleum at Nikko’ by Roger T. Conder *, Transactions of the RIBA, vol. II (New Series) ,18865. ‘Association of Japanese Architects’, The JWM, Aug. 28, 18866. ‘Domestic Architecture in Japan’, Transactions of the RIBA, vol. III (New Series), 18877. ‘A Japanese Gentleman’s House at Tokio’ by Roger T. Conder *, Transactions of the RIBA, vol. III (New Series) 18878. ‘Domestic Architecture in Japan’ *, American Architect and Building News, Volume 21, April 18875) Effects of Earthquake upon Buildings 1889-18931. ‘Building in Earthquake Countries’, The JWM, July 22, 18892. ‘The Effects of the Earthquake.’ The JWM, Nov. 7. 18913. ‘The Neo Valley’ & ‘Gifu, Ogaki, and Osaka’, The JWM, Nov. 14. 18914. ‘The Earthquake District’, The JWM, Nov. 14. 18915. ‘Osaka’, The JWM, Nov. 21, 18916. ‘The Effects of the Recent Earthquake upon Buildings’, The JWM, Dec. 12, 18917. ‘Earthquake versus Buildings’, The JWM, January 30, 18928. ‘Building Material and Earthquakes’ *, The JWM, Aug. 6, 1892,9. ‘An Architects Note on the Great Earthquake of October 1891’, Seismological Journal of Japan, vol. 18, 18936) Japanese Architecture 1890-19011. ‘The Tokyo Hotel’, The JWM, Sept. 20, 18902. ‘S. Hilda’s Hospital and Dispensary, Azabu, Tokyo’ *, The JWM, Oct. 23, 18903. ‘Opening of the Cathedral of the Greek Church in Japan.’ *, The JWM, March 14, 18914. ‘Japanese Architectural Decoration’ *, The JWM, Feb. 12, 18985. ‘Christ Church’ *, The JWM, July 2, 18996. ‘New Christ Church’ *, The JWM, July 2, 18997. ‘New Christ Church’ *, The JWM, Nov. 25, 18998. ‘Yokohama United Club’, The JWM, Oct. 13, 19009. ‘Christ Church’ *, The JWM, Feb., 190110. ‘Christ Church’ *, The JWM, June 1, 19017) The Institute of Japanese Architects 1. ‘Presentation and Addresses by Tatsuzo Sone, the President of the Institute & by Names of Your Pupils and others’ 2. ‘Reply to Addresses and Presentation by Dr. J. Conder’, Kenchiku Zasshi, No. 402, 19208) Japanese Landscape Gardening1. ‘The Art of Landscape Gardening in Japan’, TASJ, vol, XIV, 18862. ‘Review of Landscape Gardening in Japan’ *, The JWM, July 15, 1893Volume 2: Japanese Art and Culture1) Japanese Custume1. ‘The History of Japanese Costume－Court Dress’, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, vol. VIII, 18802. ‘The History of Japanese Costume－Armour’, TASJ, vo1. IX, 18812) Japanese Art 1. ‘Conservatism in Japanese Art’ *, The JWM, Aug. 28, 18862. Conder vs. F. T. Piggott: 1. ‘Of Art in General and Japanese Art in Particular’ * by F. T. Piggott, The JWM, Nov.9, 1889 / 2. ‘The Meiji Art Society’, The JWM, Dec. 14, 1889 / 3. 4. ‘Japanese Art’ by F. T. Piggott*, The JWM, Dec.28, 1889 / 4 ‘Japanese Art’*, The JWM, January 4, 18903. ‘Buddhism in Japanese Art’ *, The JWM, Sept. 24, 18923) Japanese Flower Arrangement1. Theory of Japanese Flower Arrangement, New edition, Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co, 19352. ‘Mr. Conder’s Art of Flower Arrangement’, The JWM, Sept. 5 18913. ‘Flowers of Japan’ *, The JWM, April 16, 18924. ‘Mr. Conder’s Work on Japanese Flowers’ *, The JWM, March 18, 18935. ‘Japanese Flower Arrangement’, The Studio,1896-97, 18964) Auction Catalogues of the Collection of the late Dr. Josiah Conder1. Doctor Josiah Conder’s Sampling af Japansk Kunst, 1942, V. Winkel & Manussen, Kobenhavn2. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Paintings and Colour Prints, Day of Sale: Monday, January 18th 1965, Japanese Paintings and Screens from the Collection of the late Dr. Josiah ConderVolume 3: Kawanabe Kyosai1. Kyōsai, The JWM, May18, 1889*（unsigned obituary, attributed to Josiah Conder）2. Paintings and Studies by Kawanabé Kyōsai, 1911Contents: Plates and Illustrations / Life of Painter / Painting Materials / Painting Methods / Examples of Technique / Signature and Seals / Catalogue of Collection / GlossaryVolume 4: Posthumous Works and Obituaries1.Collection of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Josiah Conder, F.R.I.B.A, Committee of The Memorial Album of Dr. Conder’s Posthumous Works, Tokyo, 1932 2. Obituaries: 1. Japan Times and Mail, June 23, 1920 / 2. Japan Advertiser, June 23, 1920 / 3. The Builder, Sept. 10, 1920 / 4. RIBA Journal, Vol. 27, Sept. 1920 / 5. The Building News, Nov. 19, 1920, p. 256
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Hansib Publishing (Caribbean) Ltd State Of Black Britain Vol. 1
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Hansib Publishing (Caribbean) Ltd State Of Black Britain Vol. 2
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Hansib Publishing (Caribbean) Ltd The Empty Sleeve
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Penguin Random House SEA Rebels, Traitors, Peacemakers: True Stories of
Book SynopsisNuanced portraits of the lives of Chinese-Indian couples adn struggles to cope within a polarised world. Humourous and heart-breaking while demonstrating love's power to transform society. You shouldn’t be with a Chinese girl… that should be my girl’, a man in Singapore allegedly said this to a Chinese-Indian couple as he spat towards them. In a world brimming with such prejudice and cultural tensions, a remarkable phenomenon emerges - nearly one in five marriages in the US and in Singapore are now interracial. This book explores this phenomenon through real stories of Indian-Chinese relationships, delving into the love and turmoil in such lives, where cultural boundaries are shattered and hearts are forged against all odds.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Frederick Douglass
Book SynopsisMeet one of the most influential men in the United States' history of emancipation and Black rights. Chronicling Frederick Douglass's life in an accessible way, this biography engages with history and wrestles with biases, falsehoods, and unknown facts in order to tell Douglass's story as accurately as possible. Taking a comprehensive look at Douglass's life from birth to death, the book delves into Douglass's time as an enslaved African American, his escape, his experiences as a prominent orator and champion of Black rights, his writings and publications, and the influence he had on shaping society of the time. A detailed timeline allows students to quickly reference and recall major points in Douglass's history, and the book is further augmented by the inclusion of primary documents, which include samples of Douglass's own copious works, as well as words written about Douglass by his contemporaries. Readers will walk away with not only a better understanding of American history but an appreciation for Frederick Douglass's impact in his own time and his lasting relevance for all those who continue to fight for a more equal society today.
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Random House USA Inc Letter from Japan
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Oxford University Press Producing Modernity in Mexico
Book SynopsisRace, ethnicity and gender played an important role in the complex relationship between export agriculture, labour and state power in Chiapas during the regime of Porfirio Díaz (1876-1914). This case study of tropical plantation development and a major regional study of modern Mexico analyses the politics of state-building and the history of land tenure and rural labour in the state of Chiapas in the period leading up to the outbreak of Revolution in 1910.The book also contributes to the growing history of indigenous peoples in Latin America, examining the changing relationship between Indian groups and non-Indian governments and economic interests in Chiapas during the nineteenth century. In so doing, it addresses questions of tradition, modernity, national state-building, globalisation and the development of capitalism in Latin America. The book argues that colonial caste identities and relations were no impediments to modernisation. Instead, they were modified by liberalism, reinterTable of ContentsPART I: THE COLONIAL PERIOD AND THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE; PART 2: POLITICS, RACE AND STATE BUILDING, 1876-1914; PART 3: LABOUR, EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AND LANDED POWER, 1876-1914
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The University of Chicago Press Alien Neighbors Foreign Friends Asian Americans
Book SynopsisBetween the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbors evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. The author examines this transformation through the lens of California's urban housing markets.
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The University of Chicago Press Nature Religion in America From the Algonkian
Book SynopsisThis study reveals an unorganized and previously unacknowledged religion at the heart of American culture. Nature, Albanese argues, has provided a compelling religious center throughout American history.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Cooking of History How Not to Study AfroCuban
Book SynopsisOver a lifetime of studying Cuban Santeria and other religions related to Orisha worship - a practice also found among the Yoruba in West Africa. This title provides an analysis of these assumptions, in the process offering an incisive critique both of the anthropology of religion and of scholarship on the cultural history of Afro-Atlantic World.Trade Review"The Cooking of History is an extraordinary contribution to the study of Africa and its New World diaspora, the most important book published in this field during recent decades. Stephan Palmie shows the possibilities of a historical anthropology not derived from or contingent on the originary program of Melville Herskovits. The work accounts for the increasing complexity of the African diaspora and its increasing pertinence - or perhaps I should say impertinence - in the ways anthropologists and historians study and represent the world." (David William Cohen, University of Michigan)"
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The University of Chicago Press Freedom Is a Constant Struggle The Mississippi
Book SynopsisAndrews examines the civil rights struggle in Mississippi, where resistance to racial integration proved to be the strongest in the US. His study covers the activities of black activists and of white supremacists, and considers how the anti-integration campaign continued after the 1965 Voting Rights Act.Trade Review"This is a work of great innovation and unprecedented scholarship. Kenneth Andrews makes several important and original contributions to our understanding of the civil rights movement and beyond. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle is likely to be viewed as the definitive work on the topic for years to come." - Doug McAdam, Stanford University"
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The University of Chicago Press Black Picket Fences Second Edition Privilege and
Book SynopsisExplores an American demographic group too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class. This book remains a study of a group still under represented in the academic and public spheres.Trade Review"This sensitive account of a Chicago South Side neighborhood and its residents gives readers an insiders' view of the community, bringing the issues and challenges that confront the black middle class to the forefront." (Black Enterprise) "An insightful look at the socioeconomic experiences of the black middle class.... Through the prism of a South Side Chicago neighborhood, the author shows the distinctly different reality middle-class blacks face as opposed to middle-class whites." (Ebony)"
£21.00
The University of Chicago Press Beyond Redemption
Book SynopsisIn the months after the end of the Civil War, there was one word on everyone's lips: redemption. This title explores how the violence of a protracted civil war shaped the meaning of freedom and citizenship in the new South.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press El Dorado Phoenix Poets
Book SynopsisThis title confronts questions of racial and gender discrimination. In a series of studies, Ian Ayres finds overwhelming evidence that in a variety of markets - retail car sales, bail bonding, kidney transplantation, and FCC licensing - blacks and females are consistently at a disadvantage.
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The University of Chicago Press Making Hispanics How Activists Bureaucrats and
Book SynopsisHow did Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans become known as "Hispanics" and "Latinos" in the United States? How did several distinct cultures and nationalities become portrayed as one? The author answers both these questions and details the scope of this phenomenon.Trade Review"Mora has written an excellent and scholarly contribution to our understanding of the origins of the concept of 'Hispanic' and 'Latino.' It is a nuanced study that eschews political correctness, whether of the Left or Right, and instead documents the politics of ethnic labeling and identity." (Mario T. Garcia, University of California, Santa Barbara)"
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Workings of the Spirit The Poetics of
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The University of Chicago Press Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance
Book SynopsisBaker perceives the Harlem Renaissance as a crucial moment in a movement, predating the 1920's, when Afro-Americans embraced the task of self-determination and in so doing gave forth a distinctive form of expression that still echoes in a broad spectrum of 20th-century Afro-American arts.
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University of Chicago Press Blues Ideology and AfroAmerican Literature A
Book SynopsisRelating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Baker offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its vernacular level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it.
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The University of Chicago Press AfroAmerican Literary Study in the 1990s Black
Book SynopsisSubject classification:- Black Studies; Literature and Literary Criticism: American and Canadian
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The University of Chicago Press Black New Orleans 18601880
Book SynopsisReissued for the first time in over thirty years, Black New Orleans explores the twenty-year period in which the city's black population more than doubled. Meticulously researched and replete with archival illustrations from newspapers and rare periodicals, John W. Blassingame's groundbreaking history offers a unique look at the economic and social life of black people in New Orleans during Reconstruction. Not a conventional political treatment, Blassingame's history instead emphasizes the educational, religious, cultural, and economic activities of African Americans during the late nineteenth century. Blending historical and sociological perspectives, and drawing with skill and imagination upon a variety of sources, [Blassingame] offers fresh insights into an oft-studied period of Southern history. . . . In both time and place the author has chosen an extraordinarily revealing vantage point from which to view his subject.Neil R. McMillen, American Historical Review
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The University of Chicago Press Contingent Lives Fertility Time and Aging in West
Book SynopsisMost women in the West use contraception in order to avoid having children. But in rural sub-saharan Africa many women use it for the opposite reason, to have more children. This study of aging and reproduction makes use of ethnographic and demographic data.Trade Review"Making brilliant use of the puzzle of women in The Gambia using modern contraception as a means to increase their fertility, Bledsoe shows - in a way no one previously has done so well - just why anthropological insights are needed in demographic research. Contingent Lives offers a rich contribution both to social theory and to social methodology." - David Kertzer, Brown University
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The University of Chicago Press The Rumble in the Jungle
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An important and superbly written book. What makes The Rumble in the Jungle so convincing is Erenberg's extensive research, lively writing style, and detailed explorations of the biographies of Ali, Foreman, and the musicians, politicians, and business promoters encircling the fight. Although the fight between Ali and Foreman has received considerable commentary, Erenberg allows readers to understand its larger political significance for American and global history."--Lary May, author of The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way
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The University of Chicago Press Visualizing American Empire
Book SynopsisIn 1899 an American could open a newspaper and find outrageous images. This title argues that these kinds of hyperbolic accounts were just one element of the visual and material culture that played an integral role in debates about empire in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America.Trade Review"Brody finds that visual media played a major role in shaping Americans' perceptions of the Philippines, indeed, that the public eye focused on the events and ideas that lent themselves to sensational visual treatment. A creative work of interdisciplinary scholarship, Visualizing American Empire reframes our understanding of this important topic." - Kristin Hoganson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"
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The University of Chicago Press Music Culture and Experience
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system.Table of ContentsForeword Bruno Nettl Acknowledgments The Ethnomusicology of John Blacking 1: Expressing Human Experience through Music 2: The Problem of Musical Description 3: The Music of Venda Girls' Initiation 4: Music and the Historical Process in Vendaland 5: The Study of Musical Change 6: Reflections on the Effectiveness of Symbols 7: The Music of Politics 8: Music, Culture, and Experience A Note on Pronunciation Works by John Blacking References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Music Culture and Experience Selected Papers of
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system.
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The University of Chicago Press Human Targets
Book SynopsisAt fifteen, Victor Rios found himself a human target flat on his ass amid a hail of shotgun fire, desperate for money and a place on the street. Faced with the choice of escalating a drug turf war or eking out a living elsewhere, he turned to a teacher, who mentored him and helped him find a job at an auto shop. That job would alter the course of his whole life putting him on the road to college and eventually a PhD. Now, Rios is a rising star, hailed for his work studying the lives of African American and Latino youth. In Human Targets, Rios takes us to the streets of California, where we encounter young men who find themselves in much the same situation as fifteen-year-old Victor. We follow young gang members into schools, homes, community organizations, and detention facilities, watch them interact with police, grow up to become fathers, get jobs, get rap sheets and in some cases get killed. What is it that sets apart young people like Rios who succeed and survive from the ones who don't?Rios makes a powerful case that the traditional good kid/bad kid, street kid/decent kid dichotomy is much too simplistic, arguing instead that authorities and institutions help create these identities and that they can play an instrumental role in providing young people with the resources for shifting between roles. In Rios's account, to be a poor Latino youth is to be a human target victimized and considered an enemy by others, viewed as a threat to law enforcement and schools, and treated with stigma, disrepute, and punishment. That has to change. This is not another sensationalistic account of gang bangers. Instead, the book is a powerful look at how authority figures succeed and fail at seeing the multi-faceted identities of at-risk youths, youths who succeed and fail at demonstrating to the system that they are ready to change their lives. In our post-Ferguson era, Human Targets is essential reading.
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The University of Chicago Press Race Redistricting and Representation The
Book SynopsisThis treatment of minority-dominated congressional districts shows that the unintended consequences of black majority districts actually contradict the common wisdom that whites will not be adequately represented in these areas.
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The University of Chicago Press Sexual Discretion Black Masculinity and the
Book SynopsisAfrican American men who have sex with men while maintaining a heterosexual lifestyle in public are commonly referred to as "down low" or "DL" men. This book explores the DL phenomenon, offering an innovative analysis of the significance of media, space, and ideals of black masculinity in understanding down low communities.Trade Review"McCune's Sexual Discretion is an exciting, timely, and important study that blasts the now encrusted mythologies about the so-called down-low, advancing our understanding of the mass mediation and lived experiences of sexually nonconforming African American men while also stretching and challenging ethnographic methodology and racial theories of sexuality. This is a must-read." (Marlon Ross, University of Virginia)"
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The University of Chicago Press Schooling Citizens
Book SynopsisAs common schooling emerged in the 1830s, providing white children of all classes and ethnicities with the opportunity to become full-fledged citizens, it redefined citizenship as synonymous with whiteness. This title shows why opposition erupted where it did across the United States in antebellum America.Trade Review"Hilary J. Moss offers an important corrective to the literature of the common schools by identifying race as a factor in their development.... With her detailed case examinations, Moss brings into focus the localized debates that contributed to the patchwork nature of American educational policy and provides awareness of both white and black activism surrounding integration that preceded Brown v. Board of Education by more than a century." (Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth) "Schooling Citizens is a worthy contribution to the study of African-American struggles for access to education and schooling in the pre-Civil War era.... Hilary J. Moss asks us to ponder why Americans, both white and black, often believed in the democratic promise of schooling even though fair treatment and equal opportunity were so rarely realized." (Journal of Interdisciplinary History)"
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The University of Chicago Press Hoodlums
Book SynopsisRanging from black slaveholders and frontier outlaws to serial killers and gangsta rappers, this title examines the pivotal role of black villains in American society and popular culture. It offers the extensive treatment to date of the black badman and the challenges that this figure has posed for race relations in America.
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The University of Chicago Press The Pledge
Book SynopsisWorking mothers, broken homes, poverty, racial or ethnic background, poorly educated parentsthese are the usual reasons given for the academic problems of poor urban children. Reginald M. Clark contends, however, that such structural characteristics of families neither predict nor explain the wide variation in academic achievement among children. He emphasizes instead the total family life, stating that the most important indicators of academic potential are embedded in family culture. To support his contentions, Clark offers ten intimate portraits of Black families in Chicago. Visiting the homes of poor one- and two-parent families of high and low achievers, Clark made detailed observations on the quality of home life, noting how family habits and interactions affect school success and what characteristics of family life provide children with school survival skills, a complex of behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge that are the essential elements in academic success. Clark's conclusion
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The University of Chicago Press Pulled Over How Police Stops Define Race and
Book SynopsisIn sheer numbers, no form of government control comes close to the police stop. Police stops are among the most frequently criticized incidences of racial profiling, and studies have shown that minorities are pulled over at higher rates. This book deftly traces the strange history of the investigatory police stop.Trade Review"Pulled Over succeeds in providing convincing evidence-the most exhaustive to date-demonstrating how pernicious racism can be at an institutional level without anyone specifically intending that result and with the intention perhaps running in the opposite direction. The book should be of interest to everyone concerned about the way American institutions perpetuate racism." (Doris Marie Provine, Arizona State University)"
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The University of Chicago Press Freedom as Marronage
Book SynopsisWhat is the opposite of freedom? The author answers this question with definitive force: slavery. Examining this overlooked phenomenon - one of action from slavery and toward freedom - he deepens our understanding of freedom itself and the origin of our political ideals.Trade Review"Freedom as Marronage is an exciting, well-conceived, and passionately argued work of political theory and Africana thought. Roberts's distinctive understanding of freedom is especially welcome in the context of political theory and philosophy, where slavery still appears largely (if at all) as either a metaphor or a signpost of moral and political progress. As he shows, thinking through the legacies of enslavement and the flight from it is essential to understanding freedom in a postcolonial, post-apartheid, post-civil rights moment." (Lawrie Balfour, University of Virginia)"
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The University of Chicago Press 1971
Book SynopsisArt historian Darby English is celebrated for working against the grain and plumbing gaps in historical narratives. In this book, he explores the year 1971, when two exhibitions opened that brought modernist painting and sculpture into the burning heart of black cultural politics: Contemporary Black Artists in America, shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The DeLuxe Show, an integrated abstract art exhibition presented in a renovated movie theater in a Houston ghetto.1971 takes an insightful look at many black artists' desire to gain freedom from overt racial representation, as well as their and their advocates' efforts to further that aim through public exhibitions. Amid calls to define a black aesthetic or otherwise settle the race question, these experiments with modernist art favored cultural interaction and instability. Contemporary Black Artists in America highlighted abstraction as a stance against normative approaches, while The DeLuxe Show positioned abstraction in
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The University of Chicago Press Freedoms Ballot
Book SynopsisIn the spring of 1915, Chicagoans elected the city's first black alderman, Oscar DePriest. This book tells the history of three generations of African American activists - the ministers, professionals, labor leaders, clubwomen, and entrepreneurs - who transformed twentieth-century urban politics.Trade Review"In this fascinating and original study, Garb traces the rise of black politics in Chicago from its mid-nineteenth-century origins to the early twentieth century. The book is a signal contribution to our understanding of the long civil rights movement on northern soil." (Eric Foner, Columbia University)"
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The University of Chicago Press Weaving the Threads of Life
Book SynopsisFor the Yaka of Southwestem Zaire, infertility is a tear in the fabric of life, and the Khita fertility ritual is a trusted way of re-weaving the damaged strands. Here, Devisch offers an extended analysis of the Khita cult and an account of the workings of ritual healing.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Puerto Rican Citizen
Book SynopsisBuilding its incisive narrative from a wide range of archival sources, interviews, and accounts of Puerto Rican life in New York, this book illuminates the history of a group that is still invisible to many scholars and transforms the way we understand this community's integral role in shaping our sense of citizenship in 20th-century America.Trade Review"In this insightful, well-written study of Puerto Rican New York City, Thomas provides perhaps the best study of Puerto Rican political mobilization, migration, and politics in the post-WWII United States to date." (Choice)"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Tamil Brahmans The Making of a Middle Class
Book SynopsisA cruise along the streets of Chennai - or Silicon Valley - filled with professional young Indian men and women, reveals the new face of India. In this book, the author examine one particularly striking group who have taken part in this development.Trade Review"Tamil Brahmans is a solid, original work that makes a major contribution to our understanding of a vitally important part of the world and of a unique group of people whose numbers in the United States are growing year by year and who are becoming increasingly influential at the highest professional levels in medicine, law, academia, business, and government." (Sylvia J. Vatuk, University of Illinois at Chicago)"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Friends Disappear The Battle for Racial Equality
Book SynopsisHighlights how racial divides limited the life chances of blacks while providing opportunities for whites, and offers an insider's perspective on the social practices that doled out benefits and penalties based on race-despite attempts to integrate.Trade Review"Barr's gripping exploration of the divergent paths friends took away from a childhood snapshot combines the rigor of scholarship with the personal touch of memoir. I have rarely read a book that so effectively illustrates the persistence of racial disparities in the United States with unforgettable, wrenching life stories." (Amanda Seligman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)"
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The University of Chicago Press Visayan Vignettes
Book SynopsisTo read the book is to appreciate the highly contingent, provisional, oblique, open-ended way in which people try to make sense of another culture.Resil B. Mojares, Philippine GraphicThis book is an interestingly complex ethnography that approaches the self-critical dialectical ethnography called for two decades ago....It is a welcome contribution to postmodernist theory and to the ethnography of the Visayas.Ronald Provencher, Journal of Asian Studies
£28.00
