Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Books

Book SynopsisThis exploration of museums as sites for representing and defining national identity encourages us to reconsider the idea of the multicultural nation.Trade ReviewExhibiting Nation is an accessible book that contextualizes prominent Canadian institutions within the established study of museology, making it an academic contribution that has been long overdue. Its case study approach will be valuable to both curators and academics[...] -- Cody Groat * The Canadian Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface: A Sense of DiscomfortPart 1: Introduction1 Multicultural Nationalism and the Power of Metaphor2 Museums, Discipline, and DialoguePart 2: Feast3 The Limits of Unity in Diversity4 The Royal BC Museum’s Modern History GalleriesPart 3: Spectacle5 The Limits of Equality and Recognition6 The Royal Alberta Museum’s Cultural Communities ProgramPart 4: Border7 The Limits of Universalism and Diversity8 The Royal Ontario Museum’s World Cultures GalleriesEpilogue: Working with the ContradictionsNotes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisThe first history of black slavery in the Maritimes, North to Bondage is a startling corrective to the enduring myth of Canada as a land of freedom at the end of the Underground Railroad.Trade ReviewNorth to Bondage provides a powerful interruption of the historical silencing of slavery in Canada, detailing the complex origins and intricate social relationships that formed the basis of slavery in the Maritimes. The book thus functions as an important corrective to Canadian narratives of slavery that have functioned largely to erase black presence and suffering in Canada by encouraging a belief that slavery was either non-existent, benevolent, or economically unimportant. * Canadian Literature *...North to Bondage is an important work that will become the standard text for understanding Maritime slavery...it not only challenges scholars of early Canada to think about the place and role of slavery but also Canada’s understanding of its national identity. For that reason, it has a place in many different classrooms, including courses on early Canadian history, multiculturalism in Canada, and Atlantic slavery. -- Jared Hardesty, Western Washington University * American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 46 No. 4, February 2017 *Whitfield’s book places the experiences of enslaved persons at the centre of this history. This is skilfully done given that there are few sources that contain the unmediated voices of enslaved people in Atlantic Canada …[Whitfield] achieves this by combining archival material and histories of slavery in what became the United States and Canada. He demonstrates that enslaved persons negotiated their experiences of enslavement and he shows that they were integral to bringing about the demise of slavery in the early nineteenth century. -- Eleanor Bird, The University of Sheffield * British Journal of Canadian Studies *Whitfield’s important and very readable study reinserts Maritimes slavery and black labour into the narrative of Canada’s many beginnings while also keeping the relevant black Atlantic connections in full view. -- Winfried Siemerling, University of Waterloo * Left History *Whitfield presents a new avenue for understanding the complexities of slavery in Maritime Canada and opens the door for future research. Rather than expanding on traditional research that stresses the freedoms found by enslaved or escaped African-Americans, Whitfield complicates the narratives and creates a more encompassing image of life in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries ... North to Freedom will be a welcomed addition to courses in both Canadian and American history, especially those looking to bring in new perspectives that challenge the history of slavery. -- Amy Mitchell-Cook, University of West Florida * Canadian Journal of History *North to Bondage is a significant contribution to several subfields of historical research, including African diasporic studies, the history of slavery, early American history, and early Canadian history. At just 118 pages of text and written in accessible prose, it is also very readable and ideally suited for the classroom. -- Christopher C. Jones, Brigham Young University * Early Canadian History *Amani Whitfield provides a nuanced and remarkably fulsome picture of the lives of enslaved people in the Maritimes by drawing on runaway advertisements, court documents, and personal papers. * Immigrants & Minorities *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Slavery in the Maritime Colonies1 Slavery and the American Context2 Maritime Slavery and Loyalist Settlement3 Slave Work4 The World of Maritime Slaves and Slaveholders5 Ending SlaveryConclusion: Legacies of SlaveryAppendix A: Possible Slave NumbersAppendix B: Slave ProfilesNotesBibliographic Essay

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Book SynopsisDiasporic Media beyond the Diaspora moves past the conventional understanding of diasporic media as being for only diasporic communities to evaluate its broader role as media for all members of society.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Understanding Media in Multicultural Cities1 Conceptualizing Media in a Multicultural Society2 Multicultural or Intercultural? Policies and Media Practices in a Multicultural Society3 Korean Diasporic Media in Vancouver4 Korean Diasporic Media in Los Angeles5 Locality, Ethnicity, and Emerging Trends6 The Intercultural Media System and Related Policy AreasNotes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisMaking History is an unprecedented reflection on the positioning of Black history and art within the Canadian cultural landscape.Table of ContentsForeword | Josh BassechesIntroduction | Julie Crooks, Dominique Fontaine, and Silvia ForniResidues of History and Ongoing Challenges1 Of Africa: A Reflection on “Speaking Back” | Julie Crooks and Dominique Fontaine2 Opening Spaces: Of Africa, Hauntings, Hesitations, and Possible Futures | Silvia Forni3 The Into the Heart of Africa Exhibition and the Coalition for the Truth about Africa: A Personal Journey | Afua Cooper4 Lessons Learned from the Heart of Afro-Canada: Into the Heart of Africa 30 Years Later | Rita Shelton Deverell5 A Life in the Day of an Object | Nourbese PhilipBlack Art/Black Canada6 Here We Are Here: Creating in the Black Atlantic | Sylvia D. Hamilton7 Sweet Childhood, Art, and Memory | Bushra Junaid8 From Souvenir to How She Read: The Poetry behind the Design | Chantal Gibson9 Between Absence and Presence: The Politics and Poetics of (In)Visibility in the Work of Sandra Brewster | Pamela Edmonds10 On Sucking Teeth | Michèle Pearson Clarke11 Hoodies and Regimentals: Black Attire and Access in the Canadian Art Museum | Joana Joachim12 What to Wear in Canada in Winter | Sally Frater13 Longing and Belonging: A Personal Journey through Art and Identity | Karin Jones14 Singularity and Strangeness: One-on-One with Eddy Firmin | Dominique Fontaine15 On Quiet Happiness, Charcoal, Wood, and Metal: Charmaine Lurch’s Being, Belonging and Grace | Katherine McKittrick16 Esmaa Mohamoud: Playing the Game | Kelsey Adams17 Twisted Together: The Sweet Ironies of Belonging in the Art of Bushra Junaid | Honor Ford-Smith18 A Self-Portrait of Creation: Depi m sòti nan Ginen | Stéphane Martelly19 Digging Us: Making Visible Black Canadian Narratives | Andrea FatonaTowards a History of Black Art in Canadian Institutions: Here We Are Here?20 Travelling Exhibition: Here We Are Here at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | Shelley Ruth Butler21 Why Are There No Famous Black Canadian Artists? Here We Are Here and How Diversity and Inclusion Trump Aesthetic Critique | Rinaldo Walcott22 The Pervasive Persistence of Primitivism: Face-to-Face and Exhibition Practices in the 21st Century | Elizabeth HarneyContributors

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Book SynopsisLatinos represent the fastest growing (and soon to be largest) ethnic group in the US. This book is a comprehensive resource in the public health literature that describes and analyzes the health status of Latinos in the US.Trade Review"Latinos are the fastest growing group in America. Though they share many health issues with all Americans, they also possess distinct cultural characteristics, expectations, and illness profiles. It will be a rare clinician who will not encounter Latino patients in daily practice. Thus, Health Issues in the Latino Community should be essential reading for all 21st century practitioners" (Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., president and CEO, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) "This important book, by a cadre of leading Latino researchers, policy leaders, and practitioners, could not be more timely. It fills a crucial gap in our understanding of the health and well-being of Latinos, the fastest growing, and soon to be the largest, ethnic/racial group in the United States. This comprehensive analysis of the demographic and health status of Latino populations in the United States is a groundbreaking piece of work. It will make an invaluable contribution to informing the nation's Latino health agenda." (Allan Rosenfield, M.D., DeLamar Professor and dean, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University) "Health Issues in the Latino Community attempts to address the key and crucial health issues that affect Latino's health. As we enter the 21st century, Latinos are becoming the largest ethnic/racial group in the United States. Anyone desiring insight on Latino health issues will find this book to be a comprehensive reference." (Nathan Stinson, Jr., M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretay for Mental Health) "The Contributors are outstanding and well-known professionals, researchers, and policymakers, many holding both clinical and academic degrees." (Divine Inc (formerly Doody Publishing), 4/13/02)Table of ContentsLATINO POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. Latino Health Policy: Beyond Demographic Determinism (A. Falcon, et al.). Latino Health Status: Framework for Knowledge Building (O. Carter-Pokras & R. Zambrana). Latino Access to Health Care: The Role of Insurance, Managed Care and Institutional Barriers (J. Carrillo, et al.) LATINO LIFE STAGES AND HEALTH. The Early Years: The Health of Children and Youth (G. Flores & R. Zambrana). The Reproductive Years: The Health of Latinas (A. Giachello). The Later Years: The Health of Elderly Latinos (V. Villa & F. Torres-Gil). Latino Mental Health and Treatment in the United States (W. Vega & M. Alegria). PATTERNS OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG LATINOS. The Impact of Cancer on Latino Populations (A. Ramirez & L. Suarez). Cardiovascular Disease (E. Perez-Stable, et al.). Diabetes (J. Luchsinger). Gender, Context, and HIV Prevention among Latinos (H. Amaro, et al.). OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND THE LATINO WORKFORCE. Occupational Health among Latino Workers in the Urban Setting (R. Moure-Eraso & G. Friedman-Jimenez). Health and Occupational Risks of Latinos Living in Rural America (K. Azevedo & H. Bogue). ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUG USE AMONG LATINOS. Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Problems among Latinos in the United States (R. Caetano & F. Galvan). Tobacco Use among Latinos (G. Marin). Latino Drug Use: Scope, Risk Factors, and Reduction Strategies (A. Gil & W. Vega). Latino Health Policy: A Look to the Future.

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Book SynopsisIdentifies and offers an examination of critical health issues that affect Latinas health and health care within United States.Table of ContentsTables, Figures, and Exhibits. Sources. The Authors. The Editors. Preface. Acknowledgments. PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW AND CRITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING LATINA HEALTH. 1. The State of the Art: Latinas in the Health Literature (Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, Noilyn Abesamis, Michelle Castro). 2. Public Health Needs and Scientific Opportunities in Research on Latinas (Hortensia Amaro, Adela de la Torre). PART TWO: RISK FACTORS AND DISPARITIES AMONG LATINAS. 3. Disparities in Health Indicators for Latinas in California (Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, Carmen J. Portillo, James A. Garbanati). 4. The Role of Health Insurance on Latinas’ Health (Estelamari Rodriguez, Olveen Carrasquillo). PART THREE: SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES. 5. The Reproductive Years: The Health of Latinas (Aida L. Giachello). 6. Agency and Constraint: Sterilization and Reproductive Freedom Among Puerto Rican Women in New York City (Iris Lopez). 7. Subverting Culture: Promoting HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Puerto Rican and Dominican Women (Blanca Ortiz-Torres, Irma Serrano-García, Nélida Torres-Burgos). PART FOUR: CHRONIC CONDITIONS: HEART DISEASE, CANCER, AND DIABETES. 8. Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Among Adult U.S. Hispanics: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey (1986 to 1994) (Youlian Liao, Richard S. Cooper, Guichan Cao, Jay S. Kaufman, Andrew E. Long, Daniel L. McGee). 9. Use of Cancer Screening Practices by Hispanic Women: Analyses by Subgroup (Ruth E. Zambrana, Nancy Breen, Sarah A. Fox, Mary Lou Gutierrez-Mohamed). 10. Risk Factors for Invasive Cervical Cancer in Latino Women (Anna Nápoles-Springer, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Eugene Washington). 11. Perspectives of Pregnant and Postpartum Latino Women on Diabetes, Physical Activity, and Health (Edith C. Kieffer, Sharla K. Willis, Natalia Arellano, Ricardo Guzman). PART FIVE: ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUGS. 12. Alcohol Use and Misuse Among Hispanic Women: Selected Factors, Processes, and Studies (Glorisa Canino). 13. The Treatment of Alcohol Dependency Among Latinas: A Feminist, Cultural, and Community Perspective (Juana Mora). 14. Tobacco Use Among Multiethnic Latino Populations (Jon F. Kerner, Nancy Breen, Mariella C. Tefft, Joscelyn Silsby). 15. Illicit Drug Use Among Mexicans and Mexican Americans in California: The Effects of Gender and Acculturation (William A. Vega, Ethel Alderete, Bohdan Kolody, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola). 16. Substance Abuse Treatment: Critical Issues and Challenges in the Treatment of Latina Women (Hortensia Amaro, Rita Nieves, Sergut Wolde Johannes, Nirzka M. Labault Cabeza). PART SIX: MENTAL HEALTH. 17 Latinas (Melba J. T. Vasquez). PART SEVEN: THE NEXT GENERATION: LATINA ADOLESCENTS. 18. The Protective Role of Social Capital and Cultural Norms in Latino Communities: A Study of Adolescent Births (Jill Denner, Douglas Kirby, Karin Coyle, Claire Brindis). 19. Smoking Acquisition Among Adolescents and Young Latinas: The Role of Socioenvironmental and Personal Factors (Celia P. Kaplan, Anna Nápoles-Springer, Susan L. Stewart, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable). 20. The Role of Intergenerational Discrepancy of Cultural Orientation in Drug Use Among Latina Adolescents (María Félix-Ortiz de la Garza, Alicia Fernandez, Michael D. Newcomb). 21. Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation Among Mexican-Origin and Anglo Adolescents (Robert E. Roberts, Yuan-Who Chen). PART EIGHT: RURAL AND MIGRANT FARMWORKER LATINAS. 22. Cancer-Screening Determinants Among Hispanic Women Using Migrant Health Clinics (Tracy L. Skaer, Linda M. Robison, David A. Sclar, Gary H. Harding). 23. Lifetime Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Psychiatric Disorders Among Mexican Migrant Farmworkers in California (Ethel Alderete, William A. Vega, Bohdan Kolody, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola). 24. Intimate Victimization of Latina Farmworkers: A Research Summary (Joe Gorton, Nikki R. Van Hightower). PART NINE: SPECIAL ISSUES. 25. Relation of Demographic and Lifestyle Factors to Symptoms in a Multiracial/Ethnic Population of Women Forty- to Fifty-Five Years of Age (Ellen B. Gold, Barbara Sternfeld, Jennifer L. Kelsey, Charlotte Brown, Charles Mouton, Nancy Reame, Loran Salamone, Rebecca Stellato). 26. Lesbian Women of Color: Triple Jeopardy (Beverly Greene). 27. Prevalence and Predictors of Physical Partner Abuse Among Mexican American Women (E. Anne Lown, William A. Vega). 28. Acculturation and Disordered Eating Patterns Among Mexican American Women (Rebeca Chamorro, Yvette Flores-Ortiz). 29. Welfare Reform and Its Impact on Latino Families (Diana Romero). Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisIn The Wars Within, Robin M. Williams Jr. brings together decades of thought about ethnic conflicts in an effort to better understand their dynamics and to lessen their disastrous consequences. Williams presents a worldwide perspective, conscious that...Trade ReviewA long-standing student of social conflict—especially its ethnic and racial forms—for over half a century, Robin Williams, Jr., has produced a wide-ranging and stimulating work of synthesis. He brings together an immense body of literature, including a fascinating array of work on the nature of ethic and national identities.... While William's canvas is global and his approach is very much a multidisciplinary one, he focuses on a specific period of time—from 1945 to the early years of the 21st century. -- Christopher Dandeker * American Journal of Sociology *The Wars Within... is densely packed with valuable information, analysis and synthesis. Irrespective of diversity in areas of expertise or interest, anyone reading this book will find an amazing array of well-considered theories and research. Professor Williams is painstakingly careful to present the data in an extensive and well articulated discourse that provides the reader with an impressive view of positions and counter positions, whether economic, political, or social, regarding inter and intra state conflicts.... This is not a book to be lightly skimmed. It is a rich treasure house of information and perspectives, of considerations around both meaning and context relevant to the issue of wars within states, which are perhaps reflective of the wars within people, themselves. This book is another 'must have' fusion of important information, analysis, and synthesis. -- Dr. Shyrl Topp Matias * International Journal on World Peace *A geographically and conceptually comprehensive introduction to a complex subject. With his extensive use of ethnic conflict studies, particularly those of the last two decades, Williams shows the reader how much has been achieved in the field. * Choice *In The Wars Within, Williams provides a comprehensive review of research on ethnic conflict within nations. His coverage is broad in the range of topics covered, in the levels of analysis, in disciplines drawn from, and in geographical coverage; he relates these various aspects to each other in a coherent way.... While sociologists pay a good deal of attention to the sources of social conflict, they generally give less attention to ways to reduce it. This book should serve to stimulate further interest and research in both aspects of ethnic conflict. -- Martin Patchen * Contemporary Sociology *

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking study of deaf identity, minority politics, and sign language, traces the history of the deaf community in Japan.Trade ReviewNakamura's methodology combines the field techniques of anthropology, archival research, and the political analysis of social movements to gather information on deaf movements in Japan in the postwar era, with the goal of understanding what it means to subscribe to 'deaf identity' in Japan. She frequently includes cross-cultural perspectives from international deaf movements and language systems to contextualize the Japanese case, as well as poses thoughtful and provocative questions about personal and communal identities by comparing the Japanese deaf community to other minority groups in Japan. Nakamura's monograph is extremely important because it explores disability in a wider context—as deafness cuts across all class, ethnic, and gender lines—and explores disability as a social construct for identity formation. -- Carolyn S. Stevens * Journal of Japanese Studies *

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Book SynopsisThe first in-depth account of an African American institution that spans the history of the American Republic.Trade Review[T]his is an impressive volume that resourcefully draws much useful and persuasive interpretation from scant sources. In many ways, black Masonry is indeed an excellent metaphor for the history of African American activism. -- Bruce Dain * Journal of American History *"The book successfully serves two masters by showcasing new directions in the scholarship while also including a detailed chronology, definition of Masonic terms, and extensive endnotes.... Essay collections are inherently difficult. This one manages to provide both a useful primer on African Masonry while also showcasing excellent recent scholarship.... That the book also highlights new scholarly directions in religion, gender, and racial identity only adds to its merits" –Matthew Hetrick, American StudiesThis book will be of most interest to scholars of Freemasonry in the United States. It certainly provides new and important information about various Masonic communities and deepens our understanding African American Masons' relationships to broader communities. * Nova Religio *This is a very welcome edited collection that taps into the current thirst for serious histories of American freemasonry. It represents a real boon to further scholarship, urging us to think in new ways about freedom and social agency for African Americans within the Masonic context from the revolutionary era up until the late 1920s. Especially useful are the four appendixes containing three key Prince Hall or African American Masonic texts, an explanatory glossary of Masonic terms, a list of contact details for Masonic repositories, and a further list of Prince Hall Grand Lodge information. Anyone interested in how African American freemasonry links to the main narratives on abolition, emancipation, and Reconstruction will find much of tangible use here. * American Historical Review *This remarkably useful book explores an aspect of US history long-overlooked by historians of both historical freemasonry and the African American experience. Summing Up: highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsForeword by Les Lewis, Grand Master, Prince Hall Freemasons Preface A Chronology of Major Events in Prince Hall FreemasonryIntroduction: The Revolution in Freemasonry by Peter P. Hinks and Stephen Kantrowitz1. Emancipation and the Social Origins of Black Freemasonry, 1775–1800 by Chernoh M. Sesay, Jr.2. "To Commence a New Era in the Moral World": John Telemachus Hilton, Abolitionism, and the Expansion of Black Freemasonry, 1784–1860 by Peter P. Hinks3. "A Late Thing I Guess"—The Early Years of Philadelphia's African Masonic Lodge by Julie Winch4. Nation and Oration: The Political Language of African American Freemasonry in the Early Republic by Corey D. B. Walker5. "Arguing for Our Race": The Politics of Non-recognition and the Public Nature of the Black Masonic Archive by Martin Summers6. Brotherhood Denied: Black Freemasonry and the Limits of Reconstruction by Stephen Kantrowitz7. "They Are Nevertheless Our Brethren": The Order of Eastern Star and the Battle for Women’s Leadership, 1874–1925 by Brittney C. Cooper8. The Prince Hall Masons and the African-American Church: The Labors of Grand Master and Bishop James Walker Hood, 1831–1918 by David HackettAppendix A: Three Key Texts of Prince Hall Masonry Appendix B: Glossary of Basic Masonic Terminology Appendix C: Major Repositories of Prince Hall Masonic History Appendix D: United States Prince Hall Grand Lodge Contact InformationContributors Notes Index

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Book SynopsisKaren Nakamura combines history, life histories, ethnographic observation, and politico-linguistic analysis of sign language in Japan to open up sensible and much-needed debate on the multiplicity of the Japanese and their culture.?Sonia Ryang, The Johns Hopkins UniversityUntil the mid-1970s, deaf people in Japan had few legal rights and little social recognition. Legally, they were classified as minors or mentally deficient, unable to obtain driver''s licenses or sign contracts and wills. Many worked at menial tasks or were constantly unemployed, and schools for the deaf taught a difficult regimen of speechreading and oral speech methods rather than signing. After several decades of activism, deaf men and women are now largely accepted within mainstream Japanese society.Deaf in Japan, a groundbreaking study of deaf identity, minority politics, and sign language, traces the history of the deaf community in Japan, from the establishment of the firstTrade ReviewNakamura's methodology combines the field techniques of anthropology, archival research, and the political analysis of social movements to gather information on deaf movements in Japan in the postwar era, with the goal of understanding what it means to subscribe to 'deaf identity' in Japan. She frequently includes cross-cultural perspectives from international deaf movements and language systems to contextualize the Japanese case, as well as poses thoughtful and provocative questions about personal and communal identities by comparing the Japanese deaf community to other minority groups in Japan. Nakamura's monograph is extremely important because it explores disability in a wider context—as deafness cuts across all class, ethnic, and gender lines—and explores disability as a social construct for identity formation. -- Carolyn S. Stevens * Journal of Japanese Studies *

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Book Synopsis"Mathew, as a member of the Organizing Committee of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, has a unique perspective on the plight of immigrant taxi drivers.... Mathew explores the history of New York's taxicab industry, which has been in a cycle of...Trade ReviewIn 1998, as Biju Mathew reminds us in Taxi, a group of drivers24,000 cabbiesstaged an inspiring work stoppage in New York City. Theirs lasted only a day but showed that a group of "independent contractors"the Taxi Workers Alliancecould make gains through lobbying, publicity, and direct action even when deprived of formal collective bargaining rights. As Mathew movingly describes, the New York taxi driving workforce"Thanks to the forces of globalizationhas been "structured almost permanently into a culture of masculine bachelorhood" due to the forced separation of so many drivers from wives and families in their country of origin. -- Steve Early * New Labor Forum *

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Book SynopsisGleeson goes beyond the debate over federal immigration policy to examine the complicated terrain of immigrant worker rights.Trade ReviewGleeson captivates her readers with an in-depth, intricate, and diligent ethnographic approach to the question of labor rights enforcement for undocumented immigrants in the United States... She reaffirms the hands-on approach to investigating the discrepancy between rights in theory and rights in practice by being present at official meetings, being a scrupulous reader of county council minutes, and partaking in workers' rights rallies, asembleas, and charlas organized by civil society actors... Gleeson advances an important argument in explaining the divergent policies, practices, and outcomes of migrant rights enforcement in San Jose and Houston. -- Agnieszka Kubal, University of Oxford * American Journal of Sociology *This book provides a detailed analysis of the practical dimensions of workers' labor rights in San Jose, California, and Houston, Texas.... Gleeson... offers proposals for 'making rights real' for undocumented workers and creating procedures for enforceable claims. As the study shows, the task is administratively complex and politically problematic. Summing Up: Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Immigrant Labor in the United States1. Work in Postindustrial America2. Implementing the Legal Rights of Undocumented Workers3. Place Matters: How Local Governments Enforce Immigrant Worker Rights4. Beyond Government: How Civil Society Serves, Organizes, and Advocates for Immigrant Workers5. Advocating across Borders: Consular Strategies for Protecting Mexican Immigrant WorkersConclusion: Making Rights Real for Immigrant WorkersNotes References Index

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Book SynopsisA small group of black and white American women who banded together in the 1830s and 1840s to remedy the evils of slavery and racism, the "antislavery females" included many who ultimately struggled for equal rights for women as well. Organizing fundraising fairs, writing pamphlets and giftbooks, circulating petitions, even speaking before...Trade ReviewThe overall aim of showing the impact, complexity and dynamic quality of female anti-slavery work is amply realized. * Slavery and Abolition *This fine collection of essays explores the initial development of American women's political culture through the antislavery movement led by women reformers from the Northeast in the late 1830s. * Journal of American History *

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Book SynopsisIn this timely book Milton J. Esman surveys a recurrent and seemingly intractable factor in the politics of nations: ethnicity. As the author notes, virtually no contemporary nation-state is ethnically homogeneous. Most address the political effects...Trade Review"Esman draws on a variety of conceptual perspectives, but employs them with a healthy agnosticism. His own approach is judicious and balanced, persuasive as an explanation of the sources and dynamics of ethnic conflict, while avoiding the pitfalls of ascribing malevolent and pathological qualities to ethnicity, or endowing it with transcendent moral value." -- M. Crawford Young

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Book SynopsisKorean immigrants to the United States establish their own small businesses at a rate exceeding that of immigrants from any other nation, with more than one third of all Korean immigrant adults involved in small businesses. Kyeyoung Park examines this...Trade ReviewA welcome addition to the growing literature on Korean immigrant entrepreneurship. * American Journal of Sociology *Kyeyoung Park has done a careful study of Korean immigrants in Queens.... She has provided us with a valuable work on a growing community in the United States and its mixed response to adjusting in a new land with different values. It is clearly written and will be of interest to both the scholarly and the general reader. * Asian Thought and Society *Park provides a fresh angle of viewing the consequences of Korean business. * Contemporary Sociology *This book is a useful ethnographic study of anticipation, adaptation, and acculturation, and offers a contemporary perspective on an old process: that genesis of a new 'hyphenated' ethnic group. * Choice *This book, written by an anthropologist, is a welcome addition to the growing literature on Korean Americans.... The author's keen observation and thoughtful interpretation of the changes in family and kinship organizations among Korean immigrants are quite impressive. * International Migration Review *This is an excellent study that enriches our understanding of the experiences of Korean immigrants who have been striving to succeed in America's urban environment. Park writes with sensitivity yet objectivity, using the information drawn from her interviews to provide a rich portrayal of the Korean immigrant's lives and thoughts 'in all their contradictory aspects.'. * New York History *

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Book SynopsisFor centuries, various great powers have both exploited and benefited Taiwan, their designs for this island frequently clashing with the desire of local inhabitants to control their own destiny. Such conflicts have shaped Taiwan's multiple, and...Trade ReviewThis is a history that provides excellent background information for understanding the complexities of the current 'Taiwan problem.'. * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsTaiwan's early history; The Japanese occupation; The return of mainland rule; Martial law and Kuomintang domination; Taiwan in the Cold War; The opposition's struggle and breakthrough; Taiwan under Lee Teng-hui; The DPP captures the presidency.

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Book SynopsisHorizons of the Sacred explores the distinctive worldview underlying the faith and lived religion of Catholics of Mexican descent living in the United States. Religious practices, including devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, celebration of the Day of...Trade ReviewSince the Hispanic or Latino population of the United States represents 20 countries, the editors... have chosen a specific focus for this study: the religious traditions of Mexican American communities. * Theology Digest *This volume is both a welcome contribution to the growing literature on the religious practices of Hispanic immigrants and a useful resource for reflecting on the theological implications of relgiosidad popular (religion of the people). -- John T. Ford, Catholic University of America * Religious Studies Review *Horizons of the Sacred is an inviting multidisciplinary collection of essays about Mexican American Catholics.... The book challenges domination in American culture and shows traditions strengthening Mexican Americans against injustice. The authors are careful not to assume Catholic knowledge on the part of readers. The book is intended for classroom use, scholars, church leaders, pastoral ministers and meets its goals. Audiences may draw different benefits from it but each will be pleased, for the authors are eloquent. Ideas swarm. No review can do justice to Horizons. -- Yanick St. Jean, University of Wisconsin * Catholic Books Review *Those wishing to broaden their perspective will find in this collection a sound resource. Thus, this book will be useful for scholars of liturgy, sacraments, culture and religion, inculturation, popular religion, ritual studies, cultural anthropology, theological anthropology, and history. It is especially good for liturgists and liturgical theologians working in a Mexican American context as well as with other Hispanic/Latino groups since some of the core values and approached presented are shared among them. -- Raul Gomez, S.D.D, Sacred Heart School of Theology * Worship, March 2004 *In Horizons of the Sacred, the authors deal specifically with the Mexican American role and influence within the Catholic Church in the United States. Matovina and Riebe-Estrella state that while at one time the Catholic Church was dominated by European immigrants, the modern Catholic Church remains an entity where Mexican Americans continue to practice their religious custom and traditions, and thus have helped shape many of the rituals, practices, and traditions within the context of modern day Catholicism.... Overall, Matovina and Riebe-Estrella have compiled a valuable and much-needed addition to the understanding of Mexican American Catholic traditions. This book will be of value and interest to students, scholars, church ministers, and lay readers who wish to understand how Mexican American customs and traditions are, and will continue to be, a part of the Catholic tradition in the United States. -- Roy Lujan, New Mexico Highlands University * Western Historical Quarterly *

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Book SynopsisBroad in scope and original in its interpretation, Fly Away illuminates the origins, development, and transformation of national culture during an important chapter in twentieth-century American history.Trade ReviewThe authors, while attentive to necessary statistics and succinct in general historical background, transform the migrating millions from an indistinguishable mass into distinct communities. As Rutkoff and Scott take the reader to Chicago's Bud Billiken Day or Houston's Juneteenth, August Wilson's Pittsburgh, or Walter Mosley's Los Angeles, 'the flashes of the West African spirit that black rural southerners brought north' are rendered visible. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Fly Away is intended for an academic audience and its footnotes display the depth of the research. However, the authors' engaging style also should appeal to the general reader with an interest in African-American cultural history. Charleston Post and Courier 2010 Adds considerably to our understanding of this national exodus... The authors, who teach history at Kenyon College, argue that the black migrants preserved many of their West African roots and customs in the move north, just as they had during the Middle Passage from Africa to the Americas. These authors stress the cultural freedom afforded by holding on to a vision of Africa as the homeland. In preserving their African roots, the black migrants could take pride in where they came from and in who they were in their new circumstances. Wall Street Journal 2010 Illuminating and impressive cultural history... Highly recommended. Choice 2011 [A] well-written, thought-provoking book. The authors have created a broad-ranging study that is well worth reading. It provides many new ways of thinking about and interpreting the impact of African American migration both on the migrants and the nation. -- Spencer R. Crew Journal of American History 2011Table of ContentsList of Maps and IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Out of Africa2. New Africa3. Negro Capital of the World4. Mules and Men5. Blues Pianos and Tricky Baseballs6. Walkin' Egypt7. Bronzeville's Pinkster Kings8. Dixie Special9. California Dreaming10. Circle UnbrokenNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisWith its combination of voices from both scholarship and leadership and its unique assessment of antisemitism in Canada and the struggle against it, Contemporary Antisemitism offers new perspectives on one of the world's most ancient and diffuse hatreds.Trade Review"'Clearly focused and exceptionally readable, Contemporary Antisemitism is a model of scholarly intervention on an urgent public issue. The contributors are all recognized authorities in their fields. No one could address these subjects without referring to their work.' Louis Greenspan, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University"Table of ContentsPreface Introduction -Derek J. Penslar Part I: Canadian Leaders on Antisemitism Chapter 1 - Antisemitism: An Enduring Reality - The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney Chapter 2 - Law and Antisemitism - The Hounourable R. Roy Mcmurty Part II: Scholars on Antisemitism, New and Old Chapter 3 - The Changing Dimensions of Contemporary Antisemitism -Morton Weinfeld Chapter 4 -Historical reflections on Contemporary Antisemitism -Steven J. Zipperstein Chapter 5 - Antisemitism in Western Europe Today - Todd M. Endelman Chapter 6 - Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: A Historical Approach - Derek J. Penslar Chapter 7 - The Nature and Determinants of Arab Attitudes Toward Israel-Mark Tessler

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Book SynopsisThrough the exploration of the intricate patterns of South Asians' assimilation into university life, Integrative Antiracism identifies the numerous barriers racial minorities encounter and suggests a variety of approaches to fostering a more equitable education system.Table of ContentsForeword by George Dei Acknowledgments * Introduction * Theory and Method: Antiracism, Racism, and Ethnographic Interviews * Adjusting to Canada * Faculty-Student Relationships * Peer Group Interaction * Curriculum and Minority Faculty Members * The Psychosocial Dimension * Challenges and Conclusion Notes Bibliography Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisA richly textured narrative that seeks to capture the role played by the law in the definition of race and shoring up of racial repression in Canada.

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Book SynopsisFar from being a measure of progress or humanitarian aid, Indian welfare policy in Canada was used deliberately to oppress and marginalize First Nations peoples and to foster their assimilation into the dominant society. 'Enough to Keep Them Alive' explores the history of the development and administration of social assistance policies on Indian reserves in Canada from confederation to the modern period, demonstrating a continuity of policy with roots in the pre-confederation practices of fur trading companies.Extensive archival evidence from the Indian Affairs record group at the National Archives of Canada is supplemented for the post-World War Two era by interviews with some of the key federal players. More than just an historical narrative, the book presents a critical analysis with a clear theoretical focus drawing on colonial and post-colonial theory, social theory, and critiques of liberalism and liberal democracy.

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Book SynopsisThe result of an exhaustive analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community and having conducted over 100 interviews Nayar highlights differences and tensions with regards to the role of familial relations, child rearing, and religion.Trade Review"'With this unique and outstanding social anthropological work, Nayar has created one of the most fascinating accounts of the Sikh community to date. She should be congratulated for producing a work of such excellent craftsmanship - accomplished so painstakingly - and yet presented in the most readable and enjoyable manner.' Raj S. Gandhi, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary"

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Book SynopsisThe result of an exhaustive analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community - and having conducted over 100 interviews - Nayar highlights differences and tensions with regards to the role of familial relations, child rearing, and religion.Trade Review"'With this unique and outstanding social anthropological work, Nayar has created one of the most fascinating accounts of the Sikh community to date. She should be congratulated for producing a work of such excellent craftsmanship - accomplished so painstakingly - and yet presented in the most readable and enjoyable manner.' Raj S. Gandhi, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary"

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Book SynopsisAgnew delves into the public and private spheres of several distinct communities in order to expose the underlying inequalities within Canada's economic, social, legal, and political systems that frequently result in the denial of basic rights to migrant women.Table of ContentsIntroduction Vijay Agnew Part I: Immigrant Women and Violence Introduction The Complicity of the Public State in the Intimate Abuse of Immigrant Women Janet E. Mosher Violence in Immigrant Familes in Halifax Barbara Cottrell, Carmen Celina Moncayo, and Evangelia Tastoglou Part II: Immigrant Women and Health Introduction Gender, Migration and Health Arlen Bierman, Farah Ahmad, and Farah Mawani Policy (In)Action: Policy-Making, Health and Migrant Women Denise L. Spitzer Review of Health and Policy Research on Older Immigrants Ito Peng and Margot Lettener Reaching Out and Scaling Up: The Dynamics and Relevance of Migrant Women's Social Capital Bilkis Vissandj , Alisha Apale, and Saskia Wieringa Part III: Immigrant Women and Equity Introduction Immigrant Women and Earnings Equality in Canada Monica Boyd and Jessica Yiu Migrant Muslim Women's Intersts and the Case of "Shari'a" Tribunals in Ontario Annie Bunting and Shado Mokhtari Haitian-Canadians' Experiences of Racism in Quebec: A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective Louise Racine Challenging Gendered and Ethno-Racial Assumptions in Organizing for Housing Rights in Montreal Jill Hanley Conclusion List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis book challenges the common misperceptions of Muslim immigrants as a homogeneous, religiously driven group and identifies the tensions they experience within their host countries.

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Book SynopsisSituates the discussion of the Amazon and its inhabitants at the intersections of identity politics, debates about socioeconomic sovereignty, and processes of place making. Editing Eden focuses on case studies from Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador regarding the themes of indigeneity, community making, development politics, and the transcendence of indigenous/nonindigenous divides.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Frank Hutchins and Patrick C. WilsonPart 1. Myth, Meaning, Modernity, and Representation1. Indigenous Capitalisms: Ecotourism, Cultural Reproduction, and the Logic of Capital in Ecuador's Upper Amazon Frank Hutchins2. Fractal Subjectivities: An Amazonian-Inspired Critique of Globalization Theory Michael A. Uzendoski3. The Portrayal of Colombian Indigenous Amazonian Peoples by the National Press, 19882006 Jean E. Jackson4. Cannibal Tourists and Savvy Savages: Understanding Amazonian Modernities Neil L. WhiteheadPart 2. Ethnopolitics, Territory, and Notions of Community5. For Love or Money? Indigenous Materialism and Humanitarian Agendas Beth A. Conklin6. Alternative Development in Putumayo, Colombia: Bringing Back the State through the Creation of Community and "Productive Social Capital"? María Clemencia Ramírez7. Normative Views, Strategic Views: The Geopolitical Maps in the Ethnic Territorialities of Putumayo Margarita Chaves8. Indigenous Leadership and the Shifting Politics of Development in Ecuador's Amazon Patrick C. Wilson9. Worlds at Cross-Purposes Alcida Rita RamosContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisQuestions the efficacy of the national and global responses to Katrina's central victims, African Americans. This collection of polemical essays explores the extent to which African Americans and others were, and are, disproportionately affected by the natural and manmade forces that caused Hurricane Katrina.Trade Review“Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker have prepared a fact-laden and analytically rich collection of writings about the social inequities that exacerbated the suffering wrought by Hurricane Katrina. It is an important contribution to a variety of disciplines including history, law, sociology, political science, and African American studies. The impassioned authors who speak in this anthology are determined to prevent amnesia from erasing from American memory this signal tragedy. They deserve a wide and attentive audience.”—Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School and author of Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal“Levitt and Whitaker have made a distinct contribution to the expanding body of scholarship and reflection on the social and political meanings of Hurricane Katrina. Their book also represents an urgent call to action—designed to address the persistence of racial inequality and poverty in the United States and to prevent the future transformation of natural disasters into man-made calamities.”—Joe William Trotter Jr., Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice and head of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and author of The African American Experience“Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker, and the distinguished contributors to this illuminating anthology, critically assess the magnitude and complexity of the Katrina catastrophe. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the relevance of race, class, and gender, and the consequences of entrenched poverty and governmental ineptitude.”—Darlene Clark Hine, Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and professor of history at Northwestern University and coauthor of The African American Odyssey"This eclectic collection of essays succeeds in providing multiple layers of context to the "unnatural" tragedy of Hurricane Katrina."—S. E. Horn, CHOICE"The vast majority of those evacuated after the levee breaks were African Americans and this book will help students and scholars to understand why. It is an important social lesson."—Edie Ambrose, Journal of African American HistoryTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction. “Truth Crushed to Earth Will Rise Again”: Katrina and Its Aftermath Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker1. Letters from a Native Son: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Mitchell F. Crusto2. After Katrina: Laying Bare the Anatomy of American Caste Bryan K. Fair3. Hurricane Katrina and the “Market” for Survival: The Role of Economic Theory in the Construction and Maintenance of Disaster Charles R. P. Pouncy4. The Internal Revenue Code Don’t Care about Poor, Black People Andre L. Smith5. Judging under Disaster: The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Criminal Justice System Phyllis Kotey6. From Worse to Where? African Americans, Hurricane Katrina, and the Continuing Public Health Crisis Alyssa G. Robillard7. Failed Plans and Planned Failures: The Lower Ninth Ward, Hurricane Katrina, and the Continuing Story of Environmental Injustice Carlton Waterhouse8. “Still Up on the Roof”: Race, Victimology, and the Response to Hurricane Katrina Kenneth B. Nunn9. Governmental Liability for the Katrina Failure Linda S. Greene10. Katrina, Race, Refugees, and Images of the Third World Ruth Gordon11. “Been in the Storm So Long”: Katrina, Reparations, and the Original Understanding of Equal Protection D. Marvin JonesEpilogue Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. WhitakerBibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisHow can we interpret and compare different cultures? Gathering insights from an array of anthropologists, archaeologists, and philosophers and applying them to case studies in the United States, this title develops a practical model of culture and method of interpretation that are built around the concept of "constructing constellations".Trade ReviewInterpreting Cultures provides readers with . . . [an] often provocative reading of Adorno and Benjamin, and it bridges philosophical, sociological, and ethnographic literatures in a novel way. The text carefully moderates contemporary debates by articulating a model of social theory that insists on a context-sensitive vision of truth. . . . Lewandowski . . . insists that social analysis must remain situated, in dialogue with the material reality it seeks to interpret, and capable of producing change. These core tenets of the book prove potent, and thus students and scholars working in these fields would prove unwise to ignore ‘the logic of constructing constellations’.”—Cultural Critique"Lewandowski's Interpreting Culture is a highly original and signal contribution to debates about interpretation and culture in the philosophy of the social sciences. With its rich discussions of urban sociology, race, and other examples from the social sciences, this book should inform and challenge philosophers and social scientists alike."—James Bohman, author of New Philosophy of Social ScienceTable of ContentsContents - List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Contemporary Logics of Social Theory; 1. Textuality and Deconstruction; 2. Rationality and Reconstruction; 3. Constructing Constellations; Chapter 2. Method and Truth amid the Ruins of the Social; 1. Image-Construction and the Problem of Truth; 2. Adorno's Critique and Appropriation of Benjamin; 3. Interpretive Philosophy as Constructing Constellations; Chapter 3. Affect and Evidence in the Logic of Constructing Constellations; 1. Adorno's Kierkegaard Study; 2. Truth as Truth Bearers; 3. Sociological Interpretation and Disenchantment; Chapter 4. Method and Truth in French Social Theory; 1. Archaeology and Genealogy; 2. Reflexive Sociology; Chapter 5. Constructing Urban Constellations; 1. Ghetto Life in America; 2. Social Struggle in Chicago; Afterword - Constructing Constellations, or Thematizing Embeddedness; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisTells the story of a shy black child from a poor family in a segregated city; of the superstar who, at the height of his career, became the president of the National Basketball Players Association to try to improve conditions for all players. It is the story of the man forced from the game at thirty-four and blacklisted from coaching and broadcasting.Trade Review“As one of the NBA’s all-time greats, Oscar Robertson has much to pass on to both his old fans and young basketball enthusiasts perhaps unfamiliar with his legacy.”—Publishers Weekly“Known as an intelligent player and respected by his peers as an intelligent man, Robertson puts an exclamation point on the accolades with this thoughtful reflection on a life lived without compromise. A well-written, entertaining, and thought-provoking sports autobiography—but would we ever expect less than a triple-double from the Big O?”—Wes Lukowsky, Booklist“Oscar Robertson is an incomparable superstar. He is also a thoughtful man and a man of vision. If you want insight into what formed Oscar in the crucial years of his youth, look here. It’s a great book.”—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar“Oscar was one of basketball’s great leaders, and his life is one of basketball's great stories. He was unafraid, unabashed, and unmatched in everything he did. There will never be another like him.”—Bill Russell“Oscar Robertson was never a rookie. He was the measuring stick for how a player should play. It is an honor to know him and to have competed against him. He is a man for the ages.”—Jerry West"Oscar Robertson is remarkably honest in his autobiography, The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game. . . . It's a fun read."—Zach Lowe, SI.comTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter One: The Crossroads of America 1938-1951Chapter Two: Li'l Flap 1951-1954Chapter Three: "They Don't Want Us" 1954-1955Chapter Four: "Talk Is Cheap" 1955-1956Chapter Five: Collegiate Life 1956-1958Chapter Six: "What They Eat Don't Make Me Fat" 1958-1959Chapter Seven: Gold 1959-1960Chapter Eight: Rookie Stardom 1960-1961Chapter Nine: The Triple-Double 1961-1963Chapter Ten: Union President, NBA Royalty 1963-1968 (Part One)Chapter Eleven: The Sixties Continued 1963-1968 (Part Two)Chapter Twelve: Moving On 1969-1970Chapter Thirteen: Milwaukee, Lew Alcindor, and the Championship 1970-1971Chapter Fourteen: Do Not Go Gently 1971-1974Chapter Fifteen: Endings 1974-1976EpilogueCreditsIndex

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Book SynopsisThe history of anthropology has been written from multiple viewpoints, often from perspectives of gender, nationality, theory, or politics. Before Boas delves deeper into issues concerning anthropology’s academic origins to present a groundbreaking study that reveals how ethnography and ethnology originated during the eighteenth rather than the nineteenth century, developing parallel to anthropology, or the “natural history of man.” Han F. Vermeulen explores primary and secondary sources from Russia, Germany, Austria, the United States, the Netherlands, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, and Great Britain in tracing how “ethnography” originated as field research by German-speaking historians and naturalists in Siberia (Russia) during the 1730s and 1740s, was generalized as “ethnology” by scholars in Göttingen (Germany) and Vienna (Austria) during the 1770s and 1780s, and was subsequently adopted by reseaTrade Review"A short review cannot do justice to the sophistication of the author's comprehensive and remarkable research, which departs from histories that view the origins of anthropology in classical Greece or Renaissance exploration."—Riva Berleant-Schiller, Choice"Vermeulen's monograph on the "genesis" of ethnography and ethnology will sit as a large and imposing bookend on any history of anthropology shelf for many years to come."—Huon Wardle, American Anthropologist "This important book rewrites the early history of anthropology in new and surprising ways."—James Urry, Australian Journal of Anthropology"Before Boas represents a major contribution to the history of anthropology that must be taken into serious consideration by every scholar in our field."—Sergei Kan, Ethnohistory"Vermeulen's work is meticulous and fascinating, and the layers of ideas, biographies, and historical details make this a compelling book to read and contemplate."—Anne Good, Terrae Incognitae"Deserving to be called a sensation."—Horst Bredekamp, Süddeutsche Zeitung"This is a unique and detailed study of the eighteenth century origins of ethnology or ethnography that offers a new insight in reexamining the scope and subject matter of these disciplines in their earlier stages."—Madhuvanti Karyekar, Museum Anthropology Review"Before Boas will grow in importance with the elapsing of time. Certainly, it will become soon a landmark (if it has not become yet) and will definitively consecrate Han F. Vermeulen as a prominent specialist in this fascinating academic field."—Gheorghiţă Geană, Anuac"This rich book will be useful to researchers concerned with ethnography, anthropology, folklore, the history of science, and postcolonial and whiteness studies. By showing how the world’s peoples were placed on the scholarly agenda, Before Boas will put scholars in all of these fields on firmer footing."—Stephanie Leitch, ISIS"A profoundly useful book."—Rachel D. Koroloff, Ab ImperioTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsSeries Editors’ Introduction1. History and Theory of Anthropology and Ethnology: Introduction2. Theory and Practice: G. W. Leibniz and the Advancement of Science in Russia3. Enlightenment and Pietism: D. G. Messerschmidt and the Early Exploration of Siberia4. Ethnography and Empire: G. F. Müller and the Description of Siberian Peoples5. Anthropology and the Orient: C. Niebuhr and the Danish-German Arabia Expedition6. From the Field to the Study: A. L. Schlözer and the German Invention of Völkerkunde7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment: Plural Approaches to Human Diversity8. Epilogue: Reception of the German Ethnographic TraditionConclusionNotesReferences CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisIt might seem that African Americans and Mexican Americans would have common cause in matters of civil rights. This volume, which considers relations between blacks and browns during the civil rights era, carefully examines the complex and multifaceted realities that complicate such assumptions and that revise our view of both the civil rights struggle and black-brown relations in recent history.Trade Review"A solid anthology."—R. Acuna, Choice"This book is a groundbreaking step in the evolution of the exciting subfield of black-brown relations. Each of the essays contains valuable lessons, and the book should be required reading for scholars of the civil rights movements and of American racial formations."—Max Krochmal, Journal of American History"Brian D. Behnken has brought together an important group of senior and junior scholars on the making of black-brown relations to document the long history of cooperation and conflict between the two groups. Behnken's collection of essays successfully documents the many spaces of coalition and discontent between the African American civil rights and Chicano movements."—Alberto Rodriguez, Southwestern Historical Quarterly "This volume is a fascinating and important contribution to the field."—Julie Leininger Pycior, Journal of Southern History Table of ContentsList of Illustrations 000Introduction 000 Brian D. Behnken1. Not Similar Enough: Mexican American and African American Civil Rights Struggles in the 1940s 000 Lisa Y. Ramos2. The Movement in the Mirror: Civil Rights and the Causes of Black-Brown Disunity in Texas 000 Brian D. Behnken3. Complicating the Beloved Community: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the National Farm Workers Association 000 Lauren Araiza4. The Neighborhood Adult Participation Project: Black-Brown Strife in the War on Poverty in Los Angeles 000 Robert Bauman5. "Mexican versus Negro Approaches" to the War on Poverty: Black-Brown Competition and the Office of Economic Opportunity in Texas 000 William Clayson6. Cesar and Martin, March 68 000 Jorge Mariscal7. Black, Brown, and Poor: Civil Rights and the Making of the Chicano Movement 000 Gordon Mantler8. Brown-Eyed Soul: Popular Music and Cultural Politics in Los Angeles 000 Luis Alvarez and Daniel Widener9. Raising a Neighborhood: Informal Networks between African American and Mexican American Women in South Central Los Angeles 000 Abigail Rosas10. A New Day in Babylon: African American and Mexican American Relations at the Dawn of the Millennium 000 Matthew C. WhitakerList of Contributors 000Index 000

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Book SynopsisAnthropologist Alyson O’Daniel analyses the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans, as well as the services designated to help them, by taking readers into the daily lives of poor African American women living with HIV disease at the advent of the 2006 Treatment Modernization Act.Trade Review"At a time when the lives of African American women surviving with HIV are not commonly illuminated, Holding On provides an important addition to the anthropological and public health literature."—Martina Thomas, Medical Anthropology Quarterly"Holding On is an important piece of medical anthropology."—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database"Holding On: African American Women Surviving HIV/AIDS is lucid and insightful about the role of health providers, particularly in poor communities, and the text highlights the marginalization of women of color in addressing health issues. The book will serve as an excellent read for graduate and undergraduates in the social sciences, particularly social workers, and those concentrating on gender politics, history, political science, and public health policy."Kofi Johnson, International Social Science Review“Holding On explores crucial aspects of the health disparities debate: how attempts to ease the impact of serious chronic conditions often create as many problems as they set out to solve and how legislation focusing on marginalized groups—especially people of color—can generate unintended consequences. O’Daniel tackles these problems while offering a gripping account of how HIV-positive African American women navigate the many challenges they face.”—Sabrina Marie Chase, author of Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City: How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds “Holding On is a new portrait of American poverty—a social, political, and economic condition rooted in an unequal, unfair, and unsustainable system. Alyson O’Daniel reveals the lives that are at stake in such a system, and the struggle of poor African American women to survive it with dignity.”—Alisse Waterston, author of My Father’s Wars: Migration, Memory, and the Violence of a CenturyTable of ContentsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsAuthor’s NoteIntroduction: Hidden in Plain Sight1. "Other" Stories of Social Policy and hiv Survival2. The Local Landscape of hiv/aids Care3. Urban Poverty Three Ways4. The Pedagogy of Policy Reform5. Using "Survival" to Survive, Part I6. Using "Survival" to Survive, Part IIConclusion: Life beyond SurvivalAppendix 1: Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants at Time of First InterviewAppendix 2: Study Participants’ Analytic CategoriesAppendix 3: Glossary of Service Program AcronymsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis study of three prominent U.S. cities—Milwaukee, Portland, and Minneapolis—examines how the burgeoning popularity of urban bicycling is trailed by systemic issues of racism, classism, and displacement. Trade Review"Environmental historians interested in urban issues will profit from Hoffmann's look at social justice issues associated with "green" development. For urban planning students, as well as anyone involved in city planning, this book could be considered required reading. Bicycle advocates will find the work provocative and a stimulus toward more inclusive efforts in creating better transportation options for all city residents. Hoffmann has written an important and significant contribution to scholarship and to public discussions about bicycles, urban living, and development."—James A. Pritchard, Environmental History"Powerfully relevant."—Cat Ariail, Sport in American History“For anyone interested in the urban role of cycling, this is an important book. Informed by an overdue concern with race, class, and gender, it critically redresses imbalances in our current understandings of cycling. [Hoffmann] usefully punctures a general liberal, middle-class complacency over the implicitly assumed superiority of the bicycle. . . . Indispensable reading if our goal is to broaden cycling’s appeal and to make inclusive and just cities, as well as genuinely ecologically sustainable ones.”—Dave Horton, author of Promoting Walking and Cycling: New Perspectives on Sustainable Travel“Important to many fields: transportation, race, city planning, housing and migration, sustainability, community organizing, planning and policy processes, and equity. . . . In the emerging scholarship concerning ‘bike equity,’ Melody Hoffmann is an early and influential entrant.”—Julian Agyeman, author of Incomplete Streets: Processes, Practices and PossibilitiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. One Less Car, One More Critique: U.S. Urban Bicycle Culture and Advocacy2. More Races, Less Racing: The Role of a Bicycle Race in Community Building3. Bike Lanes Are White Lanes: Gentrification and Historical Racism in Portland's Bicycle Infrastructure Planning4. Recruiting People Like You: Class-Based Recruitment and Bicycle Advocacy in Minneapolis5. The Beginning of the Equity Era: Possibilities and Solutions NotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the manifestation and persistence of hybrid Franco-American literary, musical, culinary, and media cultures in North America, especially New England and southern Louisiana. To shed light on the French cultural legacy in North America, Gosnell seeks out hidden French or ""Franco"" identities and sites of memory in North America that quietly proclaim an intercontinental French presence.Trade Review"In this bold attempt to provide a cultural history of Franco-America while remapping American studies, Gosnell excavates cultural and literary sources that have been hidden from view, and also conveys, even though it is not his personal story, an insider’s awareness of the discursive dilemmas of French North America."—Jay Gitlin, Journal of Modern History"Gosnell presents a wealth of information and statistics on French institutions, organizations, and clubs, as well as giving the names and titles of a diverse range of North American literature in French, including folktales from the traditions of Ti-Jean, Boudreau, and Br’er Rabbit. His work will be of great interest to teachers of French, and to anyone interested in the French history of North America."—Erika E. Hess, French Review"This study situates Franco-American cultures within the new and evolving field of postcolonial Francophone studies by exploring the story of the peoples and ideas contributing to the evolution and articulation of a Franco-American cultural identity in the New World. Gosnell asks what it means to be French, not simply in America but of America."—SFHOM"Gosnell has written an important book that will appeal to scholars interested in ethnicity, race, and (im)migration."—Ryan Andre Brasseaux, Journal of Southern History"This comprehensive and wellwritten study is an important contribution to several fields, including Francophone studies, postcolonial studies, and American studies, and will appeal to scholars working on ethnic studies, and immigration and border studies. This book will also undoubtedly interest French teachers focusing on the history and experience of Franco-American cultures in the U.S., and anyone interested in the story of French life in America."—Anna V. Keefe, Studies in twentieth & Twenty-First Century Literature"Franco-America in the Making walks us through some of the key cultural institutions that define French North America."—Susan Pinette, L’Esprit Créateur“Jonathan Gosnell sets out on no less than an archeological expedition, one that reveals a treasure trove of information on a crucial yet underexplored facet of American identity. At a moment in history when questions of nativism, ethnicity, and identity are increasingly defining debates on both sides of the Atlantic, readers will be stimulated by these intellectual excavations, moved by the often unexpected discoveries, and inspired by the latitude of creolizations that are the logical outcome of the twists and turns this journey has taken through the centuries.”—Dominic Thomas, Letessier Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and author of Africa and France: Postcolonial Cultures, Migration, and Racism“By exploring the complexity of the question ‘Is memory of a distant French past enough to sustain a Franco-American present and future?,’ Jonathan Gosnell provides a broad, engaging, and well-documented analysis of the resilience of the French presence in North America.”—Bénédicte Mauguière, professor of French and Francophone studies at Colby College and author of Cultural Identities in Canadian Literature“While contemporary textbooks of French include references to the U.S. Franco-American and Cajun cultures, there is no single volume that can provide teachers with the background and greater depth they need to teach their students.”—Eloise A. Brière, professor of French studies at the University of Albany and editor of J’aime New York, Second Edition: A Bilingual Guide to the French Heritage of New York StateTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Between Dream and Reality in Franco-America 2. Cultural Institutions and French Renaissance in America 3. Women’s Social Clubs and the Transmission of Culture 4. Franco-American Cultures in a New World Perspective 5. Ethnic Identity and the Franco-American Press 6. Unmasking the Creole Cowboy Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIntersectionality intervenes in the field of intersectionality studies: the integrative examination of the effects of racial, gendered, and class power on people’s lives. While “intersectionality” circulates as a buzzword, Anna Carastathis joins other critical voices to urge a more careful reading. Challenging the narratives of arrival that surround it, Carastathis argues that intersectionality is a horizon, illuminating ways of thinking that have yet to be realized; consequently, calls to “go beyond” intersectionality are premature. A provisional interpretation of intersectionality can disorient habits of essentialism, categorial purity, and prototypicality and overcome dynamics of segregation and subordination in political movements. Through a close reading of critical race theorist Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s germinal texts, published more than twenty-five yeTrade Review“This is, perhaps, Carastathis’s greatest insight: she urges us to think about intersectionality as a ‘profoundly destabilizing, productively disorienting, provisional concept’ whose work remains to be done. In this account, intersectionality refers to our desire to keep dreaming of a more just social world.”—Jennifer C. Nash, American Quarterly "Intersectionality follows a clear theoretical arc and stages multiple interventions throughout, making it a resource for one well versed in the field or encountering it for the first time."—Desiree Valentine, Critical Philosophy of Race"Anna Carastathis confronts an enduring obstacle to taking up intersectionality's potential: she illustrates how an ongoing, monist fragmentation of identities, communities, politics, and perceptions buttresses power hierarchies and reinforces exclusion by design."—Vivian M. May, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy“Better theory is what Carastathis wants, and that implies for her a more fundamental critique of naturalized and essentialized groups and a ‘profoundly destabilizing, productively disorienting, provisional concept that disaggregates false unities, undermines false universalisms, and unsettles false entitlements.’”—Myra Marx Ferree, Contemporary Sociology"Carastathis’s citational practices and the subsequent conversations she generates are a vital intervention in this current moment in academia. For both novices and experts in black feminist theories, this book is a crucial review of the literature for all academics at any stage of their career, especially those scholars naming their work as 'intersectional.'"—R. Aliah Ajamoughli, Journal of Folklore Research“Anna Carastathis’s careful and sustained engagement with Kimberlé Crenshaw’s work is uniquely illuminating and helpful.”—Zenzele Isoke, author of Urban Black Women and the Politics of ResistanceTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Intersectionality, Black Feminist Thought, and Women-of-Color Organizing 2. Basements and Intersections 3. Intersectionality as a Provisional Concept 4. Critical Engagements with Intersectionality 5. Identities as Coalitions 6. Intersectionality and Decolonial Feminism Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisAnalyses the construction of race in Western societies through a study of the black African migrant athlete. Munene Franjo Mwaniki presents ten black African migrant athletes as a conceptual starting point to interrogate the nuances of white supremacy and of the migrant and immigrant experience with a global perspective.Trade Review"Using extensive archival news database research, the author examines representations of these athletes in terms of racial and national stereotypes. Mwaniki's particular strength here is in his multilayered analyses. He skillfully examines how the athletes themselves navigate both positive and negative media representations, explores the ways their reactions impact their identity, and finally considers what those representations mean to the larger African and Western communities. Scholars of race, media, and nationalism, among other areas, will find this work to be a valuable contribution to the field."—A. Curtis, Choice"Mwaniki’s text is an absolute must read: it is groundbreaking, captivating, eye-opening, and truly innovative in its discussions of the representation of the Black African migrant. . . . Whether situated in the United States, the United Kingdom, or any other part of the Western world, I implore scholars to read this book and engage with its dominant messages."—Rory Magrath, American Journal of Sociology“Engaging, timely, and important, The Black Migrant Athlete carves out new ground within discussions of sport and society with its focus on migration, African athletes, and media representations. Truly novel and innovative, this is a must-read.”—David J. Leonard, author of Playing While White “The Black Migrant Athlete is a fascinating analysis of media representations of African immigrant athletes. . . . Mwaniki expertly shows that [a] contradiction lies at the heart of paternalistic loathing that greets even the most privileged African immigrants to the West.”—Monica McDermott, associate professor of sociology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and author of Working Class White: The Making and Unmaking of Race Relations “Ground-breaking. . . . An original and timely text that encourages us to think globally, historically, and critically about the myriad situated ways that black migrant athletes are rendered variously similar and Other in the Western imagination.”—Daniel Burdsey, deputy head of research in the School of Sport and Service Management at the University of Brighton and author of Race, Place, and the Seaside: Postcards from the Edge Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Black African Immigration to the West 1. Race and Sport: Situating the Black African Athlete 2. Everyday Othering: Boundary Making and Maintenance 3. Model Minorities: Origin Stories, Hard Workers, and Humanitarians 4. “Bad” Blacks: Contingent Acceptance and Essentialized Blackness 5. Immigrant Reception: Nationalism, Identity, Politics, and Resistance 6. The Diasporic Athlete: Blackness and Meaning in the African Diaspora 7. The Sporting Migrant: Antiblack Racism and the Foreign Other Appendix A: Methodology and Data-Gathering Procedures Appendix B: Individuals in the Study Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUsing personal accounts, Romance with Voluptuousness examines the ways in which black women with heritage in the English-speaking Caribbean participate in, perpetuate, and struggle with the voluptuous beauty standard of the black Caribbean while living in the hegemony of thinness cultivated in the United States.Trade Review“This book will be attractive to courses in sociology, women and gender studies, Caribbean studies, and migration studies, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. . . . The author’s conception of ‘embodied cultural citizenship’ and the way in which she demonstrates how this works are quite convincing.”—Winnifred Brown-Glaude, associate professor in the Department of African American Studies and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the College of New Jersey and author of Higglers in Kingston: Women’s Informal Work in Jamaica Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The “Thick Black Woman”: Racialized Body Politics and the Marginalization of Black Women 2. Constructing Diasporic Identity: Black Caribbean Women’s Self-Representation and Cultural Citizenship 3. Unrequited Romance: Black Caribbean Beauty Ideals and Discontent in the United States 4. Transgressive Discourses: Negotiating the Thin Hegemony and Negative Physical Capital 5. Embodying Diaspora: Centering Thick Bodies in Black Women’s Diasporic Experiences Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the meaning of celebrity as expressed by black journalists writing against the backdrop of Jim Crow-era segregation. Carrie Teresa argues that these black-centred publications framed celebrities as collective representations of the race who were then used to symbolize the cultural value of artistic expression.Trade Review"Teresa's book and its valuable research offer another way to examine black culture and society in America."—Dianne Bragg, American Journalism: A Media History Journal"Looking at the Stars is a clear and present call, enthusiastically awaiting the response of scholars about how the media has always shaped–and continues to shape–Black public discourse."—Gabriel I. Green, Communication Booknotes Quarterly“Excellent. . . . Carrie Teresa shows that the black press played an integral role in the development of celebrity journalism and culture. That alone makes the work significant. But the work also should lead to opening a conversation and spurring robust and critical discussion of historical and contemporary issues of celebrity, race, gender, and representation in the media and society.”—Jinx Coleman Broussard, Bart R. Swanson Endowed Memorial Professor and professor of mass communications at Louisiana State University“Looking at the Stars is important to media historians and to general readers interested in the history of the African American experience. It will make an important contribution to our understanding of how black newspapers’ coverage of celebrities supported and reinforced African Americans and their quest for civil rights. It is particularly accessible because it builds on some history we already know—about Joe Louis and Jesse Owens—but brings in many other relatively unknown athletes and entertainers, all offered with thought-provoking insights.”—David R. Davies, professor of mass communication and journalism at the University of Southern MississippiTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. Untangling Discourses of Representation in Black Press Celebrity Reporting 2. Early Crossover Black Celebrities and the Onus of Collective Representation 3. Black Celebrities Uplift the Race 4. The Mythologizing of Black Celebrities 5. The Marginalization of Black Female Celebrities as Race Representatives 6. National Heroes, Foreign Villains, and Unhyphenated Americans 7. Journalistic Commemoration and the Construction of a “Felt” Past 8. The Politics of Black Press Celebrity Journalism Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis analysis of the causes of racial and ethnic conflict in American cities between 1877-1914 presents evidence that suggests that the explanation for ethnic unrest is to be found in competition processes.Trade Review"Susan Olzak promises a great deal in this book and delivers even more. She makes strong hypothetical claims derived from rich theoretical arguments, develops elegant empirical tests of them, and quite cautiously fashions conclusions out of the pattern of results. The book provides a remarkably coherent model for studying ethnic conflict. . . . With this superb monograph Susan Olzak establishes a niche for herself among the best scholars of ethnic conflict and collective action."—American Journal of Sociology

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Book SynopsisThis book shows how, though Suzhou entered the Ming defeated and suspect, interactions between the imperial state and local elites gave rise to a network of markets, centered on Suzhou, that fostered high-quality local specialization.Trade Review"...in contributing to the growing body of local history in the study of premodern China, Marmé has made an important and valuable contribution....this is significant book that deserves attention." -- Journal of Asian Studies"There is something for everybody in this provocative and challenging book... Marmé's Ming-focused Suzhou presents a history of contingency and paradox. In so doing, it brings into view a previously obscured and woefully misunderstood century and a half of urban change." -- China Review International"...anyone seriously interested in the history of late imperial China or the comparative global analysis of urban civilization will welcome this nuanced, wide-ranging study." -- ChoiceTable of ContentsTable of Contents for Suzhou Acknowledgments Conventions Introduction 1. Heaven in a Very Small Space: Suzhou and Its Hinterland in the Ming 2. "A Great Deal of Extravagance and a Modicum of Frugality": Suzhou to 1367 3. A Conquered Province: Suzhou under Hongwu 4. Co-option and Near Collapse--Suzhou, 1398-1430 5. Reform, 1430-1484: Suzhou from Zhou Chen to Wang Shu 6. "Like Another Place": Economy and Society in Fifteenth-Century Suzhou 7. "Those Occupying Places above the Common People": Suzhou's elite and the Rise of Wu School Culture 8. "Neglecting the Roots, Pursuing the Branches": Suzhou, 1506-1550 Epilogue: "Actually Full of Want and Distress"? Suzhou from the Wokou Crisis to the Fall of the Ming Conclusion Appendix A: Population Appendix B: Examination Graduates Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Glossary Index

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