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Book SynopsisBy tracing cross-cultural influences and global cultural trends, this title includes essays that bring Asian American studies, in all its interdisciplinary richness, to bear on a broad spectrum of cultural artifacts. It is suitable for understanding Asian American popular culture and also contemporary US culture writ large.Trade ReviewA veritable feast of the field's most scrumptious offerings, East Main Street satisfies with some of the best minds in Asian American studies at this table. -- Gary Y. Okihiro,author of Common Ground: Reimagining American HistorySure to spark the imagination of both seasoned fans of Asian American popular culture and the as yet uninitiated. From cyberspace and animé to The Simpsons and Secret Asian Man, this book intrigues and provokes with every chapter. The sheer number of savvy cultural critics assembled ensures that readers will find something of interest, no matter where one begins exploring the popular culture of Asian America. -- Kent Ono,University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignThis volume explores historical and contemporary Asian American popular culture in the context of three broad themes: globalization and local identities, cultural legacy and memories, and ethnicity and identification. Among topics covered are transnational Vietnamese music, Asian fusion cuisine, race on the Internet, kung fu movies, hip hop, and the & iconography of Tiger Woods. * Sage Race Relations Abstracts *East Main Street creates its own relevance by touching on an abundance of cultural mediums and themes. Scholars of film, literature, the Internet, music, and history can all find essays in which to sink their teeth. * Western American Literature *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Robert G. LeeIntroduction Shilpa Dave, LeiLani Nishime, and Tasha G. OrenPart I: Globalization and Local IdentitiesTrance-FormationsSunaina MairaMaking Transnational Vietnamese MusicKieu Linh Caroline ValverdePlanet BollywoodJigna DesaiModel Minorities Can CookAnita Mannur"pappy's house"Vicente M. DiazPart II: Cultural Legacy and Memories"Within Each Crack/A Story"Victor Bascara"A Woman Is Nothing"Christine SoBetween Yellowphilia and YellowphobiaHye Seung ChungWhose Paradise? Morris YoungMiss Cherry Blossom Meets Mainstream America Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'RiainHow to Rehabilitate a MulattoHiram PerezPart III: Ethnicity and Identi?cationBruce Lee in the Ghetto ConnectionAmy Abugo Ongiri"Alllooksame"? Lisa NakamuraGuilty PleasuresLeiLani NishimeCibo Matto's Stereotype AJane C. H. ParkApu's Brown VoiceShilpa DaveSecret Asian ManTasha G. OrenAbout the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisReveals the varied and powerful lives led by black women in nineteenth century New YorkTrade Review"A valuable, insightful study that will change minds about how black women are viewed in nineteenth-century urban society. [Dabel] is the first to analyze fully the neglected fact that New York City's black population was predominately female for much of its history." -- Graham Russell Gao Hodges,Colgate University"What is new is that Dabel ascribes to a body of unnamed black women in New York City the role of creating a public face through public actionsthe role of & reforming women" * The Journal of American History *"Dabel offers tantalizing glimpses into the often-hidden world created by women on their own behalf as they confronted the myriad challenges facing them." * Canada and the United States *"Not only filled with interesting stories of how African American women kept their community strong, but also stories about the strength of the bonds they formed with each other." * Feminist Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 "I Resided in Said City Ever Since" Women and the Neighborhoods 2 "We Were Not as Particular in the Old Days about Getting Married as They Are Now" Women, the Family, and Household Composition 3 "I Washed for My Living" Black Women's Occupations4 "Idle Pleasures and Frivolous Amusements" African American Women and Leisure Time 5 "They Turned Me Out of My House" African American Women and Racialized Violence 6 "We Should Cultivate Those Powers" Activism of African American Women Conclusion NotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisOffers a broad portrait of Latino/a life in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first centuryTrade Review"The authors of these essays explore the theme of Latino/a identity by presenting popular media images of Latino/as and by examining the issues of representation that these images raise...instructive and useful." * Choice *"A valuable and highly informative discussion of the theoretical questions that underlie the production of popular culture in the twenty-first century." * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionPart I The Shape of the Latino Group: Who Are We and What Are We Talking about Anyway? Part II Conquest and Immigration: How We Got (Get) Here Part III Nativism, Racism, and Our Social Construction as a "Problem" Group: How Once We Were Here, We Were Racialized by the Dominant Culture Part IV Racial Construction and Demonization in Mass Culture: Media Treatment and StereotypesPart V Counterstories: We Begin to Talk Back and "Name Our Own Reality" Part VI Rebellious Lawyering and Resistance Strategies: We Fight Back Part VII Revisionist Law: Does the Legal System Work for Us? Part VIII Assimilation: Maybe Our Best Strategy Is Just to Duck? Part IX Splits and Tensions within the Civil Rights Community Part X Sex, Gender, and Class: Sure I'm a Latino, but I'm Still Different from You - How about It? Part XI English-Only, Bilingualism, Interpreters: You Mean I Can't Speak Spanish? Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTheir very existence was a repudiation of the basic tenets of slavery.Trade Review"Sylviane A. Diouf has made an enormous contribution to our understanding of enslaved people's lives with her study of the maroons in the American South. Slavery's Exilesdispels the myth that maroon communities only existed in places such as the Caribbean and Brazil, firmly placing the maroons of mainland North America within larger discussions of slave resistance." * The North Carolina Historical Review *"In a book that is easily accessible yet rigorously researched, analyzed, and argued, Diouf has made a compelling case that scholars of slavery and of early American history must consider the presence of maroons in the U.S. with a sense of renewed urgency. As she so eloquently and brilliantly shows, maroons exhibited a form of self-determined, autonomy-seeking resistance to slavery that complicates our understanding of fugitivity and freedom as they are generally bound up in a North/South, free/unfree binaristic imaginary." * Journal of the Early Republic *"Diouf has scoured archives across the United States, examining accounts of fugitives throughout the Slave South to uncover the hidden history of American maroons, and produced a highly readable, original study that deserves a broad scholarly and popular audience." * Journal of the Civil War Era *"The book is clear and easy to read . . . Diouf's book is important because for the first time it really foregrounds marronage in North America . . . Diouf extends the range by demonstrating the ubiquity of marronage in virtually every southern state. It should be required reading for any scholar of North American slavery." * Journal of American Studies *"In writing that is deeply informative, with vivid anecdotes when available, including horrors of punishment enacted when maroons were captured, this book is recommended to those wishing to pursue the study of American slavery beyond more general texts." * Library Journal *"She tells the story of a few large communities, most notably that of the Great Dismal Swamp, and briefly examines the marronage subgroups of bandits and insurrectionists, but the triumph here is the author's portrait of the day-to-day precariousness of maroon lives, the courage and resourcefulness required for survival, and the terrible price they paid for trying to recover their freedom. A neglected chapter of the American slave experience brought sensitively and vividly to life." * Kirkus *"[T]he stories are riveting. Readers will become familiar with colorful characters like Captain Cudjoe of Jamaica or the man nicknamed 'Forest' for his skill at hiding, and they will learn surprising facts about maroons participation in trade and defense, along with horrific details of punishments . . . . [I]ts a notable document for its treatment of the subject." * Publishers Weekly *"This extensively and thoroughly researched study brings to light a little-known aspect of slavery in the United States . . . a fascinating read. Diouf has done a brilliant job of illuminating a complicated, multifaceted, important, yet little-known piece of black American history." -- Annette Madden * The Baobab Tree *"With impressive research and vivid prose, Diouf directs our attention to maroons within the United States. From the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia to the frontier regions of Louisiana, she shows, fugitive slaves managed to survive without fleeing to the North. An important addition to our understanding of slave society and black resistance." -- Eric Foner,author of The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery"Diouf persuasively captures the quiet heroism of North American maroons. Less dramatic and long-lived than many of the maroon communities in Suriname, Jamaica, or Brazil, those in the southern United States were nonetheless ever present. Diouf demonstrates how much freedom mattered to the enslaved and how, within the limited possibilities open to them, those that set off into the inhospitable swamps and forests managed to forge a new life beyond the authority of whitefolks." -- Richard Price,author of Maroon Societies"In contrast to the study of slavery elsewhere, six decades of research in the United States has systematically bypassed the issue of marronage. Sylviane Dioufs exhaustive research has not only brought the subject to center stage, it offers a framework for recasting the study of runaway slaves throughout the Americas. This is one of those rare books that is at once of scholarly significance and will engage a wide readership." -- David Eltis,Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History, Emory University"Like other books that Sylviane A. Diouf has written, this one examines a fascinating, though neglected topic in African Diaspora history . . . Diouf advances the discourse by using a landscape perspective to offer an alternative to the grand/petit marronage dichotomy . . . Her attention to borderland (adjacent to plantations) and hinterland (remote from plantations or cities) conditions and logistics reflects an appreciation of the wider context framing relations between enslaved and free people, which stands in contrast to the dated view of plantations as islands with impermeable boundaries . . . Diouf has produces a well-written and balanced account... She backs her arguments with evidence, illuminates trends, and accounts for contradictions." * American Historical Review *"This is a very important book that opens a window into an understudied aspect of American slavery. It deserves a wide readership." * American Nineteenth Century History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 The Development of Marronage in the South 2 African Maroons 3 Borderland Maroons 4 Daily Life at the Borderlands 5 Hinterland Maroons 6 The Maroons of Bas du Fleuve, Louisiana: From the Borderlands to the Hinterland 7 The Maroons of Belleisle and Bear Creek 8 The Great Dismal Swamp 9 The Maroon Bandits 10 Maroons, Conspiracies, and Uprisings 11 Out of the Wilds Conclusion Notes Select BibliographyIndex About the Author

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Book SynopsisIn 1821, New York's political leaders met for over two months to rewrite the state's constitution. The fresh document secured the right to vote for the mass of white men while denying all but the wealthiest African-American men access to the polls. This title introduces students and scholars to this watershed event in American political life.Trade Review"Gellman and Quigley provide a unique perspective. While invaluable for scholars of slavery and NYC, most importantly, students will find an invaluable window onto democracy's history in the US." * Choice *"With so many document collections aimed at teaching scholars and students about slavery and race relations in the nineteenth-century South, it is refreshing and enlightening to read a collection that reminds us of the northern side of the story." -- Michael Vorenberg,author of Final Freedom"A superb combination of documents, commentary, and narrative history. Gellman and Quigley explore the complex world of race and citizenship in New York State where the long history of conflict, accommodation, reversal, and progress foreshadowed the national debate on racial equality. Jim Crow New York is equally valuable for a scholar's reference and for the classroom." -- Lois E. Horton,coauthor of In Hope of Liberty and Hard Road to Freedom"It would require a tremendous amount of time and expense to collect all the primary source material the authors have assembled and reprinted in this book. This in and of itself makes it a valuable resource for researchers." * New York History *"The documents (the editors) have assembled give us many voices, both white and black. Among whites there are pioneers, men of very good will and demagogues worthy of Jim Crow Mississippi. The black voices they present are not the predictable Frederick Douglass and, perhaps, Henry Highland Garnet. Without asserting the point, they demonstrate that many black people were trying to speak for themselves." * Slavery and Abolition *

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Book Synopsis"Jim Crow New York" provides readers with both scholarly analysis and access to a series of extraordinary documents, including extensive excerpts from the resonant speeches made at New York's 1821 constitutional convention and additional documents which recover a diversity of voices.Trade Review"Gellman and Quigley provide a unique perspective. While invaluable for scholars of slavery and NYC, most importantly, students will find an invaluable window onto democracy's history in the US." * Choice *"With so many document collections aimed at teaching scholars and students about slavery and race relations in the nineteenth-century South, it is refreshing and enlightening to read a collection that reminds us of the northern side of the story." -- Michael Vorenberg,author of Final Freedom"A superb combination of documents, commentary, and narrative history. Gellman and Quigley explore the complex world of race and citizenship in New York State where the long history of conflict, accommodation, reversal, and progress foreshadowed the national debate on racial equality. Jim Crow New York is equally valuable for a scholar's reference and for the classroom." -- Lois E. Horton,coauthor of In Hope of Liberty and Hard Road to Freedom"It would require a tremendous amount of time and expense to collect all the primary source material the authors have assembled and reprinted in this book. This in and of itself makes it a valuable resource for researchers." * New York History *"The documents (the editors) have assembled give us many voices, both white and black. Among whites there are pioneers, men of very good will and demagogues worthy of Jim Crow Mississippi. The black voices they present are not the predictable Frederick Douglass and, perhaps, Henry Highland Garnet. Without asserting the point, they demonstrate that many black people were trying to speak for themselves." * Slavery and Abolition *

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Book SynopsisPresents a research on the history and experiences of people of African descent outside of the African continent. By incorporating Europe and North Africa as well as North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean, this reader shifts the discourse on the African diaspora away from its focus solely on the Americas.Trade Review"This sparkling mosaic of thought from the African Diaspora redraws the boundaries of relevant scholarship to the benefit of a wide array of students and scholars. A greatly needed volume." -- Sterling Stuckey,Presidential Chair and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, University of California at Riverside"Makes a fine introduction to recent scholarship on the African Diaspora, from the slave trade and the geographic dispersal of African people, to the modern conceptualization of the Diaspora as an imagined homeland." * International Journal of African Historical Studies *"Thus this book will be fruitful for ongoing debates on Diaspora and transnationalism and is indispensable for anyone interested in African Diaspora studies." * Journal of African History *"These 13 well-written scholarly essays are an eclectic compilation covering disparate topics, places, and time periods relating to the African Diaspora. . . . Recommended." * Choice *"Many of the essays included in this volume are excellent, and all of them raise issues of interest." * African Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction Diasporic AfricaMichael A. GomezPart I Transformations of the Cultural and Technological during Slavery1 In an Ocean of BlueFrederick Knight2 BatuqueJoao Jose Reis3 The Evolution of Ritual in the African DiasporaJames H. SweetPart II Memory and Instantiations of the Divine 4 Bitter Herbs and a Lock of HairJermaine O. Archer5 Embracing the Religious ProfessionDiane Batts Morrow6 Finding the Past, Making the FutureFran Markowitz7 Spatial Responses of the African Diaspora in JamaicaElizabeth Pigou-DennisPart III Recon?guring the Political/Contesting the Conceptual 8 Blacks and Slavery in MoroccoChouki El Hamel9 Race and the Making of the NationTyler Stovall10 "[She] devoted twenty minutes condemning all other forms ofgovernment but the Soviet"Erik S. McDu?e11 "Boundaries of Law and Disorder"Rose C. Thevenin12 Writing the Diaspora in Black International Literature "With Wider Hope in Some More Benign Fluid ..."Wendy W.Walters13 Displacing DiasporaAsale Angel-AjaniAbout the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisMardi Gras, jazz, voodoo, gumbo, Bourbon Street, the French Quarter - all evoke that place that is unlike any other: New Orleans. This work explains how New Orleans became a tourist town, a spectacular locale known as much for its excesses as for its quirky Southern charm.Trade Review"In this remarkable book, Kevin Fox Gotham combines careful historical research, vivid ethnographic observation and sophisticated theoretical insight to produce an indispensable account of New Orleans tourist economy, from its earliest origins to the eve of Hurricane Katrina. A major achievement." -- Richard Douglas Lloyd,author of Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Postindustrial City"“Gotham succeeds most clearly in offering a fresh interpretation of the 1884 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition and in capturing the complexity of New Orleanians’ attitudes about “authenticity” at different moments in the city’s history. He also offers a compelling analysis enlivened with colorful details, especially for the mid- to late nineteenth century and the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His work deserves historians’ attention for emphatically rejecting one-dimensional, theory-driven analyses that fail to capture the diversity of human agency." * The Journal of Southern History *"A testament to the ways our social and legal system failed these women beginning in their childhoods and ended up causing them to fail their own children by being responsible for their deaths." * PsycCRITIQUES *"Gotham traces a fascinating yet critical history of racial exclusion, corporate tourism, and urban branding that students of all cities should read." -- Sharon Zukin,author of The Cultures of Cities"Gotham shows how over time power relations, conflict, and 'tourism practices' have constructed and reshaped the authentic and explains the ways that reisdents through the years have defined authenticity. In doing so, he succeeds in demonstrating that racial inequalities, up which the Katrina disaster focused the nation's attention, helped toshape the images of New Orleans that promoters of the city projected to the rest of the nation and the world." -- John Gruesser,African American Review"Authentic New Orleans is a convincing and productive work, which will be fruitful for further research on gentrification within urban studies." -- Thomas Doerfler,University of Bayreuth"Authentic New Orleans provides a unique interpretation of the city, one that goes beyond its material elements (and devastation) and moves into the rich cultural roots of this special American landmark. I recommend it not only to students of cities, but to all those with a passion for and interest in American culture." -- Anthony Orum,author of City-Building in America"A seminal social and economic history of tourism and travel promotion in New Orleans, covering nearly two centuries from the early 1800s to the present. Authentic New Orleans should instantly become a standard case history in the sociology of tourism." -- John Hannigan,author of Fantasy City: Pleasure and Profit in the Postmodern Metropolis"Gothams bold critique of the heritage industry in New Orleans as exemplified by its famous French Quarter, Mardi Gras parades, and Creole cuisine exposes a city steeped in the ugly legacy of racial segregation and class exclusion. In rich narrative prose Gotham persuasively explains how commercial development and tourism's overarching footprint may have devastated the heart of the city even before Katrina washed it all away. This is an important book." -- David Grazian,author of Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs"Most of us probably do not think of sociologists as historians, but Kevin Fox Gotham, associate professor of sociology at Tulane University, shows us what is to be gained by bringing those two disciplines and their diverse methods of analyses together in productive counterpoint. Gotham’s use of a post-hurricane Katrina frame for considering tourism and New Orleans provides an accessible lead-in for most readers, but the historical depth of his study enables him to offer significant theoretical contributions to our ways of thinking about the relationships among “race,” tourism, and place, over time" * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Tracking the Tear 1 Moments More Concentrated than Hours: Grief and the Textures of Time 2 Evocations: The Romance of Indian Lament 3 Securing Time: Maternal Melancholia and Sentimental Domesticity 4 Slavery's Ruins and the Countermonumental Impulse 5 Representative Mournfulness: Nation and Race in the Time of Lincoln Coda: Everyday Grief Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExplains how New Orleans became a tourist town, a locale known as much for its excesses as for its quirky Southern charm. This title examines various image-building campaigns and promotional strategies to disseminate a palatable image of New Orleans on a national scale.Trade Review"In this remarkable book, Kevin Fox Gotham combines careful historical research, vivid ethnographic observation and sophisticated theoretical insight to produce an indispensable account of New Orleans tourist economy, from its earliest origins to the eve of Hurricane Katrina. A major achievement." -- Richard Douglas Lloyd,author of Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Postindustrial City"“Gotham succeeds most clearly in offering a fresh interpretation of the 1884 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition and in capturing the complexity of New Orleanians’ attitudes about “authenticity” at different moments in the city’s history. He also offers a compelling analysis enlivened with colorful details, especially for the mid- to late nineteenth century and the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His work deserves historians’ attention for emphatically rejecting one-dimensional, theory-driven analyses that fail to capture the diversity of human agency." * The Journal of Southern History *"A testament to the ways our social and legal system failed these women beginning in their childhoods and ended up causing them to fail their own children by being responsible for their deaths." * PsycCRITIQUES *"Gotham traces a fascinating yet critical history of racial exclusion, corporate tourism, and urban branding that students of all cities should read." -- Sharon Zukin,author of The Cultures of Cities"Gotham shows how over time power relations, conflict, and 'tourism practices' have constructed and reshaped the authentic and explains the ways that reisdents through the years have defined authenticity. In doing so, he succeeds in demonstrating that racial inequalities, up which the Katrina disaster focused the nation's attention, helped toshape the images of New Orleans that promoters of the city projected to the rest of the nation and the world." -- John Gruesser,African American Review"Authentic New Orleans is a convincing and productive work, which will be fruitful for further research on gentrification within urban studies." -- Thomas Doerfler,University of Bayreuth"Authentic New Orleans provides a unique interpretation of the city, one that goes beyond its material elements (and devastation) and moves into the rich cultural roots of this special American landmark. I recommend it not only to students of cities, but to all those with a passion for and interest in American culture." -- Anthony Orum,author of City-Building in America"A seminal social and economic history of tourism and travel promotion in New Orleans, covering nearly two centuries from the early 1800s to the present. Authentic New Orleans should instantly become a standard case history in the sociology of tourism." -- John Hannigan,author of Fantasy City: Pleasure and Profit in the Postmodern Metropolis"Gothams bold critique of the heritage industry in New Orleans as exemplified by its famous French Quarter, Mardi Gras parades, and Creole cuisine exposes a city steeped in the ugly legacy of racial segregation and class exclusion. In rich narrative prose Gotham persuasively explains how commercial development and tourism's overarching footprint may have devastated the heart of the city even before Katrina washed it all away. This is an important book." -- David Grazian,author of Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs"Most of us probably do not think of sociologists as historians, but Kevin Fox Gotham, associate professor of sociology at Tulane University, shows us what is to be gained by bringing those two disciplines and their diverse methods of analyses together in productive counterpoint. Gotham’s use of a post-hurricane Katrina frame for considering tourism and New Orleans provides an accessible lead-in for most readers, but the historical depth of his study enables him to offer significant theoretical contributions to our ways of thinking about the relationships among “race,” tourism, and place, over time" * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Tracking the Tear 1 Moments More Concentrated than Hours: Grief and the Textures of Time 2 Evocations: The Romance of Indian Lament 3 Securing Time: Maternal Melancholia and Sentimental Domesticity 4 Slavery's Ruins and the Countermonumental Impulse 5 Representative Mournfulness: Nation and Race in the Time of Lincoln Coda: Everyday Grief Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExplores Filipino American religious institutions as essential locations for empowermentTrade Review";In this academic page turner Gonzalez blends rich ethnographic descriptions with theoretical sophistication. Filipino American Faith in Action is THE book on the importance of religion for the Filipino migrant community. Gonzalez breaks new ground in the emerging field of religion and immigration with his use of diverse theoretical tools and compelling narratives. A must read." -- Lois Ann Lorentzen,author of The Gendered New World Order: Militarism, the Environment and Development"Breaks new ground in Asian American Studies and more broadly in migration studies by illustrating the transnational and intergenerational civic engagement of migrants through religion. . . . An eminently important study that expands our knowledge of Filipino migrant settlement in the United States." -- Rhacel Salazar Parrenas,author of The Force of Domesticity: Filipina Migrants and Globalization"The & missionized and & diasporized Christians of the global South are here in our midst . . . transforming the social, religious, and political landscape in places they are finding receptive soils, and . . . challenging us to think and act in new ways. Gonzalezs work speaks of this reality not in abstraction, but through the breathing stories of Filipino diaspora Christian communities in San Francisco, California. Finally, a book that I have been waiting for has arrived." -- Eleazar S. Fernandez,Professor of Constructive Theology, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, Minnesota

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Book SynopsisOffers a sustained and in-depth analysis of the political thought and activism of black women radicals during the Cold War periodTrade ReviewDayo Gore’s groundbreaking study details the “collective political biography” of largely understudied Black communist-oriented women (4). Contributing to the fields of Black Studies, Women’s Studies, and History, Gore sheds light on the ways in which these women organized and created tightly knit networks. Utilizing a range of rare sources such as archival papers, FBI files, government documents, oral histories, and interviews, Gore explores the intellectual and political contributions of several women including Claudia Jones, Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, Beulah Richardson, and Vicki Garvin. Identifying these women as “protofeminists,” she recognizes the way in which they set the precedent and groundwork for organizing around issues of gender and sexual politics -- National Political Science ReviewRadicalism at the Crossroadsis an important study that will be extremely useful and challenging to historians of race, gender, social movements, and leftist activism in the United States during the Cold War. * Journal of African American History *Radicalism at the Crossroads is necessary reading for all interested in black history and women's history, and is an invaluable contribution to the growing library of black leftist scholarship. -- Carole Boyce Davies * Journal of American History *What really shines throughand what constitutes the major scholarly contributionis Gore's excavation of crucial foundations of the more familiar civil rights stories. -- Theresa Kaminski * H-Net Reviews *[A] unique contribution to American history. * Rhetoric & Public Affairs *Dayo Gore is a relatively young historian but her brilliant scholarship has already changed how we define the American Left and how we view the face of American radical politics. Her newest book is a powerful addition to her paradigm‒shifting body of work. It is a must‒read for students and scholars of Black and progressive politics, and will provide a vital history lesson for contemporary activists. -- Barbara Ransby,author of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic VisionWith meticulous research, shimmering prose, and laser-like analysis, Dayo F. Gore has added a wholly new and original chapter to the corpus of Black Studies, Womens Studies and the history of the U.S. Left. -- Gerald Horne,author of Race Women: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du BoisWith this rich book, Dayo Gore rewrites the history of black radicalism, feminism, and the American left. She shows us how a network of African American women organized for black womens rights in the 1940s and 1950s and brought their perduring political vision of race, gender, and class to social justice movements of the Cold War era. -- Joanne Meyerowitz,Yale UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 Forging a Community of Radical Intellectuals and Activists 2 In Defense of Black Womanhood 3 Reframing Civil Rights Activism during the Cold War 4 Race and Gender at Work 5 From Freedom to Freedomways ConclusionCentering Black Women on the Left Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an on the ground understanding of contemporary Black and mayoral politics.Trade Review"While centered on Booker's political life (his 1998 election to the Newark Municipal Council, when he defeated incumbent George Branch; his defeat in his 2002 run against Mayor Sharpe James, who held the office for 20 years (1986-2006); his successful campaign in 2006; his re-election in 2010), Gillespie fleshes out her account through reviews of relevant contemporary political theory and scores of interviews with largely political figures whose opinions about Booker are quite varied. The illustrations of campaign posters enliven and enrich the text." * Publishers Weekly *"The underlying study on which Andra Gillespie hangs this portrait of Booker is the phenomenon she labels the 'entrepreneurial black politician' who attempts to move out the old guardthe black officeholders who forged victories based on the fruits of the civil rights movement." * Newark Star Ledger *"The New Black Politicianwill be of interest to all who ponder [Cory] Booker's political future in New Jersey." -- Kathleen Daley * Star-Ledger Entertainment Desk *"Gillespie has performed the difficult task of objectively evaluating her personal acquaintances in a way that adds to the understanding of urban politics in general." * CHOICE *"[] Gillespie provides a noteworthy contribution to the scholarship of deracialization among Black politicians. Her work is certain to spark much debate about the dilemmas and implications of Black candidates running against each other in minority-majority jurisdictionsall while attempting to maintain true to the interests of the communities they serve." * National Political Science Review *"Anybody with an acute interest in the future of black politics in postracial" America should absolutely read this book." -- Nick Peruffo * The Trentorian *"Interesting, thoughtful, and broad in its revelation of the post-racial black politician." -- Andrea Simpson,author of The Tie That Binds"The New Black Politician is a telling and insightful analysis of the rise of Newark's city mayor Cory Booker, arguably one of the nation's most interesting and visible city mayors. Andra Gillespie goes deep into the inner working of that city's politics. She derives political meaning from what to causal observers looks like urban pandemonium. This remarkable book will have a significant impact on the study of black politics and, more broadly, on urban politics." -- Wilbur C. Rich,author of David Dinkins and New York City Politics: Race, Images, and the Media"A careful, detailed and penetrating case-study of one of the leading African American politicians of the post-civil rights era, this groundbreaking work will allow political science students to compare and contrast both his electoral strategies with his administrative strategies in trying to revitalize this moribund urban area. The nature and scope of this unparalleled scholarly work is bold, imaginative, and timely." -- Hanes Walton, Jr.,co-author of The African American Electorate"In The New Black Politician, Gillespie confirms her place as a leading scholar of racial politics. Using a lengthy period of close observation, Gillespie provides anastute account of Mayor Cory Booker's experiencein juggling the cross-pressures at work in Newark, New Jersey.Newark proves in Gillespie's able hands to be an illuminating case of tensions between generations, between classes, and, above all, between high aspirations and adifficult reality." -- Clarence N. Stone,author of Regime Politics: Governing Atlanta, 1946-1988Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: The Clash of Two Black Americas? Black Political Entrepreneurship, Twenty-First-Century Style: The theory of Elite Displacement ? Prelude: The Rise of Cory Booker ? Losing: The 2002 Mayoral Election ? Winning: h e 2006 Election Part II: It's Not Easy Being Elite: Governing Challenges in Post-Racial Black America? Policy Is Politics ? Perception Is Reality: Judging Cory Booker ? The Politics of Perception: Cory Booker in Local and State Affairs ? 2010: Electoral Politics Revisited ? Uncle Julius's Cabin: Black Political Entrepreneurs and the Future of Black Politics Epilogue Appendix A: Methodological Notes Appendix B: List of Interviewees Notes Index 305About the Author

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Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1995, El Vez, the Mexican Elvis, along with, The Lovely Elvettes and the Memphis Mariachis, served as master of ceremony for the show, Diva LA: A Salute to LA's Latinas in the Tanda Style. The author argues that performances like Diva LA play a vital role in shaping and understanding contemporary transnational social dynamics.Trade Review"Offers insight into the dynamics of race, class, gender and sexuality." * Hispanic LInk Weekly Report *"Loca Motion is a work of intelligent exuberance. Michelle Habell-Pallán has the eyes, ears, and heart to read popular performance, culture, and music as the new archives of Chicana and Latina transnational and translocal histories." -- Lisa Lowe,UC San Diego"Forget about Ricky Martin and Shakira, here come El Vez and Marga Gomez. Habell-Pallán has produced a highly original study of Chicano/Latino popular culture and of its local, national and international dimensions by taking us into the world of alternative and experimental Chicano/Latino art." -- Arlene Davila,author of Barrio DreamsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1 From the Shadows of the Spanish Fantasy Heritage to a Transnational Imaginary 2 "No Cultural Icon": Marisela Norte and Spoken Word-East L.A. Noir and the U.S./Mexico Border 3 The Politics of Representation: Queerness and the Transnational Family in Luis Alfaro's Performance 4 Translated/Translating Woman: Comedienne/Solo Performer Marga Gomez, "Sending All Those Puerto Ricans Back to Mexico," and the Politics of a Sexualized Location 5 "'Soy Punkera, Y Que?": Sexuality, Translocality, and Punk in Los Angeles and Beyond 6 Bridge over Troubled Borders: The Transnational Appeal of Chicano Popular Music Epilogue: "Call Us Americans, 'Cause We Are All from the Americas": Latinos at Home in Canada NotesBibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExplores the globalization of African American television and the way in which foreign markets, programming strategies, and viewer preferences have influenced portrayals of African Americans on the small screen.Trade ReviewA detailed, well-researched examination of the ways black television culturally circulates and the ways industry lore continues to police how blackness is defined televisually in international spaces * International Journal of Communications *Global Black Television is a major achievement that makes important contributions to theanalysis of race, identity, global media, nation, and television production cultures. Discussions of race and television are too often constricted within national boundaries, yet this fantastic bookoffers a strong, compelling, and utterly refreshing corrective. Read it, assign it, use it. -- Jonathan Gray,author of Television EntertainmentA useful resource for people in broadcast media, intercultural communication, intergroup relations, media studies, and critical cultural studies. -- W. Alvarez * Choice *Timothy Havens meticulously well-researched and thoughtful study Black Television Travelsprovides an expansive perspective on the movement of African American programming and the media industrys conventional wisdom that affects the feasibility of its journey. []Black Television Travelsoffers a detailed and insightful view of the routes and roots of televisual representations of Blackness on the transnational media landscape and a model for the rigorous examination of the ways in which industrial conventional wisdom continues to define and confine how culturally specific televisual stories can be told and sold. * Cinema Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: African American Television Trade 1. Roots and the Perils of African American Television Drama in a Global World 2. Integrated Eighties Situation Comedies and the Struggle against Apartheid 3. The Cosby Show, Family Themes, and the Ascent of White Situation Comedies Abroad in the Late 1980s 4. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Channel Fragmentation, and the Recognition of Difference 5. The Worldwide Circulation of Contemporary African American Television 6. Black Television from Elsewhere: The Globalization of Non-U.S. Black Television Conclusion: Transnational Televisual Aesthetics and Global Discourses of Race Notes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisBlends biography, social history, and critical race theory to illuminate the fascinating life of Lawrence Dennis, a complex and enigmatic manTrade Review"I am almost certainly not alone in expressing surprise that Lawrence Dennis, the principal American intellectual fascist, was an African American who 'passed' for white. In the process of explaining Dennis's rise and how his secret minority status shaped his political extremism, Gerald Horne has researched and written a compelling and significant history of American fascism." -- Kenneth Janken,author of White: The Biography of Walter White, Mr. NAACP"With his characteristic verve, Horne has written an excellent book about the fascinating and mysterious Lawrence Dennis. This pairing of the leftist black intellectual Horne and the racially-closeted fascist Dennis makes for an exciting exploration of obscure terrain that warrants more notice. Horne has performed an important service by revealing so vividly Dennis's strange but instructive career." -- Randall Kennedy,Harvard Law School"Shedding light on both passing and the formation of a proposed fascism with a human face, this book will prove useful for scholars of race and class in the US as well as scholars of fascist doctrine and theory." * Choice *"This is, then, a serious and important book written by a very talented historian." * American Historical Review *"As in his previous works, Horne proves adept at detailing the saga of a politically minded individual confronted with race-based constraints. He is admirably evenhanded in addressing a character with political views diametrically opposed to his own. Horne rightfully portrays Dennis as ‘heartless, pitiless, and desensitized [in his] approach to life and politics, but he also convincingly argues that the author of The Coming American Fascism (1936) developed such a personality due to discrimination as a youth and fear of radical exposure as an adult." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: More Than Passing Strange 1 Passing Fancy?2 Passing Through 3 Fascism 4 The Face-of Fascism 5 Fascism and Betrayal 6 Approaching Disaster 7 Framing a Guilty Man? 8 Fascism on Trial 9 A Trial on Trial 10 After the Fall11 An Isolationist Isolated? 12 Passing On Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisReveals the experiences of black sailors and their contribution to the struggle for labour and civil rights, the history of the Communist Party and its black members, and the significant dimensions of Jamaican labour and political radicalism.Trade ReviewIn our own age of global commerce and U.S. hyperpower, what could be more instructive than the story of Ferdinand Smith, the Caribbean Communist who led a genuinely international, multicultural union in the years that birthed the American century? Gerald Horne's remarkable biography should be required reading for those who want to glimpse the potential power of that seafaring proletariat, in the last century as well as ours. -- Nelson Lichtenstein,author of State of the Union: A Century of American LaborThe political connections of Harlem and the British West Indies have been crucial for at least a century, but until recent times almost invisible except to those intimately involved…. We are now, at long last, beginning to get a better grasp, and Gerald Horne’s Red Seas is a huge contribution to our understanding. -- Paul Buhle * Monthly Review *Red Seas is biographical history at its best. It provides a glimpse into the life of one of the most powerful Black labor leaders in U.S. history, describes the trials and tribulations, the successes and failures, of building an independent, Communist-led union, and gives the reader a general feeling for the times. Horne has done all trade-unionist and working-class people a service with Red Seas. It is highly recommended. * Political Affairs *Horne's latest work is a forceful tract that all scholars writing about radical maritime politics, unionism, and race must take into account. Horne thus sets the standard for future scholars in this area. * Working USA *This book opens a window on Popular Front activities that might otherwise be forgotten... The book is an important study of the labor movement in the 20th century, and the National Maritime Union in particular, a mighty voice for the seamen during its years of greatest strength. * The Journal of African American History *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Sailing from Jamaica 1 Sailing the Red Seas 2 Perilous Waters 3 The Black Ocean 4 Few Safe Harbors 5 Wind in Their Sails 6 Storm Signals7 Storm, at Sea 8 Walking the Plank 9 Black Labor at Sea 10 Dropping Anchor in Jamaica11 On the Beach12 The Final Voyage of Ferdinand Smith Epilogue Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin AmericaTrade Review"It offers general readers a snapshot perspective on the history and life of New World blacks and legacies of slavery, plantation economics, and poverty" * Library Journal *"Black in Latin America would be an interesting companion to any guidebook for the Caribbean and Latin America, as it reveals not just a hidden history but also an evolving sense of identity." * Associated Press *"Gates expands his focus on the black experience in Latin America...While Gates tour reveals a burgeoning brown (mixed-race) pride, it also reveals lingering valuation of lighter skin" * Booklist *"An entertaining alternative to the chronologically framed textbook, [Gates's] approach has its advantages." -- Micol Seigel * Journal of American History *"An entertaining alternative to the chronologically framed textbook...in a folksy vernacular [the book] recounts a great range of historical events and actors, offering a wonderful level of detail without overly challenging the novice audience." -- Micol Seigel * The Journal of American History *"An amazing travelogue that swiftly transports the reader from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries through the racial histories of Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., brilliantly describes the formation of these New World societies as they evolved from colonialism and slavery into complex national communities with rich and vibrant Creole cultures. This is an essential book that helps us understand the similarities and differences between post-slavery societies in the Americas today." -- Frank Moya Pons, author of History of the Caribbean: Plantations, Trade, and War in the Atlantic World"Gates doesn't linger in the past. Through music, cuisine, art, dance, politics, religion and language, he finds living links to Africa...would be an interesting companion to any guidebook for the Caribbean and Latin America." -- Jennifer Kay, Associated Press"Black in Latin America is a lively and intelligent introduction to the complex history and reality of race in Latin America. Readers accompany Gates as he travels across the region interviewing scholars, activists, cultural figures, and ordinary people who share their insights and experiencesoften surprising, at times painfulof how creolization, discrimination, and anti-racism have evolved historically and are lived in the present" -- Ada Ferrer, author of Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898"A fascinating and engaging journey through past and present, this book offers us a rich portrait of the complexities of race as it is lived in contemporary Latin America. Gates is the perfect guide, sharing his insights, emotions and surprises with eloquence and candor." -- Laurent Dubois, Duke University, and author of Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution"Henry Louis Gates, Jr., leads us on a country-by-country tour exploring the recesses of blackness in well-known and lesser-known regions of Latin America, surprising us at every turn with his findings. Through the pages of the book, we embark upon a process of historical discovery, learning as Gates does from his informants and sources. Accessible, witty, insightful, and informative, both for its regional coverage and its comparative analysis, this book will be welcomed by scholars and laypersons alike." -- Ben Vinson III, Johns Hopkins University"In approaching this vast topic, Gates displays disarming modesty and enthusiasm; his tone is that of a letter from a perceptive friend who can't wait to share what he's learned." * The New Yorker *"Black in Latin America provides a different in-depth survey of the African migration to the New World." * The Midwest Book Review *Table of Contents1 Brazil: "May Exu Give Me the Power of Speech"2 Mexico: "h e Black Grandma in the Closet"3 Peru: "h e Blood of the Incas, the Blood of the Mandingas"4 h e Dominican Republic: "Black behind the Ears"5 Haiti: "From My Ashes I Rise; God Is My Cause and My Sword"6 Cuba: h e Next Cuban Revolution

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Book SynopsisInterviews with African American women in prison.Trade Review"Johnson provides a historical look at African American women in the U.S. criminal justice system from the colonial period to the present." * Law's Social Inquiry *"Johnson gives these women visibility and voice as they relate their lives, their crimes, and their efforts to remain connected to families and communities . . . powerful." * Booklist *"Inner Lives soars when the women are allowed to speak for themselves." * Book *"Johnsons Inner Lives provides both a serious intervention in the literature on prisons and a venue through which incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Black women can speak for themselves. It challenges readers to take action." * Black Renaissance *"Johnson illuminates how the race and gender of African American women affect how they are treated in the American criminal justice system." * The Womens Review of Books *Table of ContentsForeword by Joyce A. Logan Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Analysis of African American Women's Experiences in the U.S. Criminal Justice System 1I Profiles and Narratives of African American Women in the U.S. Criminal Justice System A Currently Incarcerated Women Don Alda Cynthia Mamie Elizabeth Rae Ann Donna Martha Marilyn B Formerly Incarcerated Women Bettie Gibson Joyce Ann Brown Betty Tyson Karen Michelle Blakney Ida P. McCray Millicent Pierce Joyce A. Logan Donna Hubbard Spearman C Criminal Justice Officials and Support Networks Judge Juanita Bing Newton Assistant Warden Gerald Clay Grace House Administrators: Rochelle Bowles, Mary Dolan, Annie Gonzalez, and Kathy Nolan Sandra Barnhill, Director, Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers (AIM)Rhodessa Jones, Director, Medea Theater Project Professor Brenda V. Smith A Family Story: Renay, Judy, Debbie, and Kito III Conclusions and Recommendations Afterword by Angela J. Davis Appendix A: Self-Study Course on African American Women's History Appendix B: Resource Directory Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisJohn Brown Russwurm (1799-1851) played a pioneering role as an educator, abolitionist, editor, government official, emigrationist and colonizationist. He is the first African American graduate of Maine's Bowdoin College, and co-founder of "Freedom's Journal". This title presents an account of Russwurm's life.Trade Review"The discerning light that James focuses on Russwurm is a significant contribution to the literature of the antislavery movement" -- H. Shapiro * Choice Magazine *"In this clearly written and widely researched biography Winston James has brought back from unwarranted historical obscurity the life and work of the Pan-Africanist, John Brown Russwurm, a pioneer in the struggle for freedom and equality in the US and Africa in the first half of the nineteenth century." -- Richard Blackett,author of Building an Antislavery Wall: Black Americans in the Atlantic Abolitionist Movement, 1830-1860"This is the most authoritative scholarly introduction so far to the life of John Russwurm, that enigmatic founder of black nationalism, and the most accessible sampling of his works. Professor James has performed a service to the profession." -- Wilson J. Moses,author of The Golden Age of Black Nationalism, 1850-1925"Winston James sensitive, probing, and absorbing portrait of John Brown Russwurm restores this pivotal but little-known activist to the prominent status he deserves. Editor, educator, abolitionist, colonizationist, Pan-African polemicistRusswurm assumed all of these roles in a life that stretched from the Caribbean to Canada and America to Africa. James' insightful book shows how he moved from place to place, and cause to cause, with seeming ease. The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm will delight and please both scholars and students of the Black Atlantic for some time to come." -- Richard S. Newman,author of Freedoms Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding FathersTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments A Note on Quotations Part I Prologue 1 From Boy to Man 2 Freedom's Journal: Pleading Our Own Cause 3 Quitting America and Its Cost 4 "We Have Found a Haven": In the Land of His Fathers 5 Governor Russwurm: The Cape Palmas Years Epilogue: Russwurm in His Rightful Place Part II Editorial Note 1 Early Writings 2 Writings from Freedom's Journal Part A. Uplift, Abolitionism, and Opposition to Colonization To Our Patrons Part B. Our Views Are Materially Altered: Looking toward Liberia 3 Writings from Liberia Part A. First Impressions: Two Early Letters from Liberia Part B. Writings from the Liberia Herald Part C. Letters Home from Afar to a Brother Part D. Governor Russwurm: Departing from the Old and Beaten Paths Part E. Sometimes We Despond a Little: Some Candid and Private Thoughts on the Liberian Project Part F. Home from Home: A Visit to Maine and After Part G. "None in Your Employ Eat the Bread of Idleness in Africa": A Governor's Dispatches Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExplores how the history of US citizenship has positioned Asian Americans and African Americans in interlocking socio-political relationships since the mid nineteenth century.Trade ReviewOriginal and compelling. . . . Simultaneously sophisticated and accessible, Race for Citizenship fills a critical lacuna in& race relations studies. -- Elaine Kim,University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part1 1 The Press for Inclusion 15 Nineteenth-Century Black Citizenship and the Anti-Chinese Movement 2 "When and Where I Enter ..." 33 Orientalism in Anna Julia Cooper's Narratives of Modern Black Womanhood Part2 3 Blackness, Manhood, and the Aftermath of 51Internment in John Okada's No-No Boy (1957) 4 Becoming Korean American 75 Blackface and Gendered Racialization in Ronyoung Kim's Clay Walls (1987) Part3 5 Black Surplus in the Pacific Century 99 Ownership and Dispossession in the Hood Film 6 Asian Americans in the Age of Neoliberalism 123 Human Capital and Bad Choices in a.k.a. Don Bonus (1995) and Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An insightful overview and synthesis of an important aspect of black women's history . . . A useful guide for exploring gender issues and black women's culture in myriad cities across the country." -- Darlene Clark Hine,Michigan State UniversityTable of ContentsAfrican American club women's ideologies and discourses -- African American communities in Chicago -- The women's clubs and political reform -- Homes fo dependent children, young working girls, and the elderly -- African American settlements -- Literaryclubs -- Social clubs.

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Book SynopsisHighlights the long history of African American-Asian American relationsTrade ReviewLee's close reading of the Plessy case speaks to her book's methodological interventions. It shows the importance of literary studies in not just historical analyses of texts that have been read heretofore as concerning only blacks and whites but also Afro-Asian critique....Quite simply, the reading practice developed in Lee's book is original and insightful, and it brings to light figures and forms in late-nineteenth century and early twentieth century literatures that have often been rendered as insignificant nonpresence unrelated to other racialized figures. -- Caroline H. Yang * Journal of Asian American Studies *Interracial Encounters is a striking and original study of the triangulation of race among whites, African Americans, and Asian Americans during the turn of the twentieth century. By examining discourses surrounding national identity, the railroad, and orientalism (among others), this book includes new material on the historical development of race and traces the relationship, mutual influence, coalition, and tension between members of the African and Asian diasporas. It shows through painstaking juxtaposition of historical context and literary analysis how both African American and Asian American writers are profoundly conscious of the other racial minority and how they negotiate nuanced political positions that go beyond the black and white binary. The book provides deep insights not only into the texts studied but also into the interracial dynamics during this period. In charting hitherto unexplored ways of talking about race, it fills a significant gap in American studies and paves the way for further interethnic research. -- King-Kok Cheung,University of California, Los AngelesLee's study is an invaluable addition to minority literature studies in large part because of her decision to have texts from two distinct traditions enter into conversation with one another. Her approach not only opens up these individual texts in new and exciting ways, but it also enriches and expands the understanding of race that is at their centers in ways that go beyond the traditional borders of a black and white binary. * Journal of American Culture *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 The "Negro Problem" and the "Yellow Peril": Early Twentieth-Century America's Views on Blacks and Asians 3 Estrangement on a Train: Race and Narratives of American Identity in The Marrow of Tradition and America through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat 4 The Eaton Sisters Go to Jamaica 5 Quicksand and the Racial Aesthetics of Chinoiserie6 Nation, Narration, and the Afro-Asian Encounter in W. E. B. Du Bois's Dark Princess and Younghill Kang's East Goes West 7 Coda Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisAn expansive introduction to the development of African American religion and theology. From the time of slavery up to modern day, the text addresses a broad diversity of African American religion and traces their transition to various forms of Christianity.Trade Review"It serves as a smorgasbord of the study of black spirituality." * Black Issues Book Review *"This colection brings together two generations of scholarship on many important topics in African-American religious history. . . . A useful and judiciously chosen compilation that should serve well in the classroom." * Religious Studies Review *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A rich, comprehensive study." * Philadelphia New Observer *"Drawing on the testimony of former members of the unit, Moore recounts its formation, training and service in the European theater of operations in 1945-46, highlighting the discrimination women faced because of their race and gender. . . . An important contribution to African American and gender studies ." * Publishers Weekly *"Moore has made an incredible discovery. This book will be a major contribution to military studies, African American studies, and women's studies." * Booklist *"This work fills the void that has been created by scholars of military institutions. It represents an original analysis of the experience of women of African descent who served their country in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Her robust analysis of their feelings, motivations and experience within the military provides the reader with a moving tale of accomplishments of black women during a critical point in the history of the country. Professor Moore's separation of race and gender effects in the book is excellent, and brings out the fact that women of African descent must be seen in their own historical light if one is to understand their unique history. This book makes a significant contribution to military sociology, gender studies, American studies, and race and ethnic relations." -- John Sibley Butler,The University of Texas at Austin, author of Entrepreneurship and Self-Help Among Black Americans: A Reconsideration of Race and Economics"A fascinating account of black women in the armed forces in World War II. We are indebted to Brenda Moore for recording this story while these women are still with us. Moore gives powerful new insights for African American studies, gender studies, and military history." -- Charles Moskos,Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University

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Book SynopsisBlack literary production during the 19th century was dominated by the issues of slavery, racial subjugation, abolitionist politics and liberation. This book examines how those authors bore witness to the experiences they described.Trade ReviewIn this ambitious and thought-provoking study, Dwight A. McBride places representative black-authored texts spanning the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries "in conversation with canonical Romantic authors and their tropes" to answer the fundamental intellectual question the work poses, "What does it mean for a slave to bear witness to, or tell the 'truth' about slavery?’ * The Journal of American History *A necessary and compelling work which will expand and sharpen abolitionist scholarship. -- Toni MorrisonDwight McBride's Impossible Witnesses is the most sophisticated treatment I have read of the slaves bearing witness to the truth of their condition. He teases out complexity and depth heretofore overlooked. Don't miss this important text. -- Cornel WestThe globalization of culture makes increasingly apparent that the slave trade and its resulting exfoliation of cultural forms, both in the Americas and in Europe, were constitutive elements for the postcolonial and diasporic literatures of later days. In this respect and others, Impossible Witnesses describes a fascinating interplay between the Anglo-American history of slavery, British Romanticism, and African American literature, and constitutes an important addition to recent scholarship on the black Atlantic. -- Eric J. Sundquist,Dean of Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, Northwestern UniversityHis rich volume takes up the complex and strategic discourses that circulated around the truth of slave testimony....actively engaging. * American Literature *

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Book Synopsis2010 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the American Sociological Association; Race, Gender, and Class Section2008 Finalist, The Society for the Study of Social Problems C. Wright Mills AwardDraws a vivid picture of the race and gender inequalities that harm young African American women in poor urban communities Much has been written about the challenges that face urban African American young men, but less is said about the harsh realities for African American young women in disadvantaged communities. Sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and even gang rape are not uncommon experiences. In Getting Played, sociologist Jody Miller presents a compelling picture of this dire social problem and explores how inextricably, and tragically, linked violence is to their daily lives in poor urban neighborhoods.Drawing from richly textured interviews with adolescent girls and boys, Miller brings a keenTrade ReviewThe result of Millers information lode is a sometimes uplifting book. It is possible for government and private-sector programs to alleviate the violence against females, Miller believes—but not if those in charge lack the will and refuse to allocate the resources. * St. Louis Post Dispatch *It offers an in-depth examination of how class, race, gender, and educational inequalities place young African American girls in positions of powerlessness as they navigate an urban terrain that glorifies patriarchy and machismo. Getting Played is an eye-opening, emotional roller coaster that will capture your attention and heart from the first page. * The Journal of African American History *Millers analysis is spot-on and sensitive, illuminating the oft overseen effects and workings of privilege. * Feminist Review *Millers analysis is spot-on and sensitive, illuminating the oft overseen effects and workings of privilege . . . she does a great job at showing how large societal forces have very real, individual, and private consequences. * Feminist Review *Getting Played shows powerfully how gender, class, and race inequality expose girls in disadvantaged urban communities to violent and sexual victimization, both in neighborhoods and in schools. Miller expertly analyzes how extreme social and economic disadvantage combine with pervasive normative codes to create a context in which girls face high risks of victimization at the hands of boys and men. Getting Played is masterful. -- Karen Heimer,co-editor of Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and OffendingBy giving us a better understanding of how the neighborhoods and the peer culture of poor African American youth increase the risk of gendered victimization, Getting Played challenges both academics and policymakers to face the role of structured discrimination in the perpetuation of violence toward women. -- Candace Kruttschnitt,co-author of Marking Time in the Golden State: Women's Imprisonment in CaliforniaIn Getting Played, sociologist Jody Miller presents a compelling picture of this dire social problem and explains how inextricably and tragically, linked violence is to their daily lives in poor urban neighborhoods. * Harlem Book Fair *In Getting Played, sociologist Jody Miller presents a compelling picture of this dire social problem and explores how inextricably, and tragically, linked violence is to their daily lives in poor urban neighborhoods. -- QBR * The Black Book Review *Miller gives us a detailed examination of the violence experienced by Black inner city girls whose victimization is based on multiple dimensions of their lives: because they are Black, because they live in extremely disadvantaged neighborhoods, and because they are women. Millers careful, rich, detailed field work documents and analyzes the complex realities of these young womens lives that set the context for the struggles they routinely contend with. The voices of these young people have been ignored for too long. Getting Played has given them an opportunity to be heard that is long overdue. -- Robert Crutchfield,University of WashingtonMiller grabs readers attention with the stark reality of the widespread occurrence of violent victimization among the girls she studies. -- From the Foreword by Ruth D. Peterson,Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Ohio State UniversityThis is a significant and timely book. Miller has taken on a vitally important, but understudied, topicviolence against young Black girls in economically depressed urban settings. -- Dana M. Britton,author of At Work in the Iron Cage: The Prison as Gendered OrganizationTable of ContentsForeword by Ruth D. PetersonPreface Acknowledgments 1 Perspectives on Gender and Urban Violence 2 Gender 'n the 'Hood: Neighborhood Violence against Women and Girls 3 Playin' Too Much: Sexual Harassment in School4 Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself: Sexual Coercion and Violence 5 The Playa' and the Cool Pose: Gender and Relationship Violence 6 Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix: Study Participants Notes References IndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisBoricua Pop is the first book solely devoted to Puerto Rican visibility, cultural impact, and identity formation in the U.S. and at home. Frances Negrón-Muntaner explores everything from the beloved American musical West Side Story to the phenomenon of singer/actress/ fashion designer Jennifer Lopez, from the faux historical chronicle Seva to the creation of Puerto Rican Barbie, from novelist Rosario Ferré to performer Holly Woodlawn, and from painter provocateur Andy Warhol to the seemingly overnight success story of Ricky Martin. Negrón-Muntaner traces some of the many possible itineraries of exchange between American and Puerto Rican cultures, including the commodification of Puerto Rican cultural practices such as voguing, graffiti, and the Latinization of pop music. Drawing from literature, film, painting, and popular culture, and including both the normative and the odd, the canonized authors and the misfits, the island and its diaspora, Boricua Pop is a fascinatingTrade ReviewProvocative and broad-ranging . . . This eclectic, always interesting work will be certain to elicit discussion among faculty and students of ethnic studies, US popular culture, and Puerto Rican and Latino studies. * Choice *A brilliant intervention in the culture and politics of Latinos in the United States. Important, timely, and innovative, Boricua Pop is a stellar addition to a body of work that grows in importance over time. Negron-Muntaner's book is eagerly anticipated. -- Jose Quiroga,author of Tropics of DesireFrances Negron-Muntaner is a challenging and provocative scholar whose multi-focal positionings turn the Puerto Rican process of colonization and migration into a fascinating transcultural hologram. Boricua Pop is a foundational text in American, Latino/a, Queer, Performance, and Cultural Studies. -- Alberto Sandoval-Sanchez,Mount Holyoke CollegeImportant, timely, and innovative, Boricua Pop is a stellar addition to a body of work that grows in importance over time. Negron-Muntaner's book is eagerly anticipated. -- Jose Quiroga,author of Tropics of DesireA perspicacious new book and one of the most intellectually exciting works of recent years, Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the latinization of American Culture gives new meaning to the idea of the pleasure of the text * QBR *Mixing the down and dirty with high culture to come up with good look at the transculture effects of it all. * San Juan Star *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Part I Founding Spectacles1 Weighing In Theory: Puerto Ricans and American Culture2 1898: The Trauma of Literature, the Shame of Identity 3 Feeling Pretty: West Side Story and U.S. Puerto Rican Identity Part II Boricuasin the Middle4 From Puerto Rico with Trash: Holly Woodlawn's A Low Life in High Heels5 The Writing on the Wall: The Life and Passion of Jean-Michel Basquiat 6 Flagging Madonna: Performing a Puerto Rican-American Erotics Part III Boricua Anatomies7 Rosario's Tongue: Rosario Ferre and the Commodi?cation of Island Literature 8 Barbie's Hair: Selling Out Puerto Rican Identity in the Global Market 9 Jennifer's Butt: Valorizing the Puerto Rican Racialized Female Body 10 Ricky's Hips: The Queerness of Puerto Rican "White" Culture Postscript: Words from the Grave Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisAn engaging and provocative analysis of the complex ways in which black masculinity has been read and misread through contemporary American popular cultureTrade ReviewLeroymines the contradiction between epistemologies and realness of self-making in relation to black men in popular culture. Neal has crafted an accessible text that creatively renders our understanding of black men as alien, offering complex connections between spatiality, cosmopolitanism, sound, and desire.-,r -- Jared Richardson * The Black Scholar *Looking for Leroyis a fascinating study of Black masculinity. -- Abdul Ali * The Crisis Magazine *Mark Anthony Neal is one of our most consistently interesting and inspiring critics of contemporary black popular culture and music, to whichLooking for Leroyis brilliant testament. It showcases Neals masterful ability to take iconic figures of black masculinity, from Avery Brookss neo-cool Hawk to Shawn Carters neo-queer Jay-Z, and show them to us in an entirely new light. This is an incredibly powerful little book, and readers will never look at R. Kelly or Luther Vandrossthe same way again.- -- John L. Jackson, Jr.,author of Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political CorrectnessMark Anthony Neal takes us on a fantastic journey searching for the meaning of black masculinity in the USA. As we join him inLooking for Leroy, we find queer and feminist answers to questions about legibility and illegibility, visibility and invisibility, violation and vulnerability. No one writes with more passion, power and speculative brilliance about black masculinity than Neal and no one but Neal would manage to produce a theory of black masculinity capable of explaining the smoothness of Luther Vandross, the cosmopolitan genius of Jay-Z, the enigma of Leroy fromFame, and the sheer brute force of Snoop fromThe Wire. Genius.- -- Jack Halberstam,author of Female Masculinity (1998) and Gaga Feminism (2012)Whiteness and White privilege, Jay Z's entrance into the Pace Gallery recalls a scene nearly 30 years earlier, when three young Black men, clad in black leather jackets and black brims walked into another art space and were told, 'You guys don't belong here.' Just as Run DMC was breaking down commercial barriersMTV then as resistant to Black bodies as any high-end art galleryJean-Michael Basquiat was breaking down barriers in the art world. Although Picasso is the signifier that brings every one togetherand to our worst fears about Picasso and appropriating, dare I say colonizing, spaceit is Basquiat who clearly haunts this space. -- Mark Anthony Neal * Art Papers *This is an important new book for gay and straight alike. * Windy City Times *Looking for Leroychallenges readers to view black masculinity outside the scope in which it is imagined...Neal achieves his goal of radically rescripting accepted notions of a heteronormative black masculinity. * American Studies *Looking for Leroyis very much an act of self-exploration; the men examined offer different variations of the type of black man Neal sees himself to be.This introspection adds to rather than detracts from an intriguing and thought-provoking addition to the growing research on black masculinity in the post-segregationist eraone that blurs the line and closes the gap between heteronormative scholarship and queer studies. * Cinema Journal *Looking for Leroycontinues Mark Anthony Neals work of offering a nuanced, critical understanding of African American culture, in particular the ways African American culture constructs masculinity * Journal of American Studies of Turkey *Neal's critique of black masculinity in the U.S. confronts the enormous pressure placed on black males by society's assumptions. Through a pop-culture lens, he shows how the perpetuation of racial stereotypes continues to neutralize the potential of black men and boys. * Ms. Magazine *Table of ContentsPreface: Waiting for Leroy ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 11 A Foot Deep in the Culture: The Thug Knowledge(s) of A Man Called Hawk 132 "My Passport Says Shawn": Toward a Hip-Hop Cosmopolitanism 353 The Block Is Hot: Legibility and Loci in The Wire 874 R. Kelly's Closet: Shame, Desire, and the Confessions of a (Postmodern) Soul Man 1175 Fear of a Queer Soul Man: The Legacy of Luther Vandross 143Postscript: Looking for Denzel, Finding Barack 169Notes 181Index 197About the Author 207

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Book SynopsisExplicates the influence of race on black Americans' trust perceptionsTrade ReviewShayla Nunnally has written a groundbreaking study of the development of trust among Black Americans. Trust in Black America is empirically sound and theoretically sophisticated. It is a foundational study that should be read by anyone interested in race and racial politics in the United States. -- Marion Orr,co-editor of Power in the CityThis book arrives at a propitious moment. Recent partisan polarization and its racial inflections raise important empirical and normative questions about political trust and its relationship to race. With this in mind, Shayla Nunnally's Trust in Black Americaattempts to develop an account of trust that combines structuralism and methodological individualism, and in the process, she hopes to redefine our understanding of the American racial order and revise our thinking about trust. -- Michael Javen Fortner * Political Science Quarterly *This is an innovative and highly intellectual book best suited for graduate students, scholars, and those generally interested in the connections among race, politics, and psychology. -- A.R.S. Lorenz * CHOICE *Trust in Black America fills a long-overdue gap in the race and politics literature. As a concept, political trust has been around a long time, but it's seldom applied to race. But as the title suggests, Nunnally also explores the broader contours of trust, including its social and contextual variants, with stunning results. Given its focus upon trust writ large, something I'd never seen in political science--until now, Trust in Black America is a must read for anyone who cares about American politics. -- Christopher S. Parker,author of Fighting for DemocracyGiven the dramatic racial and ethnic changes in American political life in the last generation, Nunnallys work substantially expands our understanding of the varied ways in which people learn and experience politics.Trust in Black America complicates Political Sciences definition of trust with an exploration of African Americans internalization and externalization of race.This is a perfectly reasonable conceptualization except that Nunnally is the first to have done so. Her subtle and detailed framework of racial reasoning, moves the discussion of race beyond Black and White, into the layered views African Americans hold toward Latinos and Asians in the increasingly complex American population.This volume is a work of lasting significance. -- Dianne Pinderhughes,author of Black Politics after the Civil Rights RevolutionTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Part I: Understanding Race and Trust 1 Introduction: Race, Risk, and Discrimination 2 Explaining Blacks' (Dis)trust: A Th eory of Discriminative Racial-Psychological ProcessingPart II: Racial Internalization 3 Being Black in America: Racial Socialization 4 Trust No One: Navigating Race and Racism 5 Trusting Bodies, Racing Trust Part III: Racial Externalization 6 Th e Societal Context 7 Th e Political Context 8 Conclusion: In Whom Do Black Americans Trust? Appendix A: NPSS Descriptive Statistics of Survey Sample Appendix B: Survey Sample and U.S. Census Quota Matching Notes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the much overlooked experience of first and second generation West African immigrants and refugees in the United States during the last forty years.Trade ReviewHalter and Johnson build complex imagery of the transnational immigrant experience of West Africans since the 1960s. * Choice *African & American gives a valuable and much-needed voice to the African immigrant experience in America. Focusing on the divide between what it means to be an African and an American, Halter and Johnson reveal the historical complexity around these terms and how newcomers grapple with this reality in the contemporary world. * Zain Abdullah, author of Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem *Africans are among both the first Americans, brought here in slavery long before the nation was created, and the most recent Americans, arriving in appreciable numbers in the last few decades. Halter and Johnson bring together these threads of history, offering a rich and unique contribution to the literature on immigration and race relations. A terrific book. * Mary C. Waters, author of Black Identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities *This book contributes to a growing field of books on African immigrants to the United States This book is relevant for study and courses in diaspora, Africana, and African American history and studies. * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsContents Preface: Griots from Different Shores ix Introduction: The Newest African Americans? 1 1. West Africa and West Africans: Imagined Communities in Africa and the Diaspora 35 2. Occupational Detour: New Paths to Making a Living 75 3. Capturing a Niche: The West African Enclave Economy 115 4. Transnational Ties/Translocal Connections: Traversing Nations, Cities, and Cultures 141 5. More Than Black: Resistance and Rapprochement 179 6. Young, Gifted, and West African: Transnational Migrants Growing Up in America 211 Conclusion: Further into the Twenty-First Century 255 Notes 259 Bibliography 295 Index 323 About the Authors 335

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Book SynopsisAfrican immigration to North America has been increasing. This title focuses on new understandings and insights concerning the presence and relevance of African immigrant religious communities in the US. It describes key social and historical aspects of African immigrant religion in the US and builds a conceptual framework for theory and analysis.Trade ReviewAn excellent collection of essays. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *African Immigrant Religions in America is a significant contribution, laying the foundation for what promises to be a rich field of study. -- Peter Pham,James Madison UniversityA masterful study of the role African immigrants play in shaping religion in the United States and Canada. This significant publication should be required reading for all those interested in understanding the links between ethnicity, transnationalism, and religion. -- Tite Tienou,Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IllinoisA much needed scholarly study of firstgeneration African immigrants who have come voluntarily to America for the first time. In their search for better opportunities they have brought with them a wide diversity of religious and moral traditions as their legacy to the cultural life of this nation. This book will be a necessary resource for all who study contemporary religions in America. -- Peter J. Paris * Princeton Theological Seminary *This book challenges scholars to go beyond traditional explanations of migration from Africa . * Journal of American Academy of Religion *African Immigrant Religions in America . . . is a very important book, which has wide implications for sociology of immigration, race, ethnicity, gender, and international studies, in addition to religion. They compile an impressive and diverse array of experts on African immigrant religious communities. * Sociology of Religion *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Jacob K. Olupona and Regina GemignaniI. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives1. Communities of Believers: Exploring African Immigrant Religion in the United States Jacob K. Olupona2. African Immigrant Churches in the United States and the Study of Black Church History David D. Daniels3. The Andrew SyndromeOgbu M.KaluII. Reverse Mission4. Non-Western Christianity in the Western WorldAkintunde Akinade5. Portable FaithElias BongmbaIII. Gender, Ethnicity, and Identity6. Gender, Identity, and Power in African Immigrant Evangelical Churches Regina Gemignani7. Gender and Change in an African Immigrant ChurchDeidre Helen Crumbley and Gloria Malake Cline-Smythe8. West African Muslims in AmericaLinda Beck9. African Religious Beliefs and Practices in DiasporaWorku NidaIV. Civic Engagement and Political Incorporation10. Transnationalism, Religion, and the African Diaspora in CanadaWisdom J. Tettey11. Singing the Lord's Song in a Foreign LandMoses Biney12. African Immigrant Churches and the New Christian Right Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome13. African Muslims in the United States14. Conclusion Jacob K. Olupona and Regina GemignaniContributors Index

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Book SynopsisA sobering evaluation of a landmark caseTrade ReviewProminent legal scholar Michael Olivas provides...informed and insightful commentary on the complex nature of immigration, education, and the collision of these two highly charged issues. * The Review of Higher Education *Olivas makes a technical legal argument with an appeal to both compassion and common sense. * Zocalo Public Square *No Undocumented Child Left Behind is without doubt a valuable book. The book makes an important stride... a well-written, crisp narrative about a past Supreme Court case that remains in effect in the present. -- Luis F.B. Plascencia * Latino Studies *Highly readable, relevant, and well documented. -- Nancy Almand * Social Sciences *University of Houston law professor Michael A. Oliva's brief book on the 1982 Supreme Court case decision, Plyer v. Doe, which ruled a Texas provision that allowed school districts to charge tuition to undocumented schoolchildren was unconstitutional, is a fascinating legal analysis of the effect of the decision and how it has withstood legal challenges in the thirty years since the high court handed down the decision. -- Jon Reyhner * Southwestern Historical Quarterly *Provocative and wise, Michael Olivass important book challenges all of us to carefully consider how our nations core values are reflected both in the way we educate immigrant children and treat noncitizens in our midst. Authored by one of the nations foremost experts on immigrant education, this definitive study will be the starting point for any informed inquiry into contemporary debates on education and immigration.It will, as well, provide many an insight into the complicated politics that surround immigration policy in our federalist system. -- Victor C. Romero,author of Alienated: Immigrant Rights, the Constitution, and Equality in AmericaMichael Olivas is a passionate storyteller who knows the saga of Plyler v. Doe first-hand and skillfully recounts an important chapter in the history of immigration law and the Constitution -- Peter Schuck,co-editor of Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional NationHighly readable, relevant, and well documented. * Library Journal *Olivas presents an overview of the political, educational and legislative context of thePlyercase in a clear and concise manner, and starts each chapter with a short story or testimony to engage and connect with readers, while remaining rigorous, focused on the topic and well-documented. * Language Policy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Why Plyler Matters 2 The Story of Plyler v. Doe: The Education of Undocumented Children and the Polity 3 The Implementation of Plyler v. Doe 4 The Political Economy of the DREAM Act and the Legislative Process: Doe Goes to College 5 Conclusion: The Discourse and the Danger (or, Why Plyler Should Have Been Decided on Preemption Grounds) Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExamines the concept of community in the United States: how communities are experienced and understood, the complex relationship between human beings and their social and physical landscapes - and how the term community is sometimes conjured to feign a cohesiveness that may not actually exist.Trade Review"Mieka Polanco makes clearer the complexities of the past and the present through the articulation of various interest groups stances. She adeptly draws from anthropologys intellectual geneaology to reposition simplistic notions of history-making and uncovers the cartographies of one community in ways that eloquently raise questions about race, space, histories and the business of making historically designated communities." * Dana Davis, Queens College, City University of New York *"This book provides a fine historically informed ethnography of Union, Virginia, and it also gives readers indispensable conceptual tools to better understand 'communities' in a non-essentialist way, both in terms of ongoing processes, and as products of specific histories that have unfolded in contexts always structured racially and spatially." * Jean Muteba Rahier, Director of African & African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University *"Polanco delivers a powerful ethnography of community life among residents living in rural African American historic district in Central Virginia. . . . The text touches on many social aspects of community, and readers will feel as though they are part of the conversation as they read residents' narrative histories." * Choice *"There are so few current works on small black-identified communities that Polancos book is welcome reading for those of us who study such locales. The work is timely and should garner greater attention in anthropology." * American Anthropologist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Gating Union: The Politics of "Protecting" Community 3. Thick Histories: Producing Community through Historical Narratives4. "Not to Scale": Cartographic Productions of Community Conclusion: Unfolding Communities: Union Road as a "Uniter of People"?Notes Bibliography IndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisExamination of the complexity of the colonization movement, describing the difference between those who supported colonization for political and social reasons and those who supported it for religious and humanitarian reasonsTrade ReviewColonization and Its Discontents is an interesting and useful contribution to the ever-growing historiography of nineteenth-century American antislavery movements. -- Erica Armstrong Dunbar * Pennsylvania Magazine of History of Biography *An enlightening examination of the role of colonization in the state and national controversies over slavery, abolition, and civil rights in antebellum America. -- Nicholas Wood * Pennsylvania History *Beverly C. Tomek offers an interesting analysis of antislavery movements in Pennsylvania, starting with the development of the opposition to slavery among Friends then focusing more intensely on the Pennsylvania Colonization Society and its relationships with other antislavery organizations during the early nineteenth century. -- Jean R. Soderlund * Historian *In texturing this story, Tomek has made a thoughtful contribution to colonization scholarship. -- Joanne Pope Melish * Journal of Social History *The payoff of such organization is a series of richly detailed vignettes that illustrate the complexity of their thinking. And it is the complex and overlapping nature of these ideologies that Tomek adeptly utilizes to problematize standard narratives of antislavery thought. Tomek's argument that gradualists and colonizationists shared a commitment to gradual emancipation, working within the law, and social control over blacks is a significant contribution that challenges our understanding of what 'antislavery' should mean. Additionally, the recognition of the diversity within the colonization movement and reevaluation of its political, economic, and humanitarian wings are strengths of the book. This is a much-needed addition to the growing body of scholarship dedicated to the nineteenth-century colonization movement. -- Robert Murray * The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *Tomek's book constitutes an important contribution to the history of the nineteenth-century antislavery movement. -- Friederike Baer * American Historical Review *Colonization and Its Discontentsis a well-researched and welcome reexamination of a movement that defies easy definition. * Journal of American History *This is a much-needed addition to the growing body of scholarship dedicated to the nineteenth-century colonization movement. * The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsList of Abbreviations Prologue Introduction 1 "Many negroes in these parts may prove prejudissial several wayes to us and our posteraty"2 "A certain simple grandeur ... which awakens the benevolent heart"3 "Calculated to remove the evils, and increase the happiness of society"4 "We here mean literally what we say"5 "They will never become a people until they come out from amongst the white people"6 "A thorough abolitionist could not be such without being a colonizationist"7 "Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts, and work of our own hands"8 "Maybe the Devil has got to come out of these people before we will have peace"Epilogue Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisWhat happened to black youth in the post-civil rights generation? What kind of causes did they rally around and were they even rallying in the first place? This book looks at a variety of key civil rights groups across the country over the years to provide a view of black youth and social movement activism.Trade Review"Where others have bemoaned the absence of youth activism after the & 70s, Franklins impressive scholarship finds thoughtful, creative, and impactful Black youth activism into the 2000s. Both theoretical and practical in approach, this book will require the rethinking of several well-worn narratives about Black youth activism in the post-civil rights generations." -- Charles M. Payne,author of I've Got the Light of Freedom"After the Rebellion is an exceptional work. Franklins keen analysis is a welcomed antidote to the clichés and wish fulfillment that hinder conventional thinking about youth politics and so-called hip-hop activism." -- Cedric Johnson,author of Revolutionaries to Race Leaders: Black Power and the Making of African American Politics"[T]his book is useful to social movement scholars across disciplines as well as current activists in need of historical markers and anchors for their ongoing campaigns." * Labour *"This is an important book that examines the changing context of youth activism in the post-civil rights era. Sekou M. Franklin explores the dilemma youth activists since the 1960s have faced between pursuing transformative social movement activism versus engaging in mobilization focused on leveraging the institutional resources now available in the post-civil rights era. Anyone committed to understanding or promoting activism among youth of color needs to read this book." -- Cathy Cohen,author of Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics"With & black lives matter emerging as a national rallying cry, this book is a timely and compelling contribution to contemporary social movement theory and to histories of African American protest." * The Journal of American History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations of Organizations and Initiatives Introduction Part I 1 Movement Activism and the Post-Civil Rights Generation 2 The World beyond the Campus 3 From Civil Rights to Anti-Apartheid 4 The New Haven Youth MovementPart II 5 The Origins of the Black Student Leadership Network 6 Organizing for Change 7 The Collapse of the Black Student Leadership Network Part III 8 Reclaiming Our Youth: Policing and Protesting Juvenile Injustice 9 We Are Labor Too Conclusion Appendix A: Study Design and MethodologyAppendix B: Interview Methodology and Biographies of Interviewees Appendix C: Profiles of Principal Organizations and Networks Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2020 Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in New York historyHonorable Mention, 2019 CASA Literary Prize for Studies on Latinos in the United States, given by La Casa de las Américas The dramatic story of the origins of the Cuban community in nineteenth-century New York. More than one hundred years before the Cuban Revolution of 1959 sparked an exodus that created today's prominent Cuban American presence, Cubans were settling in New York City in what became largest community of Latin Americans in the nineteenth-century Northeast. This book brings this community to vivid life, tracing its formation and how it was shaped by both the sugar trade and the long struggle for independence from Spain. New York City's refineries bought vast quantities of raw sugar from Cuba, ultimately creating an important center of commerce for Cuban émigrés as the island tumbled into the tumultuous decades that would close out tTrade Review"En prosa clara y precisa, Lisandro Pérez cuenta la historia de los cubanos del siglo XIX en Nueva York con rigor y una dosis exacta de empatía hacia los protagonistas. Este libro académico, sin duda un aporte incalculable a la historiografía cubana, se lee, sin embargo, como si fuera una novela." * Uva de Aragón, El Nuevo Herald *"In this colorful and scrupulously researched history, Pérez . . . traces the 19th-century origins of Cuban New York. [His] engrossing work showcases a little-discussed facet of New York City's rich history." * Publishers Weekly *"Pérez vividly describes how the tightly knit Cuban émigré community reproduced the political cleavages and social mores of its homeland." * Foreign Affairs *"With a wealth of new data and illustrations, Pérez provides a fascinating narrative of Cuban migration to New York… Recommended for Latin Americanists and students of New York history." -- Choice"In the 18th century a sugar trade sprang up between New York and Cuba, and with it a Cuban community grew in Gotham. Its evolution down to the 1898 war with Spain has heretofore been only lightly sketched. Now Lisandro Pérezs splendid study offers a full blown portrait. His research drills down to bedrock, and his absorbing narrative, which focuses on individual actors as well as sweeping historical forces, is engagingly written." -- Mike Wallace, Pulitzer prize winning historian of New York City"A riveting history of exile and migration. More than a century before the rise of Miami, New York City was home to a vibrant transnational Cuban community. Its members lived in the city, using it to feed their business ventures, their intellectual and artistic pursuits, and their political visions, which were wide-ranging enough to include plots to annex the island to the United States and dreams of nationalist revolution. Lisandro Pérez provides a vivid glimpse into a relatively little-known Cuban and Latino New York in the nineteenth century." -- Ada Ferrer, author of Freedom's Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution"Few people are aware that during the nineteenth century, Cubans constituted the major immigrant Hispanic community in New York. Lisandro Pérez, through exhaustive and well documented research, brings into focus the outstanding political, economic and cultural significance of this presence in the history of the city as well as in Cuban history." -- Oscar Zanetti, Universidad de La Habana"A fascinating excursion into nineteenth-century New York . . . serves as a comprehensive guide to the social, cultural, and political lives of the transnational community of wealthy Cuban plantation owners and their immigrant compatriots . . .Great spiritedness animates the prose . . . a lively and multifaceted record of Cuban communities in New York City." * Foreword Reviews *"A thoroughly researched study on the early history of Cubans in New York… Sugar, Cigars, and Revolution makes an important contribution to Cuban diasporic history in New York and Pérez’s attention to detail and crafting of narrative is impressive." * New West Indian Guide *"In Sugar, Cigars, and Revolution, Lisandro Pérez has written an immensely enjoyable book . . . SCR is a captivating account, refreshingly free of polemic and academic jargon. Pérez expertly sets up scenes, weaves together the lives of characters, and introduces and analyzes texts, knowing exactly when and how to step back to summarize the broad sweep of events and politics . . . the book is brimming with insights and is eminently assignable. It would make an excellent gift for readers outside the academy who are interested in Cuban history or forgotten stories of old New York." * Cuban Studies *

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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening examination of African American women's experiences with intimate partner abuseTrade ReviewBattle Cries is the most comprehensive study of intimate partner abuse in heterosexual Black relationships. Battle Cries makes a significant contribution to the scholarship on domestic violence and our understanding, in particular, of African American women and their experience of and responses to abusive relationships. Her comparative approach to the topic and her class analysis also makes this the most compelling book to be published recently on the challenges facing Black women in the U.S. -- Beverly Guy-Sheftall,co-author of Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women’s Equality in African American CommunitiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Call 2 Black Feminist Criminology and the Power of Narrative: "I Just Wanted to Tell My Story" 3 Dynamic Resistance: "I'm a Strong Black Woman" 4 Surviving Childhood: "I Learned to Stand up for Myself " 5 Living Through It: "He Made Me Believe He Was Something He Wasn't" 6 Fighting Back: "You Want to Fight? We Gonna Fight!" 7 Getting Out: "We Have to Pray to God and Hope Everything Works Out" 8 Conclusion: The Response Appendix A: Research Methods and Demographics Appendix B: Pseudonyms and Demographic Information Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening examination of African American women's experiences with intimate partner abuseTrade Review"Battle Cries is the most comprehensive study of intimate partner abuse in heterosexual Black relationships. Battle Cries makes a significant contribution to the scholarship on domestic violence and our understanding, in particular, of African American women and their experience of and responses to abusive relationships. Her comparative approach to the topic and her class analysis also makes this the most compelling book to be published recently on the challenges facing Black women in the U.S." -- Beverly Guy-Sheftall,co-author of Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women’s Equality in African American CommunitiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Call 2 Black Feminist Criminology and the Power of Narrative: "I Just Wanted to Tell My Story" 3 Dynamic Resistance: "I'm a Strong Black Woman" 4 Surviving Childhood: "I Learned to Stand up for Myself " 5 Living Through It: "He Made Me Believe He Was Something He Wasn't" 6 Fighting Back: "You Want to Fight? We Gonna Fight!" 7 Getting Out: "We Have to Pray to God and Hope Everything Works Out" 8 Conclusion: The Response Appendix A: Research Methods and Demographics Appendix B: Pseudonyms and Demographic Information Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisCrime in most urban areas has been falling since 1991. This title presents a structural and theoretical analysis of the various factors that affect the crime decline, and offers insights into which trends have declined and why. It considers the indicators such as employment, labour market opportunities, skill levels, and housing.Trade Review"Essential." * Choice *"All of this can be summarized in the following three reasons that Parkers book is important: she begins with a question that deserves an answer, she demonstrates how that question is far more complex than most have thought, and she offers an answer that is theoretically rich." * Contemporary Sociology *"Her analysis is not only a thorough review of the debate on the link between violent crime and unemployment; it is an exploration into the complex intertwining between ethnicity, gender, population composition and political economy in violent crime . . . a hugely rewarding read." * British Journal of Criminology *"Parkers theoretical integration is so straightforward and intuitive that it makes one wonder why it took so long for sociologists to consider such an amalgamation. Sociologists interested in the urban economy should seriously consider the ways in which labor market changes stratify racial groups along dimensions of crime and violence. Meanwhile, criminologists would do well to heed Parkers call for a richer and more dynamic theoretical treatment of the economy in their models of changing crime rates." * American Journal of Sociology *"Parker's book is an important addition to our understanding of the crime drop of the 1990s. In fact, her research sheds new light on this important social trend, dispels myths that continue to surround it, and demonstrates how criminology theory has not been particularly relevant to our understanding of how and why it occured." -- Bruce D. Stout * Journal of American Ethnic History *"The absence of obfuscation is exemplary and this unpretentious text is student-friendly as well as useful for all postgraduate students, academics and policy-makers who wish to furnish themselves with a clear, empirically grounded and sophisticated picture of the 'crime drop'" -- Steve Hall * Urban Studies Journal *"The crime decline that began in the early 1990s and ran for more than a decade is the largest sustained drop in crime rates ever recorded in the United Statesand yet this remarkable event has gone largely unheralded. Parker illuminates this unexplored terrain by shining a light on the unevenness of the decline across key subgroups defined especially by race, gender and class. Her book is required reading for anyone interested in the make up of this fascinating piece of criminology history." -- Gary LaFree,author of Losing Legitimacy: Street Crime and the Decline of Social Institutions in America"There has been much speculation as to the source and meaning of the crime drop of the 1990s. Yet, relatively unexamined is whether crime rates declined uniformly across all groups and, if not why not? In this important book, Parker carefully examines homicide trends for different combinations of race and gender specific groups over three decades and convinces us that crime trends are far from uniform. What then accounts for the race and gender disparities in homicide trends? Parker offers more nuanced explanations by exploring how changes in the urban landscape over several decades have differentially affected blacks and whites and males and females. Parkers book is a significant achievement, merging sophisticated quantitative techniques and analysis with sociological insights about structural changes in our cities that also affect urban crime rates. She has raised important questions about the crime drop and at the same time has provided a number of new directions for future research. This is a provocative and stimulating book which should prompt criminologists to more carefully deconstruct crime patterns and trends by race and gender." -- Sally S. Simpson,author of Corporate Crime, Law, and Social Control

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Book SynopsisInvestigates how the politics of immigration, health care, and welfare are intertwinedTrade ReviewInformative and interesting...the book could not be timelier. -- Marylin Aguirre-Molina * Health Affairs *Recommended [for] all levels/libraries. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Environmental Privilege in the Rocky Mountains 1 The Logic of Aspen 2 The Ultimate Elite Retreat 3 Living in Someone Else's Paradise 4 Nativism and the Environmental Movement 5 Advocacy and Social Justice Workers Conclusion: Dreams of Privilege/Visions of Justice Notes on Research Methods Notes References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisOne of the few books to detail what African-American ministers who claim a calling say they experienceTrade Review"Pitts work provides a strong sociological analysis of the call to ministry that is engaging for scholars of religion, theologians, and sociologists." * Religious Studies Review *"His work provides us with the intellectual space to think about how people with other intersectional statuses, like being gay or lesbian, may navigate proscriptions against access to positions of authority within institutions that formally deny them access. This book is an excellent complement to Pitts previous work" * Social Forces *"I strongly recommend Divine Callings...it's a great read that pushes scholars of religion to be more rigorous...and a must read for anyone studying or just intellectually interested in religious experience, the religious work of clergy, or clergy identity." * Sociology of Religion *"A valuable book on religious identity enactment and legitimation processes that establish religious authority...highly recommended." -- G. Marti * CHOICE *"Divine Callingsoffers a comprehensive qualitative analysis of clergy in the Church of God in Christ that expands studies of clerical identity beyond the normative markers of ordination and formal education. This book, then, is necessary reading for scholars interested in social scientific approaches to religion in general and Christian clergy studies in particular." -- Margarita Simon Guillory * American Journal of Sociology *"A beautifully written and profoundly sensitive exploration of the meaning of ministry as labor and calling. It stands not only as a highly original empirical treatment of the Church of God in Christ, but as an important theoretical statement in the sociologies of religion and professions.Divine Callings will be read and discussed for many years to come." -- Omar McRoberts,University of Chicago"In an educational credentialing world, Richard Pitt takes us deep into an alternative reality—clergy by calling and anointing. A riveting read, this is serious social science that enlightens as it engages." -- Michael O. Emerson,author of Black and White in Christian AmericaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 The Church of God in Christ: Pentecostal History, Doctrine, and Polity 2 "Heard a Voice from Heaven Say": Calling Narratives among Black Pentecostals 3 "All the World's a Stage": How Congregations Create the Called 4 "A Stutter And A Stick": The (Non-) Value of Educational Credentialing 5 "Don't Quit Your Day Job": Redefining Religious Work 6 "Chew the Meat and Spit Out the Bones": Negotiating Women's Clerical Identity 7 Legitimating New Understandings of Ministry and the Clergy Appendix Notes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisDevelops a robust recording of Black social movements in the twentieth century that will forever alter the way you hear race and nation.Trade Review"Anthemis an impressively rich analysis of the songs that gave rise to and developed out of the fraught history of diasporic political movements. Redmond's blend of musicology, political history, and social engagements establishes the anthem as a densely layered text, one that invites close reading but whose ultimate meaning can only be understood in the context of its reconstructed sociopolitical moment." * MELUS *"Music as a form of expression in the Black community is not a new phenomenon. However, Redmond offers new interpretations of this old paradigm. She depicts music as a diasporic weapon of resistance, ambitiously expanding the boundaries of Black politics by carefully towing the line between sonic manifestos, social movements, and solidarity. The author judiciously wades through literature from myriad disciplines, exposing inconsistent arguments and confronting the intersection of social movements and solidarity, while positioning music both as a repository for collective memory and mobilizing agent throughout the diaspora. Her work deftly illuminates the role of the communitive and communicative aspects of the performer and the performance…. Redmond’s study is innovative and groundbreaking. She expands the boundaries of interdisciplinary studies by intersecting ethnomusicology, America political development, and Black politics. Each song travails to tap into the spirit of resistance and unity, while functioning as a balm to the wounds of domination and oppression. She clearly illustrates that music functions as a refuge, allowing performers and listeners to safely wade through “translocal” forms of state sanctioned oppression as she demonstrates and demarcates a continuum of Black music as a form of resistance." -- National Political Science Review"Offers a model to future scholars who wish to blend the intricacies of musical analysis with other source bases or methodologies." * American Quarterly *"Anthemsucceeds in foregrounding the significance of music as an oral tradition, and its ability to move people who may not be literate in the written word. Redmond ably traces musics elemental power to move humans, and how it connects people to ideas, movements, and other activists. In general, the book succeeds admirably in making readers think about these songs in new ways." * American Historical Review *"In this important book, Redmond illuminates the ways that songs function as 'political acts of performance' . . . . Listen to the music as you read to appreciate even further this deeply intelligent, innovative, richly interdisciplinary, and thought-provoking book." * The Journal of American History *"Anthemis truly atour de force.Deeply-researched, brilliantly conceived, and beautifully written, the book reveals how & anthems register both a collective sense of history and a vision of the future for aggrieved groupsnot just people of African-descent.Anthemwill stand asthemodel for transnational scholarship for years to come." -- Robin D. G. Kelley,author of Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary TimesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Anthem: Toward a Sound Franchise 1. From Race to Nation: "Ethiopia" and Pan-African Pageantry in the UNIA 2. Extending Diaspora: The NAACP and Up-"Lift" Cultures in the Interwar Black Pacific 3. Songs of Free Men: The Sound Migrations of "Ol' Man River" 4. Women's Work: "We Shall Overcome" and the Culture of the Picket Line 5. Soul Intact: CORE, Conversions, and Covers of "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" 6. Sounds of Exile: "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and ANC Ambassadors Conclusion: The Last Anthem: Resonance, Legacy, and Loss at the Close of the Century Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisReveals a novel thesis concerning slave resistence and the roots of abolitionismTrade Review"Highly recommended." -- J.R. Wendland * CHOICE *""Now that the old feudal order is experiencing a resurgence with the assistance of wealth, a corporate media and official historians, Gerald Horne, one of our most original historians, reminds us of the alliance of Africans, Europeans and Native Americans that fought against its antecedent anachronism. In this brilliant, stunning book, Horne shows us how the issue of slavery still intrudes upon our national discussions." -- Ishmael Reed,John D. MacArthur Fellow"Gerald Horne's book is a tribute to the international struggle of Africans for human dignity. It also reveals the unstated fears and unearths the historical justification in the souls of white folksrecognizing the institutional silence that this book aims to pierce." * Black Agenda Report *"Gerald Hornes Negro Comrades of the Crown is a major addition to this scholarship, principally because of its authors vast erudition. Horne is a remarkable researcher and goes deeper than anyone before into the minutiae of AngloAmerican diplomatic relations on this vexed topic." * Journal of the Early Republic *"Although not the easiest read, Horne's book is a valuable contribution on a subject of profound interest and significance." * Journal of American History *"Hornes work provides readers with a new framework to imagine diplomatic relationships between world powers in the nineteenth century, something especially important as historians begin to blend racial, cultural, and social history with diplomatic history in an effort to globalize American history... Hornes meticulously researched monograph will provoke thought and discussion on the relationship between the peculiar institution and diplomacy in this important and growing field of study." * H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 Rebellious Africans: How Caribbean Slavery Came to the Mainland 2 Free Trade in Africans? Did the Glorious Revolution Unleash the Slave Trade? 3 Revolt! Africans Conspire with the French and Spanish 4 Building a "White" Pro-Slavery Wall: The Construction of Georgia 5 The Stono Uprising: Will the Africans Become Masters and the Europeans Slaves? 6 Arson, Murders, Poisonings, Shipboard Insurrections: The Fruits of the Accelerating Slave Trade 7 The Biggest Losers: Africans and the Seven Years' War 8 From Havana to Newport, Slavery Transformed: Settlers Rebel against London 9 Abolition in London: Somerset's Case and the North American Aftermath 10 The Counter-Revolution of 1776 Notes IndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisLatinos are the fastest growing population in the United States. As a result, this book seeks to answer questions on the definition of racial and ethnic identity and examines the Latino identity as both fluid and situation-dependent.Trade ReviewA timely work...Rodriguez does make a convincing argument that Latino self-identity is fluid and constantly changing. * Journal of American Ethnic History *Rodriquez'a account is a solid introduction to the dynamic complexity of American ethnic life. * Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2 *Much of the current dialogue on race does not sufficiently interrogate its meaning. In marked contrast, Clara E. Rodriguez offers a stunning example of racial formation by illustrating how Latino identities are formed and transformed in dynamic engagement with state definitions. She reveals the gap between state imposed categories and group self-definition; the dramatic distinctions between U.S. and Latin American concepts of race; and the political claims advanced through the Census. Best of all, she provides a rich sense of how individuals constantly negotiate the prevailing terrain of racial meanings. -- Michael Omi,University of California, BerkeleyA timely addition. . . the author offers a competent, nontechnical overview of the issues concerning how our largest minority fits into this nation's bipolar black-white racial paradigm. . . . Rodriguez examines how Lationos may be changing that long-dominant paradigm. * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book SynopsisLooks at the mutual influence of and relationships between members of the African and Asian diasporas in the Americas. From the history of Japanese jazz composers to the popularity of black/Asian "buddy films" like "Rush Hour", this work talks about the shifting meaning of race in America in the twenty-first century.Trade Review"This collection is evidence of the important topics and perspectives generated by illuminating AfroAsian linkages." * The Journal of African American History *"Succeeds at placing blacks and Asians at the center of the Americas, inviting productive dialogue against the notion that interaction between these groups is out of the ordinary." * Journal of American Ethnic History *"What critical anthologies do best is to present. . . . And AfroAsian Encounters does that." * Journal of Asian American Studies *"As fresh and exciting as it is important. This crucial book changes the conversation around American Studies and Ethnic Studies in key ways, challenging scholars to light out for previously-uncharted places on our mental maps in which borders are interrogated and challenged, alliances forged through imagined communities, commerce, popular culture, or politics are investigated and probed, and questions that are simultaneously new, and half a century old, are revivified. This volume, the first interdisciplinary anthology dealing with AfroAsian encounters, stands to become a landmark work in the field." -- Shelley Fisher Fishkin,Stanford University"A ground-breaking interdisciplinary anthology entirely devoted to the studies of historical and contemporary African/Asian interactions." * African American Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword: "Bandung Is Done"Vijay PrashadIntroduction: AfroAsian EncountersHeike Raphael-Hernandez and Shannon SteenPart I Positioning AfroAsian Racial Identities1 "A Race So Different from Our Own"Sanda Mayzaw Lwin2 Crossings in Prose: Jade Snow Wong and the Demand for a New Kind of Expert Cynthia Tolentino3 Complicating Racial Binaries: Asian Canadians and African Canadians as Visible Minorities Eleanor Ty4 One People, One Nation? Creolization and Its Tensions in Trinidadian and Guyanese Fiction Lourdes Lopez Ropero5 Black-and-Tan Fantasies: Interracial Contact between Blacks and South Asians in Film Samir DayalPart II Confronting the Color Hierarchy6 "It Takes Some Time to Learn the Right Words"Heike Raphael-Hernandez7 Chutney, Metissage, and Other Mixed MetaphorsContexts Gita Rajan8 These Are the BreaksOliver WangPart III Performing AfroAsian Identities9 Racing American ModernityShannon Steen10 Black Bodies/Yellow MasksDeborah Elizabeth Whaley11 The Rush Hour of Black/Asian Coalitions?Mita Banerjee12 Performing Postmodernist PassingCathy Covell WaegnerPart IV Celebrating Unity13 Persisting SolidaritiesBill V. Mullen14 Internationalism and JusticeGreg Robinson15 "Jazz That Eats Rice"David W. Stowe16 Kickin' the White Man's AssFred HoAfterword: Toward a Black Paci?c Gary Y. OkihiroAbout the Contributors Index

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