The First Adirondackers challenges the widespread, long-standing belief that the Adirondack uplands of northern New York were uninhabited before the arrival of European colonizers.
The First Adirondackers challenges the widespread, long-standing belief that the Adirondack uplands of northern New York were uninhabited before the arrival of European colonizers.
From Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body and a writer who has brilliantly illuminated the Black experience in America for decades (Bryan Stevenson), comes a spirited and riveting memoir of growing up in an interracial family in 1960s Chicago and a daughters journey to understand her parents marriageand her own identity.
NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Cuba: An American History comes a heartbreaking yet redemptive memoir about migration, separation, and the love of one family forcing its way through the fissures of history.
Winner of the Western Heritage Award for "e;Outstanding Western Novel"e; 2005As the Cheyenne fought that June day in 1876, warrior Comes in Sight faced grave danger.
One of most influential thinkers today, 'the woman who revolutionized feminism' (Guardian), offers a deeply engaging story of justice and power in AmericaWhen Kimberl Crenshaw was five years old in Ohio during the civil rights era, she was the only girl denied a lead role in her nursery play.
Compiled by bestselling author susan abulhawa, an Arabic-English bilingual anthology of essays from eighteen young Palestinian writers trying to survive the genocide in Gaza.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and communityAs Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy.
Winner of 'Best Book' and 'Impact for Change' True Crime Awards 2025The shocking true story of one of Britain's most secretive, groundbreaking and successful police covert operationsBristol, 1979.
The oral history of Britain's first West Indian immigrants and their descendantsIn 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica.
The real political mission of Malcolm X, and why it needs resurrecting now 100 years after his birth Malcolm X is a titanic figure in political history, but he is also one of the most misunderstood.
Their own origins myths put them at the scene of the Crucifixion, deprived of a home of their own, doomed to a life of wandering, and granted by God the right to steal from other people in order to survive.
A defining manual on using creativity as a tool for empowerment and allowing your personal identity to live in and guide all parts of your life, Kevin Morosky shares stories and inspiration from the women who have most influenced his creative path and explores the ways we can pursue success by implementing their wisdom in all aspects of our lives.
A rich, thought-provoking collection of essays, critiques and interviews from the influential author of Ain't I a Woman and All About Love There must be a revolution in the way we see, the way we look'In a collection of essays, critiques and interviews, bell hooks responds to the ongoing dialogues about producing, exhibiting and criticising art and aesthetics in a world increasingly concerned with identity politics.
'I invite you to be courageous and get comfortable with being uncomfortable, because any discomfort you feel is temporary and pales in comparison to what black and brown people often have to experience on a daily basis.
The first major account of the history of reggae, black music journalist Lloyd Bradley describes its origins and development in Jamaica, from ska to rock-steady to dub and then to reggae itself, a local music which conquered the world.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing to date-a brutally honest and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance and self-acceptance.
Este libro reune las voces de mujeres afrodescendientes que, desde la investigacion, el arte, la docencia y la accion comunitaria, construyen un pensamiento afrofeminista latinoamericano comprometido con la descolonizacion del saber y la afirmacion de la experiencia negra como fuente legitima de conocimiento.
En diciembre de 2013, por medio de la Resolucion 68/237, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas proclamo el Decenio Internacional delas Personas Afrodescendientes (2015-2024), bajo el lema "e;reconocimiento, justicia y desarrollo"e;.
Reune una cuidadosa seleccion de mitos tradicionales de diversas regiones y pueblos indigenas de Mexico, organizada bajo la coordinacion del antropologo Blas Roman Castellon Huerta.
Es un estudio etnolinguistico y etnobiologico que explora como la comunidad totonaca de Papantla (Veracruz) percibe, clasifica y conceptualiza a los animales dentro de su cosmovision cultural.
Fruto de un proceso maduro de investigacion y reflexion, este libro acude a la metafora para comprender el papel que tiene el antropologo en la interpretacion de la realidad.
A traves de entrevistas, encuestas y un censo a las companias de baile del Norte Grande, el sacerdote y misionero catolico Juan van Kessel analiza aqui las dinamicas sociales y culturales que rodean la celebracion de La Tirana, combinando tradicion y fe.
Este volumen, coordinado por Maria de Lourdes Lopez Camacho, recoge las memorias del Segundo Coloquio de Arqueologia Historica, celebrado en el Castillo de Chapultepec del 20 al 24 de mayo de 2013, donde academicos de Mexico, Guatemala y Colombia presentan investigaciones enfocadas en la arqueologia historica de distintos rincones de Mexico.
Zikii rafue: La imaginacion poetica de los murui-muina aborda una de las manifestaciones de la tradicion literaria de esta comunidad ancestral situada en las riberas del rio Igaraparana de la selva amazonica colombiana.
Brisa de memorias negras es un fotolibro que surge del trabajo colaborativo entre las mujeres negras del Consejo Comunitario Brisas del Rio Palo, en Guachene, Cauca.
This policy brief outlines a human rights-based approach to the design and implementation of the multilateral mechanism and Cali Fund for benefit-sharing from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.
Diversos estudios sobre el territorio se han orientado desde disciplinas como la sociología, la historia, la antropología, la biología, el derecho, entre otras, que han dado una mirada a múltiples factores del lugar y a mecanismos para analizar problemas situados.
Con este libro la autora pretende contribuir a la lucha de aquellas y aquellos que combaten la opresión, la subordinación y la discriminación en razón de la adscripción "racial", la pertenencia étnica o la diferencia de género.
"El Desmantelamiento del multiculturalismo es una investigación histórica y etnográfica en profundidad y de largo aliento sobre la lucha por los derechos indígenas desde los años setenta del siglo XX en el Ecuador.
Es una investigacion etnografica profunda sobre las fiestas denominadas "e;fiestas grandes"e; entre los ralamuli (comunmente llamados tarahumaras) de Potrero, en las Barrancas de la Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua.
La serie Antropologias hechas en Ecuador forma parte de la Coleccion Antropologias hechas en America Latina, un proyecto editorial promovido por la Asociacion Latinoamericana de Antropologia con el objetivo de dibujar un mapa de las antropologias de America Latina que haga posible identificar sus genealogias, propuestas metodologicas, sus reflexiones y construcciones teorico-practicas, con el objetivo de re-conocernos y buscar los puntos de soldadura y las preocupaciones que nos integran o diferencian.
