Ethnic studies

This book takes a new approach to travel writing about Latin America by examining 'domestic' journey narratives that have been produced by travellers from the continent itself and largely in Spanish.

Many Americans imagine the Arctic as harsh, freezing, and nearly uninhabitable.

In We Were Adivasis, anthropologist Megan Moodie examines the Indian state's relationship to "e;Scheduled Tribes,"e; or adivasis-historically oppressed groups that are now entitled to affirmative action quotas in educational and political institutions.

Midnight basketball may not have been invented in Chicago, but the City of Big Shoulders-home of Michael Jordan and the Bulls-is where it first came to national prominence.

Chicago is celebrated for its rich diversity, but, even more than most US cities, it is also plagued by segregation and extreme inequality.

Bridging the gap between migration studies and the anthropological tradition, Ghassan Hage illustrates that transnationality and its attendant cultural consequences are not necessarily at odds with classic theory.

This book examines a basic assumption behind most of the critical, progressive thinking of our times: that trade unions are necessarily tools for solidarity and are integral to a more equal and just society.

Deficit thinking is a pseudoscience founded on racial and class bias.

This is a timely book that fills the gap in the study of Chinese overseas and their religions in the global context.

In Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi, Tiyi M.

The California Gold Rush began in 1848 and incited many "e;wagons west.

A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, after which the word “psychedelic” was coined to describe it.

Stephen Eric Bronner is a prolific author, activist, and one of America's leading political thinkers.

These thirty-eight essays by the professors and research fellows of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy is dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the School.

We need to talk about racism before it destroys our democracy.

Civil rights legislation figured prominently in the agenda of Congress during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

With the rise of Black Lives Matter and immigrant rights protests, critics have questioned whether mainstream black and Latino civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and UnidosUS are in touch with the needs of minorities-especially from younger generations.

A sweeping history of Ethiopian musicians during and following the 1974 Ethiopian revolution.

Following conflicting desires for an Aztec crown, this book explores the possibilities of repatriation.

Hip-hop has come a long way from its origins in the Bronx in the 1970s, when rapping and DJing were just part of a lively, decidedly local scene that also venerated b-boying and graffiti.

In 1943, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi defied the curfew and mass removal of Japanese Americans on the West Coast, and was subsequently convicted and imprisoned as a result.

A groundbreaking account of how collaborative, expressive learning environments are often denied to children of color Early childhood can be a time of rich discovery, a period when educators have an opportunity to harness their students' fascination to create unique learning opportunities.

White southerners recognized that the perpetuation of segregation required whites of all ages to uphold a strict social order-especially the young members of the next generation.

A meticulous and thought-provoking look at how Tribes use language to engage in "e;cooperation without submission.

The area of Los Angeles known as South Central is often overshadowed by dismal stereotypes, problematic racial stigmas, and its status as the home to some of the city's poorest and most violent neighborhoods.

You know the scene: amateur soccer players battling over the ball, spectators cheering from the sidelines, vendors selling their wares from carts.

The black social gospel emerged from the trauma of Reconstruction to ask what a “new abolition” would require in American society.

From Tamils to Malayalees, from Bengalis to Punjabis, the diverse Indian community in Singapore has played a large part in building the country.

Between 1965, when President Lyndon B.

The masterful and poignant story of three African-American families who journeyed west after emancipation, by an award-winning scholar and descendant of the migrants Following the lead of her own ancestors, Kendra Field’s epic family history chronicles the westward migration of freedom’s first generation in the fifty years after emancipation.

A major reassessment of the development of race and subjecthood in the British AtlanticFocusing on Jamaica, Britain’s most valuable colony in the Americas by the mid-eighteenth century, this book explores the relationship between racial classifications and the inherited rights and privileges associated with British subject status.

A captivating portrait of Lorraine Hansberry's life, art, and political activism--one of O Magazine's best books of April 2021"e;Hits the mark as a fresh and timely portrait of an influential playwright.

Spirit Life centers on the Spirit as an avenue for better understanding God and reconciling with our faith.

A surprising and fascinating look at how Black culture has been leveraged by corporate America.

The future of Honduras begins and ends on the white sand beaches of Tela Bay on the country's northeastern coast where Garifuna, a Black Indigenous people, have resided for over two hundred years.

The story of how one ethnic neighborhood came to signify a shared Korean American identity.

With a history marked by incompetence, political maneuvering, and secrecy, America's "e;most humane"e; execution method is anything but.

A must-have collection of folktales for anyone interested in Korean literature and culture!

"e;A well-researched, succinct account of African American involvement in the crusade to contain the threat of atomic warfare .

Tracing the African American dance from the Diaspora to the dance floor, this book covers a social history germane not only to the African American experience, but also to the global experience of laborers who learn lessons from hip hop dance.

Playwright and television writer Kermit Frazier began life as a precocious Negro boy growing up in southeast Washington, D.

We can heal our communities--one friendship at a time.

Asians make up the largest and most dispersed peoples of the world, and Christians make up a sizable proportion of this demographic.

Life in the theatre is often a rollercoaster ride, with all the excitement and occasional anguish that come with the highs and lows.

Cherokee women wielded significant power, and history demonstrates that in what is now America, indigenous women often bore the greater workload, both inside and outside the home.

This topical book shows that racism by skin color is much more embedded and prevalent in the modern world than racism by race.

This book highlights and suggests remedies for the racial and ethnic health disparities confronting people of color amid COVID-19 in the United States.

Although the study of traditional Chinese medicine has attracted unprecedented attention in recent years, Western knowledge of it has been limited because, until now, not a single Chinese classical medical text has been available in a serious philological translation.

Now more than ever there is a need to focus on Black men's health in higher education and ensure that future practitioners are trained to ethically and culturally serve this historically oppressed community.