Ethnic studies

Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons-white and black, men and women, from all walks of life-to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War.

Virtually every aspect of American culture has been influenced by Irish immigrants and their descendants.

An excellent resource for students of Native American women's history, Wilma Mankiller provides an overview of contemporary federal Indian policy and explores how Mankiller negotiated the relationship between the Cherokee Nation and the United States in the late 20th century.

Deborah Ann Hart, author of Before I Pour This Over Your Head, is back again with her second book.

Since the movement's founding in 2014, #SayHerName has gained international attention and has served as both a rallying cry and organizing principle in the aftermath of police killings of Black women, including, most recently, the police killing of Breonna Taylor.

The social conception of bodies as mixed race provides insight into the operation of the external racial gaze within 'multicultural' Canada.

Through ten case studies by international specialists, this book investigates the circulation and production of scientific knowledge between 1750 and 1945 in the fields of agriculture, astronomy, botany, cartography, medicine, statistics, and zoology.

As a new generation of African Americans completes college, an increasing number of students are aspiring to the Ph.

This book gives voice to the experiences of women of color--women of African, Native American, Latina, East Indian, Korean and Japanese descent--as students pursuing terminal degrees and as faculty members navigating the Academy, grappling with the dilemmas encountered by others and themselves as they exist at the intersections of their work and identities.

This installment in the critically acclaimed Contemporary Debates series uses evidence-based documentation to provide a full and impartial examination of beliefs and claims made about Muslim individuals, families, and communities in the United States.

When it was originally published in 1986, this was the first book to deal simultaneously with several aspects of social welfare provision in a developing country.

A vivid description of the people, events, and issues that forever changed the lives of Native Americans during the 1960s and 1970s-such as the occupation of Alcatraz, fishing-rights conflicts, and individuals such as Clyde Warrior.

This companion demonstrates how art, craft, and visual culture education activate social imagination and action that is equity- and justice-driven.

The book offers an analytical and empirical account of the specificities of political entertainment in post-authoritarian democracies.

This book argues that South Africa is haunted by the spectre of reparation.

This timely and informative volume centres how global Black feminist narratives of care are important to our contemporary theorizing and highlights the transgressive potential of a critical transnational Black feminist pedagogical praxis.

As the 20th century ends, the fate of the African-American community remains a central and hotly contested focus of our national political discourse.

Documents the global expansion of genocide in the early modern and modern eras as imperialism and settler colonialism spread across five continents.

The first text of its kind to trace the combined history of Latino groups in the United States from 1500 to the present day.

American Book Award Winner: A ';mesmerizing' memoir about identity from the daughter of an Irish-Catholic mother and a Sindhi-Indian father (Chandra Prasad, editor of Mixed).

This in-depth historical analysis highlights the enormous contributions of Chinese Americans to the professions, politics, and popular culture of America, from the 19th century through the present day.

In Archive of Tongues Moon Charania explores feminine dispossession and the brown diaspora through a reflection on the life of her mother.

A comprehensive look at the entirety of Native American history, focusing particularly on native peoples within the geographic boundaries of the United States.

Die Linie ist das private Tagebuch der Ethnologin Sonja Speeter-Blaudszun, das sie w�hrend ihrer Feldforschung 1996 in Namibia f�hrte.

Horror fiction--in literature, film and television--display a wealth of potential, and appeal to diverse audiences.

Horror fiction--in literature, film and television--display a wealth of potential, and appeal to diverse audiences.

This book explores the importance, and construction, of ethnic identity among college students, and how ethnicity interfaces with students' interactions on campus, and the communities in which they live.

South Sudan: The State We Aspire To was conceived and written mid-2009, two years before the conduct of the referendum on self-determination.

Provides an invaluable source for students as well as academics on the current condition of African Americans, highlighting disparities throughout an array of social, economic, and political areas.

Explore Japanese internment through the voices of those who endured removal, those who designed this notorious forced relocation, and those who witnessed the broken promise of U.

This Latino history textbook is an outstanding reference source that covers many different Latino groups within a single comprehensive narrative.

This book provides a comprehensive story of the complicated and rich story of the Japanese American experience-from immigration, to discrimination, to adaptation, achievement and contributions to the American mosaic.

Departing from more conscribed definitions, this book argues for an expansion of the concept of 'Creolization' in terms of duration, temporality, population, and importantly, in regional scope, which also impact climate and the practices of slavery that are typically included and excluded from consideration.

How do we try to make the world a better place, when the challenges of poverty, disease, war, conflict, and climate change continue to impact millions of lives?

This volume provides insights into the teaching and learning practices and experiences of diversity educators and their students.

To their disadvantage, few Americans--and few in higher education--know much about the successes of historically Black colleges and universities.

Exploring the British Indian model minority discourse, this book is the first empirical and theoretical examination of high achieving British Indian students' lived experiences of schooling, education, teaching, and learning.

Collected in a single volume for the first time, the writings in this novel anthology represent more than four decades of perspectives from the American Psychiatric Association's Solomon Carter Fuller Award lectures, named for the first Black psychiatrist in the United States.

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, Martin Luther King outlined a dream of an America where people would not be judged by the color of their skin.

Telling the crucial and under-studied story of the U.

** WINNER of the the 2023 Association for Women in Psychology Distinguished Publication Award** Through an intersectional and inclusive lens, this book provides mental health professionals with a detailed overview of the mental health issues that Black women face as well as the best approach to culturally competent psychological practice with Black women.

American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom is known for its lucid style, student-oriented approach, and wide-ranging perspective.

'The Pashtun Tribes of Afghanistan is a tour de force - combining erudite analysis, historical research, atmospheric story-telling, page-turning prose and above all, profound passion.

'The Pashtun Tribes of Afghanistan is a tour de force - combining erudite analysis, historical research, atmospheric story-telling, page-turning prose and above all, profound passion.

This book analyzes the international relations of Mexico and the two most important sub-state governments of the United States, California and Texas.

How does fear - deep, ongoing, systemic fear - impact on Black lives?

Urban Planning for Social Justice in Latin America explores how urban planning can be used as a tool for social equity.

Upon their independence, Moroccan, Algerian, and Tunisian governments turned to the Global South and offered military and financial aid to Black liberation struggles.