This book explores why some episodes of mass political violence and genocide are so much deadlier than others and under what conditions perpetrators in government and society opt for brutality as a means of accomplishing their goals.
Political Economy, Race, and the Image of Nature in the United States, 1825-1878 is an interdisciplinary work analyzing the historical origins of a dominant concept of Nature in the culture of the United States during the period of its expansion across the continent.
Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival untangles truth from some of the myths about First Nations at the same time that it addresses misconceptions still widely believed today.
Norman Levine's Canada Made Me, a bitter, critical reassessment of the moral and cultural values of 'the polite nation,' proved so shocking it took 21 yearsdespite initial acclaim when released in 1958to see a Canadian edition.
Arctic researcher, author, and photographer Norman Hallendys journey to the far north began in 1958, when many Inuit, who traditionally lived on the land, were moving to permanent settlements created by the Canadian government.
Change the story and change the future - merging science and Indigenous knowledge to steer us towards a more benign AnthropoceneIn Changing Tides, Alejandro Frid tackles the big questions: who, or what, represents our essential selves, and what stories might allow us to shift the collective psyche of industrial civilization in time to avert the worst of the climate and biodiversity crises?
When the passage of the Abolition of Slavery Act, effective August 1, 1834, ushered in the end of slavery throughout the British Empire, people of the African descent celebrated their newfound freedom.
The Black pioneers (1839-1865) who cleared the land and established the Queen's Bush settlement in that section of unsurveyed land where present-day Waterloo and Wellington counties meet, near Hawkesville, are the focus of this extensively researched book.
This book analyzes the representations of the subjects of Hindi cinema as a way of gaining insights into the hegemony of the upper-caste Hindu male in narratives of nationhood.
A brilliant collection from one of Australia's leading writersClose to Home brings together Alice Pung s most loved writing, on topics such as migration, family, art, belonging and identity.
This handbook examines the development of antiracism, the antithesis of racism, in the field of Human Resource Development (HRD) and discusses its relevance to the workplace and higher education.
When a security guard at Bloomingdale's stopped a male shopper and wrongfully accused the African American male of shoplifting, the shopper turned out to be a judge.
Introduce your child to different food traditions and how they work their way into different cultures across the world in the children's book From Your Table to the World.
Introduce your child to different food traditions and how they work their way into different cultures across the world in the children's book From Your Table to the World.
