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In recent years the popular media have described Vietnamese Americans as the quintessential American immigrant success story, attributing their accomplishments to the values they learn in the …

Acknowledgments Ch. 2The Study and the Setting Ch. 3Vietnamese Roots Ch. 4Patchworking: Households in the Economy Ch. 5The Family Tightrope: Gender Relations Ch. 6Generation Gaps Ch. 7The Changing …

The first book devoted exclusively to the study of changing family household, gender, and generational relations within the Vietnamese-American community. It is valuable not only because it shatters …

geschrieben von Nazli Kibria (Autor)

Wide-ranging and provocative, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by how we …

geschrieben von Robert Cantwell (Autor)

In this wide-ranging second edition, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic bring together the finest, most illustrative, and highly accessible articles in the fast-growing legal genre of Critical Race …

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Critique of Liberalism 1. After We're Gone: Prudent Speculations on America in a Post-Racial Epoch Derrick A. Bell, Jr. 2. The Chronicles, My Grandfather's …

Essays on racial justice by leading members of the …

geschrieben von Richard Delgado (Herausgeber) und Jean Stefancic (Herausgeber)

From the catwalk to the shopping mall, from the big screen to the art museum, fashion plays an increasingly central role in contemporary culture. Fashion Cultures investigates why we are so fascinated …

Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Shopping, Spaces and Selling; Part Two: Catwalk and After; Part Three: Images, Icons and Impulses; Part Four: Spectacle and Subculture; Part Five: …

geschrieben von Stella Bruzzi (Herausgeber) und Pamela Church Gibson (Herausgeber)

The result of years of careful preparation, this two-volume work covers the artistic production and biographies of nearly 200 individual artists from across the United States as well as Chicano/a …

geschrieben von Mary Erickson (Autor) und Kaytie Johnson (Autor) und Gary D. Keller (Solist)

." . . blends story and philosophy into a dazzling concoction that offers powerful guidance to us all. It offers brilliant insights into personal, cultural, and national realities and possibilities. …

geschrieben von Carl Frankel (Autor)

"Good Luck Life" is the first book to explain the meanings of Chinese rituals and to offer advice on when and how to plan for Chinese holidays and special occasions such as Chinese weddings, the Red …

geschrieben von Rosemary Gong (Autor)

1909. Their Origin, History, Home Life, Strife, Religion, and Superstitions in Their Relation to the Bible. With Twenty-Eight Illustrations from Photographers. From the Preface: The Bedawin of the …

geschrieben von Reverend G. Robinson Lees (Autor)

GEORGE R. NIELSEN taught from 1959 to 1997 at Concordia College in River Forest, Illinois. His …

A large portion of the smallest of the Slavonic nations left their German homeland and migrated to three distant continents. This edition presents a study of Wendish migration that describes the …

geschrieben von George R. Nielsen (Autor)

The Jains have exerted an influence on Indian Society and religion out …

List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Michael Carrithers and Caroline Humphrey; 1. Jains as a community: a position paper Michael Carrithers and Caroline …

geschrieben von Michael Carrithers (Herausgeber) und Caroline Humphrey (Herausgeber)