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100 Myths about the Middle East
Halliday debunks 100 of the most commonly misconstrued "facts" concerning the Middle East in the political, cultural, social and historical spheres. He illuminates the issues without compromising the … mehr »
geschrieben von Fred Halliday (Autor)
1001 Things Everyone Should Know about African American History
Where can one go to get a comprehensive and entertaining account of the most significant events, individuals and social processes of African-American history? Fear not, because "1001 Things Everyone … mehr »
geschrieben von Jeffrey C. Stewart (Autor)
19th Century Plains Indian Dresses
This book is a comprehensive craft guide on women's dresses of the Northern, Central and Southern Plains, as well as the Plateau. The author provides historical background about the tribal styles in … mehr »
geschrieben von Susan Jennys (Autor)
978-0-8032-7790-8: Native Americans and Film
An accessible and descriptive overview of Native American … mehr »
geschrieben von Jacquelyn Kilpatrick (Autor)
The Yarra Bend Park marks one of the most important post-contact places in the Melbourne metropolitan area, and is of great significance to Victorian Aboriginal people, particularly the Wurundjeri … mehr »
geschrieben von Ian D. Clark (Autor) und Toby Heydon (Autor)
A Cautious Silence: The Politics of Australian Anthropology
A Cautious Silence is the first exploration of modern Australian social anthropology to examine the forces that helped shaped its formation. The book reveals the struggle that took place in … mehr »
geschrieben von Geoffrey Gray (Autor)
A Century of Chicano History: Empire, Nations, and Migration
In the best traditions of U.S. critical scholarship from Beard to Genovese and beyond, this book offers a definitive account of the interdependent histories of the U.S. and Mexico as well as the … mehr »
geschrieben von Gilbert G. Gonzalez (Autor) und Raul A. Fernandez (Autor)
A Coat of Many Colors: Immigration, Globalization, and Reform in New York City's Garment Industry
For more than a century and a half?from the middle of the 19th century to the end of the 20th?the garment industry was the largest manufacturing industry in New York City, and New York made more … mehr »
geschrieben von Ruth Abram (Ausgewählt von) und Ruth Abram (Autor) und Daniel Soyer (Herausgeber)
A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning
Reviews a range of current psychological … mehr »
geschrieben von Claudia Strauss (Autor) und Naomi Quinn (Autor) und Naomi Quinn (Herausgeber)
A Companion to Asian American Studies
"A Companion to Asian American Studies" is comprised of 20 previously published essays that have played an important historical role in the conceptualization of Asian American studies as a field.
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geschrieben von Kent A. Ono (Herausgeber) und Blackwell Publishers (Herausgeber)
A Different Shade of Gray: Midlife and Beyond in the City
An original look at urban aging by the Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize winner.
In a book that Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, called "provocative and insightful … .combining …
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geschrieben von Katherine S. Newman (Autor)
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this … mehr »
geschrieben von George T. Flom (Autor)
In this provocative, pioneering, and wholly engrossing cultural history, noted scholar Marilyn Yalom explores 25,000 years of ideas, images, and perceptions about the female breast--in religion, … mehr »
geschrieben von Marilyn Yalom (Autor)
A History of the Guyanese Working People, 1881-1905
A HISTORY OF THE GUYANESE WORKING PEOPLE, 1881-1905 will stand alone as a landmark study of the profound social upheaval that characterized Guyanese society in the years following emancipation. Anyone … mehr »
geschrieben von Walter Rodney (Autor) und George Lamming (Solist)
A History of the Polish Americans
Provides an account of the Polish experience in America and how some cultural bonds loosened. This book explains historical reasons that led Polish people to come to America, the experience of the … mehr »
geschrieben von John J. Bukowczyk (Autor)
A History of Twentieth-Century African Literatures
This study reflects the legacy of colonialism by devoting nine of its thirteen chapters … mehr »
geschrieben von Oyekan Owonoyela (Autor) und Oyekan Owomoyela (Herausgeber)
This easy-reading, yet substantive book provides an introduction to sociocultural anthropology across a broad range of cultures, including those of todayOs world. Its simple and engaging style is … mehr »
geschrieben von Dennison Nash (Autor)
A Mask for Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America
Why in America should the most sinister of European social diseases have taken root? Why should that disease have spread from its seemingly anachronistic beginning in the Gilded Age until it infected … mehr »
geschrieben von Carey McWilliams (Autor) und Wilson McWilliams (Solist)
A Mixed Race: Ethnicity in Early America
This collection of new essays edited by Frank Shuffelton enters into one of the most topical and energetic debates on our time - the subject of ethnicity. With a focus on the eighteenth century and … mehr »
geschrieben von Frank Shuffelton (Autor)
A Modern History of the Kurds: Third Edition
The division of the Kurdish people among four modern nation states--Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran--and their struggle for national rights have been constant themes of recent Middle East history. The … mehr »
geschrieben von David McDowall (Autor)
A Moment's Notice: Time Politics Across Cultures
Focusing on the problem of time--the paradox of time's apparent universality and cultural relativity--Carol J. Greenhouse develops an original ethnographic account of our present moment, the … mehr »
geschrieben von Carol J. Greenhouse (Autor)
The first comprehensive study of the peripheral position and … mehr »
geschrieben von Lavina Dhingra Shankar (Herausgeber) und Rajini Srikanth (Herausgeber)
A Peaceful Jihad: Negotiating Identity and Modernity in Muslim Java
RONALD LUKENS-BULL is Assistant Professor of Anthropology … mehr »
geschrieben von Ronald Lukens-Bull (Autor)
A Plague of Paradoxes: AIDS, Culture, and Demography in Northern Tanzania
List of IllustrationsPreface and Acknowledgments1. "Hey, Listen!"2. Not a Promised Land: Historical Instabilities in Social Reproduction3. Population, Men, and Movement: (M)oral Demographies of Desire … mehr »
geschrieben von Philip W. Setel (Autor)
A Postcolonial People: South Asians in Britain
British Asian life is diverse and complex and has been celebrated in works of literature, poetry, and film, not to mention the performing arts and music. A Postcolonial People is an innovative and … mehr »
geschrieben von N. Ali (Herausgeber) und V. S. Kalra (Herausgeber) und S. Sayyid (Herausgeber)
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this … mehr »
geschrieben von Jacob D. Wheeler (Autor)
A Reader in Latina Feminist Theology: Religion and Justice
Speaking for the growing community of Latina feminist theologians, the editors of this volume write, "With the emergence and growth of the feminist theologies of liberation, we no longer wait for … mehr »
geschrieben von Maria Pilar Aquino (Herausgeber) und Daisy L. Machado (Herausgeber) und Jeanette Rodriguez (Herausgeber)
A Social and Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe
This comprehensive single-volume source of information on the social and economic transformations in Europe over the past hundred years, fills a critical gap in our knowledge. It examinations … mehr »
geschrieben von Gerald Ambrosius (Autor) und Gerold Ambrosius (Autor) und William H. Hubbard (Orchester)
A Social History of Anthropology in the United States
In part due to the recent Yanomami controversy, which has rocked anthropology to its very core, there is renewed interest in the discipline's history and intellectual roots, especially amongst … mehr »
geschrieben von Thomas C. Patterson (Autor)
A Social History of France, 1789-1914: Second Edition
PETER MCPHEE has held a Personal Chair in History at the University of Melbourne … mehr »
geschrieben von Peter McPhee (Autor) und Peter McPhee (Autor)
A World of Its Own: Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970
Tracing the history of intercultural struggle and cooperation in the citrus belt of Greater Los Angeles, Matt Garcia explores the social and cultural forces that helped make the city the expansive and … mehr »
geschrieben von Matt Garcia (Autor)
Collection on abandoned children illustrating the need to … mehr »
geschrieben von Catherine Panter-Brick (Autor) und Catherine Panter-Brick (Herausgeber) und Malcolm T. Smith (Herausgeber)
Aboriginal Affairs, 1967-2005: Seeking a Solution
Almost 40 years after the referendum which gave the Commonwealthrather than the various statespower to make laws covering the Aboriginal people of Australia, there is little evidence that any real … mehr »
geschrieben von Max Griffiths (Autor)
Aboriginal Australia Map: [Small, Flat]
ASPs best-selling publication. Attractive educational tool which aims to represent all the language groups of Australias Indigenous people. The Aboriginal Australia wall map represents work carried … mehr »
geschrieben von David Horton (Autor)
Aboriginal Australia Map: [Small, Folded]
ASPs best-selling publication. Attractive educational tool which aims to represent all the language groups of Australias Indigenous people. The Aboriginal Australia wall map represents work carried … mehr »
Aboriginal Australia: An Introductory Reader in Aboriginal Studies
With an analysis of the traditional, colonial, and contemporary experiences of indigenous Australians, this study examines various facets of the lives of Aboriginal Australians and shows how their … mehr »
geschrieben von Colin Bourke (Herausgeber) und Eleanor Bourke (Herausgeber) und Bill Edwards (Herausgeber)
This book is a revised version of the WA 1994 Report on implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. It examines Aboriginal offending and … mehr »
geschrieben von R. Broadhurst (Autor) und Anne Ferrante (Autor) und Richard W. Harding (Autor)
Aboriginal Sydney: A Guide to Important Places of the Past and Present
Sydney has a rich and complex Aboriginal heritage, hidden within the burgeoning, bustling city. But when you know where and how to look, the layers of a vibrant culture and turbulent history emerge. … mehr »
geschrieben von Melinda Hinkson (Autor)
Aboriginal Woman: Sacred and Profane
First published in 1939 by Routledge, this classic ethnography portrays the aboriginal woman as she really is--a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, … mehr »
geschrieben von Phyllis Mary Kaberry (Autor)
About Face: Performing Race in Fashion and Theater
From the runways of Paris to the Broadway stage, from "Rising Sun" to the casting controversies over "Miss Saigon," from high fashion advertising to a local demonstration at the Claremont Colleges in … mehr »
geschrieben von Dorinne Kondo (Autor) und Kondo Dorinne (Autor)
About Face: Race in Postmodern America
Simone melds the theoretical insights of postmodernists like Lyotard, Baudrillard, and Derrida with Afrocentric ethnology, psychology, and anthropology to expose the political ethics of race and … mehr »
geschrieben von Timothy Maliqalim Simone (Autor)
Accent on Privilege: English Identities and Anglophilia in the U.S.
What happens when immigration, privilege, … mehr »
geschrieben von Katharine W. Jones (Autor)
Achieving Our Humanity: The Idea of the Postracial Future
Does "race" make us human? Drawing upon the experience of being racialized as "black" for the first time while living in the United States and England, Nigerian-born Emmanuel Eze argues that racial … mehr »
geschrieben von Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (Autor)
For over thirty years, Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein have been studying transracial and intercountry adoptions. The families they have studied include white parents; African American, Hispanic, … mehr »
geschrieben von Rita J. Simon (Autor) und Howard Altstein (Autor)
Adoption, Race, & Identity: From Infancy to Young Adulthood
Adoption Race, and Identity is a long-range study of the impact of interracial adoption on those adopted and their families. Initiated in 1972, it was continued in 1979, 1984, and 1991. Cumulatively, … mehr »
geschrieben von Rita J. Simon (Autor) und Howard Altstein (Autor)
Adventures Into Mexico: American Tourism Beyond the Border
Moving beyond the tequila-soaked clichs of Mexican tourism, this multifaceted book explores the influence and experiences of Americans in Mexico since World War II. The authors trace Mexico's growing … mehr »
geschrieben von Nicholas Bloom (Autor)
Afraid of the Dark: What Whites and Blacks Need to Know about Each Other
Here is the definitive answer for anyone who has contact with people of another race--in companies, schools, neighborhoods, or other social situations--a book that finally reveals that race is not the … mehr »
geschrieben von Jim Myers (Autor) und Jesse L. , Sr. Jackson (Solist)
African Americans and Whites: Changing Relationships on College Campuses
Including the work of nearly 20 authors, this essay collection explores the changing relationship between African Americans and whites on U.S. College and University campuses. These essays investigate … mehr »
geschrieben von Robert Moore (Herausgeber)
African Earthkeepers: Wholistic Interfaith Mission
Marthinus L. Daneel profiles an African instituted interfaith earthkeeping mission that illustrates the transformation of the religious landscape now underway in the sub-Saharan world. Part One … mehr »
geschrieben von Marthinus L. Daneel (Autor)
African Families and the Crisis of Social Change
African families face serious crises today. They are under economic, demographic and political pressures of all kinds; yet, families are not mere hapless victims of global change. They are proactive, … mehr »
geschrieben von Thomas S. Weisner (Herausgeber) und Philip L. Kilbride (Herausgeber) und Tom Weisner (Herausgeber)
African Foragers: Environment, Technology, Interactions
Study of the development of foraging strategies in Africa … mehr »
geschrieben von Sibel Barut Kusimba (Autor)
African Identities: Race, Nation and Culture in Ethnography, Pan-Africanism and Black Literatures
Using literary texts, autobiography, ethnography, and historical documents, AFRICAN IDENTITIES explores the meanings associated with "Africa" and "Blackness" throughout this century. Author Kadiatu … mehr »
geschrieben von Kadiatu Kanneh (Autor) und Kanneh Kadiatu (Autor)
African Immigrants: Living a Godly Life
This book serves as an adventure into the hidden heritage of the typical African. It shows Africans as people of courage with noble history and culture. It reveals conditions that make many Africans … mehr »
geschrieben von Felicia Oguntomilade (Autor)
African Re-Genesis: Confronting Social Issues in the Diaspora
An exploration of the archaeology of … mehr »
geschrieben von Jay B. Haviser (Herausgeber) und Kevin C. MacDonald (Herausgeber)
Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and
Africans and Native Americans (the book) explores key issues relating to the evolution of racial terminology and European colonialists' perceptions of color, analyzing the development of color … mehr »
geschrieben von Jack D. Forbes (Autor)
After MacPherson: Policing After the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
At the anniversary of the MacPherson report's publication, this book brings together professionals and academics to reflect upon the effects of the report and the responses to it. It offers a critical … mehr »
geschrieben von Barry Loveday (Herausgeber) und Alan Marlow (Herausgeber)
Age of Atonement: The Influence of Evangelicalism on Social and Economic Thought, 1785-1865
In this study of the British upper and middle classes during the first half of the 19th century, Boyd Hilton reveals that the people of this age were obsessed with catastrophe: wars, famines, … mehr »
geschrieben von Boyd Hilton (Autor)
Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village
"Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village" deals with a Tarascan Indian village in southwestern Mexico which, between 1920 and 1926, played a precedent-setting role in agrarian reform. As he describes … mehr »
geschrieben von Paul Friedrich (Autor)
Buffalo Bird Woman (Maxidiwiac Waheenee) (1839-1932) was a Hidatsa who experienced the traditional life of her people in what is now the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. She learned and … mehr »
geschrieben von (Buffa Maxi'diwiac (Buffalo Bird Woman) (Autor) und Gilbert Livingstone Wilson (Herausgeber)
The recent influx of Albanian migrants into Michigan is a result of both the nationalist upheavals in the Balkan region as well as the breadth of opportunities that Michigan affords. The diversity of … mehr »
geschrieben von Frances Trix (Autor) und John Dulong (Autor)
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