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Asian American Women by Lora Jo Foo Publisher Comments Asian American Women: Issues, Concerns, and Responsive Human and Civil Rights Advocacy reveals the struggles of Asian American women at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder where hunger, illness, sweatshop labor, exposure to hazardous chemicals and... (read more) Your price: $6.00 DRM-Free PDF - Electronic 
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Coming of Age in America: The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century by Mary C. Waters Publisher Comments What is it like to become an adult in twenty-first-century America? This book takes us to four very different places-New York City, San Diego, rural Iowa, and Saint Paul, Minnesota-to explore the dramatic shifts in coming-of-age experiences across the... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $23.08 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Snake Dance of Asian American Activism: Community, Vision, and Power by Michael Liu Publisher Comments This text reinterprets a misunderstood and overlooked epoch of the Asian American experience, the Asian American Movement (AAM). The authors argue that, contrary to the common view of the movement as a passing phase limited to college youth, the Asian... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $31.71 Google eBooks - Electronic
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White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise Publisher Comments Racial privilege shapes the lives of white Americans in every facet of life, from employment and education to housing and criminal justice. Using stories from his own life, Tim Wise shows that racism not only burdens people of color, but also benefits... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.27 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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"¡Nos Quitan Nuestros Trabajos!" by Aviva Chomsky Publisher Comments An indispensable guide to the current debate on immigration.--Howard Zinn Aviva Chomsky dismantles twenty-one of the most widespread myths and beliefs about immigrants and immigration. Nos Quitan el Trabajo challenges the underlying assumptions that fuel... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $15.97 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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European Identity and Culture by Rebecca Friedman Publisher Comments Exploring attempts by various actors - institutions, groups, individuals - to create transnational European identities, European Identity and Culture scrutinizes the cultural formations that have either reignited or emerged in often contradictory... (read more) List Price $99.95 Your price: $96.20 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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African American Pastoral Care by Edward P. Wimberly Publisher Comments Respond to God's unfolding drama to bring healing and reconciliation. In this major revision of his classic book, Dr. Edward Wimberly updates his narrative methodology by examining current issues in African American pastoral care and counseling.... (read more) Your price: $18.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Shadow Catcher: A U.S. Agent Infiltrates Mexico's Deadly Crime Cartels by Hipolito Acosta Publisher Comments Undercover agent for US I&NS and U.S. Border Patrol reveals his high stakes infiltration of immigrant smuggling rings and Mexican drug cartels.... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California by James N. Gregory Publisher Comments Fifty years ago, John Steinbeck's now classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, captured the epic story of an Oklahoma farm family driven west to California by dust storms, drought, and economic hardship. It was a story that generations of Americans have also... (read more) List Price $16.15 Your price: $14.94 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Asian America through the Lens: History, Representations, and Identity by Jun Xing Publisher Comments A guide to Asian identity in film explores the documentary as a medium for social history, the portrayal of Asian American women in movies, and criticism of marginal... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $33.64 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Possessive Investment in Whiteness, The: How White People Profit from Identity Politics by George Lipsitz Publisher Comments In this unflinching look at white supremacy, George Lipsitz argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment. Above and beyond personal feelings and acts of individual prejudice, whiteness is a... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $24.93 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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An Economic Sociology of Immigrant Life in Canada by Abdolmohammad Kazemipur Publisher Comments Not long ago, the integration of immigrants in host societies was perceived mostly in terms of assimilation, an overly simplistic scenario, based on which immigrants would learn the language and culture of the native population, and the rest would just... (read more) List Price $69.00 Your price: $63.82 Google eBooks - Electronic
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West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story by Tamim Ansary Publisher Comments A passionate personal journey through two cultures in conflict Shortly after militant Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, Tamim Ansary of San Francisco sent an e-mail to twenty friends, telling how the threatened U.S. reprisals against... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Uprooting Racism by Paul Kivel Publisher Comments Challenges mainstream opinions about the decline of racism, outlining a framework for understanding institutional racism while explaining how white activists can intervene in interpersonal and organizational situations to minimize discrimination against... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop by Christopher Dennis Publisher Comments .cs676C7CC9{text-align: left;text-indent:0pt;padding:12pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt} .csA62DFD6A{color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-family: Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; } .cs5EFED22F... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $53.24 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Son Preference: Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia by Navtej K. Purewal Publisher Comments The preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue of local and global dimensions. While son preference is not a new phenomenon and has existed historically in many parts of Asia, its contemporary expressions... (read more) List Price $23.40 Your price: $22.52 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies by James A. Clifton Publisher Comments This volume explores how cultural fictions promote divisiveness and translate into policy. Throughout, it reveals a deep and abiding respect for Indians, their histories, and their cultures, saving its critique for jaundiced academics and callow... (read more) List Price $23.96 Your price: $21.26 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Unbound Voices: A Documentary History of Chinese Women in San Francisco by Judy Yung Publisher Comments An invaluable and finely-crafted collection of oral histories, narratives, interviews, essays, photographs, and memoirs, documenting more than half a century of Chinese immigrant women's lives in the San Francisco area.... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $25.69 Google eBooks - Electronic
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COMING OF AGE IN ANTHROPOLOGY: Commentaries on Growing Up in the Global Village by Pamela J. Peck PhD Publisher Comments In the early twentieth century, anthropologist Margaret Mead wrote a seminal book called Coming of Age in Samoa, followed by a second ethnography called Growing Up in New Guinea. Now, anthropologist Pamela Peck borrows from these titles for her latest... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Enlightenment in the Colony by Aamir R. Mufti Publisher Comments Enlightenment in the Colony opens up the history of the "Jewish question" for the first time to a broader discussion--one of the social exclusion of religious and cultural minorities in modern times, and in particular the crisis of Muslim identity in... (read more) Your price: $25.95 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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