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The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation, Second Edition by Leo R Chavez Publisher Comments News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land once their own and destroying the American way of life. In this book, Leo R. Chavez contests this assumption... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Slavery Before Race: Europeans, Africans, and Indians at Long Island's Sylvester Manor Plantation, 1651-1884 by Katherine Howlett Hayes Publisher Comments The study of slavery in the Americas generally assumes a basic racial hierarchy: Africans or those of African descent are usually the slaves, and white people usually the slaveholders. In this unique interdisciplinary work of historical archaeology... (read more) Your price: $38.50 New - Hardcover
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Against the Tide: Immigrants, Day Laborers, and Community in Jupiter, Florida by Sandra Lazo De La Vega Synopsis Across the United States, the issue of immigration has generated rancorous debate and divided communities. Many states and municipalities have passed restrictive legislation that erodes any sense of community. Against the Tide tells the story of Jupiter,... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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Living "Illegal": The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration by Marie Friedmann Marquardt Synopsis In June 2012, President Obamas executive order enforcing parts of the Dream Act and the Supreme Courts decision to block components of Arizonas draconian immigration law propelled the immigration debate back into the headlines once again. Based on oral... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Harvard East Asian Monographs #349: On the Margins of Empire: Buraku and Korean Identity in Prewar and Wartime Japan by Jeffrey Paul Bayliss Publisher Comments Two of the largest minority groups in modern Japan--Koreans, who emigrated to the metropole as colonial subjects, and a social minority known as the Burakumin, who descended from former outcastes--share a history of discrimination and marginalization... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Hardcover
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Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan by Leslie D. Helm Publisher Comments Helm was the Tokyo correspondent for the Los Angeles Times when he realized that the majority of the articles he had written were "critical of Japan in some way." This was surprising considering Helm was born in Japan and is part Japanese himself. In... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Young Muslims, Pedagogy and Islam: Contexts and Concepts by M. G. Khan Publisher Comments Written by a leading practitioner and academic in the field of youth and community work, this multidisciplinary book approaches the lives of Muslim young people from theoretical, social, and theological viewpoints. M. G. Khan moves beyond notions of... (read more) Your price: $42.25 New - Trade Paper
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Young Muslims, Pedagogy and Islam: Contexts and Concepts by M. G. Khan Publisher Comments Written by a leading practitioner and academic in the field of youth and community work, this multidisciplinary book approaches the lives of Muslim young people from theoretical, social, and theological viewpoints. M. G. Khan moves beyond notions of... (read more) Your price: $98.95 New - Hardcover
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Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side by Rayya Elias Publisher Comments “It is my honor to introduce these pages — so gravelly, so straggly, so hopeful, bright, and true.” —Elizabeth Gilbert When she was seven, Rayya Elias and her family fled the political conflict in their native Syria... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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My White Friends by Myra (pht) Greene Publisher Comments The images from Myra Greene's series initially read as benign portraits of a cross section of white American life, yet the impetus for their creation lies in an undercurrent of racial description. By photographing friends, peers, and mentors, Greene... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Trade Paper
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Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina by Raquel Cepeda Publisher Comments In 2009, when Raquel Cepeda almost lost her estranged father to heart disease, she was terrified shed never know the truth about her ancestry. Every time she looked in the mirror, Cepeda saw a mystery — a tapestry of races and ethnicities that came... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Culture of Europe (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe) by Peter I. (edt) Barta Publisher Comments The end of communism in Europe has tended to be discussed mainly in the context of political science and history. This book, in contrast, assesses the cultural consequences for Europe of the disappearance of the Soviet bloc. Adopting a multi-disciplinary... (read more) Your price: $145.00 New - Hardcover
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Governing Immigration Through Crime: A Reader by Julie A. (edt) Dowling Publisher Comments In the United States, immigration is generally seen as a law and order issue. Amidst increasing anti-immigrant sentiment, unauthorized migrants have been cast as lawbreakers. Governing Immigration Through Crime offers a comprehensive and accessible... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Trade Paper
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Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez: The Farm Workers' Fight for Rights and Justice (Movements of the American Mosaic) by Roger Bruns Publisher Comments Two decades after Cesar Chavez's death, this timely book chronicles the drive for a union of one of American society's most exploited groups—farm workers. Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez is a valuable one-volume source based on the most recent... (read more) Your price: $103.25 New - Hardcover
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Seeking Salaam: Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis in the Pacific Northwest (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book) by Sandra M. Chait Publisher Comments In conversations with more than forty East African immigrants living in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, Sandra Chait captures the immigrantsÕ struggle for identity in the face of competing stories and documents how some individuals have been... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front by Elizabeth R. Escobedo Publisher Comments During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shifts and the war challenged Americans to rethink notions of race. At this extraordinary... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Hardcover
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Intellectuals and Race by Thomas Sowell Publisher Comments Intellectuals and Race is a radical book in the original sense of one that goes to the root of the problem. The role of intellectuals in racial strife is explored in an international context that puts the American experience in a wholly new light. The... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Bangkok Bound by Ellen Boccuzzi Publisher Comments With the acceleration of global migration, literature by migrant writers has emerged as a powerful medium for describing the ways in which global forces are experienced at the personal level. Migrant literature offers a compelling counter-narrative to... (read more) Your price: $26.25 New - Trade Paper
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Beyond Citizenship?: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging (Citizenship, Gender and Diversity) by Sasha (edt) Roseneil Publisher Comments Beyond Citizenship? Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging pushes debates about citizenship and feminist politics in new directions, challenging us to think 'beyond citizenship', and to engage in feminist re-theorizations of the experience and... (read more) Your price: $90.00 New - Hardcover
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New Perspectives on Latina/O Religion #2: Made in the Margins: Latina/O Constructions of Us Religious History by Hjamil A. Martinez-vazquez Publisher Comments Though the writing of US religious history has become increasingly open to new voices, Hjamil A. Martínez-Vázquez argues that those voices have yet to challenge effectively the dominant Eurocentric historical perspective. In this... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Trade Paper
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