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The Soup Has Many Eyes: From Shtetl to Chicago- A Memoir of One Family's Journey Through History
by Joann Rose Leonard Synopsis Like the ingredients in a soup, our lives are flavored and made rich by those who came before us. This book offers a rich, poetic, deeply satisfying testament to the importance of family bonds, spiritual revelation, and the miracle of what happens when...
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Race an Anthology in the First Person
by Bart Schneider Publisher Comments What is your race? In September 1994, The Hungry Mind Review's readers responded to this and nineteen other race-related questions in the periodical's now-renowned Race questionnaire. It was during the compilation of that particular issue that editor...
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Coat of many colors :reflections on diversity by a minority of one
by Eugene Chen Eoyang Book News Annotation Eoyang (East Asian languages and cultures, Indiana U.) argues for cultural diversity in our conception of what is American, and touches on issues such as the meaning of racial categories, the role of immigrants, and the benefits and pitfalls of...
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The race card :white guilt, Black resentment, and the assault on truth and justice
by Peter Collier Publisher Comments Prominent writers, Heterodoxy magazine editors, and political commentators Peter Collier and David Horowitz present seventeen powerful, provocative essays that explore how racial pride has been exploited to pervert justice and twist history....
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Today's Immigrants, Their Stories: A New Look at the Newest Americans
by Thomas Kessner Review "These are powerful and stirring tales about ordinary people who are surmounting extraordinary obstacles to gain access to a better life, to liberty, and to the pursuit of happiness."--Daniel Patrick Moynihan "Excellent."--Linda C. Johnson, Monterey...
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Bitter Melon: Inside America's Last Rural Chinese Town
by Jeff Gillenkirk Publisher Comments Bitter Melon is the timely and touching chronicle of Locke, constructed in 1915, the only town in America built and inhabited exclusively by Chinese. The exquisite photographs of James Motlow and oral histories from local residents evoke the spirit of...
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Immigrant America a Portrait 2ND Edition
by Alejandro Portes Publisher Comments Widely acclaimed for its superb portrayal of immigration and immigrant lives in the United States, this work, first published in 1990, has become a classic. This second edition has been thoroughly expanded and updated to reflect current demographic...
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Racial Conflict in Contemporary Society
by John Stone Publisher Comments In this book I have made use of the theories and research of others in formulating the ideas expressed in this book, will be apparent to any reader....
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For Whom There is No Room: Scenes from the Refugee World
by Eileen Egan Publisher Comments A first-person account of the efforts of Catholic Relief Services to assist overseas refugees from World War II to Vietnam....
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Racial Conflict in Contemporary Society
by John Stone Publisher Comments In this book I have made use of the theories and research of others in formulating the ideas expressed in this book, will be apparent to any reader....
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Representing Black Culture: Race and Cultural Politics in the United States
by Richard M Merelman Publisher Comments "Representing Black Culture" provides an innovative and comprehensive analysis of the role that black culture plays in American race realtions. By analyzing films, literature, popular music, education, television, and governmental cultural policy...
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Iron cages :race and culture in 19th-century America
by Ronald Takaki Publisher Comments A pathbreaking work by one of the leading scholars in the field, Iron Cages provides a unique comparative analysis of white attitudes toward Asians, Blacks, Mexicans, and Native Americans in the nineteenth century, offering a cohesive study of the...
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Tearing the Silence: On Being German in America
by Ursula Hegi Publisher Comments Brilliantly interviewed by bestselling novelist Ursula Hegi, German Americans born in Germany during and immediately following World War II speak out about the legacy of grief and shame that continues to haunt them. Like Studs Terkel in his classic...
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Handbook on Resettlement a Guide To Good Practice
by Asian Dev Bank Publisher Comments This handbook, one of a series of publications that address the integration of social dimensions into ADB operations, is intended to complement ADB's policy on involuntary resettlement. It describes the resettlement process and operational requirements...
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The\\Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890
by Leonard Pitt Publisher Comments In his enduring study of Spanish-speaking Californians--a group that includes both native-born Californians, or Californios, and immigrants from Mexico--Leonard Pitt charts one of the earliest chapters in the state's ethnic history, and, in the process...
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God and Caesar at the Rio Grande: Sanctuary and the Politics of Religion
by Hilary Cunningham Publisher Comments The author offers a fascinating account of the history and growth of the Sanctuary Movement, as she demonstrates how religion shapes and is shaped by political culture. Focusing on the Sanctuary located in Tucson, Arizona, she explores the movement...
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Middle of Everywhere the Worlds Refugees
by Mary Bray Pipher Publisher Comments Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has helped us understand our family members. Reviving Ophelia did for our teenage daughters what Another Country did for our aging parents. Now, Pipher connects us with our greater family--the human family. In cities and...
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By the color of our skin :the illusion of integration and the reality of race
by Leonard Steinhorn Book News Annotation One black and one white, communications scholars from the American University argue that illusions of increasing integration in the US mask a reality of race relations. Bypassing official legal and political constructs to look at daily life, they...
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Safe Third Countries: Extending the Eu Asylum and Immigration Policies to Central and Eastern Europe
by Sandra Lavenex Publisher Comments The refugee issue has always been controversial and Lavenex's analysis adds fuel to an already heated debate. She analyses the various bi- and multilateral processes by which the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs) are being gradually...
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Everything You Need to Know about Asian-American History
by Lan Cao Publisher Comments One can hardly understand American history without knowing the crucial role people of Asian ancestry have played in shaping our past, politics, and culture. Exploding myths and stereotypes, with more than fifty pages of new material, this absorbing and...
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