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Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class and the Soul of the Nation
by Jennifer L. Hochschild  Publisher Comments The ideology of the American dream--the faith that an individual can attain success and virtue through strenuous effort--is the very soul of the American nation. According to Jennifer Hochschild, we have failed to face up to what that dream requires of...
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American Ethnicity: The Dynamics and Consequences of Discrimination
by Adalberto Aguirre Publisher Comments This brief text provides an accessible introduction to the dynamics of racial and ethnic relations. After summarizing key concepts and theories, the authors develop a simple theoretical framework that guides the presentation of data on each of the...
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The Grimke sisters from South Carolina :pioneers for woman's [sic] rights and abolition
by Gerda Lerner Publisher Comments The only Southern white women ever to become leading abolitionists, Sarah and Angelina Grimké encountered many obstacles in pursuing their anti-slavery work. Their greatest accomplishment was in challenging the ubiquitous prejudices of society...
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Strangers To These Shores : Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States (8TH 06 - Old Edition)
by Vincent Parrillo Publisher Comments Key Topic: This best-selling, comprehensive book on racial and ethnic relations in the U.S. covers theoretical issues and the experiences of more than 50 specific groups. Key Benefit: Covers more racial, ethnic, and religious groups than any other book...
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Silent Dancing : a Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood (90 Edition)
by Judith Ortiz Cofer Publisher Comments Recipient of The New York Public Library's 1991 Best Book for the Teen Age, a PEN citation, Martha Albrand Award for non-fiction and a Pushcart Prize....
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Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century
by Mari Castillo Bueno Publisher Comments Maria de los Reyes Castillo Bueno (1902-1997), a black woman known as Reyita, recounts her life in Cuba over the span of ninety years. Reyita's voice is at once dignified, warm, defiant, strong, poetic, principled, and intelligent. Her story--as told to...
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Global Studies: Africa (Global Studies)
by F. Jeffress Ramsay Publisher Comments Global Studies is a unique series designed to provide comprehensive background information and selected world press articles on the regions and countries of the world. Each Global Studies volume includes an annotated listing of World Wide Web sites...
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Beyond the Synagogue Gallery : Finding a Place for Women in American Judaism (00 Edition)
by Karla Goldman Publisher Comments Exegesis -- interpretation and explanation of sacred texts -- is the quintessence of rabbinic thought. Through such means and methods, the written words of Hebrew Scripture have been extended since antiquity, and given new voices for new times. In this...
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Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920 (Gender and American Culture)
by Glenda Eliz Gilmore Publisher Comments Gilmore sets out . . . to reinterpret turn-of-the-century southern politics from the perspective of middle-class black women activists. She succeeds brilliantly. The book not only reclaims the long-buried stories of a group of richly compelling...
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Monica's Story (99 Edition)
by Andrew Morton Publisher Comments Behind the headlines, there was one fascinating woman. This is her story. Monica Lewinsky. You know her name, you know her face, and you think you know her story: the pretty young intern who began an illicit affair with the President of the United States-...
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I Never Had It Made : an Autobiography (95 Edition)
by Jackie Robinson Publisher Comments A Dream Deferred My grandfather was born into slavery, and although my mother and my father, Mallie and Jerry Robinson, lived during an era when physical slavery had been abolished, they also lived in a newer, more sophisticated kind of slavery than the...
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Amongus : Essays on Identity, Belonging, and Intercultural Competence (2ND 06 Edition)
by Myron W. Lustig Publisher Comments AmongUS presents readings from individuals whose intercultural experiences give insights on how to achieve an effective and fair multicultural society where cultural identities are celebrated and maintained. Cultural identity; crossing cultures and...
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Racism in the United States : Implications for the Helping Professions (08 Edition)
by Joshua Miller Publisher Comments With this fascinating text, you will start to analyze the social and psychological dynamics of racism and the implications it will carry for you as helping professional. Authors Joshua Miller and Ann Marie Garran investigate the many facets of racism in...
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Two Nations Black & White Separate Hosti
by Andrew Hacker Publisher Comments "Challenging...The real value of this book is in Mr. Hacker's calm, analytical eye, his unblinking view of American history and his unwillingness to accept cant and 'common sense' as facts." --Tom Wicker The New York Times Book Review Why does race...
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Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy (Great Episodes)
by Seymour Reit Publisher Comments In 1861, when war erupted between the States, President Lincoln made an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not to remain on the sidelines, Emma Edmonds cropped her hair, donned men’s clothing, and enlisted in the Union Army. Posing in turn...
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Long Road of Woman's Memory (02 Edition)
by Jane Addams Publisher Comments An extended musing on the role of memory and myth in women's lives....
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Mistress of the Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin
by Susan Nagel Publisher Comments Nagel tells the captivating and irresistible story of Mary Nisbet, whose life and letters give readers an intimate and astonishing insider's look into the British aristocracy during the Romantic era....
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Gendered Society Reader (2ND 04 - Old Edition)
by Michael S. Kimmel Publisher Comments In this second edition, The Gendered Society Reader has been revised to include many new readings. These selections, both classic and contemporary, focus on the two major issues in gender studies--gender difference and male domination. They examine such...
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Institutional Racism : a Primer on Theory and Strategies for Social Change (2ND 07 Edition)
by Shirley Better Book News Annotation Racism is more complex than outspoken bigotry. Dominant groups perpetuate it because eradicating racism would remove their privileges. Institutions perpetuate it because acknowledging its existence would upset tradition and expose long-standing...
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Postethnic America Beyond Multiculturali
by David A Hollinger Publisher Comments Sympathetic with the new ethnic consciousness, Hollinger argues that the conventional liberal toleration of all established ethnic groups no longer works because it leaves unchallenged the prevailing imbalance of power. Yet the multiculturalist...
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