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by Roger Daniels  Publisher Comments As issues of national security have recently led many to question the scope and extent of our civil liberties, there is a rekindled interest in the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War. This brief guide uncovers the history of... (read more)  List Price $12.00 Your price $4.46 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Lawrence H Fuchs Publisher Comments Do recent changes in American law and politics mean that our national motto -- e pluribus unum -- is at last becoming a reality? Lawrence H. Fuchs searches for answers to this question by examining the historical patterns of American ethnicity and the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Adam Fifield Publisher Comments Adam Fifield was just 11 years old when his family adopted 14-year-old Soeuth, a refugee from Pol Pot's killing fields. Here he tells the story of Soeuth's slow, painful, but ultimately triumphant acceptance of a new family and culture. Fifield writes... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Patrick Garry Publisher Comments Law professor Patrick Garry believes today's racial problem is not silence, but rather confusion. Accusations of racism are vague but pervasive. They have become an indictment against the very legitimacy of society as a whole. With that has come a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Edward I Koch Publisher Comments For more than three decades, Ed Koch has been one of America’s most interesting and outspoken political figures. In this provocative new book, Koch with Rafael Medoff guides readers through the major battles in his life-long fight... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $17.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Hector Tobar Publisher Comments Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar takes us on the definitive tour of the Spanish-speaking United States — a parallel nation, 35 million strong, that is changing the very notion of what it means to be an American in unprecedented... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $12.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ruben Martinez Publisher Comments The U.S.-Mexican border is one of the most permeable boundaries in the world, breached daily by Mexicans in search of work. Thousands die crossing the line and those who reach "the other side" are branded illegals, undocumented and unprotected. Crossing... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $1.99 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephan Thernstrom Publisher Comments In a book destined to become a classic, Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom present important new information about the positive changes that have been achieved and the measurable improvement in the lives of the majority of African-Americans. Supporting their... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Douglas Monroy Publisher Comments This is a sweeping study of the making of Mexican Los Angeles from around 1910 to the 1940s, one of the most dramatic and historically vibrant periods in the history of Los Angeles and its Mexican communitites.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Linda Heidenreich Synopsis The territory of Napa County, California, contains more than grapevines. The deepest roots belong to Wappo-speaking peoples, a group whose history has since been buried by the stories of Spanish colonizers, Californios (today's Latinos), African... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $13.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Carmit Delman Publisher Comments "From the outside, no matter what the gradations of my mixed heritage, the shadow of Indian brown in my skin caused others to automatically perceive me as Hindu or Muslim. . . . Still, I trekked through life with the spirit of a Jew, fleshed out by the... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lisa Garcia Bedolla Publisher Comments This provocative study of the Latino political experience offers a nuanced, in-depth, and often surprising perspective on the factors affecting the political engagement of a segment of the population that is now the nation's largest minority. Drawing... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $17.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Margaret L Paris Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-226).... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Maureen Dezell Publisher Comments A dazzling and bracingly honest look at a great people in a great land. For many people in this country, Irish American culture conjures up thoughts of raucous pubs, St. Patrick's Day parades, memoirs peopled with an array of saints and sinners, and such... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Samuel Walker Publisher Comments The First Amendment protects even the most offensive forms of expression: racial slurs, hateful religious propaganda, and cross-burning. No other county in the world offers the same kind of protection to offensive speech. How did this free speech... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $5.75 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Oreffice Publisher Comments The United States is the land of opportunity and a society unique in the history of the world. It is only in America that an immigrant could create a new life. Only in America could someone arrive speaking fewer than fifty words of English and work... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Amir B Marvasti Publisher Comments Using data from in-depth interviews, this book brings to light the existence of Middle Easterners in America and shows the human complexity of their lives. This work gives special attention to how members of this ethnic group cope with, resist and combat... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $15.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lisa See Publisher Comments Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Raymonde Carroll Publisher Comments Raymonde Carroll presents an intriguing and thoughtful analysis of the many ways French and Americans--and indeed any members of different cultures--can misinterpret each other, even when ostensibly speaking the same language. Cultural misunderstandings,... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lauren Kessler Publisher Comments Masuo Yasui saw America as a land of limitless opportunity. Like countless other immigrants, he put down roots, worked hard, and achieved success. In Oregon's Hood River Valley, Yasui achieved as a businessman, an orchardist, and leader of the Japanese... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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