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by Ray Gonzalez  Publisher Comments From Homeboy to Latin Lover, America entertains a host of images about Latino men, yet all are variations on the Macho Man, virile and brash, full of passion and testosterone. From today's best-known as well as emerging Latino writers, poet and editor... (read more)  List Price $14.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Evelina Chao Publisher Comments Growing up Chinese in Virginia in the Fifties, Evelina Chao's sense of historical or cultural context was colored by the images contained in her grandfather Yeh-Yeh's letters and news of his life as an eminent poet, philosopher, and theologian in Beijing.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $7.46 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Roger Daniels Publisher Comments This classic study offers a history of anti-Japanese prejudice in California, extending from the late nineteenth century to 1924, when an immigration act excluded Japanese from entering the United States. "The Politics of Prejudice" details the political... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $1.49 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Frank Waters Publisher Comments In this novel of the mestizo or mixed-blood, Frank Waters completes the Southwestern canvas begun in The Man Who Killed the Deer and People of the Valley. Set in a violent Mexican border town, the story centers on Barby, a tormented mestizo, Guadalupe... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Frank Mendez Publisher Comments Frank Mendez, a child of Mexican immigrants, begins his memoir with the story of his father's harrowing migration from Mexico to Texas in 1920, as he escaped from Zapata's "?guerrillos, and continues with his story of growing up in northeast Ohio. He... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $9.75 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Karin Evans Synopsis In a personal and journalistic exploration of the thousands of baby girls whoare abandoned in China each year, Evans links the lives of a Chinese baby, anadoptive American mother, and a Chinese mother hidden in the shadows.... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Frank Fueredi Book News Annotation Traces the history of Western colonial racist ideology and its role in subjugating non-Western peoples, analyzing the changing perception of racism in the West and how the use of "race" has altered during the course of the 20th century. Looks at WWII... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $3.85 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael P Macdonald Publisher Comments This searing coming-of-age memoir is set in "Southie" where gangster Whitey Bulger runs the drug business, and class and racial violence erupt in response to forced busing in the 1970s. MacDonald loses four siblings to drugs, poverty, and violence, and... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by David Haines Publisher Comments "Well researched and clearly written, for the student and also for the citizen who seeks heightened awareness of refugee issues." Reference Books... (read more) List Price $69.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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 $1.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jim Myers Publisher Comments The definitive guide for anyone who has contact with people of another race—in companies, schools, neighborhoods, or other social situations—this book asserts that race is not the unfathomable mystery it is usually made out to be. In a... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tracy Quinn Publisher Comments A delightful collection of quotes, from the hilarious to the poignant to the profound, from some of America's best-known and best-loved Irish Americans. Wise and witty, it demonstrates the wonderful way with words that has been passed down through... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Geneive Abdo Publisher Comments Gaining unprecedented access to Muslim communities in America, the author traveled across the country, visiting schools, mosques, Islamic centers, radio stations, and homes, and reveals a community tired of being judged by Americans' perceptions of... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $18.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Nilda Chong Book News Annotation Written for mainstream managers, supervisors and employees who work with Latinos, this volume explores the nuances of Latino culture in the workplace. Chong and Baez, first-generation Latinas and human resources experts, discuss Latino values and... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $14.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nan Elsasser Publisher Comments Diverse and often divergent, the voices in this oral history of four generations of New Mexican-Hispanic women challenge myths and stereotypes. Twenty-one women recall life experiences spanning a period from the time New Mexico was a Spanish-speaking... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jonathan Coleman Publisher Comments This "powerful and profound" ("Detroit News") seven-year exploration of race in America today has been praised for its "compelling storytelling" ("Seattle Post-Intelligencer") and its "superb" narrative ("Library Journal").... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $5.75 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ernest Cashmore Publisher Comments Since the 1993 publication of the third edition of the "Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations," events have continued to change the way in which race and ethnicity are viewed. The trial of O. J. Simpson; the publication of "The Bell Curve;" and the... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Flavia Alaya Publisher Comments Flavia Alaya was 22 years old, a radiant but sheltered Italian American on a Fulbright in Italy, when she met Father Harry Browne. When the attraction that began in a cafe in Perugia grew too compelling to resist, they embarked on a relationship that... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $2.13 (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 $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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