wired - Discrimination & Race Relations 5

A 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title New scholarship provides insights into the archaeology and cultural history of African American life from a collection of sites in the Mid-Atlantic This grou……続きを見る

Diversity in the Power Elite is a provocative analysis of the diversity that existsーand doesn’t existーamong America’s powerful people. Richard L. Zweigenhaft and G. William Domhoff examine the pro……続きを見る

The Man Behind the bars by Winifred Louise Taylor. A study of prisons, and men in prison, over a century ago. Once one has digested this book, one realizes that the more things change, the more they……続きを見る

This study seeks to critically examine the field and function of social stratification, with emphasis on Africana phenomena. Phrased another way, this edited volume attempts to study and focus on wh……続きを見る

This basic, introductory guide answers 100 of the questions people ask in everyday conversation. It informs Americans about workers, students and guests from East Asia including China, Taiwan, Macau……続きを見る

Explores the racialization of immigrants from post-Soviet states and the nuances of citizenship for this new diaspora. Mapping representations of post-1980s immigration from the former Soviet Union ……続きを見る

19th-Century British MP and abolitionist William Wilberforce wrote A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, also called Real Christianity, in 1797. In the book, W……続きを見る

George T. Malvaney's life epitomizes the old maxim that "You cannot make this stuff up." Combine a young Klansman from Mississippi, an armed coup attempt in the Caribbean, a stay in prison, and a li……続きを見る

The Mississippi Freedom Vote in 1963 consisted of an integrated citizens' campaign for civil rights. With candidates Aaron Henry, a black pharmacist from Clarksdale for governor, and Reverend Ed Kin……続きを見る

Originally published shortly after the LDS Church lifted its priesthood and temple restriction on black Latter-day Saints, Newell G. Bringhurst’s landmark work remains ever-relevant as both the firs……続きを見る

Combining firsthand accounts from activists with the research of scholars and reflections from artists, Policing the Planet traces the global spread of the broken-windows policing strategy, first es……続きを見る

William J. Anderson was born in 1811 to a free mother and a slave father. Andersons own mother sold him into slavery after his father died. Anderson escaped in 1836 and wrote an autobiography on his……続きを見る

Smash the Pillars builds on the efforts by scholars and activists to decolonize Dutch history and memory, as they resist the epistemological violence imposed by the state, its institutions, and domi……続きを見る

An “arresting” and deeply personal portrait that “confront[s] the touchy subject of Darwin and race head on” (The New York Times Book Review). It’s difficult to overstate the profound risk Charles D……続きを見る

Winner, 2019 William J. Goode Book Award, given by the Family Section of the American Sociological Association Finalist, 2019 C. Wright Mills Award, given by the Society for the Study of Social Prob……続きを見る

The orthodox view of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean holds that Greece and Rome were its only 'genuine slave societies', that is, societies in which slave labour contributed significantly to th……続きを見る

Originally published in 1976, Welfare State and Welfare Society breaks away from the prevailing notion that the welfare state is mainly concerned with the well-being of the entire nation. The book d……続きを見る

Originally published in 1987 Pressure for the Poor looks at the debate surrounding the role of pressure groups in policy making. It closely relates theories of pressure group behaviour with the find……続きを見る

This comprehensive collection of the latest research and policy developments in civic service worldwide provides an informed assessment of what works and what doesn't work in the field. With contrib……続きを見る

Der Band beantwortet die Frage, wie einzelne Kommunen zu Orten der Ausgrenzung z. B. für Flüchtlinge werden. Hierzu werden am Beispiel der ostsächsischen Stadt Bautzen Ergebnisse einer Mixed-Methods……続きを見る

Although it’s self-evident to observers of the contemporary academic scene, far too few of those parents whose kids are college-bound seem to be aware of the conflict raging within academia over its……続きを見る

The subject of race and identity is a burning issue which continues to occupy the attention not only of South Africans but also the wider residents of the continent of Africa and those who are Afric……続きを見る

'More than lives up to the hype' Observer 'Set to become a publishing sensation' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row 'An astounding achievement' Sunday Times 'The lost giant of American literature' New Yorke……続きを見る

Race and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture is an innovative work that freshly approaches the concept of race as a social factor made concrete in popular forms, such as film, television, and music……続きを見る

By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the United States between World War I and the present, Warring ……続きを見る

Why in America should the most sinister of European social diseases have taken root? Why should that disease have spread from its seemingly anachronistic beginning in the Gilded Age until it infecte……続きを見る

A compelling true story of homicide and injustice in an outback town At first it looked like a swag, said the grader driver. He'd found the body just off the road outside the outback town of Katheri……続きを見る

Author William Bradford Huie was one of the most celebrated figures of twentieth-century journalism. A pioneer of "checkbook journalism," he sought the truth in controversial stories when the truth ……続きを見る

What is the place of Amanda Smith in American history? Has she any place there? Mrs. Smith is an historic character. The biography of great women, and especially great women of the Negro race, would……続きを見る

There are very few Anti-Slavery books adapted to the young, yet no field could furnish a more attractive literature for children than this. Robinson Crusoe and the Arabian Nights would seem lifeless……続きを見る