Ethnic category: 7100 books
Hispano Homesteaders
The Last New Mexico Pioneers, 1850-1910
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
After Santa Fe was founded in 1610, the Hispano people were restless to expand their colony. They slowly pushed their borders to the north, establishing little villages along the Rio Grande and dozens of its tributaries. Their progress was often interrupted, first by the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and...
The Californios
A History, 1769-1890
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Before the Gold Rush of 1848–1858, Alta (Upper) California was an isolated cattle frontier—and home to a colorful group of Spanish-speaking, non-indigenous people known as Californios. Profiting from the forced labor of large numbers of local Indians, they carved out an almost feudal way of life,...
Californio Portraits
Baja California's Vanishing Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
First published in 1981, Harry W. Crosby’s Last of the Californios captured the history of the mountain people of Baja California during a critical moment of transition, when the 1974 completion of the transpeninsular highway increased the Californios’ contact with the outside world and profoundly...
Growing up Untouchable in India
A Dalit Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2002
'In this English translation, Moon's story is usefully framed by apparatus necessary to bring its message to even those taking their first look at South Asian culture...The result is an easy to digest short-course on what it means to be a Dalit, in the words of one notable Dalit.'-Journal of Asian Studies
by Kiyota
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Swain Wodening
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2013
A book detailing the beliefs, practices, and mindset of Theodish Belief. "Þéodisc Geléafa 'The Belief of the Tribe'" dispels many of the myths surrounding Theodish Belief, and details the reality. It covers topics such as why to be tribal, the advantages of tribal Heathenry, the mechanics behind a theod, as well as the major rites. This is a must have book on Theodism.
Ugetsu Monogatari or Tales of Moonlight and Rain (Routledge Revivals)
A Complete English Version of the Eighteenth-Century Japanese collection of Tales of the Supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Ugetsu Monogatari, or Tales of Moonlight and Rain numbers among the best-loved Japanese classics. These nine illustrated tales of the supernatural from eighteenth-century Osaka combine popular appeal with a high literary standard. The author expressed his complex views on human life and society in...
A Hundred Autumn Leaves
The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: Translated and Annotated
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
A Hundred Autumn Leaves is an annotated liberal English translation of the hundred poems of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu -- a thirteenth century Japanese anthology. It surveys and tracks Japanese history through the eyes of the hundred poets, and presents medieval history from a completely different niche....
Blood and the Covenant
The Historical Consequences of the Contract with God
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Blood and the Covenant tells the story of a mindsetthe conception of a personal covenant between God and manand the insidious consequences of this mindset. Author Pierre Parisien examines the history of covenantal belief and looks critically at two of its most troubling aspects: appropriation (the...
Japan: A Documentary History: v. 1: The Dawn of History to the Late Eighteenth Century
A Documentary History
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2015
An updated edition of David Lu's acclaimed "Sources of Japanese History", this two volume book presents in a student-friendly format original Japanese documents from Japan's mythological beginnings through 1995. Covering the full spectrum of political, economic, diplomatic as well as cultural...
The Lucky Ones
One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
This rags-to-riches history of three generations offers a “terrifically readable, compelling” look at the Chinese middle class and the immigrant experience (Publishers Weekly).
In 1864, at the age of twelve, Jeu Dip left southern China for America. In San Francisco, he reinvented himself...
I'm Not Chinese
The Journey from Resentment to Reverence
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
The first thing you need to know is I'm not Chinese. My name is Raymond Wong and I stopped being Chinese at the age of five. Raymond Wong wants to forget his past: a charming, conniving, and controlling Chinese mother, a father who hasn't so much as written him a letter in 28 years, a stepfather who...
by Nakae Chomin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1992
A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government takes the form of a debate between a spokesman for Western ideals of democracy and progress, and an advocate for adherence to traditional samurai values. Their discussion is moderated by the imperturbable Master Nankai, who loves nothing more than to drink...
Chow Chop Suey
Food and the Chinese American Journey
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Chinese food first became popular in America under the shadow of violence against Chinese aliens, a despised racial minority ineligible for United States citizenship. The founding of late-nineteenth-century "chop suey" restaurants that pitched an altered version of Cantonese cuisine to white...