Ethnic category: 7100 books

Today, millions of people are being held in slavery around the world. From poverty-stricken countries to affluent American suburbs, slaves toil as sweatshop workers, sex slaves, migrant workers, and domestic servants. With exposés by seven former slaves--as well as one slaveholder--from Southeast...

In Culture and Customs of Tanzania, author Kefa M. Otiso presents an approachable basic overview of the country's key characteristics, covering topics such as Tanzania's land, peoples, languages, education system, resources, occupations, economy, governme

"Chicken fried rice, sweet and sour pork, and an order of onion rings, please." Chinese restaurants in small town Canada are at once everywhere - you would be hard pressed to find a town without a Chinese restaurant - and yet they are conspicuously absent in critical discussions of...

Offering a comprehensive overview of Puerto Rico's history and evolution since the installation of U.S. rule, Cesar Ayala and Rafael Bernabe connect the island's economic, political, cultural, and social past. Puerto Rico in the American Century explores Puerto Ricans in the diaspora as well as the...

When was the last time you said everything on your mind without holding back? In this no-holds-barred discussion of America’s top hot-button issues, a journalist and a cultural anthropologist express opinions that are widely held in private—but rarely heard in public. Everyone edits what...

是統一或和平相處？我們都很想知道。 這是一本理解韓國人性格及文化的必讀之作！ 韓國──一個令人又愛又恨的國家，從蕞爾小國躍進世界舞台， 不斷創造經濟、文化奇蹟，讓世人無法忽視它的影響力。 《新韓國人：從稻田躍進矽谷的現代奇蹟創造者》是最深入、最全面的韓國觀察報告， 從宏觀角度探索歷史、觀察社會、剖析文化，刻劃最真實的南韓面貌！ 來自首爾現場的剖析與未來預言；看過這本書，你會比韓國人更了解韓國！ 韓國人是什麼人？他們是什麼樣子？韓國是已開發國家中生育率最低、自殺率最高的國家，為什麼韓國人不快樂？《新韓國人》檢視外界如何看待他們，而其「國民性格」受到什麼影響，又是如何從落後、貧窮和殘酷經歷中崛起？作者麥可‧布林提供來自首爾現場的深入觀察，帶領讀者了解南韓這個迷人國家的歷史、特色，以及未來的發展，並跨越非軍事區，到北韓一探究竟。 不過幾十年前，南韓還是貧窮的農業國家，卻在短短一個世代內從田野走到矽谷。這是經由三個出人意料的奇蹟實現：經濟發展、民主化，以及受到全球關注的文化新勢力。如今南韓不僅是人們出國旅遊的熱門選項，韓劇、流行音樂、電視節目、飲食等文化的輸入，更已浸潤至台灣人生活的日常。而這個國度歷史發展十分複雜，造就了他們寧願遺忘某些過往，專注未來、剛烈鮮明的民族性。 本書作者麥可‧布林自1980年代起即擔任美國《華盛頓時報》的駐首爾記者，長期觀察南北韓情勢，以及社會、文化、政治等議題，於《衛報》、《華盛頓時報》、《泰晤士報》分析韓國脈動。此後定居首爾，對於韓國一路的轉變與發展，持續有第一線的直接觀察。不僅出版許多韓國主題作品，於2004年出版的《韓國人》（The...

In this thought provoking book the author takes a critical retrospective glance at the political development of Ghana from its colonial past to the attainment of her sovereignty, and highlights the insidious fundamental flaws in the governance of the new nation. He unequivocally asserts that...

La historia de Esmeralda Santiago comienza en la parte rural de Puerto Rico, donde sus padres y siete hermanos, en continuas luchas los unos con los otros, vivían una vida alborotada pero llena de amor y ternura. De niña, Esmeralda aprendió a apreciar cómo se come una guayaba, a distinguir la...

En el quinto libro de la serie Ciudades, Sara Ladrón de Guevara realiza una exhaustiva investigación sobre el desarrollo urbanístico y la grandeza de El Tajín, el centro prehispánico ubicado en el norte de Veracruz que ha servido como documento de una época y como fuente de inspiración de historiadores,...

Hay incógnitas históricas que inquietan a los especialistas desde hace décadas; el tema del presente libro es una de ellas: las relaciones políticas, culturales, bélicas y comerciales que surgieron en Mesoamérica tras el colapso de Teotihuacan, sobre todo el hecho de que ciudades muy distantes, Tula y Chichén Itzá, presentaran sorprendentes similitudes.

Ofrece un acercamiento etnográfico a las emociones amerindias contemporáneas, un sinuoso recorrido que va desde las relaciones entre percepción y afectividad, hasta las demandas colectivas, políticas, de reconocimiento cultural, pasando por el estudio de sus contextos rituales o sociales en general, además de atender, en todos los casos, al vínculo entre emoción y retórica textual.

In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called "Mexican Schools." During these historic walkouts, or "blowouts," the students were led...

"Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue is that rare and rewarding thing: a theatre work that succeeds on every level while creating something new. The playwright combines a lyrical ear with a sophisticated sense of structure to trace the legacy of war through three generations of a Puerto Rican family. Without...

This is journalist Sam Quinones' classic collection of nonfiction tales about Mexican immigrants, the border, and more.A dazzling follow-up to his cult classic, True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx.The stories begin with a tale that could have...