Minority Studies category: 588 books
American Latvians
Politics of a Refugee Community
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
This book analyzes the political experience of a small and unique American ethnic group-American Latvians. This community was constituted by post-World War II political refugees, who fled Communism and arrived in the United States seeking safety and protection. For decades, they insisted on preserving...
Bartering with the Bones of Their Dead
The Colville Confederated Tribes and Termination
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Bartering with the Bones of their Dead tells the unique story of a tribe whose members waged a painful and sometimes bitter twenty-year struggle among themselves about whether to give up their status as a sovereign nation. Over one hundred federally recognized Indian tribes and bands lost their sovereignty...
The LusoAnarchist Reader
The Origins of Anarchism in Portugal and Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
No book has ever presented a selection of writings of anarchists from the Portuguese?speaking world to an English?speaking audience. In The Luso?Anarchist Reader, writings by feminist radicals such as Maria Lacerda de Moura and anarchist communists such as Neno Vasco are made available in English for...
When the Mind Hears
A History of the Deaf
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
The authoritative statement on the deaf, their education, and their struggle against prejudice.
by David M. Rosen Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
In conflict-torn countries such as Myanmar and Uganda, the use of child soldiers in military and paramilitary operations continues to occur despite widespread condemnation and the efforts of organizations such as the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. This book will allow readers to grasp...
Rights Gone Wrong
How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
Since the 1960s, ideas developed during the civil rights movement have been astonishingly successful in fighting overt discrimination and prejudice. But how successful are they at combating the whole spectrum of social injustice-including conditions that aren't...
by Dr. Joji Valli
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2014
Society gets contaminated with viruses of selfishness, self-interest, egoism, greed etc. It eventually hinders the perpetual growth and progress that affect everyone in the society. Such sick society gradually denies the basic human needs that are present in our core nature. The fatal illusion that...
Baby Boomers of Color
Implications for Social Work Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Because researchers often treat baby boomers of color as belonging to one group, quality data on the individual status of specific racial populations is lacking, leading to insufficiently designed programs, policies, and services. The absence of data is a testament to the invisibility of baby boomers...
Is Lighter Better?
Skin-Tone Discrimination among Asian Americans
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2007
Colorism is defined as "discriminatory treatment of individuals falling within the same 'racial' group on the basis of skin color." In other words, some people, particularly women, are treated better or worse on account of the color of their skin relative to other people who share their...
Scribbling On Foucault's Walls
The Girl Who Wasn't There
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Imagine of Michel Foucault, the great homosexual French Philosopher, had, in fact, have had a daughter... This is the story of the girl who wasn't there. Being born into not only the life of a homosexual man but also into the world of social theory and cultural critics makes this girl rather unusual. The text of the book mirrors the incongruity of the premise.
Eve's Bite
Seductive, Deceptive & Dangerous: The Trojan Horse ideologies poisoning our country and destroying the West
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2013
Imagine if one day, a la The Truman Show, you woke up to find that everything you believed was the result of a careful manipulation of your life by someone else? What if much of what you believed was a lie?
Well, for you, that day has arrived. In an age dominated by 'Spin', you're about...
Desperate for Authenticity
A Critical Analysis of the Feminist Theology of Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott is a pioneer in the endeavors to integrate feminism with Christian theology, specifically evangelical theology. Desperate for Authenticity considers her personal development alongside her theological development to provide insight into her contributions in the scholarly arena....
Reincarnation Beliefs of North American Indians
An In-Depth Look at Native American Spiritual Experiences and Beliefs About Death and the After-Life.
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
An in-depth look at Native American spiritual experiences and beliefs about death and the after-life.
Pueblos de la Sierra madre
Etnografía de la comunidad otomí
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 3, 2014
En 1969, Jacques Galinier emprendió el estudio etnográfico de los otomíes orientales, o sea del conjunto de comunidades que ocupan el territorio denominado a veces "Sur de la Huasteca". En las sierras y las zonas bajas que se extienden desde San Pablito al sur hasta Ixhuatlán de Madero...