Minority Studies category: 588 books
The First Passage
Blacks in the Americas 1502-1617
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 1995
The history of African Americans begins in Africa, a continent that was home to people with different languages, traditions, histories, and religions. They called themselves Twi, Yoruba, Zulu, Ashanti, and Kumba, among other names. In the early sixteenth century Europeans turned to Africa for the...
R.A.C.E. Mentoring Through Social Media
Black and Hispanic Scholars Share Their Journey in the Academy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The Ivory Tower is and can often be a lonely place for faculty of color. Social injustices run deep and are entrenched within academia. Faculty of color (FOC), more specifically Black and Hispanic, often lament about the ‘Black/Brown’ tax that frequently takes its toll both personally and professionally,...
by Collectif
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Historia compleja sobre el indio-indígena-neoindio y su lucha por la proclamación del derecho a sus costumbres, a sus tierras, a su diferencia, a la preservación de su herencia ligada a la cosmovisión, a la percepción del cuerpo humano y sus funciones, a su hábitat, al uso de la medicina tradicional, a la defensa de su lengua y en general al acceso a la conciencia universal.
by Johnny E. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Although the human genome exists apart from society, knowledge about it is produced through socially-created language and interactions. As such, genomicists’ thinking is informed by their inability to escape the wake of the ‘race’ concept. This book investigates how racism makes genomics and...
Qing Governors and Their Provinces
The Evolution of Territorial Administration in China, 1644-1796
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
During the Qing dynasty (1644�1911), the province emerged as an important element in the management of the expanding Chinese empire, with governors -- those in charge of these increasingly influential administrative units -- playing key roles. R. Kent Guy�s comprehensive study of this shift concentrates...
University, Court, and Slave
Pro-Slavery Thought in Southern Colleges and Courts and the Coming of Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
University, Court, and Slave reveals long-forgotten connections between pre-Civil War southern universities and slavery. Universities and their faculty owned people-sometimes dozens of people-and profited from their labor while many slaves endured physical abuse on campuses. As Alfred L. Brophy shows,...
by Murji, Karim
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Race has been a prominent public policy issue in the UK for decades and there is growing interest in academia, but it is often caught in a repetitive cycle of progress and regress. This book analyses and bridges that gap by providing a unique insight into the relationship between race and ethnicity...
Inclusion in the American Military
A Force for Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
The U.S. military can be thought of as a microcosm of American society, bringing in people from diverse backgrounds and history to defend one nation. Military leaders must address the same issues and concerns as those found in the civilian world, including exclusion, segregation, and discrimination....
by Bruno Vartuli
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
As a young man in Italy’s Southern Calabria, Bruno Vartuli dreamed of starting a new life in a new land. On his arrival in Australia in the 1950s Bruno struggled to understand the language and culture, but with tremendous strength and perseverance he overcame each adversity and achieved amazing results....
Fighting for the Enemy
Koreans in Japan's War, 1937-1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2013
Fighting for the Enemy explores the participation of Koreans in the Japanese military and supporting industries before and during World War II, first through voluntary enlistment and eventually through conscription. Contrary to popular belief among Korean nationalists, this involvement was not entirely...
Heritage Management in Korea and Japan
The Politics of Antiquity and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Imperial tombs, Buddhist architecture, palaces, and art treasures in Korea and Japan have attracted scholars, collectors, and conservators�and millions of tourists. As iconic markers of racial and cultural identity at home and abroad, they are embraced as tangible sources of immense national pride...
Undoing Privilege
Unearned Advantage in a Divided World
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
For every group that is oppressed, another group is privileged. In Undoing Privilege, Bob Pease argues that privilege, as the other side of oppression, has received insufficient attention in both critical theories and in the practices of social change. As a result, dominant groups have been allowed...
Poisoned Arrows
An investigative journey to the forbidden territories of West Papua
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
At great personal risk and with forged travel documents, George Monbiot bluffed, cheated and forced his way into the remotest tropical place in the world – the forbidden territories of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Sealed from the outside world by Indonesian forces, it was home to tribes who were unchanged...
The Lineaments of Wrath
Race, Violent Crime and American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Violence has marked relations between blacks and whites in America for nearly four hundred years. In The Lineaments of Wrath, James W. Clarke draws upon behavioral science theory and primary historical evidence to examine and explain its causes and enduring consequences.
Beginning with slavery...