Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Femmes asiatiques en France Femmes asiatiques en France Le, Huu Khoa. Les femmes venues d'Asie en France viennent d'horizons géographiques et culturels très différents (Chine, Corée, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodge, Philippines...). Les raisons de leur venue tiennent souvent a… OL15089156W
We came from Vietnam We came from Vietnam Muriel Stanek Text and black-and-white photographs describe the efforts of a Vietnamese refugee family to adjust to life in Chicago. OL15758474W
Lowrider space Lowrider space Ben Chappell "This book explores how lowrider car culture allows Mexican Americans to alter the urban landscape and make a place for themselves in an often segregated society"-- OL16572119W
Helmi Mavis, a Finnish-American girlhood Helmi Mavis, a Finnish-American girlhood Mavis Hiltunen Biesanz The author describes her life between the ages of eight and twelve and the effect of conflicting Finnish and American values on her childhood. OL1826565W
Making Refuge Making Refuge Catherine Besteman In Gesture and Power Yolanda Covington-Ward examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality a… OL20240916W
Armenians in Hamburg Armenians in Hamburg Caroline Thon "In Germany, the Armenian diaspora has hardly been noticed by the public or by researchers. However, it is one of the oldest disaporas in the world ... This research examines specific resources and c… OL20637116W
Response, responsibility and renewal Response, responsibility and renewal Jonathan Dewar,Mike DeGagné,Gregory Younging This is the second installment in a two-volume set produced by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. This volume contains personal reflections on the opportunities and challenges posed by the truth and … OL21410996W
Mon ami Victor Mon ami Victor Alain M. Bergeron Le grand frère Charles étant parti à la guerre mondiale, la famille de la petite Marianne embauche un nouveau garçon de ferme, Victor, jeune réfugié venu d'un pays lointain. Au fil des jours, Victor … OL21848591W
Justine et Sofia Justine et Sofia Cécile Gagnon Justine meurt d'envie de se lier d'amitié avec Sofia, la jeune fille d'une famille serbe ayant élu domicile dans le quartier. Si la barrière de la langue ne facilite d'abord pas les choses, elle déco… OL22125471W
Shopping cultures Shopping cultures Baozhen Luo This thesis explores and identifies patterns of dating attitudes and behaviors among second-generation Chinese Americans. Grounded theory is applied to analyze data from in-depth interviews with 20 s… OL27272626W
The Pity of It All The Pity of It All Amos Elon "As it's usually told, the story of the German Jews starts at the end, with their tragic demise in Hitler's Reich. Now, in this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon takes us back to th… OL2928520W
From Mukogodo to Maasai From Mukogodo to Maasai Lee Cronk Can one change one's ethnicity? Can an entire ethnic group change its ethnicity? This book focuses on the strategic manipulation of ethnic identity by the Mukogodo of Kenya. Until the 1920s and 1930s… OL450214W
The West Indians of Costa Rica The West Indians of Costa Rica Ronald N. Harpelle "The Jamaicans, Barbadians, and other West Indians who migrated to Costa Rica at the turn of the twentieth century found themselves in a country that prides itself on its Spanish and "white settler" … OL5999609W