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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Inventing the new Negro Inventing the new Negro Daphne Mary Lamothe "It is no coincidence, Daphne Lamothe writes, that so many black writers and intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century either trained formally as ethnographers or worked as amateur col… OL11869518W
Punjabi immigrant mobility in the United States Punjabi immigrant mobility in the United States Diditi Mitra "The Punjabis, people from the Indian state of the Punjab, had formed a niche in the New York taxi industry for nearly two decades. In those decades, the turbans of the Sikhs, who dominated the indus… OL16654485W
Anthropologists and the rediscovery of America, 1886-1965 Anthropologists and the rediscovery of America, 1886-1965 John S. Gilkeson "This book examines the intersection of cultural anthropology and American cultural nationalism from 1886, when Franz Boas left Germany for the United States, until 1965, when the National Endowment … OL16916215W
Fieldwork connections Fieldwork connections Ma Lunzy,Bamo Ayi,Stevan Harrell Fieldwork Connections tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China in the late twentieth century. Chapt… OL18652328W
Brass Valley Brass Valley Jeremy Brecher,Jerry Lombardi,Jan Stackhouse For too many years American workers have been cut off from their own roots. When children go to school, they learn little about the people who work in factories and offices, their movements and their… OL1894630W
Home--so different, so appealing Home--so different, so appealing Chon A. Noriega,Pilar Tompkins Rivas,Mari Carmen Ramírez Home signaling a dwelling, residence or place of origin embodies one of the most basic concepts for understanding an individual or group within a larger physical and social environment. Yet home has … OL19737968W
Race and Ethnicity in America Race and Ethnicity in America John Iceland "This book examines patterns and trends in racial inequality over the past several decades. Iceland finds that color lines have softened over time, as there has been some narrowing of differences acr… OL20218423W
Democracy and ethnography Democracy and ethnography Carol J. Greenhouse,Roshanak Kheshti These ethnographic essays by scholars in anthropology, law, political science, folklore, public administration, medicine, and linguistics show contemporary connections between liberal democracy and e… OL20544333W
The Melungeons The Melungeons N. Brent Kennedy xviii, 180 p. : 23 cm OL2792832W
Asian Pacific Americans and baseball Asian Pacific Americans and baseball Joel S. Franks "Early on, Pacific Islanders competed against each other and against mainlanders, with teams barnstorming the States, winning more than they lost against college, semi-pro, and even professional nine… OL8499374W