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How real is race? How real is race? Carol Chapnick Mukhopadhyay How real is race? What is biological fact, what is fiction, and where does culture enter? What do we mean by a “colorblind” or “postracial” society, or when we say that race is a “social construction… OL12088969W
SISTERHOOD QUESTIONED?: RACE, CLASS AND INTERNATIONALISM IN THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH WOMEN'S MOVEME… SISTERHOOD QUESTIONED?: RACE, CLASS AND INTERNATIONALISM IN THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH WOMEN'S MOVEME… CHRISTINE BOLT This readable and informative survey, including both new research and synthesis, provides the first close comparison of race, class and internationalism in the British and American women's movements … OL13628459W
What shall we do with the Negro? What shall we do with the Negro? Paul D. Escott Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott… OL15300925W
Race after the Internet Race after the Internet Lisa Nakamura "Digital media technologies like the Internet create and host the social networks, virtual worlds, online communities, and media texts where it was once thought that we would all be the same, anonymo… OL15941596W
Doris Free A Harvest of Friends Doris Free A Harvest of Friends Cara Brookins Life on a Wisconsin farm in the 1930s isn’t easy. Doris Free and her family are struggling because of the Great Depression, and the whole town is on edge as they work to survive. When a new family mo… OL16232686W
The roots of humanity The roots of humanity Jim Ollhoff Discusses the origins and issues surrounding people of different skin color, particularly those of African origin. OL16724099W
Foucault, Douglass, Fanon, and Scotus in Dialogue Foucault, Douglass, Fanon, and Scotus in Dialogue Cynthia R. Nielsen Through examining Douglass's and Fanon's concrete experiences of oppression, Cynthia R. Nielsen demonstrates the empirical validity of Foucault's theoretical analyses concerning power, resistance, an… OL16820289W
Modern Romance Modern Romance Eric Klinenberg,Aziz Ansari From NYU Wagner: At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share… OL17366804W
Ready Set Race Ready Set Race Kyla Steinkraus The fox is confident he will win the forest foot race, but he soon regrets relaxing and eating ice cream before the race while the other animals were practicing. Todos los animales se preparan par… OL17455164W
Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age (Studies in Medical Anthropology) Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age (Studies in Medical Anthropology) Barbara A. Koenig (ed.) With the completion of the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, the debate over the existence of a biological basis for race has been revived. In Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age, historians, anth… OL17755173W
Story of the Negro Story of the Negro Arna Wendell Bontemps A history of the Negro race, from the early tribes of Africa and empire of Ethiopia, through the practice of slavery in many areas, especially the United States, to early twentieth century achievemen… OL1946472W
Race, gender, and the activism of Black feminist theory Race, gender, and the activism of Black feminist theory Suryia Nayak "Beginning from the premise that psychology needs to be questioned, dismantled, and new perspectives brought to the table in order to produce alternative solutions, this book takes an unusual trans-d… OL19662496W
The Fateful Triangle The Fateful Triangle Stuart Hall Identities are not something we are born with, Hall argues, but are formed and transformed in the discourses of nation, ethnicity, and race. Casting his glance over the modern age, he shows how the i… OL19726208W
The myth of race The myth of race Robert W. Sussman Biological races do not exist -- and never have. This view is shared by all scientists who study variation in human populations. Yet racial prejudice and intolerance based on the myth of race remain … OL19989976W
WebQuester WebQuester Joan M. Morris,Vincent N. Parrillo,Arlen D. Carey,Rodney Coates,Robert Harris WebQuester is a series of online interactive exercises covering approximately 20 topics in Race and Ethnic Relations. There are three to four Web sites per topic. These Web sites are monitored regula… OL21371767W
Undermining Intersectionality Undermining Intersectionality Barbara Tomlinson ix, 270 pages ; 24 cm OL21630257W
Racism Racism Cath Senker Growing up involves making decisions and taking responsibility over your life. Each book in this series explores an issue that may affect young people's lives. The books are aimed directly at childre… OL21976327W
The new South Africa at twenty The new South Africa at twenty Peter C. J. Vale,Estelle H. Prinsloo "In this book, some of South Africa's finest academic minds reflect on 20 years of democratic rule in the country. How far have South Africans really come? Is race still an entrenched issue in the co… OL22301682W
Debating race, ethnicity, and Latino identity Debating race, ethnicity, and Latino identity Ivan Jaksic "This book brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the philosophy of race and ethnicity in conversation about issues of ethnic and racial identity, nationality, and ethnic philosophy. … OL23228234W
Annual report - vital statistics of Massachusetts. (title varies) Annual report - vital statistics of Massachusetts. (title varies) Massachusetts. Dept. of Public Health ...when this abstract was written the current reports include detailed data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces; natality (birth) data includes number of live births, fetal and neonatal deaths,… OL24872724W
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