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  • Mexico, From Mestizo to Multicultural

    Throughout the twentieth century, the post-revolutionary Mexican State had used mestizaje as a symbol of national unity and social integration. By the end of the millennium, however, Mexico had gone from a PRI-dominated, economically protectionist nation to a more democratic, economically globalizing one.

  • Multiple Social Categorization: Processes, Models and Applications

    ‘Ethnic cleansing’, ‘institutional racism’, and ‘social exclusion’ are just some of the terms used to describe one of the most pressing social issues facing today’s societies: prejudice and intergroup discrimination. Invariably, these pervasive social problems can be traced back to differences in religion, ethnicity, or countless other bases of group membership: the social categories to…

  • Las Tejanas: 300 Years of History

    This groundbreaking book is at once a general history and a celebration of Tejanas’ contributions to Texas over three centuries

  • The Plum Thicket

    The Plum Thicket University Press of Kentucky 1996-04-11 (Originally published in 1954) 284 pages Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8131-1947-2 (out of print) Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8131-0859-9 Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979) Janice Holt Giles had a life before her marriage and writing career in Kentucky. Born in Altus, Arkansas, Giles spent many childhood summers visiting her grandparents there. After…

  • The Chican@ Hip Hop Nation: Politics of a New Millennial Mestizaje

    The Chican@ Hip Hop Nation: Politics of a New Millennial Mestizaje Michigan State University Press 2013-11-01 310 pages 6 in x 9 in Paperback ISBN: 9781611860863 eBook ISBN: 9781609173753 Pancho McFarland, Associate Professor of Sociology Chicago State University The population of Mexican-origin peoples in the United States is a diverse one, as reflected by age,…

  • Engaging Culture, Race and Spirituality: New Visions

    Engaging Culture, Race and Spirituality: New Visions Peter Lang Publishing 2013 232 pages Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4331-2327-6 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4331-2328-3 Cynthia B. Dillard, Mary Frances Early Endowed Professor in Teacher Education University of Georgia Chinwe L. Okpalaoka, Director of Undergraduate Recruitment and Diversity Services in the College of Arts and Sciences Ohio State University Engaging Culture,…

  • The Ethnic Project: Transforming Racial Fiction into Ethnic Factions

    The Ethnic Project: Transforming Racial Fiction into Ethnic Factions Stanford University Press 2013 240 pages 7 illustrations Cloth ISBN: 9780804757713 Paper ISBN: 9780804757720 E-bok ISBN: 9780804787284 Vilna Bashi Treitler, Professor of Sociology and Black and Hispanic Studies Baruch College, City University of New York Race is a known fiction—there is no genetic marker that indicates…

  • Multiple Identities: Migrants, Ethnicity, and Membership

    Multiple Identities: Migrants, Ethnicity, and Membership Indiana University Press 2013-03-22 344 pages 3 b&w illus 6 x 9 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-253-00804-6 Paper ISBN: 978-0-253-00807-7 eBook ISBN: 978-0-253-00811-4 Edited by: Paul Spickard, Professor of History University of California, Santa Barbara In recent years, Europeans have engaged in sharp debates about migrants and minority groups as social…

  • The Forgotten People: Cane River’s Creoles of Color (revised edition)

    The Forgotten People: Cane River’s Creoles of Color (revised edition) Louisiana State University Press November 2013 (First published in 1977) 480 pages 6.00 x 9.00 inches 25 halftones, 3 maps, 3 charts Paperback ISBN: 9780807137130 Gary B. Mills (1944–2002), Professor of History University of Alabama Revised by: Elizabeth Shown Mills Foreword by: H. Sophie Burton…

  • Pauline Johnson: Selected Poetry and Prose

    Pauline Johnson: Selected Poetry and Prose Dundurn Press June 2013 240 pages 5.5 in x 8.5 in Paperback ISBN: 978-1-45970-426-8 eBook ISBN: 978-1-45970-428-2 Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) Compiled and Introduced by: Michael Gnarowski Pauline Johnson was an unusual and unique presence on the literary scene during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Part Mohawk and…