Category: Books

  • Leslie Helm’s decision to adopt Japanese children launches him on a personal journey through his family’s 140 years in Japan, beginning with his German great grandfather, who worked as a military adviser in 1870 and defied custom to marry his Japanese mistress. The family’s poignant experiences of love and war help Helm learn to embrace…

  • In this social and economic history of the Métis of the Red River Settlement, specifically the parishes of St Francois-Xavier and St Andrew’s, Gerhard Ens argues that the Métis participated with growing confidence in two worlds: one Indian and pre-capitalist, the other European and capitalist. Ens maintains that Métis identity was not defined by biology…

  • The Color Line: A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn McClure, Phillips & Co. 1905 261 pages ISBN 10: 0837113962 Open Library ID: OL7174992M William Benjamin Smith (1850-1934), Professor of Mathematics and Philosophy Tulane University Contents Chapter One: The Individual? or the Race? Chapter Two: Is the Negro Inferior? Chapter Three: Nurture? or Nature? Chapter…

  • The Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa Indiana University Press 2013-03-18 296 pages 9 b&w illustrations, 5 maps 6 x 9 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-253-00674-5 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-253-00673-8 eBook (PDF) ISBN: 978-0-253-00705-6 Hilary Jones, Assistant Professor of History University of Maryland, College Park The Métis of Senegal is a history of…

  • Also by Mail Edition Assemblage: Begleiterscheinungen emanzipatorischer Theorie und Praxis 2013-02-20 96 pages Paperback, 142×205 mm ISBN 978-3-942885-38-6 Series: Witnessed Edition 2 Olumide Popoola Also by Mail is a modern family comedy-drama that follows the experiences of Nigerian German siblings Funke and Wale who fly to Nigeria to bury their suddenly deceased father. Their upbringing…

  • Foreign Bodies: Oceania and the Science of Race 1750–1940 Australian National University Press October 2008 372 pages Paperback ISBN-10: 1921313994; ISBN-13: 978-1921313998 Online ISBN: 9781921536007 Edited by: Bronwen Douglas, Senior Fellow in Pacific and Asian History The Australian National University Chris Ballard, Fellow in Pacific and Asian History The Australian National University From the 18th…

  • AfroAsian Encounters is the first anthology to look at the mutual influence of and relationships between members of the African and Asian diasporas.

  • Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity Beacon Press 2001 232 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-080705011-8 Vijay Prashad, George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut Selected as One of the Village Voice’s Favorite 25 Books of 2001 In this…

  • The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics (Revised and Expanded Edition) Temple University Press March 2006 312 pages Paper ISBN: 978-1-59213-494-6 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-59213-493-9 Electronic Book ISBN:  978-1-59213-495-3 George Lipsitz, Professor of Black Studies and Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara Outstanding Books Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study…

  • The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo Random House 2012-09-18 432 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-307-38246-7 Tom Reiss Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo—a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero who inspired such classics as The Count…