Category: Books

  • Race, Sex, and Social Order in Early New Orleans Johns Hopkins University Press 2009 352 pages 7 halftones Hardback ISBN: 9780801886805 Jennifer M. Spear, Associate Professor of History Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Winner, 2009 Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Lousiana History, The Historic New Orleans Collection and the Louisiana Historical Association…

  • Creoles of Color of the Gulf South University of Tennessee Press 1996 208 pages Paper ISBN: 0-87049-917-3 Edited by: James H. Dormon, Alumni Distinguished Professor of history and American Studies University of Southwestern Louisiana Consisting of eight original essays by noted scholars, this volume examines the history and culture of a unique population—those peoples in…

  • Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada: Mythic Discourse and the Postcolonial State University of Manitoba Press November 2008 314 pages 6 × 9 Paper, ISBN: 978-0-88755-734-7 Jennifer Reid, Professor of Religion University of Maine, Farmington Politician, founder of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis, Louis Riel led two resistance movements against the Canadian…

  • Barack Obama: The Road from Moneygall Brandon Books June 2010 288 pages ISBN: 9780863224065 (hb); 9780863224133 (pb) Steve MacDonogh (1949-2010), Editorial Director A unique exploration of the president’s Irish ancestral origins. In his presidential election acceptance speech, Barack Obama evoked a story of great change in America, and an America made up of many strands.…

  • My Eyes Only Look Out Brandon Books October 2001 236 pages ISBN: 9780863222849 Margaret McCarthy Irish people describe the realities of being of mixed race in a mostly white society In the first book of its kind, Irish people describe, in a series of compelling interviews, the realities of being of mixed race in a…

  • The End of Race? Obama, 2008, and Racial Politics in America Yale University Press 2011-12-12 320 pages 6 1/8 x 9 1/4; 32 b/w illus. ISBN: 9780300175196 Donald R. Kinder, Philip E. Converse Collegiate Professor of Political Science; Professor of Psychology University of Michigan Allison Dale-Riddle, Doctoral Candidate of Political Science University of Michigan How…

  • Freedom’s Child: The Life of a Confederate General’s Black Daughter Algonquin Books 1998 288 pages ISBN: 9781565121867 Carrie Allen McCray (1913-2008) When Carrie Allen McCray was a child, she was afraid to ask about the framed photograph of a white man on her mother’s dresser. Years later she learned that he was her grandfather, a…

  • Multiple Realities: Reconsidering Multiracialism in Singapore World Scientific Publishing Summer 2012 150 pages ISBN: 978-981-270-604-1; 981-270-604-6 Eugene K. B. Tan, Assistant Professor of Law Singapore Management University, Singapore How has Singapore’s multiracialism policy evolved, and how has it impacted on ethnic relations and nation-building in a secure, yet perpetually vulnerable, Singapore? This important book addresses…

  • Identity Politics in the Public Realm: Bringing Institutions Back In University of British Columbia Press 2011-10-11 308 pages Hardcover ISBN: 9780774820813    Edited by: Avigail Eisenberg, Professor of Political Science University of Victoria Will Kymlicka, Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy Queen’s University In an age of multiculturalism and identity politics, many minority groups seek some…

  • Census and Identity: The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in National Censuses Cambridge University Press January 2002 224 pages Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm Paperback ISBN: 9780521004275 Hardback ISBN: 9780521808231 eBook ISBN: 9780511029325 DOI: 10.2277/0521004276 Edited by: David I. Kertzer, Dupee University Professor of Social Science, Professor of Anthropology & Italian Studies Brown University…