Category: Monographs

  • The Construction of Racial Identity in Children of Mixed Parentage: Mixed Metaphors Jessica Kingsley Publishers 1996 224 pages 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in Paperback ISBN: 978-1-85302-376-7 Ilan Katz, Professor Social Policy Research Center University of New South Wales, Australia For several decades the issues of race, identity and child development have been of…

  • Making a Non-White America: Californians Coloring outside Ethnic Lines, 1925-1955 University of California Press April 2008 318 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780520253452 E-Book ISBN: 9780520941274 Allison Varzally, Associate Professor of History California State University, Fullerton On the cover: Future R&B singer Sugar Pie DeSanto in San Francisco’s Fillmore District (circa 1940s) Winner of the 2009 Theodore…

  • A CD collection featuring the best-selling audiobooks, The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father from Grammy® award-winning author, Barack Obama.

  • 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.

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

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Master of None: How a Hong Kong high-flyer overcame the devastating experience of imprisonment Blacksmith Books October 2011 312 pages colour photo section Size: 14.6 x 21.6 cm Hardback ISBN: ISBN: 978-988-19002-7-2 John Hung Does a man need a stint in jail to complete his life experiences? From Stanley Prison, corporate high-flyer John T. Hung…

  • Race and Narrative in Italian Women’s Writing Since Unification Fairleigh Dickinson University Press July 2013 127 pages ISBN: 9781611475999 Melissa Coburn, Assistant Professor of Italian and Italian Program Director Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Race and Narrative in Italian Women’s Writing Since Unification explores racist ideas and critiques of racism in four long narratives…