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  • The Prism of Race: W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, and the Colored World of Cedric Dover

    The Prism of Race: W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, and the Colored World of Cedric Dover Palgrave Macmillan December 2014 268 pages Hardcover ISBN: 9781137484093 Ebook (PDF) ISBN: 9781137484116 Ebook (EPUB) ISBN: 9781137484109 Nico Slate, Associate Professor of History Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Born a Eurasian ‘half-caste‘ in Calcutta in 1904, Cedric…

  • The First Black President: Barack Obama, Race, Politics, and the American Dream

    “The First Black President” is a critical and passionate reflection on the political and historical implications of an Obama administration concerning the issue of race in America.

  • Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature: Coloring Outside the (Black and White) Lines

    Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature: Coloring Outside the (Black and White) Lines Palgrave Macmillan November 2013 208 pages 3 illustrations 5.500 x 8.500 inches Hardback ISBN: 978-1-137-36492-0, ISBN10: 1-137-36492-0 Diana Adesola Mafe, Assistant Professor of English Denison University, Granville, Ohio America’s new millennial interest in multiraciality coincides with South Africa’s post-apartheid…

  • Multiracial Identity: An International Perspective

    Multiracial Identity: An International Perspective Palgrave Macmillan September 2000 186 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches ISBN: 978-0-312-23219-1 ISBN10: 0-312-23219-5 Mark Christian, Professor of African & African American Studies Lehman College, City University of New York Multiracial Identity provides an accessible account of the social construction of racialized groups. Using both primary (in-depth interviews)…

  • Mixed Race Identities

    This book investigates the ethnic and racial options exercised by young mixed race people in higher education in Britain, and it is the first to explore the identifications and experiences of various types of mixed race individuals. It reveals the diverse ways in which these young people identify and experience their mixed status, the complex…

  • Silencing Race: Disentangling Blackness, Colonialism, and National Identities in Puerto Rico

    In their quest for greater political participation within shifting imperial fields—from Spanish (1850s–1898) to US rule (1898-)—Puerto Ricans struggled to shape and contain conversations about race. In so doing, they crafted, negotiated, and imposed on others multiple forms of silences while reproducing the idea of a unified, racially mixed, harmonious nation.

  • The Election of Barack Obama: How He Won

    The Election of Barack Obama: How He Won Palgrave Macmillan August 2010 178 pages DOI: 10.1057/9780230111790 ebook ISBN: 9780230111790 Paperback ISBN: 9780230103511 Hardback ISBN: 9780230314603 Baodong Liu, Associate Professor of Political Science University of Utah This book examines the historical election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president from the perspective of racial relations.…

  • The Commoditization of Hybridity in the 1990s U.S. Fashion Advertising: Who Is cK one?

    The Commoditization of Hybridity in the 1990s U.S. Fashion Advertising: Who Is cK one? in Beyond the Frame: Women of Color and Visual Representation Palgrave MacMillan September 2005 272 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6533-2, ISBN10: 1-4039-6533-1 Edited by Neferti X. M. Tadiar, Professor of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Barnard…

  • Neither Enemies nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos

    Neither Enemies nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos Palgrave Macmillan April 2005 352 pages 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6567-7, ISBN10: 1-4039-6567-6 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4039-6568-4, ISBN10: 1-4039-6568-4 Anani Dzidzienyo, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Portuguese & Brazilian Studies Brown University Suzanne Oboler, Professor of Latin American and Latina/o Studies John Jay College…

  • Before Haiti: Race and Citizenship in French Saint-Domingue

    Before Haiti: Race and Citizenship in French Saint-Domingue Palgrave Macmillan June 2006 408 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7140-1, ISBN10: 1-4039-7140-4 Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-230-10837-0, ISBN10: 0-230-10837-7 John D. Garrigus, Associate Professor of History University of Texas, Arlington   Winner of the Society for French Historical Studies 2007 Gilbert Chinard Prize!…