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  • The Color of Success

    Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority

    de Ellen D. Wu ...
    Series series Politics and Society in Modern America
    The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "yellow peril" to "model minorities"--peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values--in the middle decades of the twentieth century. As Ellen Wu shows, liberals argued for the acceptance of these immigrant ... Leer más

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  • Race and Retail

    Consumption across the Color Line

    Series series Rutgers Studies on Race and Ethnicity
    Race has long shaped shopping experiences for many Americans. Retail exchanges and establishments have made headlines as flashpoints for conflict not only between blacks and whites, but also between whites, Mexicans, Asian Americans, and a wide variety of other ethnic groups, who have at times found themselves unwelcome at white-owned businesses.Race and Retail documents the extent to which retail ... Leer más

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  • Warring over Valor

    How Race and Gender Shaped American Military Heroism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

    Series series War Culture
    By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the United States between World War I and the present, Warring over Valor provides fresh perspectives on the history of American military heroism. The book offers two major insights into the history of military heroism. First, it reveals a precarious ambiguity in ... Leer más

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  • The Souls of Black Folk

    The Souls of Black Folk is a 1903 work of American literature by W. E. B. Du Bois. It is a seminal work in the history of sociology, and a cornerstone of African-American literature.The book contains several essays on race, some of which the magazine Atlantic Monthly had previously published. To develop this work, Du Bois drew from his own experiences as an African American in American society. ... Leer más

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  • The Color of Law

    A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

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  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

    Series series World Classics
    One of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life. ... Leer más

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  • The Essential Writings

    Frederick Douglass was born in 1817 and lived for ten years as a slave upon a Maryland plantation. Then he was bought by a Baltimore shipbuilder. He learned to read, and, being attracted by "The Lady of the Lake," when he escaped in 1838 and went disguised as a sailor to New Bedford, Mass., he adopted the name Douglas (spelling it with two s's, however). He lived for several years in New Bedford, ... Leer más

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  • Absent Citizens

    Disability Politics and Policy in Canada

    Disability exists in the shadows of public awareness and at the periphery of policy making. People with disabilities are, in many respects, missing from the theories and practices of social rights, political participation, employment, and civic membership. Absent Citizens brings to light these chronic deficiencies in Canadian society and emphasizes the effects that these omissions have on the ... Leer más

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  • Saving Savannah

    In this masterful portrait of life in Savannah before, during, and after the Civil War, prize-winning historian Jacqueline Jones transports readers to the balmy, raucous streets of that fabled Southern port city. Here is a subtle and rich social history that weaves together stories of the everyday lives of blacks and whites, rich and poor, men and women from all walks of life confronting the ... Leer más

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  • Suspicion Nation

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  • The Power of Fifty Bits

    The New Science of Turning Good Intentions into Positive Results

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  • A Call to Conscience

    The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    A collection of the most essential speeches from the renowned social activist and key civil rights figure.This companion volume to A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. includes the text of his most well-known oration, "I Have a Dream", his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, and Beyond Vietnam, a powerful plea to end the ongoing conflict. ... Leer más

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