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Africa remains a continent that is yet to achieve its full potentials, despite an abundance of resources and a rich cultural pedigree. There have been various attempts to dissect the impediments to the continent's progress in its march towards development and true independence. Consequently, this book moves away from mere identification of challenges to proffering solutions. The ideas put forward about African development in this book draw from a...
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The images of Zionist pioneers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--hard working, brawny, and living off the land--sprang from the ascendent socialist Zionist movement in Palestine known as "Labor Zionism." The building of the Yishuv, a new Jewish society in Palestine, was accompanied by the rapid growth of Zionism worldwide.
How did Zionism take shape in the United States? How did Labor Zionism and the Yishuv influence American...
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A contradictory creation indeed, the European Union has most of the institutions of a modern democracy, yet it does not function as one. Moreover, its growing scope of activity and supranational decision making processes are undermining the legitimacy of democracy in its member states. Much has been written about this double "democratic deficit," but surprisingly little thought has been given to what to do about it-short of drafting and ratifying...
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This is the story of the largest Mexican-American community in the United States, the city within a city known as "East Los Angeles." How did this barrio of over one million men and women-occupying an area greater than Manhattan or Washington D.C.-come to be? Although promoted early in this century as a workers' paradise, Los Angeles fared poorly in attracting European immigrants and American blue-collar workers. Wages were low, and these workers...
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Black Star documents the vibrant Asian Youth Movements in 1970s and 80s Britain who struggled against the racism of the street and the state. Anandi Ramamurthy shows how they drew inspiration from Black Power movements as well as anti-imperialist and workers' struggles across the globe.
This book is populated by landmark events in anti-racist struggle, from the Grunwick strike, to the Handsworth riots, and the acquittal of the Bradford 12. Ramamurthy...
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In Japan gibt es noch immer so viel Rätselhaftes zu entdecken, dass
sich die Japanexpertin und Unternehmensberaterin Rita Menge wieder
auf die Fotopirsch begeben hat, um für weitere Aufklärung zu
sorgen. Wie bereits im ersten Band lädt auch dieses Buch dazu ein,
alleine oder mit Familie und Freunden zu raten, was es wohl mit dem
jeweiligen Foto auf sich hat. Japan ist weiterhin für viele Menschen
ein Sehnsuchtsziel, auch wenn es während der...
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Students of color relate their first-hand experiences with educational systems and campus living conditions. Their narratives provide an insider perspective useful to anyone working on diversity issues who is trying to improve institutional culture and policy. The book is a user-friendly guide. The first section focuses on the voices of students of color and draws on the power of personal narratives to reveal alternate perspectives that illuminate...
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In Jewish Family: Identity and Self-Formation at Home Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor advance a new appreciation for the deep significance of Jewish family in developing Jewish identity. This book is the result of ten years of research focused on a small sample of diverse families. Through their work, the authors paint an intricate picture of the ecosystem that the family unit provides for identity formation over the life course. They draw upon...
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Eurasians at the Grassroots - Vol.1 is a collection of short stories regarding Eurasians and the memories of Eurasians. Its purpose is to collect and publish stories as a collective work about Eurasians, by Eurasians and for Eurasians.It is intended for this publication to consist of a collection of stories about the background, history, culture and heritage of the average Eurasian family. It is not intended for this publication to be about famous...
13) Los Misteriosos Hunjas: ¿Cómo quedan embarazadas las mujeres a los 80 en esta tierra misteriosa?
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Cuántos hombres se han convertido naturalmente en padres entre los 60 y los 70 años, algo que todos hemos escuchado alguna vez en la vida. Por lo general, el período de fertilidad de un hombre es mucho más largo que el de una mujer. Donde después de los 36 a los 45 se vuelve más difícil para una mujer quedar embarazada. Pero, ¿sabías que hay algunas mujeres en el mundo que pueden dar a luz normalmente a la edad de 65-70 e incluso a los 80?...
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The African diaspora have been subjected to oppression for decades since the end of the transatlantic slave trade. In recent times this oppression has been most visible in the form of live killing and murder executed by law enforcement officers. However, the extent of the problems that face people of colour in the West are not limited to police brutality; the challenges are much broader spanning across every area of society: from politics and law...
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The Black Man's Burden – The Horrors of Southern Lynchings has been called the most thrilling expose of southern lawlessness ever presented to the American people. Author Irenas J. Palmer provides an insightful history lesson and relates the frightful experience of Julius Gardner, a man who was actually lynched. Mr. Gardner is the only Black man who, having been accused of crime and arrested by a southern mob, lived to relate his experience.
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A revelatory assessment of workplace inequality in high-status jobs that focuses on a new explanation for a pernicious problem: racial discomfort.
America's elite law firms, investment banks, and management consulting firms are known for grueling hours, low odds of promotion, and personnel practices that push out any employees who don't advance. While most people who begin their careers in these institutions leave within several years, work...
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Canada - Behind The Mirror is Kevin Alan McGill's celebration of being Canadian. This pageant of poetry and prose presents what was, is and can be for Canadians. It encourages anyone who identifies as Canadian to connect with the spirit of this land - whoever you are, from wherever you came, whenever you came.Kevin Alan McGill is a Canadian author of short (flash) fiction, poetry, satire, prose, comics and graphic illustrations. His eBooks include...
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The Harvard Law Review is offered in a digital edition, featuring active Contents and URLs, linked notes, and proper ebook formatting. The contents of Issue 8 include:Article, "Racial Capitalism," by Nancy LeongEssay, "Shallow Signals," by Bert I. HuangBook Review, "All Unhappy Families: Tales of Old Age, Rational Actors, and the Disordered Life," by Ariela R. DublerBook Review, "Lawyers, Law, and the New Civil Rights History," by Risa GoluboffNote,...
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Examines literary expressions of allyship between Italian America and other diasporic communities in modern and contemporary US fiction.
Intersecting Diasporas examines literary expressions of allyship between Italian America and other diasporic communities in modern and contemporary US fiction. Rewriting the Anglo-American genre of the "Italian novel," authors like James Baldwin, Bernard Malamud, Carolina De Robertis, and Chang-rae Lee have disrupted...
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