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1	Cheyenne Again more books like this by E Bunting add to wishlist In the late 1800s, 10-year-old Young Bull is sent to boarding school to learn the white man's ways. Bunting's sensitive and poetic text recreates an experience shared by many Native American children in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Full color. see all copies from $2.20! new only from $3.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States more books like this by Hector Tobar add to wishlist Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar takes readers on the definitive tour of the Spanish-speaking United States--a parallel nation, 35 million strong, that is changing the very notion of what it means to be an American in unprecedented and unexpected ways. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing more books like this by Marijo Moore, Vine Deloria (Foreword by) add to wishlist After five centuries of Eurocentrism, many people have little idea that Native American tribes still exist, or which traditions belong to what tribes. However over the past decade there has been a rising movement to accurately describe Native cultures and histories. In particular, people have begun to explore the experience of urban ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $7.53! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People more books like this by Helen Zia add to wishlist An award-winning Chinese-American journalist presents a groundbreaking discussion of defining moments that have transformed Asian Americans from a loosely knit, largely invisible ethnic group into a self-identified racial group that is influencing every aspect of American society. Photos. see all copies from $2.31! new only from $2.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Keepin' It Real: School Success Beyond Black and White more books like this by Prudence L Carter add to wishlist Why do so many African American and Latino students perform worse than their Asian and White peers in classes and on exams? And why are they dropping out of school at higher rates? Common wisdom holds that racial stratification leads African American and Latino students to rebel against "acting white," thus dooming themselves to lower levels of ... see all copies from $13.61! new only from $13.61! \| SVS
6	Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness more books like this by Rahhid Khalidi, Professor Rashid Khalidi add to wishlist Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, Palestinians have spread out across the region - in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, as well as the occupied territories of Israel itself. Beginning with World War I, and across the geographical borders of their diaspora, this volume explores the evolution of a Palestinian national identity ... see all copies from $11.98! new only from $34.59!
7	Unraveling the "Model Minority" Stereotype: Listening to Asian American Youth more books like this by Stacey J Lee add to wishlist The second edition of Unraveling the "Model Minority Stereotype: Listening to Asian American Youth" extends Stacey Lee's groundbreaking research on the educational experiences and achievement of Asian American youth. Lee provides a comprehensive update of social science research to reveal the ways in which the larger structures of race and class ... see all copies from $5.70! new only from $18.95! \| SVS
8	The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland more books like this by Kevin McKiernan add to wishlist A gripping front-line portrait of the Kurdish people during the buildup to war and its aftermath by a journalist who has covered the region for over a decade. see all copies from $2.09! new only from $9.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Recovering History, Constructing Race: The Indian, Black, and White Roots of Mexican Americans more books like this by Martha Menchaca add to wishlist The history of Mexican Americans is a history of the intermingling of races - Indian, White, and Black. This racial history underlies a legacy of racial discrimination against Mexican Americans and their Mexican ancestors that stretches from the Spanish conquest to current battles over ending affirmative action and other assistance programs for ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $18.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Exchanging Our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South more books like this by Michael A Gomez add to wishlist This study establishes tangible links between the African American community and its African origins, tracing the process by which African populations exchanged their distinct ethnic identities for one defined primarily by the conception of race. see all copies from $8.67! new only from $29.15! \| SVS
11 view cover	Latinos, Inc.: The Marketing and Making of a People more books like this by Arlene M Davila add to wishlist Both Hollywood and corporate America are taking note of the marketing power of the growing Latino population in the United States. And as salsa takes over both the dance floor and the condiment shelf, the influence of Latin culture is gaining momentum in American society as a whole. Yet the increasing visibility of Latinos in mainstream culture ... see all copies from $7.82! new only from $18.34! \| SVS
12 view cover	Challenging Fronteras: Structuring Latina and Latino Lives in the U.S. more books like this by Dr. Mary Romero (Editor), Vilma Ortiz (Editor), Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo (Editor) add to wishlist Latinos are the fastest growing racial ethnic group in the United States. Despite the fact that they will soon outnumber African Americans, Latinos are often excluded from discussions of race by a binary black/white paradigm. This volume exposes the limitations of this paradigm, which fails to describe the complex reality of America's changing and ... see all copies from $16.05! new only from $45.28! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Racial Situations: Class Predicaments of Whiteness in Detroit more books like this by John Hartigan add to wishlist "Racial Situations" challenges perspectives on race that rely upon oft-repeated claims that race is culturally constructed and, hence, simply false and distorting. John Hartigan asserts, instead, that we need to explain how race is experienced by people as a daily reality. His starting point is the lives of white people in Detroit. As a distinct ... see all copies from $17.41! new only from $42.65! \| SVS
14 view cover	Finding a Place Called Home: A Guide to African-American Genealogy and Historical Identity. Revised and Expanded more books like this by Dee P Woodtor add to wishlist In a comprehensive work on the subject of black genealogy--with up-to-date advice on recovering histories lost through slavery--Dr. Woodtor helps sidestep the roadblocks that often hinder black genealogy. see all copies from $12.08! new only from $12.38! \| first editions
15 view cover	Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues more books like this by Duane Champagne (Editor) add to wishlist While Native American communities remain culturally innovative and continue to struggle for survival, researchers, teachers, and students lack texts that both represent the breadth of contemporary experiences and look toward the future. Editor Duane Champagne has assembled a volume of top scholarship reflecting the complexity and diversity of ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $18.59!
16 view cover	Growing Up Native Americ more books like this by Bill Adler, Jr., Ines Hernandez, Patricia Riley (Editor) add to wishlist Native American writers recall childhood in their native land. Provocative pieces from Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris, Anna Lee Walters and more bring childhood experiences into sharp focus and speak of pain, love, mischief, anger, betrayal and healing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts: Representing the Chambri in the World System more books like this by Deborah B Gewertz, Frederick K Errington add to wishlist Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington have worked as anthropologists in Papua New Guinea for nearly two decades. In this, their second joint study of the Chambri, they consider the way those in a small-scale society, peripheral to the major centres of influence, struggle to sustain some degree of autonomy. They describe the Chambri caught up in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
18 view cover	Zulu Identities: Being Zulu, Past and Present more books like this by Benedict Carton add to wishlist What does it mean to be Zulu today? Is this different from what it has meant in the past? Zulu Identities wrestles with these and many other related questions to show how the characteristic traditions of a pre-industrial people have evolved into different cultural expressions of 'Zulu-ness' in modern South Africa. This volume examines the legacies ... see all copies from $46.00! new only from $46.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Growing Up Native American: An Anthology more books like this by Patricia Riley, Ines Hernandez (Foreword by) add to wishlist For the first time ever, works about growing up Native American have been collected in an anthology that makes connections across history--while speaking to the enormous diversity of lives that make up Native America today. Includes works from Black Elk, Joseph Bruchac, Louise Erdrich, Mary Tall Mountain, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.52! \| first editions
20 view cover	Real Indians: Identity and the Survival of Native America more books like this by Eva Marie Garroutte add to wishlist At the dawn of the 21st century, America finds itself on the brink of a new racial consciousness. This volume examines the changing processes of racial identification and their implications by looking specifically at the case of American Indians. see all copies from $10.45! new only from $29.94! \| SVS
21 view cover	Back Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes more books like this by Gurney Norman (Editor), Katherine Ledford (Editor), Dwight B Billings (Editor) add to wishlist This text brings together some of Appalachia's most outstanding scholars and activists to refute the on-going stereotyping of the region. The 21 essays in the collection will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary and historic Appalachia. see all copies from $9.31! new only from $26.50! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Resistance, Rebellion Andean World more books like this by Steve J Stern (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.00! new only from $28.95! \| first editions
23	More Than an Indian: Racial Ambivalence and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in Guatemala more books like this by Charles R Hale add to wishlist Two decades ago, mas que un indio (more than an Indian) expressed a commonsense prescription for upward mobility in a racist society: To better themselves, Indians had to abandon their culture. Ironically, today it captures the predicament of ladinos, members of Guatemala's dominant culture. In the 1990s, Maya people succeeded in gaining broad ... see all copies from $22.65! new only from $34.34!
24 view cover	Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong more books like this by Paul Chaat Smith add to wishlist see all copies from $13.89! new only from $13.89! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Partial Recall: With Essays on Photographs of Native North Americans more books like this by Lucy R Lippard add to wishlist Essays on the complex relations between Native Americans and European Americans as seen through photography. see all copies from $7.23! new only from $7.23! \| first editions \| SVS

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