wyszukanych pozycji: 6
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After the Storm: Militarization, Occupation, and Segregation in Post-Katrina America
ISBN: 9781440851643 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. More than a decade ago, Hurricane Katrina served to expose a well-engineered system of oppression, one which continues to privilege some groups and disadvantage others. In the wake of the natural disaster that hit New Orleans, it became clear that institutions such as residential segregation, mass incarceration and unemployment, police brutality, political disenfranchisement, racial profiling, gentrification, community occupation, discrimination, and a prison-to-school pipeline are expressly intended to work against people of color and individuals from economically disadvantaged... More than a decade ago, Hurricane Katrina served to expose a well-engineered system of oppression, one which continues to privilege some groups and... |
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323,23 zł |
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Lessons from the Black Working Class: Foreshadowing America's Economic Health
ISBN: 9781440841439 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. How have the experiences of black working-class women and men residing in urban, suburban, and rural settings impacted U.S. labor relations and the broader American society? This book asserts that a comprehensive and critical examination of the black working class can be used to forecast whether economic troubles are on the horizon. It documents how the increasing incidence of attacks on unions, the dwindling availability of working-class jobs, and the clamoring by the working class for a minimum wage hike is proof that the atmospheric pressure in America is rising, and that efforts to... How have the experiences of black working-class women and men residing in urban, suburban, and rural settings impacted U.S. labor relations and the... |
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438,48 zł |
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Skin Deep : How Race and Complexion Matter in the "Color-Blind" Era
ISBN: 9781929011261 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Why do Latinos with light skin complexions earn more than those with darker complexions? Why do African American women with darker complexions take longer to get married than their lighter counterparts? Why did Michael Jackson become lighter as he became wealthier and O.J. Simpson became darker when he was accused of murder? Why is Halle Berry considered a beautiful sex symbol, while Whoopi Goldberg is not? Skin Deep provides answers to these intriguing questions. It shows that although most white Americans maintain that they do not judge others on the basis of skin color, skin tone remains a...
Why do Latinos with light skin complexions earn more than those with darker complexions? Why do African American women with darker complexions take lo...
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cena:
110,55 zł |
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Color Struck: How Race and Complexion Matter in the Color-Blind Era
ISBN: 9789463511087 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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155,49 zł |
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Color Struck: How Race and Complexion Matter in the "Color-Blind" Era
ISBN: 9789463511094 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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427,60 zł |
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Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools: A Critical Demography Perspective
ISBN: 9781498548991 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The roles of race and racism in explaining current controversies related to public schools in America is both understudied and misunderstood. Part of the problem is the absence of a critical paradigm that facilitates the development and application of ideas, theories, and methods that do not fit within the confines of mainstream scholarship. Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools: A Critical Demography Perspective explores the paradigm of critical demography--established in the late 1990s which articulates the manner in which the social structure differentiates dominant and...
The roles of race and racism in explaining current controversies related to public schools in America is both understudied and misunderstood. Part of ...
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cena:
418,07 zł |