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The Middling Sorts: Explorations in the History of the American Middle Class
ISBN: 9780415926423 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. According to their national myth, all Americans are "middle class," but rarely has such a widely-used term been so poorly defined. These fascinating essays provide much-needed context to the subject of class in America.
According to their national myth, all Americans are "middle class," but rarely has such a widely-used term been so poorly defined. These fascinating e...
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195,86 |
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Make Love, Not War: The Sexual Revolution: An Unfettered History
ISBN: 9780415929424 / Angielski / Miękka / 381 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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200,76 |
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Pragmatism, Feminism, and Democracy: Rethinking the Politics of American History
ISBN: 9780415930291 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the turn of the century, a battery of new intellectual and cultural currents came together to reorient society - Progressivism, Pragmatism, feminism, labour activism, and consumer culture. In this work, Livingston reads philosophers like John Dewey alongside activists like Jane Addams and finds in their ideas a similar and novel sense of the individual's place in the world. By drawing new connections between these developments, Livingston re-channels discussion on the coming of modernity.
At the turn of the century, a battery of new intellectual and cultural currents came together to reorient society - Progressivism, Pragmatism, feminis...
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685,68 |
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Pragmatism, Feminism, and Democracy: Rethinking the Politics of American History
ISBN: 9780415930307 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the turn of the century, a battery of new intellectual and cultural currents came together to reorient society - Progressivism, Pragmatism, feminism, labour activism, and consumer culture. In this work, Livingston reads philosophers like John Dewey alongside activists like Jane Addams and finds in their ideas a similar and novel sense of the individual's place in the world. By drawing new connections between these developments, Livingston re-channels discussion on the coming of modernity.
At the turn of the century, a battery of new intellectual and cultural currents came together to reorient society - Progressivism, Pragmatism, feminis...
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195,86 |
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Acts of Rebellion: The Ward Churchill Reader
ISBN: 9780415931557 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What could be more American than Columbus Day? Or the Washington Redskins? For Native Americans, they are bitter reminders that they live in a world where their identity is still fodder for white society.
"The law has always been used as toilet paper by the status quo where American Indians are concerned," writes Ward Churchill in Acts of Rebellion, a collection of his most important writings from the past twenty years. Vocal and incisive, Churchill stands at the forefront of American Indian concerns, from land issues to the American Indian Movement, from government repression to... What could be more American than Columbus Day? Or the Washington Redskins? For Native Americans, they are bitter reminders that they live in a world w...
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930,57 |
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Black Religious Intellectuals: The Fight for Equality from Jim Crow to the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780415933261 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professor Clarence Taylor sheds some much-needed light on the rich intellectual and political tradition that lies in the black religious community. From the Pentecostalism of Bishop Smallwood Williams and the flamboyant leadership of the Reverend Al Sharpton, to the radical Presbyterianism of Milton Arthur Galamison and the controversial and mass-mobilization by Minister Louis Farrakhan, black religious leaders have figured prominently in the struggle for social equality in America.
Professor Clarence Taylor sheds some much-needed light on the rich intellectual and political tradition that lies in the black religious community. Fr...
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710,17 |
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Sweatshop USA : The American Sweatshop in Historical and Global Perspective
ISBN: 9780415935616 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a collection of work in the interdisciplinary field of sweatshop studies. It examines the changing understanding of the roots and problems with the sweatshop as well as exploring how the history of the American sweatshop is inexorably intertwined with global migration of capital, labour, ideas and goods. The American sweatshop may be located abroad but remains bound to the United States through ties of fashion, politics, labour and economics. The global character of the American sweatshop has presented a barrier to unionization and regulation. Anti-sweatshop campaigns have often...
This is a collection of work in the interdisciplinary field of sweatshop studies. It examines the changing understanding of the roots and problems wit...
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230,14 |
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Real Life at the White House: 200 Years of Daily Life at America's Most Famous Residence
ISBN: 9780415939515 / Angielski / Miękka / 531 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A richly illustrated book on America's most famous residence. Packed with photographs and anecdotes from every administration this is the essential guide to Presidetial living.
A richly illustrated book on America's most famous residence. Packed with photographs and anecdotes from every administration this is the essential gu...
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181,17 |
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From Wiseguys to Wise Men: The Gangster and Italian American Masculinities
ISBN: 9780415946476 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The gangster, in the hands of the Italian American artist, becomes a telling figure in the tale of American race, gender, and ethnicity - a figure that reflects the autobiography of an immigrant group just as it reflects the fantasy of a native population. From Wiseguys to Wise Men studies the figure of the gangster and explores its social function in the construction and projection of masculinity in the United States. By looking at the cultural icon of the gangster through the lens of gender, this book presents new insights into material that has been part of American culture for close... The gangster, in the hands of the Italian American artist, becomes a telling figure in the tale of American race, gender, and ethnicity - a figure ... |
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747,55 |
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Contesting the Terrain of the Ivory Tower: Spiritual Leadership of African American Women in the Academy
ISBN: 9780415947985 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study examines the leadership of three African-American women administrators in higher education, and how they have used their spirituality as a lens to lead in the academy. The central questions in this case study include: How do African-American women make meaning of their spiritual selves in their everyday leadership practices? How does their spirituality influence their work and the type of relationships they develop with others in the academy? What are the ways in which these three women have used their spirituality as a lens to lead, and how does this leadership impact the... This study examines the leadership of three African-American women administrators in higher education, and how they have used their spirituality as... |
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195,86 |
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Troubling Beginnings: Trans(per)Forming African American History and Identity
ISBN: 9780415947992 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This interdisciplinary and creative study examines how African American culture is presented in American films and other media, and is a provocative re-reading of the historiography of black culture. The author examines and interprets a number of cultural texts deriving memory as interpreted by Freud and by Franz Fanon, mixed with Black Liberation Theology and Islamic mysticism.
This interdisciplinary and creative study examines how African American culture is presented in American films and other media, and is a provocative r...
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710,17 |
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Narrative, Political Unconscious and Racial Violence in Wilmington, North Carolina
ISBN: 9780415949583 / Angielski / Twarda / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work examines the counter-narratives of social actors that may be used as resources to promote and create social change, particularly racial change.
This work examines the counter-narratives of social actors that may be used as resources to promote and create social change, particularly racial chan...
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710,17 |
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The State, Removal and Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Mexico, 1620-2000
ISBN: 9780415958608 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book investigates the forced migration of the Delawares in the United States and the Yaquis in Mexico, focusing primarily on the impact removal from tribal lands had on the (ethnic) identity of these two indigenous societies. It analyzes Native responses to colonial and state policies to determine the practical options that each group had in dealing with the states in which they lived. Haake convincingly argues that both nation-states aimed at the destruction of the Native American societies within their borders. This exemplary comparative, transnational study clearly demonstrates... This book investigates the forced migration of the Delawares in the United States and the Yaquis in Mexico, focusing primarily on the impact remova... |
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440,75 |
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Interpreting National History: Race, Identity, and Pedagogy in Classrooms and Communities
ISBN: 9780415960830 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do students' racial identities work with and against teachers' pedagogies to shape their understandings of history and contemporary society? Based on a long-term ethnographic study, Interpreting National History examines the startling differences in black and white students' interpretations of U.S. history in classroom and community settings. Interviews with children and teens compare and contrast the historical interpretations students bring with them to the classroom with those they leave with after a year of teacher's instruction. Firmly grounded in history and social... How do students' racial identities work with and against teachers' pedagogies to shape their understandings of history and contemporary society? Ba... |
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927,99 |
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Interpreting National History : Race, Identity, and Pedagogy in Classrooms and Communities
ISBN: 9780415960847 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Narrating National History examines the differences in white and African American childrens, adolescents, and adults interpretations of US history in classroom and community settings. Based on ethnographic interviews with children, teens, and adults in a working class US city, the manuscript focuses on the difference in different grade levels interpretations of national history at the beginning of the school year. Also included are teachers views and instruction, vignettes from classroom discussions, as well as parents views of US history, contemporary society and citizenship.
The book... Narrating National History examines the differences in white and African American childrens, adolescents, and adults interpretations of US history in ...
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231,95 |
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An Economic History of the United States: From 1607 to the Present
ISBN: 9780415979801 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Economic History of the United States is an accessible and informative survey designed for undergraduate courses on American economic history. The book spans from 1607 to the modern age and presents a documented history of how the American economy has propelled the nation into a position of world leadership. Noted economic historian Ronald E. Seavoy covers nearly 400 years of economic history, beginning with the commercialization of agriculture in the pre-colonial era, through the development of banks and industrialization in the nineteenth century, up to the globalization of the...
An Economic History of the United States is an accessible and informative survey designed for undergraduate courses on American economic hist...
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759,15 |
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An Economic History of the United States: From 1607 to the Present
ISBN: 9780415979818 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Economic History of the United States is an accessible and informative survey designed for undergraduate courses on American economic history. The book spans from 1607 to the modern age and presents a documented history of how the American economy has propelled the nation into a position of world leadership. Noted economic historian Ronald E. Seavoy covers nearly 400 years of economic history, beginning with the commercialization of agriculture in the pre-colonial era, through the development of banks and industrialization in the nineteenth century, up to the globalization of the...
An Economic History of the United States is an accessible and informative survey designed for undergraduate courses on American economic hist...
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220,35 |
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The Irish Americans: The Rise to Money and Power
ISBN: 9780446385589 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Andrew Greeley looks back at Irish history and at the famous Irish of today to show how the Irish in America really live, think, act--and what makes them statistically the richest and best educated gentile group in American society.
Andrew Greeley looks back at Irish history and at the famous Irish of today to show how the Irish in America really live, think, act--and what makes t...
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77,03 |
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Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman
ISBN: 9780446391757 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the bestselling tradition of Margaret Truman's biography Harry S. Truman, here are the 33rd U.S. President's fascinating theories and opinions on leadership and leaders, plus his picks for the best and worst presidents--all in his bluntly honest "give-em-hell" style.
In the bestselling tradition of Margaret Truman's biography Harry S. Truman, here are the 33rd U.S. President's fascinating theories and opinions on l...
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96,30 |
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The Very First Americans
ISBN: 9780448401683 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Long before Columbus landed in America, hundreds of groups of people had already made their homes here. You may have heard of some of them--like the Sioux, Hopi, and Seminole. But where did they live? What did they eat? How did they have fun? And where are they today? From coast to coast, learn all about these very first Americans
Long before Columbus landed in America, hundreds of groups of people had already made their homes here. You may have heard of some of them--like the S...
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23,08 |
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