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Hispanic Americans
ISBN: 9781590332276 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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387,78 |
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White But Not Equal: Mexican Americans, Jury Discrimination, and the Supreme Court
ISBN: 9780816527519 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Check out "A Class Apart" - the new PBS American Experience documentary that explores this historic case In 1952 in Edna, Texas, Pete Hernandez, a twenty-one-year-old cotton picker, got into a fight with several men and was dragged from a tavern, robbed, and beaten. Upon reaching his home he collected his .22-caliber rifle, walked two miles back to the tavern, and shot one of the assailants. With forty eyewitnesses and a confession, the case appeared to be open and shut. Yet Hernandez v. Texas turned into one of the nation's most groundbreaking Supreme Court cases. Ignacio...
Check out "A Class Apart" - the new PBS American Experience documentary that explores this historic case In 1952 in Edna, Texas, Pete Hernandez, a tw...
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116,30 |
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Corridors of Migration: The Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933
ISBN: 9780816528028 / Angielski / Miękka / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Strike of 1933, frenzied cotton farmers murdered three strikers, intentionally starved at least nine infants, wounded dozens of people, and arrested more. While the story of this incident has been recounted from the perspective of both the farmers and, more recently, the Mexican workers, this is the first book to trace the origins of the Mexican workers' activism through their common experience of migrating to the United States. Rodolfo F. Acuna documents the history of Mexican workers and their families from seventeenth-century Chihuahua to...
In the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Strike of 1933, frenzied cotton farmers murdered three strikers, intentionally starved at least nine infants, wounded...
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140,54 |
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Latino Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook
ISBN: 9781851095230 / Angielski / Twarda / 321 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Latino Americans and Political Participation" examines Latino/a American political behavior, covering both electoral and other political issues. The essays provide thorough accounts of the relevant people, places, and events and provide a broad overview of Latino/a political participation in the United States. The information is accessible to individuals new to the topic, but there is extensive coverage to satisfy experienced researchers as well. The volume is rich with case studies and contains information on important political figures, key political events, and a guide to... "Latino Americans and Political Participation" examines Latino/a American political behavior, covering both electoral and other political issues. T... |
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255,15 |
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Resiliency and Success: Migrant Children in the U.S.
ISBN: 9781594510441 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book elucidates the amazing life journeys of academically successful migrant students. Offering vivid case studies of successful students, this book helps teachers, education students, and researchers understand the factors that lead to success by minority language children. The authors develop the lessons of student success stories into recommendations for schools and for educational policy. Readers gain from this book the stories of real students, the challenges they faced, and the means by which students and schools may overcome language and cultural barriers to educational success.
This book elucidates the amazing life journeys of academically successful migrant students. Offering vivid case studies of successful students, this b...
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921,09 |
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Reform Without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State
ISBN: 9780199342938 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Placed within the context of the past decade's war on terror and emergent Latino migrant movement, Reform without Justice addresses the issue of state violence against migrants in the United States. It questions what forces are driving draconian migration control policies and why it is that, despite its success in mobilizing millions, the Latino migrant movement and its allies have not been able to more successfully defend the rights of migrants. Gonzales argues that the contemporary Latino migrant movement and its allies face a dynamic form of political power that he terms...
Placed within the context of the past decade's war on terror and emergent Latino migrant movement, Reform without Justice addresses the issue...
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215,22 |
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Reform Without Justice
ISBN: 9780199973392 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Placed within the context of the past decade's war on terror and emergent Latino migrant movement, Reform without Justice addresses the issue of state violence against migrants in the United States. It questions what forces are driving draconian migration control policies and why it is that, despite its success in mobilizing millions, the Latino migrant movement and its allies have not been able to more successfully defend the rights of migrants. Gonzales argues that the contemporary Latino migrant movement and its allies face a dynamic form of political power that he terms...
Placed within the context of the past decade's war on terror and emergent Latino migrant movement, Reform without Justice addresses the issue...
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672,24 |
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The Cubans of Union City: Immigrants and Exiles in a New Jersey Community
ISBN: 9781592132997 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a result of the conflicts between Cuba and the US, especially after 1959, Cubans immigrated in great numbers. Most stayed in Miami, but many headed north to Union City, making it second only to Miami in its concentration of Cubans. This title discusses why Cubans were drawn to this city and how the local economy and organizations developed.
As a result of the conflicts between Cuba and the US, especially after 1959, Cubans immigrated in great numbers. Most stayed in Miami, but many headed...
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329,66 |
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The Cubans of Union City: Immigrants and Exiles in a New Jersey Community
ISBN: 9781592133000 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a result of the conflicts between Cuba and the US, especially after 1959, Cubans immigrated in great numbers. Most stayed in Miami, but many headed north to Union City, making it second only to Miami in its concentration of Cubans. This title discusses why Cubans were drawn to this city and how the local economy and organizations developed.
As a result of the conflicts between Cuba and the US, especially after 1959, Cubans immigrated in great numbers. Most stayed in Miami, but many headed...
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121,15 |
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The World of Mexican Migrants: The Rock and the Hard Place
ISBN: 9781595584489 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Widely praised as a splendid addition to the literature on the great wave of post-1970 immigration from Mexico as a result of which an estimated 6 million undocumented Mexican migrants now live in the United States The World of Mexican Migrants, by acclaimed author Judith Adler Hellman, takes us into the lives of those who, no longer able to eke out even a modest living in their homeland, have traveled north to find jobs. Hellman takes us deep into the sending communities in Mexico, where we witness the conditions that lead Mexicans to risk their lives crossing the border and... Widely praised as a splendid addition to the literature on the great wave of post-1970 immigration from Mexico as a result of which an estimated 6 ... |
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90,42 |
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Class, Ethnicity, Gender and Latino Entrepreneurship
ISBN: 9780415995603 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on surveys and in-depth interviews, this book examines the social and economic relations of first-generation Latino entrepreneurs. Verdaguer explores social patterns between and within groups, situating immigrant entrepreneurship within concrete geographical, demographic and historical spaces. Her study not only reveals that Latinos' strategies for access to business ownership and for business development are cut across class, ethnic and gender lines, but also that immigrants' options, practices, and social spaces remain largely shaped by patriarchal gender relations within the... Drawing on surveys and in-depth interviews, this book examines the social and economic relations of first-generation Latino entrepreneurs. Verdague... |
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727,18 |
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Rethinking Chicana/O and Latina/O Popular Culture
ISBN: 9780230616066 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through a gender, ethnicity, and sexuality lens, Perez demonstrates that queer Chicana/o and Latina/o identities are much more prevalent in cultural production than most people think. By claiming a variety of characters and texts as queer, he expands the breadth of queer representation in cultural production."
Through a gender, ethnicity, and sexuality lens, Perez demonstrates that queer Chicana/o and Latina/o identities are much more prevalent in cultural p...
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200,77 |
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Latino/A Thought: Culture, Politics, and Society
ISBN: 9780742563544 / Angielski / Twarda / 634 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latino/a Thought brings together the most important writings that shape Latino consciousness, culture, and activism today. This historical anthology is unique in its presentation of cross cultural writings--especially from Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban writers and political documents--that shape the ideology and experience of U.S. Latinos. Students can read, first hand, the works or authors who most shaped their cultural heritage. They are guided by vivid introductions that set each article or document in its historical context and describe its relevance today. The writings touch on many...
Latino/a Thought brings together the most important writings that shape Latino consciousness, culture, and activism today. This historical anthology i...
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533,26 |
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Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal
ISBN: 9780807001677 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores what it means to be undocumented in a legal, social, economic and historical context
In this illuminating work, immigrant rights activist Aviva Chomsky shows how "illegality" and "undocumentedness" are concepts that were created to exclude and exploit. With a focus on US policy, she probes how people, especially Mexican and Central Americans, have been assigned this status--and to what ends. Blending history with human drama, Chomsky explores what it means to be undocumented in a legal, social, economic, and historical context. The result is a powerful testament of the... Explores what it means to be undocumented in a legal, social, economic and historical context
In this illuminating work, immigrant rights a... |
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64,62 |
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Latino American Folktales
ISBN: 9780313362996 / Angielski / Twarda / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latino Americans have a powerful voice in society and a wealth of cultural traditions. Fundamental to those traditions are numerous folktales. Some are funny, some draw upon the supernatural, some look back on ancestral ways, and some capture the experience of Latinos in the United States. Written expressly for students and general readers, this book assembles and comments on a wide range of Latino American folktales. These are grouped in topical sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural. Each tale is introduced by a headnote,... Latino Americans have a powerful voice in society and a wealth of cultural traditions. Fundamental to those traditions are numerous folktales. Some... |
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239,84 |
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The Xaripu Community Across Borders: Labor Migration, Community, and Family
ISBN: 9780268022129 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the past three decades there have been many studies of transnational migration. Most of the scholarship has focused on one side of the border, one area of labor incorporation, one generation of migrants, and one gender. In this path-breaking book, Manuel Barajas presents the first cross-national, comparative study to examine a Mexican-origin community's experience with international migration and transnationalism. He presents an extended case study of the Xaripu community, with home bases in both Xaripu, Michoacan, and Stockton, California, and elaborates how various forms of...
During the past three decades there have been many studies of transnational migration. Most of the scholarship has focused on one side of the border, ...
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135,69 |
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Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States
ISBN: 9780230619494 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prisons and the multiple ways that Latino/as have developed to combat the pervasive inhumane acts visited on them are the core of this anthology. Its combination of scholarly presentations, interviews, poetry, visual arts, and narratives of the inmates' lived experiences situates the realities of prison and its aftermath in the discussion about the ideals of individual freedom and rights. The authors highlight the attempts to normalize the systematic dehumanization of incarcerated Latino/as by "walling off" and sanitizing the urgent problems their very presence inevitably poses. This book...
Prisons and the multiple ways that Latino/as have developed to combat the pervasive inhumane acts visited on them are the core of this anthology. Its ...
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441,75 |
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Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States
ISBN: 9780230619241 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prisons and the multiple ways that Latino/as have developed to combat the pervasive inhumane acts visited on them are the core of this anthology. Its combination of scholarly presentations, interviews, poetry, visual arts, and narratives of the inmates' lived experiences situates the realities of prison and its aftermath in the discussion about the ideals of individual freedom and rights. The authors highlight the attempts to normalize the systematic dehumanization of incarcerated Latino/as by "walling off" and sanitizing the urgent problems their very presence inevitably poses. This book...
Prisons and the multiple ways that Latino/as have developed to combat the pervasive inhumane acts visited on them are the core of this anthology. Its ...
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401,58 |
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Mexican American Voices : A Documentary Reader
ISBN: 9781405182591 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This short, comprehensive collection of primary documents provides an indispensable introduction to Mexican American history and culture.
This short, comprehensive collection of primary documents provides an indispensable introduction to Mexican American history and culture.
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152,84 |
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Next of Kin: The Family in Chicano/A Cultural Politics
ISBN: 9780822345251 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As both an idea and an institution, the family has been at the heart of Chicano/a cultural politics since the Mexican American civil rights movement emerged in the late 1960s. In Next of Kin, Richard T. Rodriguez explores the competing notions of la familia found in movement-inspired literature, film, video, music, painting, and other forms of cultural expression created by Chicano men. Drawing on cultural studies and feminist and queer theory, he examines representations of the family that reflect and support a patriarchal, heteronormative nationalism as well as those that...
As both an idea and an institution, the family has been at the heart of Chicano/a cultural politics since the Mexican American civil rights movement e...
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562,35 |
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