Search Results - "coming of age"

An integrated boyhood : coming of age in white Cleveland / by Richards, Phillip M., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…A hopeful beginning -- The ghetto within -- My father's house -- Coming of age at Alexander Hamilton Jr. High School -- Antioch Baptist Church and the Emmers -- Circle Pines: the first time -- Circle Pines once more -- University school -- Two speakers come to Yale -- Crack-up.…”
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Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 by Klapper, Melissa R.

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Confederate daughters coming of age during the Civil War / by Ott, Victoria E., 1971-

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Empowerment of North American Indian girls ritual expressions at puberty / by Markstrom, Carol A.

Table of Contents: “…Contextual and methodological considerations -- Contemporary youth concerns in historical perspective -- North American Indian perspectives on human development -- Menstruation, cosmology, and feminism -- Historical overview of coming-of-age practices -- The Apache Sunrise Dance -- Interpretation of the Apache Sunrise Dance -- Contemporary Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa puberty customs -- Broader perspectives on coming-of-age.…”
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Man of fire selected writings / by Galarza, Ernesto

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Coming of age in a class society -- pt. 2. Mexican labor, migration, and the American empire -- pt. 3. …”
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The true story of Pocahontas the other side of history / by Custalow, Linwood

Table of Contents: “…-- Pocahontas : a favorite child -- Captain John Smith : an English chief -- Pocahontas : the Powhatan peace symbol -- Powhatan rule : not by force -- Danger in Pocahontas's homeland -- Pocahontas comes of age -- Pocahontas kidnapped -- No retaliation -- Marriage in captivity -- The colony saved by the Powhatan -- Pocahontas's revelation -- Murder in England -- In the years that followed.…”
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Warriors without war Seminole leadership in the late twentieth century / by Wickman, Patricia R. (Patricia Riles)

Table of Contents: “…An alternate universe -- Coming of age in the '70s -- James "E." Billie : the man who would be king -- Hitting the big time -- Dollars and drugs -- Home, home on the res -- One too many alligators -- Money matters (more and more) -- The beginning of the end -- Gaming : the next chapter -- The fourth Seminole war -- La ley del deseo -- A change, of course? …”
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