Search Results - "Civilization"

Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939 : Jewish Landsmanshaftn in American Culture by Soyer, Daniel

“…American Jewish Civilization Series…”
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Vital enemies slavery, predation, and the Amerindian political economy of life / by Santos-Granero, Fernando, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Capturing societies -- Captive slaves -- Servant groups -- Tributary populations -- Markers of servitude -- Servile obligations -- Dependent status -- Civilizing the other -- Warring against the other.…”
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Beyond Alliances : The Jewish Role in Reshaping the Racial Landscape of Southern California /

Table of Contents: “…Marcus and his impact on the advancement of civil rights in the Mexican-American legal landscape of Southern California -- Anthony Macias, Multicultural music, Jews, and American culture: the life and times of William Phillips -- Barbara K. …”
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Naturalizing Mexican immigrants a Texas history / by Menchaca, Martha

Table of Contents: “…/Mexico border to the U.S. Civil War -- The politics of naturalization policy in Texas : the case of Mexican immigrants -- Ricardo Rodriguez and the People's Party in the 1890s -- From the Spanish-American War to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution -- Mexican women and naturalization : the era of the woman suffrage movement -- Then and now : the path toward citizenship -- Appendix 1: Texas naturalization records and archives, pre-1906 -- Appendix 2: Persons naturalized in Texas and by Mexican origin, 1907/2009.…”
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White metropolis race, ethnicity, and religion in Dallas, 1841-2001 / by Phillips, Michael, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Through a glass darkly : memory, race, and region in Dallas, Texas -- The music of cracking necks : Dallas civilization and its discontents -- True to Dixie and to Moses : Yankees, White trash, Jews, and the lost cause -- The great White plague : whiteness, culture, and the unmaking of the Dallas working class -- Consequences of powerlessness : whiteness as class politics -- Water force : resisting White supremacy under Jim Crow -- White like me : Mexican Americans, Jews, and the elusive politics of identity -- A blight and a sin : segregation, the Kennedy assassination, and the wreckage of whiteness.…”
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City for empire an Anchorage history, 1914-1941 / by Jones, Preston, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Loussac -- Inside -- Interlude: Mikami family photographs -- Outside -- Transition -- Appendix: Alaska's new era; New conditions; Anchorage; The Japanese menace; Applies to Resurrection Bay; Alaskans form type; Loussac's daily gossip; "The orphan's complaint"; Natives and World War One; Sons of Japan living here; Liberal in all patriotic movements; Immigration; No room for job hunters; Eklutna Industrial School; Civilization is menaced by Spanish savagery; A message from the Kimura family; Good advice.…”
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New directions in Anglo-Jewish history

Table of Contents: “…Between daydream and nightmare: fin de siècle Jewish journeys and the British imagination / Hannah Ewence -- The Jews of leeds: immigrant identity in the provinces 1880-1920 / James Appell -- "Good Jews and civilized, self-reliant Englishmen": crafting Anglo-Jewish education in the 19th century / Sara Abosch -- What's in a name?…”
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African American urban history since World War II

Table of Contents: “…Camarillo -- The young lords and the postwar city: notes on the geographical and structural reconfigurations of contemporary urban life / Johanna Fern�andez -- Great expectations: African American and latino relations in Phoenix since World War II / Matthew Whitaker -- Citizens and workers: African Americans and Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia's regional economy since World War II / Carmen Teresa Whalen -- The second ghetto and the suburb : realtors and racism in working-class Philadelphia, 1945-1970 / David McAllister -- Deadly inequalities: race, illness, and poverty in Washington, D.C., since 1945 / Brett Williams -- "The house I live in": race, class, and African American suburban dreams in the postwar United States / Andrew Wiese -- Harvesting the crisis: the Newark uprising, the Kerner Commission, and writings on riots / Kevin Mumford -- Affirmative action from below: civil rights, the building trades, and the politics of racial equality in the urban north, 1945-1969 / Thomas J. …”
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Colonialism, ethnicity and war in Angola / by Martins, Vasco (Vasco Miguel)

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Xinjiang and the Modern Chinese State / by Jacobs, Justin, 1980-

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