Search Results - "Ethnicity"

Boundaries of Jewish identity

Table of Contents: “…Magnus -- "Jewish like an adjective" : confronting Jewish identities in contemporary Poland / Erica Lehrer -- Conversos, Marranos, and crypto-Latinos : the Jewish question in the American Southwest (and what it can tell us about race and ethnicity) / Jonathan Freedman -- The contested logics of Jewish identity / Laada Bilaniuk.…”
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The Rise of Trump : America's Authoritarian Spring / by MacWilliams, Matthew C.

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African diaspora in the cultures of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States /

Table of Contents: “…AFRICA IN THE ARTS : MIGRATION, IMPROVISATION, EXCHANGE -- Pearl Fishing in the Caribbean : Early Images of Slavery and Forced Migration in the Americas / Mónica Domínguez-Torres -- Improvisation in the Danzón and its Ties to Early New Orleans Jazz / Robin Moore -- Afrochic : Africa in the Modernist Imagination / Camara Dia Holloway -- True Blood : Colorblindness, Blanqueamiento, and Vampire Ethnicity in Castro's Cuba / Phillip Penix-Tadsen -- Introspection and Projection in Cuban Art / Colette Gaiter -- Hearing Reggaeton's African-American Address / Wayne Marshall -- Black-British and Other African Diaspora Artists Visualizing Slavery / Eddie Chambers -- IV. …”

The Rise of Trump : America's Authoritarian Spring / by MacWilliams, Matthew C.

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Vietnam a natural history / by Sterling, Eleanor J.

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to Vietnam -- Humans and the environment -- Biogeography of Vietnam -- Vietnam's living environments -- The fauna of Vietnam -- Northern Vietnam : termination of the Himalayas -- Central Vietnam and the Truong Son Range : from wet mountains to dry forests -- Southern Vietnam : ascendancy of the Mekong -- Threats to Vietnam's biodiversity -- Conservation : the future of Vietnam's living world -- Appendix 1. Ethnic groups and their distribution in Vietnam -- Appendix 2. …”
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Urban underworlds a geography of twentieth-century American literature and culture / by Heise, Thomas, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…An overview and an underview: Uneven development and the social production of American underworlds -- Going down: Narratives of slumming in the ethnic underworlds of lower New York, 1890s-1910s -- Degenerate "Sex and the City": The underworlds of New York and Paris in the work of Djuna Barnes and Claude McKay, 1910s-1930s -- The black underground: Urban riots, the black underclass, and the work of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison, 1940s-1950s -- Wasted dreams: John Rechy, Thomas Pynchon, and the underworlds of Los Angeles, 1960s -- White spaces and urban ruins: Postmodern geographies in Don DeLillo's underworld, 1950s-1990s.…”
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Emergency nursing : the profession, the pathway, and the practice /

Table of Contents: “…Emergency nursing defined -- The traditional role of the emergency nurse -- Unique roles of the emergency nurse -- Education of the emergency nurse -- The emergency nurse as a professional -- Self-care and the emergency nurse -- Types of emergency departments -- Common areas within the emergency department -- Key players in the emergency department -- The emergency nurse in the role of triage -- Common challenges faced by emergency nurses -- Risk management and quality issues affecting the emergency nurse -- Emergency nursing throughout the lifespan -- Challenging patient populations encountered by the emergency nurse -- The emergency nurse and the abused patient -- The emergency nurse caring for diverse cultures and ethnicities.…”
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Urban underworlds a geography of twentieth-century American literature and culture / by Heise, Thomas, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…An overview and an underview: Uneven development and the social production of American underworlds -- Going down: Narratives of slumming in the ethnic underworlds of lower New York, 1890s-1910s -- Degenerate "Sex and the City": The underworlds of New York and Paris in the work of Djuna Barnes and Claude McKay, 1910s-1930s -- The black underground: Urban riots, the black underclass, and the work of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison, 1940s-1950s -- Wasted dreams: John Rechy, Thomas Pynchon, and the underworlds of Los Angeles, 1960s -- White spaces and urban ruins: Postmodern geographies in Don DeLillo's underworld, 1950s-1990s.…”
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Emergency nursing : the profession, the pathway, and the practice /

Table of Contents: “…Emergency nursing defined -- The traditional role of the emergency nurse -- Unique roles of the emergency nurse -- Education of the emergency nurse -- The emergency nurse as a professional -- Self-care and the emergency nurse -- Types of emergency departments -- Common areas within the emergency department -- Key players in the emergency department -- The emergency nurse in the role of triage -- Common challenges faced by emergency nurses -- Risk management and quality issues affecting the emergency nurse -- Emergency nursing throughout the lifespan -- Challenging patient populations encountered by the emergency nurse -- The emergency nurse and the abused patient -- The emergency nurse caring for diverse cultures and ethnicities.…”
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Vietnam a natural history / by Sterling, Eleanor J.

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to Vietnam -- Humans and the environment -- Biogeography of Vietnam -- Vietnam's living environments -- The fauna of Vietnam -- Northern Vietnam : termination of the Himalayas -- Central Vietnam and the Truong Son Range : from wet mountains to dry forests -- Southern Vietnam : ascendancy of the Mekong -- Threats to Vietnam's biodiversity -- Conservation : the future of Vietnam's living world -- Appendix 1. Ethnic groups and their distribution in Vietnam -- Appendix 2. …”
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The rise of political Islam in Turkey by Rabasa, Angel

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Politics and Religion in Turkey -- Structure of the report -- The Islamic landscape in Turkey -- Religion, ethnicity and politics -- The management of Islam -- Sufi brotherhoods -- Religious movements -- Islamic foundations -- Islamic schools -- Shiites and Alevis -- Turkish attitudes toward religion -- The violent fringe -- Turks in Europe -- The rise of political Islam in Turkey -- The impact of the Kemalist revolution -- The advent of multi-party democracy -- The "Turkish-Islamic synthesis" -- The impact of the ZAL reforms -- The rise of the religious right -- Political Islam in power : the welfare interlude -- The impact of the February 28 process -- The AKP in power -- The reconfiguration of Turkish politics -- The AKP : a new synthesis or Islamism in disguise? …”
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Contested power in Ethiopia traditional authorities and multi-party elections /

Table of Contents: “…the power of clans and social strata in the Wolayta elections / Lovise Aalen -- Cynicism and hope: urban youth and relations of power during the 2005 Ethiopian elections / Daniel Mains -- Islam and politics: the EPRDF, the 2005 elections and Muslim institutions in Bale / Terje Ostebo -- We say they are Neftenya; they say we are OLF': a post-election assessment of ethnicity, politics and age-sets in Oromiya / Charles Schaefer -- Customary institutions in contemporary politics in Borana zone, Oromia, Ethiopia / Marco Bassi -- The 2005 elections in Maale: a reassertion of traditional authority or the extension of a nascent public sphere? …”
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Burdened by race Coloured identities in southern Africa /

Table of Contents: “…[C]onfused about being coloured' : creolisation and coloured identity in Chris van Wyk's Shirley, Goodness and Mercy / Helene Strauss -- Trauma and memory : the impact of apartheid-era forced removals on coloured identity in Cape Town / Henry Trotter -- Identity and forced displacement : community and colouredness in District Six / Christiaan Beyers -- Collaboration, assimilation and contestation : emerging constructions of coloured identity in post-apartheid South Africa / Michele Ruiters -- 'We are the original inhabitants of this land' : Khoe-San identity in post-apartheid South Africa / Michael Besten -- Race, ethnicity and the politics of positioning : the making of coloured identity in colonial Zimbabwe, 1890-1980 / James Muzondidya -- Absent white fathers : coloured identity in Zambia / Juliette Milner-Thornton -- 'A generous dream, but difficult to realize' : the making of the Anglo-African community of Nyasaland, 1929-1940 / Christopher Lee.…”
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Across the margins cultural identity and change in the Atlantic archipelago /

Table of Contents: “…Cultural negotiations: Paper margins : the 'outside' in poetry in the 1980s and 1990s / Linden Peach ; Sounding out the margins : ethnicity and popular music in British cultural studies / Sean Campbell ; Cool enough for Lou Reed? …”
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Contested power in Ethiopia traditional authorities and multi-party elections /

Table of Contents: “…the power of clans and social strata in the Wolayta elections / Lovise Aalen -- Cynicism and hope: urban youth and relations of power during the 2005 Ethiopian elections / Daniel Mains -- Islam and politics: the EPRDF, the 2005 elections and Muslim institutions in Bale / Terje Ostebo -- We say they are Neftenya; they say we are OLF': a post-election assessment of ethnicity, politics and age-sets in Oromiya / Charles Schaefer -- Customary institutions in contemporary politics in Borana zone, Oromia, Ethiopia / Marco Bassi -- The 2005 elections in Maale: a reassertion of traditional authority or the extension of a nascent public sphere? …”
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Burdened by race Coloured identities in southern Africa /

Table of Contents: “…[C]onfused about being coloured' : creolisation and coloured identity in Chris van Wyk's Shirley, Goodness and Mercy / Helene Strauss -- Trauma and memory : the impact of apartheid-era forced removals on coloured identity in Cape Town / Henry Trotter -- Identity and forced displacement : community and colouredness in District Six / Christiaan Beyers -- Collaboration, assimilation and contestation : emerging constructions of coloured identity in post-apartheid South Africa / Michele Ruiters -- 'We are the original inhabitants of this land' : Khoe-San identity in post-apartheid South Africa / Michael Besten -- Race, ethnicity and the politics of positioning : the making of coloured identity in colonial Zimbabwe, 1890-1980 / James Muzondidya -- Absent white fathers : coloured identity in Zambia / Juliette Milner-Thornton -- 'A generous dream, but difficult to realize' : the making of the Anglo-African community of Nyasaland, 1929-1940 / Christopher Lee.…”
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Across the margins cultural identity and change in the Atlantic archipelago /

Table of Contents: “…Cultural negotiations: Paper margins : the 'outside' in poetry in the 1980s and 1990s / Linden Peach ; Sounding out the margins : ethnicity and popular music in British cultural studies / Sean Campbell ; Cool enough for Lou Reed? …”
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Routledge handbook of African politics /

Table of Contents: “…Suberu -- The rule of law and the courts / Peter VonDoepp -- Security and the privatization of force and violence / Rita Abrahamsen -- Neopatrimonialism and political regimes / Gero Erdmann -- The informal practices of civil servants / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan -- Class politics / Bill Freund -- The politics of ethnicity / Gabrielle Lynch -- Autochthony and the politics of belonging / Peter Geschiere -- Religion and politics / Stephen Ellis and Gerrie ter Haar -- Muslim politics in West Africa / Leonardo A. …”

Routledge handbook of African politics /

Table of Contents: “…Suberu -- The rule of law and the courts / Peter VonDoepp -- Security and the privatization of force and violence / Rita Abrahamsen -- Neopatrimonialism and political regimes / Gero Erdmann -- The informal practices of civil servants / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan -- Class politics / Bill Freund -- The politics of ethnicity / Gabrielle Lynch -- Autochthony and the politics of belonging / Peter Geschiere -- Religion and politics / Stephen Ellis and Gerrie ter Haar -- Muslim politics in West Africa / Leonardo A. …”

Islamicate societies a case study of Egypt and Muslim India, modernization, colonial rule, and the aftermath / by Kassim, Husain, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Introduction: What this study is about -- Chapter 1: The Historical Landscape of Egypt and Muslim India as Islamic Societies Prior to Colonial Rule -- Chapter 2: Shifting Identities : The 'Islamicate' Societies of Egypt, Muslim India (Pakistan), Muslims in India, and its aftermath -- Chapter 3: Ethnicity and Minorities -- Chapter 4: Transformation of Traditional Islamic Language and Literature into a Modern 'Islamicate' Literature -- Chapter 5: Legal System and Judicial Institutions of Egypt and Muslim India -- Chapter 6: Education, Educational System and Islamization Project of Knowledge -- Chapter 7: An 'Islamicate' Woman: Gender Relations and Women's Rights.…”
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