Search Results - "Hispanic"

History and legends of the Alamo and other missions in and around San Antonio by De Zavala, Adina, 1861-1955

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Negotiated settlements Andean communities and landscapes under Inka and Spanish colonialism / by Wernke, Steven A.

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Negotiated settlements Andean communities and landscapes under Inka and Spanish colonialism / by Wernke, Steven A.

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Cross-cultural interaction and understanding theory, practice, and reality /

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Cross-cultural interaction & understanding : theory -- At a defining moment : cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- Understanding cultural appropriateness -- Crossing the dsm-iv-tr with culture -- Cross-cultural interaction & understanding : practice -- The African American perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The Asian American perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The Latino/Hispanic perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The bi/multi-ethnic perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The sexual minority perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The religious/spiritualist perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The socio-economic status perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- Cross-cultural interaction & understanding: reality -- Alien experiences -- Index.…”
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Cross-cultural interaction and understanding theory, practice, and reality /

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Cross-cultural interaction & understanding : theory -- At a defining moment : cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- Understanding cultural appropriateness -- Crossing the dsm-iv-tr with culture -- Cross-cultural interaction & understanding : practice -- The African American perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The Asian American perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The Latino/Hispanic perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The bi/multi-ethnic perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The sexual minority perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The religious/spiritualist perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- The socio-economic status perspective to cross-cultural interaction and understanding -- Cross-cultural interaction & understanding: reality -- Alien experiences -- Index.…”
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Decolonizing Diasporas : Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature / by Figueroa-Vásquez, Yomaira C

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Decolonizing Diasporas : Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature / by Figueroa-Vásquez, Yomaira C

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An introduction to the literature of Equatorial Guinea between colonialism and dictatorship / by Lewis, Marvin A., 1942-

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An introduction to the literature of Equatorial Guinea between colonialism and dictatorship / by Lewis, Marvin A., 1942-

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Houston blue the story of the Houston Police Department / by Roth, Mitchel P., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Short -- Conflict at Texas Southern -- The successor -- All 7's -- Buffalo hunters and a union -- Darkest day -- The drill instructor -- Hispanics stand tall -- The outsider -- Neighborhood-oriented policing -- Betsy and the poster boy -- The man in the uniform 437 -- Hans Marticiuc and greater benefits -- The chief from Phoenix -- An insider and new trust -- Appendix 1: Fallen heroes of HPD -- Appendix 2: Houston mayors and police chiefs, 1837/2012 -- Appendix 3: HPOA/HPOU presidents.…”
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Houston blue the story of the Houston Police Department / by Roth, Mitchel P., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Short -- Conflict at Texas Southern -- The successor -- All 7's -- Buffalo hunters and a union -- Darkest day -- The drill instructor -- Hispanics stand tall -- The outsider -- Neighborhood-oriented policing -- Betsy and the poster boy -- The man in the uniform 437 -- Hans Marticiuc and greater benefits -- The chief from Phoenix -- An insider and new trust -- Appendix 1: Fallen heroes of HPD -- Appendix 2: Houston mayors and police chiefs, 1837/2012 -- Appendix 3: HPOA/HPOU presidents.…”
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Cosmopolitan Archaeologies /

Table of Contents: “…heritage, human rights, and cosmopolitan archaeology in Oceania / Ian lilley -- Archaeology and the fortress of rationality / Denis byrne -- The nature of culture in Kruger National Park / Lynn Meskell -- Vernacular cosmopolitanism : an archaeological critique of universalistic reason / Alfredo Gonzalez-Ruibal -- The archaeologist as a world citizen : on the morals of heritage preservation and destruction / Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh -- "Time's wheel runs back" : conversations with the Middle Eastern past / Sandra Arnold Scham -- Mavili's voice / Ian Hodder -- "Walking around like they own the place" : quotidian cosmopolitanism at a Maya and World Heritage archaeological site / Lisa Breglia -- Translating Ecuadorian modernities : pre-Hispanic archaeology and the reproduction of global difference / O. …”
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Cosmopolitan Archaeologies /

Table of Contents: “…heritage, human rights, and cosmopolitan archaeology in Oceania / Ian lilley -- Archaeology and the fortress of rationality / Denis byrne -- The nature of culture in Kruger National Park / Lynn Meskell -- Vernacular cosmopolitanism : an archaeological critique of universalistic reason / Alfredo Gonzalez-Ruibal -- The archaeologist as a world citizen : on the morals of heritage preservation and destruction / Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh -- "Time's wheel runs back" : conversations with the Middle Eastern past / Sandra Arnold Scham -- Mavili's voice / Ian Hodder -- "Walking around like they own the place" : quotidian cosmopolitanism at a Maya and World Heritage archaeological site / Lisa Breglia -- Translating Ecuadorian modernities : pre-Hispanic archaeology and the reproduction of global difference / O. …”
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Making animal meaning

Table of Contents: “…Animal writes : historiography, disciplinarity, and the animal trace / Etienne Benson -- Mobility and the making of animal meaning : the kinetics of "vermin" and "wildlife" in southern Africa / Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga -- Cannibalism, consumption, and kinship in animal studies / Analía Villagra -- The Renaissance transformation of animal meaning : from Petrarch to Montaigne / Benjamin Arbel -- On the trail of the devil cat : hunting for the jaguar in the United States and Mexico / Sharon Wilcox Adams -- Animal deaths and the written record of history : the politics of pet obituaries / Jane Desmond -- Golden retrievers are white, pit bulls are black, and chihuahuas are Hispanic : representations of breeds of dog and issues of race in popular culture / Meisha Rosenberg -- Interspecies families, freelance dogs, and personhood : saved lives and being one at an assistance dog agency / Avigdor Edminster -- Animal meaning in T.S. …”
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Spanish in the United States linguistic contact and diversity /

Table of Contents: “…Gutiérrez and Carmen Silva-Corvalán -- Language choice in Hispanic-background junior high school students in Miami / Barbara Zurer Pearson and Arlene McGee -- Literacy stories / René Cisneros and Betty Leone -- Language maintenance institutions of the Isleño dialect of Spanish / Felice Anne Coles -- Convergent conceptualizations as predictors of degree of contact in U.S. …”
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Making animal meaning

Table of Contents: “…Animal writes : historiography, disciplinarity, and the animal trace / Etienne Benson -- Mobility and the making of animal meaning : the kinetics of "vermin" and "wildlife" in southern Africa / Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga -- Cannibalism, consumption, and kinship in animal studies / Analía Villagra -- The Renaissance transformation of animal meaning : from Petrarch to Montaigne / Benjamin Arbel -- On the trail of the devil cat : hunting for the jaguar in the United States and Mexico / Sharon Wilcox Adams -- Animal deaths and the written record of history : the politics of pet obituaries / Jane Desmond -- Golden retrievers are white, pit bulls are black, and chihuahuas are Hispanic : representations of breeds of dog and issues of race in popular culture / Meisha Rosenberg -- Interspecies families, freelance dogs, and personhood : saved lives and being one at an assistance dog agency / Avigdor Edminster -- Animal meaning in T.S. …”
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Spanish in the United States linguistic contact and diversity /

Table of Contents: “…Gutiérrez and Carmen Silva-Corvalán -- Language choice in Hispanic-background junior high school students in Miami / Barbara Zurer Pearson and Arlene McGee -- Literacy stories / René Cisneros and Betty Leone -- Language maintenance institutions of the Isleño dialect of Spanish / Felice Anne Coles -- Convergent conceptualizations as predictors of degree of contact in U.S. …”
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The Spanish frontier in North America by Weber, David J.

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The Spanish frontier in North America by Weber, David J.

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College libraries and student culture what we now know /

Table of Contents: “…Duke -- Supporting the academic success of Hispanic students / David Green -- First-generation college students : a sketch of their research process / Firouzeh Logan and Elizabeth Pickard -- Seeing ourselves as others see us : library spaces through student eyes / Jane Treadwell, Amanda Binder, and Natalie Tagge -- Transformative changes in thinking, services, and programs / Lynda M. …”
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