An Unseen Unheard Minority: Asian American Students at the University of Illinois, Paperback - Sharon S. Lee

Reducere. Higher education hails Asian American students as model minorities who face no educational barriers given their purported cultural values of hard w...

From a journalist on the frontlines of the Students for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard case comes a probing examination of affirmative action, th...

Reducere. During the 1920s and 1930s, American minority artists and writers collaborated extensively with the Soviet avant-garde, seeking to build a revoluti...

With their apparent success in schools and careers, Asian Americans have long been viewed by white Americans as the "model minority." Yet few Ameri...

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The 'Monster of Symmetry' is a giant snowflake in 196, 884 dimensions - with a beautiful structure which may turn out to unlock the very fabric of ...

Since the release of Do the Right Thing in 1989, Spike Lee has established himself as a cinematic icon. Lee's mostly independent films garner popul...

"Those who find themselves living in the Americas, no matter what their ethnic, educational, or economic background, must ultimately 'become their ...

Reducere. The years between 1850 and 1930 witnessed the first large-scale migration of peoples from East Asia and South Asia to North America and the emergen...

Reducere. The American Dream of success for many Asian Americans includes the highest levels of education. But what does it mean to live that success? In Str...

Reducere. Native Students at Work tells the stories of Native people from around the American Southwest who participated in labor programs at Sherman Institu...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Natasha WarikooIllustration(s): 4 tablesNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

Reducere. DescriptionIt would be incorrect to say that Asian American literature began during the Civil Rights Movement. Since the late nineteenth century, C...

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Publisher: University of Illinois PressIllustration(s): 12 black & white photographs, 25 music examples, 4 tablesNumber of pages: 288Collection: Mu...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressIllustration(s): 7 black & white photographs, 1 music exampleNumber of pages: 272Collection: Music in Americ...

Reducere. The eleven original essays presented here serve to enlarge the canvas upon which American history is to be portrayed so that it will allow--or more...

Offering a devastating rebuttal to the comfortable myth that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, and unimportant, Lawrence H. Keeley's groundbr...

Reducere. The fascinating story of the rise of Asian Americans as a politically and socially influential racial groupThis groundbreaking book is about the tr...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Rachel (The National Archives, UK) HillmanNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 210 ...

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Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Miriam ThaggertIllustration(s): 34 black & white photographs, 3 mapsNumber of pages: 240Collectio...

Reducere. Edna Lewis (1916-2006) wrote some of America's most resonant, lyrical, and significant cookbooks, including the now classic The Taste of Country Co...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Jacqui MaloneNumber of pages: 312Collection: Folklore and SocietyPublication date: 1996Dimensions...

Reducere. Covering the Black Muslim religion, the Nation of Islam, in America since the turn of the 20th century to 1986, this study documents the transforma...

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A history of the Circe myth.Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Judith YarnallNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 1994Dimensions: 2...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Denise Von GlahnNumber of pages: 384Collection: Music in American LifePublication date: 2021Dimen...

Reducere. Master the exhilarating game of Mahjong with this introductory guide. This complete, easy-to-follow instructional Mahjong handbook includes over 15...

Reducere. With An Uncommon Faith Eddie S. Glaude Jr. makes explicit his pragmatic approach to the study of African American religion. He insists that scholar...

Reducere. Joyce Malcolm illuminates the historical facts underlying the current passionate debate about gun-related violence, the Brady Bill, and the NRA, re...

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Examines the curious endeavor to teach the unteachable that is generally known as college-level art instruction. This book traces the development (...

DescriptionAsian Americans have made significant contributions to American history, society, and culture. This book presents key events in the Asia...

Reducere. American history is filled with many great people of Asian ancestry who have contributed greatly to the country's culture. Because of their contrib...

Reducere. Sage Adair is working on mundane business accounts when an urgent message arrives. Within hours, he and his friends are struggling to comprehend th...

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Reducere. DescriptionIn this book, Katrina Hazzard-Donald explores African Americans' experience and practice of the herbal, healing folk belief tradition kn...

Reducere. Explore the fascinating natural beauty of a state not recognized for its scenery through the wide variety of parks and natural areas that many have...

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Reducere. A story of one family's love and courage in the Jim Crow-era Deep South In defiance of his middle-class landowning family, a young white man named ...

What makes one nation curious about another nation? Curious enough that the study of the other's culture and language becomes a natural commitment ...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Einav Rabinovitch-FoxIllustration(s): 29 black & white photographsNumber of pages: 288Collection:...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Wildlife of Japan Mark BrazilIllustration(s): 600+ color photos, illus., and mapsNumber of pages: 3...