Facing the Rising Sun: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity, Hardcover - Gerald Horne

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gerald HorneThe surprising alliance between Japan and pro-Tokyo African Americans during World War II In November 1942 in E...

Reducere. Transpacific Antiracism introduces the dynamic process out of which social movements in Black America, Japan, and Okinawa formed Afro-Asian solidar...

Reducere. While it is well known that more Africans fought on behalf of the British than with the successful patriots of the American Revolution, Gerald Horn...

Doctor Luke McCaskill's medical practices were threatening to the safety and well-being of vulnerable patients until a class of young nurses took m...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gerald HorneWinner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention)The Mexican Revolution was a defining...

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

Reducere. DescriptionEven before Japan joined Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, its leaders clarified to the Nazi regime that the attitude of the Japanese g...

DescriptionIn the Pacific War's early years, Japanese air power was dominant. The only way for the Allies to defeat their enemy was to know it. Thi...

The history of Japanese aviation offers countless stories of heroic achievements and dismal failures, passionate enthusiasm and sheer terror, brill...

From shrines to megacities, from paddy fields to high speed trains to the latest in digital technology, Japan is a fascinating mix of the ancient a...

Reducere. Soldiers of the Sun traces the origins of the Imperial Japanese Army back to its samurai roots in the nineteenth century to tell the story of the r...

During its heyday in the 19th century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the US and Brazil. This work tells the story...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Japan, where there are more festivals than there are days of the year, it's no surprise that food is a daily celebration unto itself ...

DescriptionA galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call "jazz" arose in ...

Reducere. Cuba's geographic proximity to the United States and its centrality to U.S. imperial designs following the War of 1898 led to the creation of a uni...

In sleepy Salty Creek, Georgia, strangers are rare. When a quiet, unassuming stranger arrives-a Japanese man with a secret history of his own-he be...

In a career spanning four decades, Gerald R. North contributed groundbreaking research that continues to shape the modern field of climate science....

Reducere. That the Blood Stay Pure traces the history and legacy of the commonwealth of Virginia's effort to maintain racial purity and its impact on the rel...

A recovery of the vital role Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Americans played in US intelligence services in Asia during World War II. Spies deep beh...

The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.

Reducere. ONE OF THE AWARD-WINNING ARI ARA SERIES A wild ride full of danger and adventure Exiled to the desert, Ari Ara is thrust between the warriors tryin...

1. Expands understanding of how postcolonial identity finds expression in cinema. 2. Introduces readers to unfamiliar postcolonial narratives from ...

Reducere. A magnificently researched, dramatically told work of narrative nonfiction about the history, evolution, impact, and ultimate demise of what was kn...

DescriptionThe powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Autumn 1944. World War ...

Reducere. A behind-the-scenes examination of Asian Americans in the workplace In the classroom, Asian Americans, often singled out as so-called "model minori...

Reducere. Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the t...

A little-known story of mutiny and murder illustrating the centrality of smuggling and slavery in early American society On the night of June 1, 17...

Reducere. Frederick Douglass called the martyred president "emphatically the black man's president" as well as "the first who rose above the prejudice of his...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Jonathan (Professor of Theology and Ethics, Professor of Theology and Ethics, Baylor University) T...

How working-class socialist women changed the course of American history.Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Meredith TaxNumber of pages: 368Publicati...

Reducere. Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery have gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the Sout...

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

Reducere. As America struggles to point its way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, we can't lose sight of the economic problems that existed before the crisis. Ev...

Reducere. Since the 1950s UPS has been partner in its own "Silent Movement" to develop and promote African Americans from entry level positions to the C-Suit...

DescriptionA galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call "jazz" arose in ...

Reducere. Between the Great Depression and the mid-1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventure...

Reducere. Vermont's constitution, drafted in 1777, was one of the most enlightened documents of its time, but in contrast, the history of Vermont has largely...

Reducere. The African American community of Wichita is as old as the city itself, dating back to early pioneers, cowboys, and business figures. Once relative...

The 1998 attaThe 1998 attacks against US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam attest to al-Qaeda's durable presence in Africa, yet Islamist-inspi...

Slaves in chains, toiling on master's plantation. Beatings, bloodied whips. This is what many of us envision when we think of 19th century African ...

Reducere. This book examines Muslim women's creative strategies of deploying religious concepts such as ummah, or community, to solve problems of domestic an...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Asia, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: Ancient China: A Capt...

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

Reducere. "An extraordinary, innovative, and generative book." - George Lipsitz, author of How Racism Takes PlaceAbout the Author: Shana L. Redmond is Assist...

Contributor(s): Author: Gerald Horne Illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a motivating factor for the Revolutionary War The successful 1...

Reducere. First-generation Japanese Issei immigrants arrived in Florin in the 1890s, after attempts at profitable strawberry cultivation by Florin landowners...

Publisher: Tuttle PublishingAuthor(s): Jonathan ClementsIllustration(s): over 75 color and b&w photographs and mapsNumber of pages: 320Publication ...

Reducere. Selected as One of the Village Voice's Favorite 25 Books of 2001 In this landmark work, historian Vijay Prashad refuses to engage the typical racia...

The Haitian Revolution, the product of the first successful slave revolt, was truly world-historic in its impact. When Haiti declared independence ...

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