Making and Remaking Asian America

This original collection of essays examines for the first time the place of 'saints' and sanctity in nineteenth-century Britain. -- .Illustrations:...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Colin McFarlaneIllustration(s): 28 photosNumber of pages: 328Publication date: 2021Dimensions: ...

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Entrepreneur and Nazi functionary Fritz Kiehn lived through almost 100 years of German history, from the Bismarck era to the late Bonn Republic. A ...

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Who are universities for? argues for a large-scale shake up of how we organise higher education. It includes radical proposals for reform of the cu...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12 were the strongest temblors in the North American interior in at least the past five centuries. From the Grea...

Reducere. A bold new interpretation of the First World War and the birth of the American Century In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no en...

This book explores and articulates perceptions of Christianity among South Asian Muslims in America. The South Asian Muslim population in America i...

Enjoy the best children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans. This compelling collection features 20 profiles with 60 action-packed, color ill...

Reducere. "Fully of provocation and insight." - Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, author of War, Genocide, and Justice

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

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Min ZhouEditor: Anthony C. OcampoWho are Asian Americans? Moving beyond popular stereotypes of the "model minority" or "for...

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Reducere. How can one of the world's most free-wheeling cities transition from a vibrant global center of culture and finance into a subject of authoritarian...

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyAuthor(s): Philip WangNumber of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 197 x 240 x 35Co...

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Reducere. Over the course of less than a century, the U.S. transformed from a nation that excluded Asians from immigration and citizenship to one that receiv...

Making History/Making Blintzes is a chronicle of the political and personal lives of progressive activists Richard (Dick) and Miriam (Mickey) Flack...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Jeannie N. ShinozukaIllustration(s): 17 halftonesNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2022Dim...

Reducere. Acclaimed historian Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, returns with a lacerating analysis of the history of st...

The inspiring true story of identical twin teenage brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California as undocumented immi...

Reducere. ``There has never been an America without Muslims``--so begins Amir Hussain, one of the most important scholars and teachers of Islam in America. H...

Reducere. In the face of life-threatening news, how does our view of life change--and what do we do it transform it? Remaking a Life uses the HIV/AIDS epidem...

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Reducere. African-Americans are entering the business world in unprecedented numbers, and Earl G. Graves serves as their role model and mentor. Graves, one o...

Reducere. On 14 May 1804, one Captain Meriwether Lewis and his companion William Clark led a thirty-three-man expedition to the new lands of Louisiana. 8, 00...

The exciting story of the Welsh immigrants and their descendants who made a disproportionate contribution to the creation and growth of the wealthi...

Reducere. Within a "Nation of Laws, " come to the birthplace of America's industrial might, and see a Nation, testing and being tested by its Laws--in city s...

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In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of sh...

Reducere. From Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America's railroad titans In 1869, when the final spik...

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