Beyond Roots
Author : William Dwight McKissic
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 1990
Category : African Americans
ISBN :
Author : William Dwight McKissic
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 1990
Category : African Americans
ISBN :
Author : Rosalind Rosenberg
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300030921
Examines the lives of female social scientists in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, their difficulties in gaining acceptance, and their pioneering studies of the differences between the sexes
Author : Chris Zook
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 14,61 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1578519519
This work shows executives how to grow profitably by finding and focusing on their core business. It shows how they can increase the odds of successful expansion once their core business no longer provides sufficient new growth.
Author : William Dwight McKissic
Publisher : Renaissance Productions
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 37,88 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Blacks in the Bible
ISBN : 9780962560552
Author : Sarah A. LeBaron von Baeyer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 19,88 MB
Release : 2019-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1498580378
Based on over two years of participant-observation in labor brokerage firms, factories, schools, churches, and people’s homes in Japan and Brazil, Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer presents an ethnographic portrait of what it means in practice to “live transnationally,” that is, to contend with the social, institutional, and aspirational landscapes bridging different national settings. Rather than view Japanese-Brazilian labor migrants and their families as somehow lost or caught between cultures, she demonstrates how they in fact find creative and flexible ways of belonging to multiple places at once. At the same time, the author pays close attention to the various constraints and possibilities that people face as they navigate other dimensions of their lives besides ethnic or national identity, namely, family, gender, class, age, work, education, and religion
Author : Karida L. Brown
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1469647044
Since the 2016 presidential election, Americans have witnessed countless stories about Appalachia: its changing political leanings, its opioid crisis, its increasing joblessness, and its declining population. These stories, however, largely ignore black Appalachian lives. Karida L. Brown's Gone Home offers a much-needed corrective to the current whitewashing of Appalachia. In telling the stories of African Americans living and working in Appalachian coal towns, Brown offers a sweeping look at race, identity, changes in politics and policy, and black migration in the region and beyond. Drawn from over 150 original oral history interviews with former and current residents of Harlan County, Kentucky, Brown shows that as the nation experienced enormous transformation from the pre- to the post-civil rights era, so too did black Americans. In reconstructing the life histories of black coal miners, Brown shows the mutable and shifting nature of collective identity, the struggles of labor and representation, and that Appalachia is far more diverse than you think.
Author : Randy T. Simmons
Publisher : Independent Institute
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 31,3 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1598130595
Providing students of economics, politics, and policy with a concise explanation of public choice, markets, property, and political and economic processes, this record identifies what kinds of actions are beyond the ability of government. Combining public choice with studies of the value of property rights, markets, and institutions, this account produces a much different picture of modern political economy than the one accepted by mainstream political scientists and welfare economists. It demonstrates that when citizens request that their governments do more than it is possible, net benefits are reduced, costs are increased, and wealth and freedom are diminished. Solutions are also suggested with the goal to improve the lot of those who should be the ultimate sovereigns in a democracy: the citizens.
Author : Max Cavalera
Publisher : Jawbone
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,31 MB
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781911036913
A vivid and revelatory account of life in two of metal's greatest bands, Sepultura and Soulfly, by one of the global metal scene's important figures.
Author : Bernardine Evaristo
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 12,20 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781594488634
In an alternate world in which Africans enslaved Europeans, Doris, an Englishwoman, is captured and taken to the New World, where the hardships she endures as a slave are offset by dreams of escape and home.
Author : Michael Scott Cain
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 1442269413
Americana is a music that defies definition. It isn’t rock, although it does encompass rock. It isn’t folk, but folk is there. It isn’t Celtic, but it is woven with Celtic threads. It is a blend of forms, music that draws on a wide range of influences. Gathering these many genres together, Americana continually reinvents itself and actively tells the story of its origins and its future. The Americana Revolution: From Country and Blues Roots to the Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, and Beyond is an informal social history that describes Americana as both a musical genre and a movement, showing what it is, where it came from, and where it is going. Musician and historian Michael Scott Cain examines how the idea of genre, especially Americana, affects the creation and consumption of music. He tries to discern the formulas of this slippery genre and seeks out the places where artists have broken or bent those formulas in the name of creativity. Through anecdotes and interviews, Cain provides a firsthand view into the creation of Americana to clarify how the genre can be categorized and defined. Through the stories of its creators both long gone and new to the scene, Americana music comes alive as a diverse melting pot of creative genius. With this book, Cain grants music lovers from all backgrounds an unparalleled view into the future of a music that embraces new influences but never forgets its roots.