Ethnic Studies
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Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians
$26.95 Read moreChronicle of the Guayaki Indians is Pierre Clastres’s account of his 1963-64 encounter with this small Paraguayan tribe, a precise and detailed recording of the history, ritual, myths, and culture of
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Clastres, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 29 2001
- ISBN10: 0942299787
- Language: English
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Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys
$21.95 Add to cartAdvice for parents, educators, community, and church members is provided in this guide for ensuring that African American boys grow up to be strong, committed, and responsible African American men. Th… [more below]
- Author: Kunjufu, Jawanza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 205
- Publish Date: April 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0913543969
- Language: English
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Osage Life and Legends
$12.95 Add to cartThe Osage who were the principal native inhabitants of the Ozarks were often described as the most handsome of the Native Amerians, tall, proud and humble.They were once one of the most powerful and w… [more below]
- Author: Liebert, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: January 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0879611693
- Language: English
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Swedes in Minnesota
$17.95 Add to cartA concise history of Swedes in Minnesota and the enormous influence that they have had on our state’s politics, history, and culture.
No ethnic group is so identified with a single state as the Swedes- Series: People of Minnesota
- Author: Gillespie Lewis, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0873514785
- Language: English
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Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism, and Mothering
$28.95 Add to cartAn activist influential in the civil rights movement, Rosemarie Freeney Harding’s spirituality blended many traditions, including southern African American mysticism, Anabaptist Christianity, Tibetan … [more below]
- Author: Freeney Harding, Rosemarie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0822358794
- Language: English
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Iroquois Medical Botany
$24.95 Add to cartThe world view of the Iroquois League or Confederacy–the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations–is based on a strong cosmological belief system. This is especially evident i
- Series: Iroquois and Their Neighbors
- Author: Herrick, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: January 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0815604645
- Language: English
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Forgotten People: Cane River’s Creoles of Color (Revised)
$29.95 Add to cartOut of colonial Natchitoches, in northwestern Louisiana, emerged a sophisticated and affluent community founded by a family of freed slaves. Their plantations eventually encompassed 18,000 fertile acr
- Series: Library of Southern Civilization
- Author: Mills, Gary B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 13, 2013
- ISBN10: 0807137138
- Language: English
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Standing in the Light: A Lakota Way of Seeing
$17.95 Add to cartFor most of his adult life Severt Young Bear stood in the light-in the center ring at powwows and other gatherings of Lakota people. As founder and, for many years, lead singer of the Porcupine Singer… [more below]
- Series: American Indian Lives
- Author: Theisz, R. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 209
- Publish Date: March 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0803299125
- Language: English
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We Talk, You Listen: New Tribes, New Turf
$19.95 Add to cartWe Talk, You Listen is strong, boldly unconventional medicine from Vine Deloria Jr. (1933-2005), one of the most important voices of twentieth-century Native American affairs. Here the witty and insig… [more below]
- Author: Deloria Jr, Vine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 221
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0803259859
- Language: English
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From Bondage to Contract: Wage Labor, Marriage, and the Market in the Age of Slave Emancipation
$45.33 Add to cartThis book explores the centrality of contract to debates over freedom and slavery in nineteenth-century America. It focuses on the contracts of wage labor and marriage, investigating the connections b… [more below]
- Author: Stanley, Amy Dru
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: November 13 1998
- ISBN10: 0521635268
- Language: English
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Myths of the Cherokee
$29.95 Read moreNoted anthropologist James Mooney (1861-1921) spent much of his life studying American Indians. In North Carolina, he lived for several years with the Cherokee, studying their language, culture, and m… [more below]
- Series: Native American (Paperback)
- Author: Mooney, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: March 27 1996
- ISBN10: 0486289079
- Language: English
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Hear Me Talkin’ to YA
$24.99 Read more“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.” — Charlie Parker
“What is jazz? The rhythm — the feeling.” — Coleman Hawkins
“The bes- Series: Dover Books on Music
- Author: Shapiro, Nat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 01, 1966
- ISBN10: 0486217264
- Language: English
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Stolen Women: Reclaiming Our Sexuality, Taking Back Our Lives
$14.95 Add to cartSTOLEN WOMEN gives us what Mama couldn’t–a way to be in charge of our own bodies. This probing, fact-based book dissects the myths, discards the stereotypes, and unshackles our minds.–BEBE MOORE CAM… [more below]
- Author: Wyatt, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0471297178
- Language: English
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The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White
$27.99 Add to cartWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
The Hairstons is the extraordinary story of the largest family in America, the Hairston clan. With several thousand black and white members, the Hairst- Author: Wiencek, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 19 2000
- ISBN10: 0312253931
- Language: English
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The Turkish Lover: A Memoir
$21.99 Add to cartEnthralled admirers of Esmeralda Santiago’s memoirs of her childhood have yearned to read more. Now, in The Turkish Lover, Esmeralda finally breaks out of the monumental struggle with her powerful mot… [more below]
- Series: Merloyd Lawrence Book
- Author: Santiago, Esmeralda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 10 2005
- ISBN10: 030681451X
- Language: English
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The Betrayal of the Negro, from Rutherford B. Hayes to Woodrow Wilson
$24.99 Add to cartBetween the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the end of World War I in 1918, African Americans experienced their nadir. The Betrayal of the Negro (originally published as The Negro in American Life a… [more below]
- Author: Logan, Rayford W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0306807580
- Language: English
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The Souls of Black Folk
$18.00 Read moreFirst published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is a masterpiece of American literature, a foundational text of sociology, and a deeply personal answer to the question “What is it like to be a Black
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1435172817
- Language: English
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Indigenous Firsts: A History of Native American Achievements and Events
$84.95 Add to cart- 2000 history-making achievements, ground-breaking successes, pioneering accomplishments, and historic firsts
- Thoroughly researched and documented history
- History made accessible with fascinating stories
- Series: Multicultural History & Heroes Collection
- Author: Dennis, Yvonne Wakim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1578598079
- Language: English
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Latino Almanac: From Early Explorers to Corporate Leaders
$84.95 Add to cart- Nearly 650 biographies of history-making Latinos
- Explores the Latino identity in the United States today, the history of Hispanic Americans, as well as 13 topical histories, including business, labor,
- Series: Multicultural History & Heroes Collection
- Author: Kanellos, Nicol?s
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1578597781
- Language: English
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The Real Hank Aaron: An Intimate Look at the Life and Legacy of the Home Run King
$28.00 Read moreA heartfelt portrait of Hank Aaron, featuring nearly 40 years of stories plus never-before-told insights from the home run king
When journalist Terence Moore was 12 years old, he treasured his poster- Author: Moore, Terence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1629379883
- Language: English
