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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies
Just looking at the Pacific Northwest's many verdant forests and
fields, it may be hard to imagine the intense work it took to
transform the region into the agricultural powerhouse it is today.
Much of this labor was provided by Mexican guest workers, Tejano
migrants, and undocumented immigrants, who converged on the region
beginning in the mid-1940s. Of Forests and Fields tells the story
of these workers, who toiled in the fields, canneries, packing
sheds, and forests, turning the Pacific Northwest into one of the
most productive agricultural regions in the country. Employing an
innovative approach that traces the intersections between Chicana/o
labor and environmental history, Mario Sifuentez shows how ethnic
Mexican workers responded to white communities that only welcomed
them when they were economically useful, then quickly shunned them.
He vividly renders the feelings of isolation and desperation that
led to the formation of ethnic Mexican labor organizations like the
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN) farm workers union,
which fought back against discrimination and exploitation. Of
Forests and Fields not only extends the scope of Mexican labor
history beyond the Southwest, it offers valuable historical
precedents for understanding the struggles of immigrant and migrant
laborers in our own era. Sifuentez supplements his extensive
archival research with a unique set of first-hand interviews,
offering new perspectives on events covered in the printed
historical record. A descendent of ethnic Mexican immigrant
laborers in Oregon, Sifuentez also poignantly demonstrates the
links between the personal and political, as his research leads him
to amazing discoveries about his own family history.
The Lebanese civil war, which spanned the years of 1975 to
1990,caused the migration of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese
citizens, many of whom are still writing of their experiences.
Jumana Bayeh presents an important and major study of the
literature of the Lebanese diaspora. Focusing on novels and
writings produced in the aftermath of Lebanon's protracted civil
war, Bayeh explores the complex relationships between place,
displacement and belonging, and illuminates the ways in which these
writings have shaped a global Lebanese identity. Combining history
with sociology, Bayeh examines how the literature borne out of this
expatriate community reflects a Lebanese diasporic imaginary that
is sensitive to the entangled associations of place and identity.
Paving the way for new approaches to understanding diasporic
literature and identity, this book will be vital for researchers of
migration studies and Middle Eastern literature, as well as those
interested in the cultures, history and politics of the Middle
East.
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This one-volume reference work examines a broad range of topics
related to the establishment, maintenance, and eventual dismantling
of the discriminatory system known as Jim Crow. Many Americans
imagine that African Americans' struggle to achieve equal rights
has advanced in a linear fashion from the end of slavery until the
present. In reality, for more than six decades, African Americans
had their civil rights and basic human rights systematically denied
in much of the nation. Jim Crow: A Historical Encyclopedia of the
American Mosaic sheds new light on how the systematic denigration
of African Americans after slavery-known collectively as "Jim
Crow"-was established, maintained, and eventually dismantled.
Written in a manner appropriate for high school and junior high
students as well as undergraduate readers, this book examines the
period of Jim Crow after slavery that is often overlooked in
American history curricula. An introductory essay frames the work
and explains the significance and scope of this regrettable period
in American history. Written by experts in their fields, the
accessible entries will enable readers to understand the long hard
road before the inception of the Civil Rights Movement in the 20th
century while also gaining a better understanding of the
experiences of minorities in the United States-African Americans,
in particular. Provides a one-stop source of information for
students researching the period of American history dominated by
the discriminatory system of Jim Crow laws Puts phenomena such as
"Sundown towns" within a larger framework of official
discrimination Documents the methods used to create, maintain, and
dismantle Jim Crow
The Life of William Grimes offers an eye-opening account of a life
during and after slavery, written by a man who experienced and
witnessed the worst. Unlike other slave memoirs, The Life of
William Grimes has not been sanitized or otherwise edited for the
benefit of what, at the time, was a mostly white readership. The
tone set by Grimes in his recollections is one of bitter resentment
and indignation at an experience which was demeaning, physically
and mentally torturing, and an insult to his very humanity.
Intelligent and perceptive, it was only through luck and trusting
his own wits that William was able to escape his enslavement. The
son of a white plantation owner and a black mother who worked as
his father's slave, Grimes variously worked around the plantation
grounds as a coach driver, stable boy, and in the fields.
In 2011, the Midwest suffered devastating floods. Due to the
flooding, the US Army Corps of Engineers activated the Birds
Point-New Madrid Floodway, one of the flood prevention mechanisms
of the Mississippi Rivers and Tributaries Project. This levee
breach was intended to divert water in order to save the town of
Cairo, Illinois, but in the process, it completely destroyed the
small African American town of Pinhook, Missouri. In When They Blew
the Levee: Race, Politics, and Community in Pinhook, Missouri,
authors David Todd Lawrence and Elaine J. Lawless examine two
conflicting narratives about the flood--one promoted by the Corps
of Engineers that boasts the success of the levee breach and the
flood diversion, and the other gleaned from displaced Pinhook
residents, who, in oral narratives, tell a different story of
neglect and indifference on the part of government officials.
Receiving inadequate warning and no evacuation assistance during
the breach, residents lost everything. Still after more than six
years, displaced Pinhook residents have yet to receive restitution
and funding for relocation and reconstruction of their town. The
authors' research traces a long history of discrimination and
neglect of the rights of the Pinhook community, beginning with
their migration from the Deep South to southeast Missouri, through
purchasing and farming the land, and up to the Birds Point levee
breach nearly eighty years later. The residents' stories relate
what it has been like to be dispersed in other small towns, living
with relatives and friends while trying to negotiate the
bureaucracy surrounding Federal Emergency Management Agency and
State Emergency Management Agency assistance programs. Ultimately,
the stories of displaced citizens of Pinhook reveal a strong
African American community, whose bonds were developed over time
and through shared traditions, a community persisting despite
extremely difficult circumstances.
A problematic, yet uncommon, assumption among many higher education
researchers is that recruitment, retention, and engagement of
African-American males is relatively similar and stable across all
majority White colleges and universities. In fact, the harsh
reality is that selective public research universities (SPRUs) have
distinctive academic cultures that increase the difficulty of
diversifying their faculty and student populations. This book will
discuss how traditions and elitist assumptions make it very
difficult to recruit, retain, and engage African-American males.
The authors will examine these issues from multiple perspectives in
three sections that highlight research, policies and practices
impacting the experiences of African American males, including
Pre-Collegiate Preparation, African American Male Student Athletes,
and Undergraduate and Graduate Considerations for African American
Male Initiatives.
The powerful and long-anticipated companion to The Skin I'm In,
Sharon Flake's bestselling modern classic, presents the unflinching
story of Char, a young woman trapped in the underworld of human
trafficking. My feet are heavy as stones when I walk up the block
wondering why I can't find my old self. Char has always had to be
tough. But now the hard edges that have always driven people away
are all the protection she has against the world. When Char is
turned out of her home, she falls prey to human trafficking. While
she's frightened, she remains smart and strong, determined to bring
herself and fellow victims out of the dark. The Skin I'm In was a
game changer that redefined young adult literature by presenting
characters, voices, and real world experiences that had not been
fully seen. Now Sharon Flake offers readers another timely and
radical story of a girl on the brink and how her choices will lead
her to either fall or fly.
German Cincinnati Revisited illuminates the major festivities,
celebrations, and events throughout the calendar year in the
Greater Cincinnati area that reflect the German heritage of the
region. It begins with the celebration of Bockfest in March,
heralding the end of winter and the beginning of spring, continuing
on with chapters on Maifest, German Day, RoeblingFest,
Schuetzenfest, Oktoberfest, and German-American Heritage Month. A
final chapter covers the German Heritage Museum of Cincinnati.
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