Faded dreams; the politics and economics of race in America
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. x, 286p., dj. More
Cat.No: 41941
Multicultural studies
They became what they beheld; written by Edmund Carpenter, photographed by Ken Heyman
New York: An Outerbridge & Dienstfrey / Ballantine Book, 1970. Unpaginated, a substantial book on coated paperstock, text and photoreproductions alternate throughout; first edition oblong softback (hardcover issued simultaneously) in 8.2x8.7 inch gloss-black wraps, a rather worn copy with short impact-tear to top edge, ownership inscription on half-title, else clean..... More
Cat.No: 175168
Income and status differences between white and minority Americans; a persistent inequality
Lewiston, NY: The Edward Mellen Press, 1990. Hardcover. iv, 370p., illustrated with graphs, figures and tables, very good first edition in original brown buckram cloth and gilt. Mellen Studies in Sociology Series, volume 3. The articles herein focus on Asian Americans and Hispanics in relation to Whites. More
Cat.No: 19122
Loaded questions; women in the military
Amsterdam / Washington DC: Transnational Institute, 1981. Paperback. 97p., scattered archival illustrations, glossy 8.2x5.8 inch wraps, clean and sound, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 175235
The color of our future
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1999. Hardcover. xii, 273p., first printing, dj. More
Cat.No: 70634
Children of the mill; schooling and society in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1960
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990. Hardcover. xiv, 280p., illus., very good condition in like dj. Midwestern history and culture. "Cohen demonstrates that... the Gary schools operated within the framework of corporate capitalism. Despite their early experimental nature, the Gary schools exemplified the rise of a system of mass education in..... More
Cat.No: 30153
America and the new ethnicity
Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1979. Hardcover. 243p., review slip pasted to f.e.p. With material on blacks, Japanese Americans, Euroethnicities, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and a chapter on the Young Lords, with viewpoints all over the political map. More
Cat.No: 85960
From : ear say
Brooklyn: Belladonna Books, [2009 ?]. Pamphlet. 14p., softbound, a stapled booklet in 8.5x5.5 inch wraps. Unblemished, a fine copy. Scary short poems taken from or designed to accompany the longer work "ear say" published in 2008 Belladonna #113. Editors are Rachel Levitsky and Erica Kaufman who see Belladonna's mission statement..... More
Cat.No: 226363
Try on my shoe, step into another culture. Multicultural participatory puppetry; folktale scripts and puppet patterns
Chula Vista, CA: Lynne Jennings, 1981. 72p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at left, signed by Jennings, very good. Introduces world cultures through puppetry scripts based on folktales. Condon also authored scripts for "Puppets for peace" and other works on teaching dispute resolution through puppetry. More
Cat.No: 185028
From the heart to the people; an anthology of Vacaville prison poetry...
Oakland: the editor, 1983. 27p., wraps, slightly sunned on spine. The radical Berkeley poet taught a poetry workshop at the prison. More
Cat.No: 122672
From the heart to the people; an anthology of Vacaville prison poetry...
Oakland: the editor, 1983. 27p., signed by Cottam, wrappers browned. The radical Berkeley poet taught a poetry workshop at the prison. More
Cat.No: 122774
Hold your tongue; bilingualism and the politics of 'English only'
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publsihing Company, 1992. Hardcover. xii, 324p., preface, notes, references, index, very good first edition in cloth-backed boards and unclipped dj. Chapters include "Strangers in Their Own Land" and "Hispanophobia" More
Cat.No: 25430
MMPI patterns of American minorities
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1986. Hardcover. xii, 440p., review slip laid in. Focuses on blacks, with smaller sections on Native Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanics. More
Cat.No: 90470
New light on central Asia
Lahore: Sang-E-Meel Publications, 1993. 208p., color plates section, first Englished edition boards in glossy dj; casing is mildly shelfworn, jacket a bit worn round the edges, a very good copy. Occasional articles previously published in periodicals. Dani's very capable academic English is, refreshingly, not absolutely precise. Note that the brief..... More
Cat.No: 162380
Left politics and the literary profession
New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. xi, 316p., wraps. The social foundations of aesthetic forms. More
Cat.No: 48336
Pocahontas's daughters; gender and ethnicity in American culture
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover. 266p., signed by Dearborn on the title page, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. With considerable material on Native Americans, the Harlem Renaissance, and Gertrude Stein. More
Cat.No: 61201
Multiracial formations; new instruments for social change
Oakland: Applied Research Center, 2003. 115p., 7x9 inches, preface, tables, very good first edition booklet in pictorial spiral-bound wraps. Covers a number of urban settings, Including Los Angeles, New York, and Providence. More
Cat.No: 160912
Key to intercultural ministries; a biblical perspective on human reconciliation, foreword by General Eva Burrows(R)
Bronx: New Covenant Publications, 2000. Trade Paperback. xxxii, 142p., very good in wraps. The Afro-Copngolese immigrant minister works for the Salvation Army on issues of ethnic outreach, especially in Africa. More
Cat.No: 151510
Snail tracks
Berkeley: Berkeley High School West Campus, 1968. 39p., 6x9 inch silkscreened wraps, illustrated with drawings, overlapping covers are quite edgeworn. Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring. A collection of poetry, plays, and drawings by Berkeley High School Students. More
Cat.No: 90522
Stories in these United States for young and old
New York: Vantage Press, 1993. Hardcover. 186p., first edition, dj. Multicultural stories, including one on Spanish California and another on a slave girl in New Orleans. More
Cat.No: 34134
Race and population problems
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. xv, 424p. Reprint of the 1929 edition, with material on birth control, abortion, etc. More
Cat.No: 25797
Labor at the ballot box; the Massachusetts prevailing wage campaign of 1988
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990. xiv, 219p., illus., dj. Labor and social change. More
Cat.No: 17351
New directions in diversity charting law school admissions policy in a post-affirmative action era, May 9, 1997
Berkeley: the authors, 1997. Spiral_bound. iv, 80p. + [20]p. appendices, 8.5x11 ionches, spiral-bound wraps. Created by a group of nine Boalt Hall law students, the report critiques Boalt's admission policies in the wake of Proposition 209, urging the casting of wider nets to insure diversity in the student body. All..... More
Cat.No: 169571
Consider the laundry workers
New York: League of Women Shoppers, June, 1937. 64p., wraps heavily worn and partly detached, illus., some internal wear. "This pamphlet constitutes the results of an investigation of the laundry industry. Committees of League members interviewed employees in their homes and employers in their places of business and compiled lengthy..... More
Cat.No: 114323
Collateral damage, a triptych. Stories.
Evansville, IN: Ropewalk Press, 2013. Paperback. 29p., wraps, first edition, very good condition, 5.5x8.5 inches. Biracial author with a Chinese mother. More
Cat.No: 226433