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Illuminating the Particular
Roman B.J. Kwasniewski, son of Polish immigrants, used his camera to document life in Milwaukee’s Polish community during the early decades of the twentieth century. His images transform the particulars…
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Los Angeles’s Boyle Heights
Boyle Heights was one of the earliest residential areas outside of Los Angeles’s original pueblo. From the 1920s through the 1950s, it was the city’s most ethnically heterogeneous neighborhood with…
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Out of the Shadows
This book presents the proceedings of the conference which was held in Agadir, Marokko in April 1998. The main issues being discussed were violence against women and their legal situation…
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Power Politics
In the late 1990s, when California’s deregulation of the production and sale of electric power created massive energy shortages, a group of environmental justice activists blocked construction of a power…
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Power Politics
In the late 1990s, when California’s deregulation of the production and sale of electric power created massive energy shortages, a group of environmental justice activists blocked construction of a power…
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Race and Ethnicity in Modern Britain
IntroductionConcepts and TermsMigration and Ethnic Diversity in BritainEthnic Diversity in modern BritainEmploymentEducationHousing and Urban SpaceHealthCitizenship RevisitedConclusion: Trends, Threats, and Opportunities
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Religious Reconstruction in the South Asian Diasporas
The outcome of an international scholarly collaboration, this collection examines how religions from South Asia have been reconstructed within Western settings and how identity is shaped, not only by migrants,…
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Spanglish
With the release of the census figures in 2000, Latino America wasanointed the future driving force of American culture. The emergence of Spanglish as a form of communication is one…
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The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion
The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion engages a variety of conversations at the forefront of contemporary scholarship in the study of religion and in African diaspora studies. These…