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Explores the growth, impact, and significance of rapidly growing Asian American populations in the American South.

Offers nuanced interpretations that open the door to a new and productive understanding of race in America.

How the Cold War affected local-level union politics

Lavishly illustrated with over 100 photos, the second edition of From Myth to Creation offers a dramatic insider''s view of the cognitive and symbolic worlds of indigenous potters and woodworkers in a region undergoing radical change. By placing Canelos Quichua art in social and cultural context, the text invites readers to better understand and appreciate the art, aesthetics, and the historical and contemporary consciousness of indigenous Americans. This new edition includes a new foreword and chapter.

Reading between the lines of southern gospel music

Most famous for his military marches, John Philip Sousa led a group of devoted musicians around the world and shaped a new cultural landscape. This book documents almost every aspect of the "March King's" band: its history, its star performers, its appearances on recordings, and the problems the group faced on their 1911 trip around the world.

Presents early twentieth-century Chicago as a vital centrepiece of Black thought and expression

Uncovering the hidden histories of iconic American folksongs

A thematic foundation for an interdisciplinary conversation about gendered resistance in locations including Brazil, Yemen, India, and the United States.

Expands on the work of Black feminists and feminists of colour and breaks intriguing new ground in Black feminist thought and methodology.

Philology - the discovery, editing, and presentation of historical texts was once a firmly established discipline that formed the core study for students across a wide range of linguistic and literary fields. This title demonstrates the problems, standards, and methods of philology.

Explores the effect of race, gender, and nationality in the long struggle for economic justice by men and women of the Pullman Company.

Greg Egan (1961- ) publishes works that challenge readers with rigorous, deeply-informed scientific speculation. This book includes a rare interview with the famously press-shy Egan covering his works, themes, intellectual interests, and thought processes.

Explores US women's sport through historical "points of change": particular products or trends that dramatically influenced both women's participation in sport and cultural responses to women athletes.

A ground-breaking history of the American folk music revival

Explores the history of actors' unionism in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the onset of the Great Depression.

The rise and fall of America's first truly inter-racial labour union

First English translation of 20th century German philosopher Vilm Flusser's 1994 book, Von der Freiheit des Migranten