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A magisterial overview of the history of the fight for leisure in the United States

Against a backdrop of war and anti-Catholic sentiment, one man loses his rights due to false accusations against him. This title recounts the civil right abuses suffered by Sylvester Andriano, an Italian American Catholic civil leader whose religious and political activism in San Francisco provoked an Anti-Catholic campaign against him.

How popular music reflects the contradictions and dreams of communities searching for more sustainable ways to live

Provides a savvy cultural, historical, and media-based analysis that shows how Fu Manchu's irrepressibility gives shape to - and reinforces - the persistent Yellow Peril myth.

Throughout U.S. history, our unrealized civic aspirations provide the essential counterpoint to an excessive focus on private interests of Technology.

Between 1870 and 1942, successive generations of Asians and Asian Americans predominantly Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino formed the predominant body of workers in the Pacific Coast canned-salmon industry. This study traces the shifts in the ethnic and gender composition of the cannery labor market from its origins through it decline.

The autobiography of a legendary swing dancer

This comprehensive book traces the history and development of visual traditions in the Kongo religions of Africa and Cuba (where it is known as Palo Monte).

How veterinarians and pet owners manage companion animal euthanasia

When bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese American college students were among the many young men enrolled in ROTC and called upon to defend the Hawaiian islands against invasion. In a few weeks, however, the military government disarmed them. This book tells the story of the wartime experience of these young men.

Offers a radical feminist perspective on the "political conditions of sexual love." Recognizing that "sexual life always exists in definite socioeconomic contexts," this book develops a theory that elucidates the question: Why does men's social and political power persist even in Western societies where women have socioeconomic equality?

The Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia began in 1984 as a summer youth program with modest support from city government. Now three decades later, the Mural Arts Program has created more than 3,800 murals and public art projects that have made lasting imprints in every Philadelphia neighborhood. This book deals with this program.

Provides a cogent, multipronged analysis of this subgenre of films to investigate the underpinnings of the Hollywood-constructed images of idealized white Americans. Examining the content of fifty films, and interviews with viewer focus groups, this book accounts for the popularity of this subgenre and its portrayal of "racial progress."

What freedom looked like for black Americans in the Civil War era

The first comprehensive collection of Vodou sacred literature in bilingual form

Challenging the view of Hawaii as a mythical "racial paradise," this work presents the history of a systematic anti-Japanese movement in the islands from the time migrant workers were brought to the sugar cane fields until the end of World War II.

Examines the impact that elementary school philosophy has had upon the process of education. This sequel to "Philosophy in the Classroom" describes the contribution that training in philosophy can make in the teaching of values, and shows the applications of ethics in civics education.

Argues that the disciplinary divisions of academia have trapped us in a paradigm that assumes knowledge is a certainty and that it can help us explain the social world. This work offers a fresh conception of the social sciences, one whose methodology allows for uncertainties.

Examines a network of intellectuals who attempted to re-imagine and reshape the relationship between the U.S. and India.

Demonstrates how fantasy sport offers a space in which its participants experience gendered power while they engage in an active, competitive fandom

Investigates gender differences in public opinion and how value differences account for policy positions and political attitudes