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On Melbenan Drive just west of Atlanta, sunlight falls onto a long row of well-kept lawns. Two dozen homes line the street; behind them wooden decks and living-room windows open onto vast woodland properties. Residents returning from their jobs steer SUVs into long driveways and emerge from their automobiles. They walk to the front doors of their houses past sculptured bushes and flowers in bloom.For most people, this cozy image of suburbia does not immediately evoke images of African Americans. But as this pioneering work demonstrates, the suburbs have provided a home to black residents in in

For over ten years, Race and Ethnicity in Latin America has been an essential text for students studying the region. This second edition adds new material and brings the analysis up to date. Race and ethnic identities are increasingly salient in Latin America. Peter Wade examines changing perspectives on Black and Indian populations in the region, tracing similarities and differences in the way these peoples have been seen by academics and national elites. Race and ethnicity as analytical concepts are re-examined in order to assess their usefulness. This book should be the first port of call for anthropologists and sociologists studying identity in Latin America

"This book examines the historical election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president from the perspective of racial relations. To trace the effect of time, Liu links Obama's multiracial winning coalition to the two-party system and the profound impact of racial changes since 1965. Contrary to the popular momentum theory which emphasizes the early victories in mainly two states, Iowa and New Hampshire, this book demonstrates that state context matters. Obama's electoral performance in a state is better explained by its level of racial tension, rather than the emotional need of Americans to elect a black president"--Provided by publisher

Luddites and Blanketeers -- The road to Peterloo -- The massacre -- The reckoning -- Captain Swing and the rural war -- The reform riots and the Battle of Bristol -- The Merthyr rising -- The Chartists and the Newport insurrection -- The Chartists and the Plug Plot riots -- Cunninghame Graham and Bloody Sunday -- The Featherstone riot -- The suffragettes and Black Friday -- Churchill and the troops -- The police strike -- Mosley and the Battle of Cable Street -- The Notting Hill race riots -- From student protest to Blair Peach -- Briston, Toxteth and Broadwater Farm -- The Battle of Orgreave -- The Poll Tax Riot -- The return of race riots -- G8 and stop the war

This book examines the historical election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president from the perspective of racial relations. To trace the effect of time, Liu links Obama's multiracial winning coalition to the two-party system and the profound impact of racial changes since 1965. Contrary to the popular momentum theory which emphasizes the early victories in mainly two states, Iowa and New Hampshire, this book demonstrates that state context matters. Obama's electoral performance in a state is better explained by its level of racial tension, rather than the emotional need of Americans to elect a black president.

Does communism, against all odds, have something useful to contribute to the pressing debate over economic strength, societal well being, and humanity versus the corporation? There are some elements of communist theory that deserve to be rescued from the proverbial dustbin, and that is the purpose of this book. This, however, requires a substantial rethinking of communism, a drafting of a kind of neo-communism from which everything that is impossible and/or undesirable is deleted. This book differs from other books on communism, such as The Passing of an Illusion by Furet, or The Black Book of.

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I How Whites See Themselves; 1 The End of the Great White Male; 2 White Racial Formation: Into the Twenty-First Century; 3 The Skin We're In; 4 The Way of the WASP; 5 Hiring Quotas for White Males Only; 6 Innocence and Affirmative Action; 7 Doing the White Male Kvetch (A Pale Imitation of a Rag); 8 Growing Up White in America?; 9 Growing Up (What) in America?; 10 White Images of Black Slaves (Is What We See in Others Sometimes a Reflection of What We Find in Ourselves?); Synopses of Other Important Works; From the Editors: Issues and Comments

October 19th 1987 was a day of huge change for the global finance industry. On this day the options market crashed, the Nobel Prize winning Black-Scholes formula failed and volatility smiles were born, and on this day Elie Ayache began his career, on the trading floor of the French Futures and Options Exchange. . Experts everywhere sought to find the cause of the crisis, and ways to avoid a recurrence in the future, but the one thing that struck Elie that day was the belief that what actually happened on 19th October 1987 is simply non reproducible outside 19th October 1987 - you cannot reduc.

Each accessible book includes: - A behind-the-scenes look at the featured industry; - Profiles of working professionals that offer an inside peek at what they do; - ""Reality Check"" sidebars to help readers decide if this is the job for them; - ""Find Out More"" and ""Check It Out"" sidebars for further research; - ""A Day in the Life"" activity list that details a typical day on the job; - Q&As between real-life kids and pros; - A ""Count Me In"" journal feature for readers to track their activities. With a lively tone, dynamic look, and plenty of full-color and black-and-white photographs

Protest has always been a catalyst for change. It is the cornerstone of America's own birth. Did not the first immigrants help America take its first steps upon the road to greatness when they long ago protested against the oppression of their native government and established new edicts promoting the ideals of freedom and opportunity? Since the first African slave was forced to board a ship bound for this continent, protest has been a major motif in the African American experience. It was a critical weapon during the raging violence against blacks following the end of Reconstruction, the Jim

"The democratic moment" is, among other things, a look at the mass forces that swept Jacob Zuma to power in South Africa in 2009 and put an end to the elite politics of the Thabo Mbeki era. Trenchant and provocative, Xolela Mangcu looks at the new configuration of power in South Africa and in the process illuminates such topics as the new black elite, with particular attention to institutions such as the political opposition, the courts and the media. This is a book that will stimulate ideas, provoke discussion, create controversy and help to understand where South Africa stands as a society and a nation

Does communism, against all odds, have something useful to contribute to the pressing debate over economic strength, societal well being, and humanity versus the corporation? There are some elements of communist theory that deserve to be rescued from the proverbial dustbin, and that is the purpose of this book. This, however, requires a substantial rethinking of communism, a drafting of a kind of neo-communism from which everything that is impossible and/or undesirable is deleted. This book differs from other books on communism, such as The Passing of an Illusion by Furet, or The Black Book of

Black Americans are more likely than Whites to die of cancer and heart disease, more likely to get diabetes and asthma, and less likely to get preventive care and screening. Some of this greater morbidity results from education, income level, and environment as well as access to health care. But the traditional medical model does not always allow for a more holistic approach that takes into account the body, the mind, the spirit, the family, and the community. This book offers a better understanding of the varieties of religiously-based approaches to healing and alternative models of healing

Introduction / Jacki Pritchard -- No secrets, safeguarding adults and adult protection work / Gary Fitzgerald -- Millstone to mainstream: the development of vulnerable adult policy in North Wales / Arwel Wyn Owen -- Two years in the life of an adult protection co-ordinator / Peter Sadler -- Domestic violence and honour based crime: joined up governance and an Islamic approach / Marilyn Mornington -- Elder abuse and black and minorityethnic communities: lessons for good practice / Alison Bowes, Ghizala Avan and Sherry Bien Macintosh -- The role of the Commission for Social Care Inspection / Adrian Hughes -- The abuse in institutions and the resulting inquiries / Deborah Kitson -- Older prisoners in prison: vulnerability, abuse and neglect / Adrian J. Hayes

Introduction / Melissa Crane Draper and Jim Shultz -- The Cochabamba water revolt and its aftermath / Jim Shultz -- A river turns black : Enron and Shell spread destruction across Bolivia's highlands / Christina Haglund -- Oil and gas : the elusive wealth beneath their feet / Gretchen Gordon and Aaron Luoma -- Lessons in blood and fire : the deadly consequences of IMF economics / Jim Shultz -- Economic strings : the politics of foreign debt / Nick Buxton -- Coca : the leaf at the center of the war on drugs / Caroline S. Conzelman ... [et al.] -- Workers, leaders, and mothers : Bolivian women in a globalizing world / Melissa Crane Draper -- And those who left : portraits of a Bolivian exodus / Lily Whitesell