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Contents Jan 1979

Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 1979

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[Review Of] H. Craig Miner And William E. Unrau. The End Of Indian Kansas: A Study Of Cultural Revolution 1854-1871, George W. Sieber Jan 1979

[Review Of] H. Craig Miner And William E. Unrau. The End Of Indian Kansas: A Study Of Cultural Revolution 1854-1871, George W. Sieber

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The forced removal of thousands of Indians from eastern Kansas between 1854 and 1871 adversely affected even more Native Americans and occupied even more government time than did the struggle between the army and the tribesmen of the western plains, who forcibly resisted subjugation.

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[Review Of] James A. Clifton. The Prairie People: Continuity And Change In Potawatomi Indian Culture, 1665-1965, Kenneth M. Morrison Jan 1979

[Review Of] James A. Clifton. The Prairie People: Continuity And Change In Potawatomi Indian Culture, 1665-1965, Kenneth M. Morrison

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Until very recently, Indian history existed in the doldrums of guilt and ethnocentric misunderstanding. Since Indians were preeminently the great American obstacle to the inexorable process of United States expansion and progress, they have been relegated to the quiet, but nasty, fringes of Euroamerican history. Indians were destroyed or degraded in national chronicles. Sorry remnants of once proud peoples, reservation Indians, the story line goes, remained obstinately and hopelessly beyond the winds of change.

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[Review Of] Gretchen M. Bataille, David M. Gradwohl, And Charles L. P. Silet (Eds.), The Worlds Between Two Rivers: Perspectives On American Indians In Iowa, William Bedford Clark Jan 1979

[Review Of] Gretchen M. Bataille, David M. Gradwohl, And Charles L. P. Silet (Eds.), The Worlds Between Two Rivers: Perspectives On American Indians In Iowa, William Bedford Clark

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The presentation of symposia papers in book form poses several editorial problems, the chief of which is maintaining a unity of focus between the various offerings. With one or two notable exceptions, the papers in this collection treat aspects of the Native-American experience within the boundaries of the present state of Iowa, but, unfortunately, that rubric is too broad to provide an organizing principle definite enough to hold the book together. The result is something of a mixed bag. Although each of the papers is presented as a “chapter” and some attempt at cross-reference between individual papers is made, it …

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[Review Of] Francesco Cordasco (Ed.), Italian Americans: A Guide To Information Sources, Frank J. Cavaioli Jan 1979

[Review Of] Francesco Cordasco (Ed.), Italian Americans: A Guide To Information Sources, Frank J. Cavaioli

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The great proliferation of knowledge that has caused a problem of control and retrieval of that knowledge has caught up with the expanding field of research in ethnic-immigration history. Francesco Cordasco’s newly edited work, Italian Americans: A Guide to Information Sources, therefore is a major contribution in the field. The student of ethnic-immigration history and the related social sciences will find it a useful tool because it is the most comprehensive up-to-date bibliographical register on the Italian Americans. The book is Volume 2 in Gale's Ethnic Studies Information Guide Series dealing with ethnic groups in the United States.

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Notes On Contributors Jan 1979

Notes On Contributors

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1979

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[Review Of] Kay Graber (Ed.), Sister To The Sioux: The Memoirs Of Elaine Goodale Eastman, 1885-91, Gretchen Bataille Jan 1979

[Review Of] Kay Graber (Ed.), Sister To The Sioux: The Memoirs Of Elaine Goodale Eastman, 1885-91, Gretchen Bataille

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Elaine Goodale Eastman was a white woman from the East who decided early in her life that her “mission” was to educate the Sioux Indians of the Dakotas. The memoirs, published in 1978, were written in the thirties from notes and diaries kept by the writer from 1885-1891. Thus, there are three distinct periods of time the contemporary reader must consider.

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Explorations In Ethnic Studies Jan 1979

Explorations In Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

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[Review Of] John L. Hodge, Donald K. Struckmann, And Lynn Dorland Trost, Cultural Bases Of Racism And Group Oppression: An Examination Of Traditional "Western" Concepts, Values, And Institutional Structures Which Support Racism, Sexism And Elitism, Lillie Alexis Jan 1979

[Review Of] John L. Hodge, Donald K. Struckmann, And Lynn Dorland Trost, Cultural Bases Of Racism And Group Oppression: An Examination Of Traditional "Western" Concepts, Values, And Institutional Structures Which Support Racism, Sexism And Elitism, Lillie Alexis

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Dualism, a concept that simply tends to view the world in terms of “either-or” categories rather than “both . . . and,” has been examined and analyzed as the primary contributor to and cause of Western domination. The dangers of dualistic thinking are, according to Hodge et al., habit forming and unconscious. The Western practitioners of such thinking trace their ideology to the ancient Greek philosophers whose ideas support and reinforce existing oppressive patterns.

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Explorations In Ethnic Studies Jan 1979

Explorations In Ethnic Studies

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Notes On Contributors Jan 1979

Notes On Contributors

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 1979

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New Skin: Ellison, Jung, And The Unconscious, Dona Hoilman Jan 1979

New Skin: Ellison, Jung, And The Unconscious, Dona Hoilman

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Marshall McLuhan contends that the electric media, television in particular, have given Americans the means of instant, total awareness both of themselves, especially of their unconscious or subliminal states, and of others, who may differ in skin color or points of view but with whom total social involvement is now not only desirable, but absolutely necessary in the ontological sense of the word. However, though television may have made us more conscious of our unconscious and more aware of the dynamic relationship between other individuals’ well-being and our own, the mutual feeding and forming and mutilating of one another’s psyches …

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Asian Americans In Psychiatric Systems, Niel Tashima Jan 1979

Asian Americans In Psychiatric Systems, Niel Tashima

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Prior to the l960's, very little interest had been shown in researching patterns of American utilization of mental health facilities. The notion of culturally different patterns of psychological “normalcy” for Asian Americans as a distinct population had not been adequately explored. Although a few case studies of Asian-American patients did appear in the literature from time to time, no extensive or systematic research into the demographic and psychological characteristics of Asian-American patient populations had been presented.

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[Review Of] Ruth Nulton Moore. TomáS And The Talking Birds, Ricardo A. ValdéS Jan 1979

[Review Of] Ruth Nulton Moore. TomáS And The Talking Birds, Ricardo A. ValdéS

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Children's literature should be of great importance to all of us, regardless of whether we are parents. The opinions and social views assimilated in childhood will often have long-lasting and far-reaching effects. Western novels as well as cowboy movies bear a great deal of the responsibility for the attitude of many Americans that Indians are, for the most part, treacherous savages and, at best, the sidekick to a masked white man. Tomás and the Talking Birds is at once both encouraging and disappointing. It is encouraging because it is responding to a great need in our society, but it is …

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Editor's Corner: Ethnic Studies Leadership?, George E. Carter Jan 1979

Editor's Corner: Ethnic Studies Leadership?, George E. Carter

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

NAIES and its journal, Explorations in Ethnic Studies, from their inception have tried to address the question of leadership within Ethnic Studies. A quick survey from a national perspective leaves one with a fear that no one is providing much in the way of leadership. The same situation seems to prevail at the state and local levels. Yet, more and more prominence is given to the multiethnic makeup and experience of American society. There is an obvious inconsistency involved in this situation. Why is there no national policy on ethnic studies or on the crucial issues facing American society generated …

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[Review Of] Bettylou Valentine. Hustling And Other Hard Work: Life Styles In The Ghetto, Carl Mack Jr. Jan 1979

[Review Of] Bettylou Valentine. Hustling And Other Hard Work: Life Styles In The Ghetto, Carl Mack Jr.

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Prior to receiving Ms. Valentine's book, Hustling and Other Hard Work, this reviewer felt a sense of pessimism. That is, here is another book trying to clarify black folk's problems. This pessimistic sense is especially acute during this time when the label “minority” is still being used to lump millions of people together when their cultural-racial diversity defies such grouping. (This minority grouping oftentimes serves as a comment label or package for old racist attitudes and stereotypes.)

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[Review Of] Barbara Dodds Stanford And Karima Amin. Black Literature For High School Students, James L. Lafky Jan 1979

[Review Of] Barbara Dodds Stanford And Karima Amin. Black Literature For High School Students, James L. Lafky

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Of all the annotated bibliographies of black literature that have crossed this writer's desk during the past thirteen years, Black Literature for High School Students is certainly the most complete. By virtue of its being twelve years later than Abraham Chapman's The Negro in American Literature (Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English), the Stanford-Amin effort is newer; it has recency. Their book also has a few other virtues.

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[Review Of] Barry D. Adam. The Survival Of Domination, Georgina Ashworth Jan 1979

[Review Of] Barry D. Adam. The Survival Of Domination, Georgina Ashworth

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The project area of The Survival of Domination is of great importance; the title is splendid; the Elsevier presentation is excellent. Yet it disappoints. The author sets out to examine the invisible mechanisms that keep social groups in their place when the overt legal discrimination against them may have been tinkered with sufficiently to remove its worst effects. Barry Adam is very specific about his intentions to focus on the every- day strategies oppressed communities evolve and use, individually and as members of that community, to survive.

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[Review Of] Barbara A. Curran, The Legal Needs Of The Public: The Final Report Of A National Survey, Laurence A. French Jan 1979

[Review Of] Barbara A. Curran, The Legal Needs Of The Public: The Final Report Of A National Survey, Laurence A. French

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

This is a substantial report sponsored by a number of legal associations (American Bar Association and American Bar Endowment) and foundations (Edna McConnel Clark Foundation and International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans) and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. By its own assertion: “This study is the first, and to date only, such survey based on a national sample representing the adult population of the United States. Moreover, it provides a more comprehensive examination of the legal experiences and perceptions of the public than has been undertaken by any earlier survey.”

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[Review Of] Charles V. Willie And Ronald R. Edmonds (Eds.). Black Colleges In America: Challenge, Development, Survival, Lafayette W. Lipscomb Jan 1979

[Review Of] Charles V. Willie And Ronald R. Edmonds (Eds.). Black Colleges In America: Challenge, Development, Survival, Lafayette W. Lipscomb

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

This book is a collection of articles from the Black College Conference held at Harvard University in March and April of 1976. The authors are experienced administrators, teachers, and students of our nation's black colleges and universities. This book attempts, through firsthand recording, through documentation of historical fact, and through analysis of governance, financing, and institutional role, to eradicate the negative images of our nation's black colleges and universities.

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[Review Of] Leo Hamalian And John D. Yohannan (Eds.). New Writing From The Middle East, Elaine King Miller Jan 1979

[Review Of] Leo Hamalian And John D. Yohannan (Eds.). New Writing From The Middle East, Elaine King Miller

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In this rich collection of poetry, stories, and dramas, the editors attempt to illuminate the literary tradition of five Middle Eastern cultural groups. This anthology includes Arab, Armenian, Israeli, Persian, and Turkish literature, created primarily after the second world war. The authors of writings contained in the anthology range from Nobel Prize candidates to emerging talents whose works have been translated into English for the first time.

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[Review Of] Jesse E. Gloster. Minority Economic, Political And Social Development, Kwang Chung Kim Jan 1979

[Review Of] Jesse E. Gloster. Minority Economic, Political And Social Development, Kwang Chung Kim

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Minority Economic, Political and Social Development is a comprehensive document on the experience of discriminated minority groups in the United States, covering a wide range of minority issues which include poverty, aging, unemployment, housing, health, financial institutions, politics, and minority experiences in professional athletics, the military, and mass media. Few other books could surpass the scope of this ambitious work.

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[Review Of] Raymond L. Hall. Black Separatism In The United States, Lillie Alexis Jan 1979

[Review Of] Raymond L. Hall. Black Separatism In The United States, Lillie Alexis

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

A startling look at black separatist movements of the past reveals interesting facts that parallel the rise and fall of the contemporary organizations with separatist ideologies. The author focuses on the period from 1960 to 1972, analyzing five black social movement organizations: The Nation of Islam/Black Muslims, The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Student Non-Violent (later National) Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Black Panther Party, and the Republic of New Africa (RNA).

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Joint Faculty Appointments: An Administrative Dilemma In Chicano Studies, Eugene E. Garcia Jan 1979

Joint Faculty Appointments: An Administrative Dilemma In Chicano Studies, Eugene E. Garcia

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

A comprehensive proposal for an academic program in Chicano Studies for the University of California, Santa Barbara, was submitted to the Executive Committee of the College of Letters and Science on April A, 1969. The program evolved from an extensive investigation of the assessed needs of the local Chicano community, the role of the University toward that community, and the general responsibility of the University to the student community with respect to educational and research endeavors related to the Chicano.

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[Review Of] Joseph Hraba. American Ethnicity, Barbara Hiura Jan 1979

[Review Of] Joseph Hraba. American Ethnicity, Barbara Hiura

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Hraba uses the social science disciplines--i.e., sociology, history, and psychology--to set the scope of his research on American ethnicity. Hraba combines the theoretical premises of assimilation, pluralism, and ethnic conflict theory as methods for Viewing ethnic group convergence to and divergence from American society. "Each theory is only a partial explanation of societal modernization and ethnic evolution . . . and together they offer a fuller understanding of ethnic evolution in the modernization process" (p. 7). Societal modernization and ethnic evolution are keys for understanding the convergence (inclusion) and divergence (exclusion) process.

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Contents Jan 1979

Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1979

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[Review Of] Melvin G. Holli And Peter D'A. Jones (Eds.). The Ethnic Frontier: Group Survival In Chicago And The Midwest, Maxine Schwartz Seller Jan 1979

[Review Of] Melvin G. Holli And Peter D'A. Jones (Eds.). The Ethnic Frontier: Group Survival In Chicago And The Midwest, Maxine Schwartz Seller

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The reader seeking fresh and intellectually stimulating material on American ethnic history will find The Ethnic Frontier: Group Survival in Chicago and the Midwest a rewarding book. Editors Melvin G. Holli and Peter d'A. Jones have assembled a collection of first-rate original scholarly articles that provide new insights into issues of group survival, assimilation, and conflict in the United States.

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[Review Of] John Anthony Scott. Hard Trials On My Way: Slavery And The Struggle Against It, 1800-1860, John C. Walter Jan 1979

[Review Of] John Anthony Scott. Hard Trials On My Way: Slavery And The Struggle Against It, 1800-1860, John C. Walter

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In the beginning the history of slavery was written in political and institutional terms, and very little attention was paid to what the day-to-day participants in this odious adventure had to say. With time, historians realized they had to take into account personal views, feelings, and reminiscences of the participants, but this realization brought about predominantly the recollections and opinions of white people. This was so because it was generally accepted that most black people were illiterate and had little to say for themselves. It was understood also that when they said anything, it would be exaggerated and self-serving and, …

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Racial Minorities In U.S. History Textbooks: A Case For A More Systematic Approach To Textbook Evaluation, Jesus Garcia Jan 1979

Racial Minorities In U.S. History Textbooks: A Case For A More Systematic Approach To Textbook Evaluation, Jesus Garcia

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

A few decades ago, textbook adoption proceedings were relatively dull affairs. Present at these meetings were political, business, and labor interest group representatives who were primarily concerned with the treatment their constituencies received in textbooks, especially social studies texts. Expressing common concerns, board members and traditional interest group representatives only occasionally debated what ought to be included in social studies texts. The dealings rarely bordered on the sensational and, in most cases, resulted in minimal discussion and acceptance of texts recommended for adoption by a board's textbook committee.

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[Review Of] Patricia A. Vardin And Ilene N. Brody (Eds.). Children's Rights: Contemporary Perspectives, Linda Fystrom Jan 1979

[Review Of] Patricia A. Vardin And Ilene N. Brody (Eds.). Children's Rights: Contemporary Perspectives, Linda Fystrom

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In 1979, the International Year of the Child, this volume presents a telling indictment of our record in the area of children‘s rights. Authors from international and interdisciplinary perspectives indicate the tremendous gulf between the ideal and the real.

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