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[Review Of] Richard J. Fapso. Norwegians In Wisconsin, Marilyn Meisenheimer Jan 1984

[Review Of] Richard J. Fapso. Norwegians In Wisconsin, Marilyn Meisenheimer

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The pamphlet opens with a description of Norway, the land and its agricultural economy, the increased population that resulted from the industrial revolution, and the development of a cash economy. Three pages of photographs and a map of land use in Norway supplement this section. The fixed classes of the agricultural system included a large number of border or freeholders and husbands or cotters who considered themselves free but who were often landless despite their free status. In 1825, Norwegian migration to America began, by 1 835 it had picked up speed, and by 1860 nearly 70,000 Norwegians had emigrated …

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[Review Of] John R. Cooley. Savages And Naturals: Black Portraits By While Writers In Modern American Literature, Richard L. Herrnstadt Jan 1984

[Review Of] John R. Cooley. Savages And Naturals: Black Portraits By While Writers In Modern American Literature, Richard L. Herrnstadt

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John R. Cooley's Savages and Naturals is a critical analysis of the ways in which "modern" American writers have depicted black characters. His thesis, briefly stated, is that in their fiction white American writers portray black Americans as primitives-as "savages" or as "naturals." "Savages" are those who are perceived as intrinsically evil and who consequently represent a threat to civilized society. "Naturals" are those who are simple, essentially rustic folk (the term is only roughly synonymous to the traditional "noble savage").

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[Review Of] David Cook And Michael Okenimkpe. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: An Exploration Of His Writings, Jean Bright Jan 1984

[Review Of] David Cook And Michael Okenimkpe. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: An Exploration Of His Writings, Jean Bright

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The two professors of English at Nigerian universities who jointly prepared this small book did three things well. They produced an excellent critical study of Ngugi's writings, amply footnoted and indexed; they presented interesting facts about the Kenyan author's life, and they included enough information to let the works speak for themselves for and about Africa-a welcome change from non-African interpretations.

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[Review Of] Ken Goodwin. Understanding African Poetry: A Study Of Ten Poets, Alice A. Deck Jan 1984

[Review Of] Ken Goodwin. Understanding African Poetry: A Study Of Ten Poets, Alice A. Deck

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Understanding African Poetry is a valuable asset to anyone interested in African anglophone poetry. Goodwin offers textual analysis, evaluation, and supplementary contextual information on each of the ten poets he chose to discuss. Much of the analysis shows a keen insight and the contextual commentary is quite informative. However, Goodwin's evaluation reflects his bias towards British and white American concepts of what constitutes "good" poetry.

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[Review Of] John E. Fleming, Gerald R. Gill, And David H. Swinton. The Case For Affirmative Action For Blacks In Higher Education ., P. Rudy Mattai Jan 1984

[Review Of] John E. Fleming, Gerald R. Gill, And David H. Swinton. The Case For Affirmative Action For Blacks In Higher Education ., P. Rudy Mattai

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The case for affirmative action has become a major problematic concern within the last several years. Beginning with the notorious Bakke vs. the Regents of the University of California, 1978, and cresting with the recent ultraconservative stance taken by at least the most vocal members of the Civil Rights Commission, affirmative action may very well be the tidal wave that washed against the minds of those who are actively involved in obliterating racism, as well as those who remain unmindful of the beast. The Case For Affirmative Action for Blacks in Higher Education deserves to once again be taken down …

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[Review Of] Phillip Foss, Ed. The Clouds Threw This Light: Contemporary Native American Poetry, Gretchen M. Bataille Jan 1984

[Review Of] Phillip Foss, Ed. The Clouds Threw This Light: Contemporary Native American Poetry, Gretchen M. Bataille

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This is a collection of contemporary American Indian poetry in which the total effort is a result of the poets making the decisions about content rather than the editor. Foss provided the writers with the opportunity to select their own "best" or "favorite" for inclusion, avoiding perhaps the negative response that artists sometimes have to editors who choose the "wrong" poems! It is interesting to see the choices some made; at times I wished for a discerning editor, but the variety of material provided a cross-section of poetry being written today by American Indians.

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[Review Of] Wan Hashim. Race Relations In Malaysia, Foster Brown Jan 1984

[Review Of] Wan Hashim. Race Relations In Malaysia, Foster Brown

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Wan Hashim is presently a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia. He obtained his master's degree in Social Anthropology from Monash University, Australia, and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester.

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[Review Of] Jane Katz. Artists In Exile: American Odessey [Odyssey], Charles Mueller Jan 1984

[Review Of] Jane Katz. Artists In Exile: American Odessey [Odyssey], Charles Mueller

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The major accomplishment of this collection of first-person reminiscences and third-person authorial interjection is its presentation of an impressive collection of imported talents, all of whom suffer (often gladly) the intellectual and spiritual privations of the West in exchange for its relative economic and social largess. To paraphrase Churchill, democracy (read "capitalism") is the worst form of government except for all the others. This book says this geometrically, with the lines and curves formed by the various interviews forming a final, however planular, shape.

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[Review Of] Ambrose Y.C. King And Rance P.L. Lee, Eds. Social Life And Development In Hong Kong, Richard Doi Jan 1984

[Review Of] Ambrose Y.C. King And Rance P.L. Lee, Eds. Social Life And Development In Hong Kong, Richard Doi

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This book is a collection of research papers on the political and social conditions of Hong Kong sponsored by the Social Research Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The collection is not a comprehensive coverage of such conditions in Hong Kong. I t is a selective report with the purpose of updating existing information. The new information will provide a better understanding of Hong Kong's problems and serve as a resource in coping with these problems.

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[Review Of] Robert G. Lake, Jr. Chilula: People From The Ancient Redwoods, Lyle Koehler Jan 1984

[Review Of] Robert G. Lake, Jr. Chilula: People From The Ancient Redwoods, Lyle Koehler

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Since information concerning the northern California Chilula has rarely appeared in print and some observers have maintained that they no longer exist as a tribe, Robert G. Lake, Jr., attempts to provide a comprehensive account of the people. He not only demonstrates that they do, indeed, exist but also that much of their traditional culture remains intact. Using relevant archaeological and ethnographic literature, as well as on-site field study of village and ceremonial locations and the collection of a number of personal interviews from elderly Chilulas, the author draws a relatively detailed picture of hunting practices, fishing techniques, gathering, food …

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[Review Of] Arnoldo De Ledn. The Tejano Community, 1836 - 1900, Wolfgang Binder Jan 1984

[Review Of] Arnoldo De Ledn. The Tejano Community, 1836 - 1900, Wolfgang Binder

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De León's pioneering effort is a most welcome volume to Chicano Studies. The historian's findings in the history of the Mexicans in Texas during most of the last century present a major addition to our knowledge of how agrarian Tejanos lived from the Texas Revolution to the turn of the century.

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[Review Of] Nancy Oestreich Lurie. Wisconsin Indians, John Heimerl Jan 1984

[Review Of] Nancy Oestreich Lurie. Wisconsin Indians, John Heimerl

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The author, Nancy Oestreich Lurie, is a native of Wisconsin born in Milwaukee, where she is now the Head Curator of Anthropology of the Milwaukee Public Museum. Prior to this position she was the Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Lurie is author of The American Indian Today, which received an award for scholarship and has written Mountain Wolf Woman, the autobiography of a Winnebago woman, and numerous articles.

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[Review Of] Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary, Thomas C. Maroukis Jan 1984

[Review Of] Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary, Thomas C. Maroukis

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In December, 1977, one of Africa's most celebrated novelists, Ngugi wa Thiong '0, was arrested by the government of Kenya and imprisoned for a year without being charged, tried or convicted of any crime. Detained is his prison diary.

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[Review Of] Sandra Pouchet Paquet. The Novels Of George Lamming, Laverne GonzáLez Jan 1984

[Review Of] Sandra Pouchet Paquet. The Novels Of George Lamming, Laverne GonzáLez

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There has been a steady stream of literary output from the Caribbean, much of which has been published first in England, and only later in the U.S. Although such fine writers as V.S. Naipaul, Edgar Mittelholzer, and George Lamming have produced noteworthy novels, relatively little criticism has been written. Therefore, these authors have all too frequently been overlooked in university offerings. That is not to say they have been totally disregarded, but that they have not been given the attention they deserve. For this reason, Sandra Pouchet Paquet's book of criticism The Novels of George Lamming as the first of …

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[Review Of] Wilma Rudolph, Wilma, Stewart Rodnon Jan 1984

[Review Of] Wilma Rudolph, Wilma, Stewart Rodnon

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In 1960 at the 18th modern Olympiad in Rome, Wilma Rudolph, twenty-years-old and black from Clarksville, Tennessee, became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals. Having experienced physical handicaps, racial prejudice, and bitter poverty, she had stretched her natural abilities to become the fastest woman runner of her day. Subsequently she received plenty of promotion but little cash, and her message calls attention to the precarious emotional and financial status of black American women, especially black American women athletes. This autobiography (Martin Ralbovsky, author of the excellent Destiny's Darlings, a boys-of-summer story of Little League baseball, is …

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[Review Of] Clifford E. Trafzer. The Kit Carson Campaign: The Last Great Navajo War, Michael D. Green Jan 1984

[Review Of] Clifford E. Trafzer. The Kit Carson Campaign: The Last Great Navajo War, Michael D. Green

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This is Clifford Trafzer's eighth book, the fourth that deals with some aspect of Navajo history. It begins with a brief summary of Navajo history prior to the mid-nineteenth century, covers in some detail the military conflict that culminated in the invasions of the Navajo country in 1863-64 by troops under the command of Colonel Christopher Carson, and concludes with a recounting of the "Long Walk" to the Bosque Redondo, the Navajos' life there, and their return to their homeland in 1868. Trafzer depended on the invaluable federal military and Indian Office records, a number of Navajo accounts and reminiscences, …

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[Review Of] Dino Cine!. From Italy To San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience, Jay Avellino Jan 1984

[Review Of] Dino Cine!. From Italy To San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience, Jay Avellino

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Examination of Dino Cinel's From Italy to San Francisco will take the watchful coordination of both eyes. His introductory chapter draws one eye to clear professional "social history," supported by an extensive bibliography, dominated by Italian sources including official provincial and national records and punctuated by a comprehensive bibliographical essay. The other eye is painfully drawn to some questionable scholarship.

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[Review Of] Barbara Bryant, Producer. Just An Overnight Guest (Film), Gretchen M. Bataille Jan 1984

[Review Of] Barbara Bryant, Producer. Just An Overnight Guest (Film), Gretchen M. Bataille

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Based on Eleanora E. Tate's book, Just An Overnight Guest tells the story of a family faced with an unexpected "guest." Rosalind Cash and Richard Roundtree portray the parents of ten-year old Margie who cannot understand why her mother has brought home a ragged six-year old to live with them. The mother, a teacher, recognizes that little Ethel has been neglected and lacks any semblance of middle-class manners, but her impulse is to help the child. As it turns out, Ethel has not only been neglected but also mistreated as the marks on her back bear out. The two girls …

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[Review Of] Brian Swann, Ed. Smoothing The Ground: Essays On Native American Oral Literature, Susan Scarberry-Garcia Jan 1984

[Review Of] Brian Swann, Ed. Smoothing The Ground: Essays On Native American Oral Literature, Susan Scarberry-Garcia

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The red and black Chumash pictograph reproduced on the cover of Smoothing the Ground shows an alert human figure poised amidst a group of animal and bird people, all related by the stars that are their hands and feet. As Ken Roemer, one of the contributors to this collection of essays on Native American ethnopoetics, says: "The constellation tales give listeners relatives in the sky." Stories, like starfeet, reflect this kinship.

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[Review Of] Lloyd Fernando, Ed., Malaysian Short Stories; K. S. Maniam, The Return; And Wong Meng Voon, Glimpses Of The Past, Cheng Lok Chua Jan 1983

[Review Of] Lloyd Fernando, Ed., Malaysian Short Stories; K. S. Maniam, The Return; And Wong Meng Voon, Glimpses Of The Past, Cheng Lok Chua

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These three books of fiction are set in the multilingual and multiracial context of Singapore and Malaysia, two Southeast Asian nations once part of the British Empire and now a region peopled by a volatile mix of indigenous Malays (roughly 45%) and immigrant Chinese (43%), Indians (10%), and Europeans (0.4%). Reflecting the diversity of this region, one book is a short story anthology by a Chinese (Wong), another a novel by an Indian (Maniam), and the third a collection of stories edited by an Eurasian ( Fernando). All three books have some astonishing strengths and some unfortunate lapses, with Maniam's …

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[Review Of] Rebecca Chua, The Newspaper Editor And Other Stories, Hua-Yuan Li. Mowry Jan 1983

[Review Of] Rebecca Chua, The Newspaper Editor And Other Stories, Hua-Yuan Li. Mowry

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Over the past decade, Sinologists in the West have given much scholarly and critical attention to the study of contemporary Chinese fiction as produced by writers in the People's Republic of China and in Taiwan. In contrast, little scholarly dialogue has concerned fictional works, in Chinese or in any other language, published by writers of Chinese parentage who live outside China or Taiwan and who are known as "overseas Chinese." (A single exception to this is, perhaps, the work of Maxine Hong Kingston.) English language readers interested in contemporary Chinese literature will thus welcome this collection in English of fifteen …

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[Review Of] Simone Schwarz-Bart, The Bridge Of Beyond, Wolfgang Binder Jan 1983

[Review Of] Simone Schwarz-Bart, The Bridge Of Beyond, Wolfgang Binder

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Simone Schwarz-Bart's first novel (1972) makes highly commendable reading for anybody interested in Afro-Caribbean literature. Barbara Bray's translation does remarkably well in capturing the poetic texture of the narrator's (Telumee) account; Bridget Jones' introduction is useful but could have focused more on the novel itself and on its sources.

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[Review Of] Thomas Kochman, Black And White Styles In Conflict, Warner R. Traynham Jan 1983

[Review Of] Thomas Kochman, Black And White Styles In Conflict, Warner R. Traynham

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Race, class and culture are the ingredients of black-white relations in America. Thomas Kochman's book attempts to separate out the cultural component of this mix and to examine it because he believes that it is both ignored and the source of much interracial conflict. The author is Professor of Communications and Theatre at the University of Illinois and has taught and researched in the area of black language and behavior. His background has clearly made him sensitive to aspects of black culture, a sensitivity he exploits in his book.

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[Review Of] Gloria Kumagai (Project Director), America's Women Of Color: Integrating Cultural Diversity Into Non-Sex-Biased Curricula, Gretchen M. Bataille Jan 1983

[Review Of] Gloria Kumagai (Project Director), America's Women Of Color: Integrating Cultural Diversity Into Non-Sex-Biased Curricula, Gretchen M. Bataille

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This is an extensive project with multiple uses for the classroom teacher or director of a multi-cultural, non-sexist teaching program. Kumagai has drawn on the resources of a number of persons to help write, test, and evaluate the materials included.

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[Review Of] Reuben K. Udo, The Human Geography Of Tropical Africa, Charles C. Irby Jan 1983

[Review Of] Reuben K. Udo, The Human Geography Of Tropical Africa, Charles C. Irby

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The author explains in the preface that his book "is written for students preparing for the General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level)" as well as "students in Advanced Teachers' Colleges, Colleges of Education and undergraduates taking courses on Africa or African Studies."

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[Review Of] Charles A. Ward, Philip Shashko, And Donald E. Pienkos, Eds., Studies In Ethnicity: The East European Experience In America, Lyle Koehler Jan 1983

[Review Of] Charles A. Ward, Philip Shashko, And Donald E. Pienkos, Eds., Studies In Ethnicity: The East European Experience In America, Lyle Koehler

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Studies in Ethnicity is a collection of papers read at the conference "Aspects of the East European Experience in Europe and America" held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, May 4-5, 1979. The editors have arranged the papers under three headings : "Ethnicity and Language Maintenance in America," "Ethnic Social Organization: Secular and Religious Dimensions," and "Ethnic Writers in America."

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[Review Of] Amiri Baraka And Amina Baraka, Eds., Confirmation: An Anthology Of African American Women, Richard L. Herrnstadt Jan 1983

[Review Of] Amiri Baraka And Amina Baraka, Eds., Confirmation: An Anthology Of African American Women, Richard L. Herrnstadt

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In his introduction to Confirmation, Amiri Baraka points out that the anthology is not "intended, in the same way that Black Fire was, to attack the house-negro appropriation of bourgeois aesthetics. Rather the purpose of this volume is to draw attention to the existence and excellence of black women writers." The volume accomplishes that extraordinarily well. Confirmation is a major contribution, for it provides solid illustration of the range of work being produced by an impressive number (an even fifty) of accomplished black women writers.

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[Review Of] Zee Edgell, Beka Lamb, Laverne GonzáLez Jan 1983

[Review Of] Zee Edgell, Beka Lamb, Laverne GonzáLez

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Formerly called British Honduras, Belize, an emerging third world country, second smallest in Central America, originally became a part of the British Empire because its coast gave sanctuary to British sailors and pirates. But a thousand years or so before, the land formed a small part of the mighty Mayan civilization. A dozen or more sites-Mayan centers-have been discovered in Belize and have offered up their pyramids and artifacts as silent testimony to the past. Becoming fully self-governing in 1964, the country continues to experience various power struggles; Guatemala claims Belize since, according to its doctrine, a province which successfully …

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[Review Of] James Lafayette Glenn, My Work Among The Florida Seminoles, Michael D. Green Jan 1983

[Review Of] James Lafayette Glenn, My Work Among The Florida Seminoles, Michael D. Green

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James Lafayette Glenn's My Work among the Florida Seminoles is a memoir of his five-year tenure (1931-35) as United States agent to the Seminoles. Written in the mid-1940s as a long letter to his daughter, this document remained unpublished in the manuscript holdings of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society until it was discovered and edited by Harry A. Kersey, the leading student of recent Seminole history.

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[Review Of] Lance Liebman, Ed., Ethnic Relations In America, Russell Endo Jan 1983

[Review Of] Lance Liebman, Ed., Ethnic Relations In America, Russell Endo

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This small volume contains six background papers prepared under the editorship of Lance Liebman, professor of law at Harvard, for a 1981 meeting on ethnic relations convened by the American Assembly, a well-known policy institution affiliated with Columbia University.

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