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[Review Of] Frank W. Porter Iii, Ed. Strategies For Survival: American Indians In The Eastern United States, Elmer R. Rusco
[Review Of] Frank W. Porter Iii, Ed. Strategies For Survival: American Indians In The Eastern United States, Elmer R. Rusco
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The subject of this book is several groups of Native Americans in the Eastern United States and their reactions to Euro-American intrusion. There are good introductory and concluding chapters which discuss the general situation of many of these groups, along with five case studies by various authors.
[Review Of] Gary Clayton Anderson. Little Crow: Spokesman For The Sioux, Kathleen Danker
[Review Of] Gary Clayton Anderson. Little Crow: Spokesman For The Sioux, Kathleen Danker
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As Gary Anderson notes in the introduction to his recent history of the life of the Dakota Sioux leader Little Crow, writing Native American biography is a difficult undertaking. Because of the scarcity of direct source material about major portions of the life and thought of their subjects, historians have generally attempted full-scale biographies of only a few such widely-known men as Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Yet, the value of individual biography in humanizing history, dispelling mass cultural stereotypes, and elucidating interethnic relations is so great that Anderson's solid, well-researched, and readable life of Little Crow is indeed welcome.
[Review Of] Katherine Spencer Halpern, Mary E. Holt, And Susan Brown Mcgreevy.Guide To The Microfilm Edition Of The Washington Matthews Papers, Paul G. Zolbrod
[Review Of] Katherine Spencer Halpern, Mary E. Holt, And Susan Brown Mcgreevy.Guide To The Microfilm Edition Of The Washington Matthews Papers, Paul G. Zolbrod
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Today it is being argued that ethnology and literature intersect in some useful ways. Yet Washington Matthews demonstrated as much a century ago, before either of those disciplines had been developed within the American academic system. And although it has been overlooked, his achievement in having done so is considerable, as this potentially useful volume suggests.
[Review Of] Jenna Weissman Joselit. Our Gang: Jewish Crime And The New York Jewish Community, 1900-1940, Victoria Aarons
[Review Of] Jenna Weissman Joselit. Our Gang: Jewish Crime And The New York Jewish Community, 1900-1940, Victoria Aarons
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A book-length study of Jewish crime in the United States ventures into uncharted territory, because rarely have Jews been associated with crime; in fact, Jewish life and criminal activity have been considered antithetical categories. This historical injunction against violence and illegal acts is the very myth with which Joselit opens her well-documented study of criminal involvement among New York Jews, beginning with its immigrant origins and concluding with the rise of the Jewish middle class in the interwar years. The dominant socio-cultural imperatives against malfeasance among the Jewish population provides the structural frame in which Joselit describes, with detailed bibliographic …
[Review Of] Clifford I. Uyeda, Ed. Americans Of Japanese Ancestry And The United States Constitution: 1787-1987, Victor N. Okada
[Review Of] Clifford I. Uyeda, Ed. Americans Of Japanese Ancestry And The United States Constitution: 1787-1987, Victor N. Okada
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In 1987, the Smithsonian Institution, as part of its observance of the bicentennial of the Constitution, held an exhibit that traced the history of Japanese immigrants and their descendants in the United States. This book, which commemorates the exhibit, consists chiefly of black-and-white photographs, brief notes, and a detailed chronology of the Japanese in this country from 1806, when eight shipwrecked sailors arrived in Hawaii, to 1987, when Senator Daniel K. Inouye (Hawaii) presided over the joint House and Senate hearings into the Iran-Contra affair.
[Review Of] Trudier Harris. Black Women In The Fiction Of James Baldwin, Kathleen Hickok
[Review Of] Trudier Harris. Black Women In The Fiction Of James Baldwin, Kathleen Hickok
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Trudier Harris walks a narrow line between a feminist critique of James Baldwin's shortcomings as a masculinist writer and a critical appreciation of the complexity and progression in Baldwin's fictional portrayals of black women. It is not an easy maneuver, but her balance is sure and steady.
[Review Of] Gerald Sorin. The Prophetic Minority: American Jewish Immigrant Radicals, 1880-1920, Gloria Eive
[Review Of] Gerald Sorin. The Prophetic Minority: American Jewish Immigrant Radicals, 1880-1920, Gloria Eive
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Citing the large numbers of Jewish immigrants who were active in the labor movement and in "radical" political parties around the turn of the century, Sorin posits a correlation between these activities and the immigrants' religious background. Specifically, he credits the "messianic" teachings of the Old Testament prophets-notably Isaiah as motivating force and source of inspiration for the immigrants' political and social activities.
[Review Of] John P. Miska. Canadian Studies On Hungarians, 1886-1986: An Annotated Bibliography Of Primary And Secondary Sources, Eniko Molnar Basa
[Review Of] John P. Miska. Canadian Studies On Hungarians, 1886-1986: An Annotated Bibliography Of Primary And Secondary Sources, Eniko Molnar Basa
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Canadian Studies on Hungarians presents a wealth of information on most aspects of Hungarian and Hungarian-Canadian studies. Some 1271 entries range from reference works to theater, music, and sports. History and literature seem to predominate, although commercial relations and immigration and ethnic questions also form important sections. Independent monographs and parts of books are included, as are dissertations and periodical articles, so that the listing is truly comprehensive.
[Review Of] Mohammed E. Ahrari, Ed. Ethnic Groups And U.S. Foreign Policy, Steven J. Gold
[Review Of] Mohammed E. Ahrari, Ed. Ethnic Groups And U.S. Foreign Policy, Steven J. Gold
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In recent years, the efforts of various ethnic populations to influence American policy on behalf of foreign nations or groups have become an increasingly visible element in American political life. This development is the subject of Ahrari's book.
[Review Of] Silvester Brito. Red Cedar Warrior, Simon J. Ortiz
[Review Of] Silvester Brito. Red Cedar Warrior, Simon J. Ortiz
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Red Cedar Warrior, the collection of poems by S.J. Brito, is very obvious in its depiction of trepidations against Native Americans, in its mourning for the loss of culture and traditions, and its expression of anger. We easily see the obvious signs of Native Americanism in most of the poems included in his book. The warrior could not be anything other than Native American, astride a pony, feathered and painted. There are the drums, the ceremonial life, the peyote prayers, the shamans, and such references. We easily see the images and hear the voices that most let us know of …
[Review Of] Carmen Gertrudis Espinosa. The Freeing Of The Deer-And Other New Mexico Indian Myths, Silvester J. Brito
[Review Of] Carmen Gertrudis Espinosa. The Freeing Of The Deer-And Other New Mexico Indian Myths, Silvester J. Brito
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The Freeing of the Deer is an unusual collection of southwest American Indian-Spanish lore. What makes the book so distinct is that it offers the reader the unique opportunity to appreciate Native American tales which have been preserved in Spanish and translated into English. Moreover, there is a special feature to this collection, for the English-Spanish versions are set up en-face. This collection of Native American world views as seen through their Spanish renditions also makes this an important book to have in one's library. There is, however, a drawback to this collection, namely the lack of eloquence in translation …
[Review Of] Peter Iverson, Ed. The Plains Indians Of The Twentieth Century, Richard F. Fleck
[Review Of] Peter Iverson, Ed. The Plains Indians Of The Twentieth Century, Richard F. Fleck
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Iverson' s new volume of collected essays by authorities on reservation life serves as an invaluable aid to a further understanding of the sometimes agonizing social problems vis-a-vis the federal government. The book contains, in addition to Iverson's short introduction, eleven essays (three by Native Americans) dealing with the complex cultural problems of twentieth-century Plains Indian reservations. Iverson's essay stresses cultural independence despite overwhelming odds which face the modern Indian.
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Table of contents for Explorations in Sights and Sounds, Number 8, Summer, 1988
[Review Of] Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum. Liberazione Della Donna. Feminism In Italy, Phylis Cancilla Martinelli
[Review Of] Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum. Liberazione Della Donna. Feminism In Italy, Phylis Cancilla Martinelli
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A book on feminism in Italy might draw a bewildered look from the average American. The image of Italian women, cultivated by the popular media, is of either a sultry sex pot or a black garbed mamma stirring a spaghetti pot. In both examples these women are seen as subservient to the Italian male. It is unfortunate that these images are so pervasive, and that accurate information on Italian women in our society is limited, since their experiences can be instructive.
[Review Of] John Bodnar. The Transplanted: A History Of Immigrants In Urban America, Gloria Eive
[Review Of] John Bodnar. The Transplanted: A History Of Immigrants In Urban America, Gloria Eive
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The Transplanted is represented as a synthesis of the immigrant experience in urban America. Bodnar posits the confrontation with capitalism as sole explanation for migration, emigration and immigrant behavior in the new country. His stated intent is to "rescue" immigration history from older views of immigrants as hapless victims of circumstance.
[Review Of] Nicholas Colangelo, Dick Dustin, And Cecelia H. Foxley, Eds. Multicultural Nonsexist Education: A Human Relations Approach, Margaret A. Laughlin
[Review Of] Nicholas Colangelo, Dick Dustin, And Cecelia H. Foxley, Eds. Multicultural Nonsexist Education: A Human Relations Approach, Margaret A. Laughlin
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Despite earlier efforts to reduce prejudice and eliminate discrimination, the decade of the 1980s continues to be marked by ongoing assaults on human dignity. Enforcement of earlier hard-earned civil rights laws are declining, oppression of various groups and individuals in our society continues, and attitudes of prejudice and examples of discrimination are reported in the media on a regular basis. Adults are often unable or unwilling to confront their own values, beliefs, and behaviors concerning human oppression. As a result, young people are often presented with inaccurate, incomplete, or inadequate information concerning forces which help to shape our institutions and …
[Review Of] Luvenia A. George. Teaching The Music Of Six Different Cultures, Constance C. Giugliano
[Review Of] Luvenia A. George. Teaching The Music Of Six Different Cultures, Constance C. Giugliano
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With the recent appearance of more authentic ethnic music in music curriculum series, as well as the spreading influence of the Orff approach to music education based on indigenous and "primitive" musics and even the proliferation of commercial music influenced by non-Western styles, the appetite of music teachers has been well-whetted for additional source material on ethnic music. In this revised edition of Luvenia George's 1976 book, we have an extraordinary resource that now makes it inexcusable not to have an enriched music program in our schools.
[Review Of] John H. Haley. Charles N. Hunter And Race Relations In North Carolina, James H. Bracy
[Review Of] John H. Haley. Charles N. Hunter And Race Relations In North Carolina, James H. Bracy
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Haley wanted to write a biography of C. N. Hunter, noted black educator/newspaperman/businessman/community leader, but instead he wrote a multilayered work which also included a study of race relations and black history in North Carolina from post-Civil War up to the Great Depression. Hunter was born a slave in 1851 and died a freeman in 1931. His mother died when he was approximately four years old and he was raised by "enlightened" slave masters. Haley's account of Hunter's life leads the reader through a series of disconcerting struggles which are almost storybook in nature. C. N. Hunter comes across as …
[Review Of] Shivalingappa S. Halli. How Minority Status Affects Fertility: Asian Groups In Canada, Celia J. Wintz
[Review Of] Shivalingappa S. Halli. How Minority Status Affects Fertility: Asian Groups In Canada, Celia J. Wintz
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The broad subject of ethnicity and its impact on the social behavior of immigrant and minority groups is topical and is of interest both to scholars and to the general public. As a result, Halli's study of fertility rates among Asian immigrants and their descendants in Canada addresses a timely subject.
[Review Of] Langston Hughes. I Wonder As I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey, Cary D. Wintz
[Review Of] Langston Hughes. I Wonder As I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey, Cary D. Wintz
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I Wonder As I Wander, originally published in 1956, is the second and last volume of Langston Hughes's autobiography. In the first volume, The Big Sea, Hughes focused on his early life and his involvement in the Harlem Renaissance; to a large degree it constitutes his memoirs of the Harlem Renaissance. I Wonder As I Wander is more personal. It is an account of his experiences and his musings during the 1930s, after he had distanced himself from the Harlem Renaissance, while he was in the most political phase of his long career, and while his travels took him across …
[Review Of] Martin S. Jankowski. City Bound: Urban Life And Political Attitudes Among Chicano Youth, Homer D.C. Garcia
[Review Of] Martin S. Jankowski. City Bound: Urban Life And Political Attitudes Among Chicano Youth, Homer D.C. Garcia
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This work ranks as one of the most significant analyses of urban Chicano political socialization to date. Unlike contemporaries who are either theoreticians or numbers crunchers, Jankowski undertakes a quantitative analysis that is theoretically based. Hypotheses developed from three theories are tested to ascertain which best explains the political assimilation of Chicano adolescents in San Antonio, Albuquerque, and Los Angeles. The theories compared are: the Wirth/Chicago School which argues that the length of urban residence promotes assimilation; the neighborhood solidarity model which proposes that upward socioeconomic mobility and neighborhood integration promote assimilation; and the Marxist theory which argues that the …
[Review Of] Ronald W. Johnson And Michael G. Schene, Eds. Cultural Resources Management, David M. Gradwohl
[Review Of] Ronald W. Johnson And Michael G. Schene, Eds. Cultural Resources Management, David M. Gradwohl
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Aimed primarily at an audience of archaeologists, architects, historians, cultural geographers, and social anthropologists, the essays contributed to this volume focus in on the different philosophies, techniques, and activities associated with the management of cultural resources in the United States. Particularly emphasized is the importance of integrating ethnographic, oral, historical, archival, and archaeological data in the identification, analysis, preservation, and interpretation of historic buildings, sites, and districts. Beyond private efforts in this sphere are activities at municipal, state, and national levels as mandated by federal laws.
[Review Of] Jerry Kammer. The Second Long Walk: The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute, George W. Sieber
[Review Of] Jerry Kammer. The Second Long Walk: The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute, George W. Sieber
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The job of the social sciences and sometimes investigative reporters is to deal with on-going problems that cannot be solved, but must be coped with; Jerry Kammer has found an example of this in the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute. His first contact with the subject was during summer, 1974, as a newspaper reporter. His book includes interviews with people involved, thoughtful analysis of their statements, chronology of events, two maps, 27 photographs, an adequate index, and chapter endnotes.
[Review Of] Jacqueline Jones. Labor Of Love, Labor Of Sorrow: Black Women, Work And The Family, From Slavery To The Present, Helan E. Page
[Review Of] Jacqueline Jones. Labor Of Love, Labor Of Sorrow: Black Women, Work And The Family, From Slavery To The Present, Helan E. Page
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Jacqueline Jones' Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow examines the struggle of African-American women to protect their household and community based "labor of love" while controlling their wage-earning "labor of sorrow." Illustrated by a rich collection of photographs, extensively referenced and supplemented by appendices, Jones' study relates changes in the structure and management of black households to changes in the kinds of work African-American women have done.
[Review Of] Judy Nolte Lensink, Ed. Old Southwest! New Southwest: Essays On A Region And Its Literature, Sergio D. Elizondo
[Review Of] Judy Nolte Lensink, Ed. Old Southwest! New Southwest: Essays On A Region And Its Literature, Sergio D. Elizondo
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Here are sixteen essays by various genres of thinkers, among which we find poets, fiction writers, scientists, historians, academic and lay scholars, librarians and artists who presented papers in 1985 at a conference bearing the book's title. N. Scott Momaday, Frank Waters, R. Hinojosa Smith, Janice Monk and Vera Norwood, Rudolfo A. Anaya, and John Nichols are among the contributors. Their papers are the text of this work on the cultures of the American Southwest. Old Southwest indeed becomes an American culture reader, like a treatise on its epistemology and the forms of literature past and present of the region …
[Review Of] Ronald L. Lewis. Black Coal Miners In America: Race, Class, And Community Conflict, 1780-1980, David M. Gradwohl
[Review Of] Ronald L. Lewis. Black Coal Miners In America: Race, Class, And Community Conflict, 1780-1980, David M. Gradwohl
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As an historian, Ronald L. Lewis has researched the role of blacks in the coal mining industry, an overall topic which has been largely ignored in treatments of American history. The resulting publication goes far in meeting the need to recognize the fact that blacks were an important part of this national economic enterprise. Lewis' book is interestingly written, well-organized, and extensively documented. Having been born and raised in a coal town, Lewis has been a witness to some of the events he describes. He argues, insightfully, that "Black miners did not share a monolithic experience. American coal miners have …
[Review Of] Sally M. Miller, Ed. The Ethnic Press In The United States: A Historical Analysis And Handbook, Roberta J. Astroff, Andrew Feldman
[Review Of] Sally M. Miller, Ed. The Ethnic Press In The United States: A Historical Analysis And Handbook, Roberta J. Astroff, Andrew Feldman
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This book is first and foremost a much-needed reference text. It fills a scholarly void in media history by presenting the press histories of twenty-eight immigrant groups.
[Review Of] Richard Newman, Comp. Black Access: A Bibliography Of Afro-American Bibliographies, Richard L. Herrnstadt
[Review Of] Richard Newman, Comp. Black Access: A Bibliography Of Afro-American Bibliographies, Richard L. Herrnstadt
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Richard Newman, who has previously published a number of bibliographies on various subjects in Afro-American studies, has made an important contribution to that field with his compilation of Black Access: A Bibliography of Afro-American Bibliographies, a listing of over 13,000 bibliographies. The book also includes a pleasant and informative introductory essay, "Fifty Years of Collecting," by Dorothy B. Porter, librarian emerita at Howard University.
[Review Of] Dorothy Burton Skardal And Ingeborg R. Kongslien, Eds. Essays On Norwegian-American Literature And History, Gerald Thorson
[Review Of] Dorothy Burton Skardal And Ingeborg R. Kongslien, Eds. Essays On Norwegian-American Literature And History, Gerald Thorson
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Why should readers and students of ethnic studies be interested in essays on a group who are no longer a viable ethnic minority and who wrote primarily in a language few Americans read? The answer is that their literature and history are a part of American culture; it also is to be found in the similarities between the problems and attitudes of the Norwegian immigrants a century ago and the situations of contemporary ethnic groups. A perusal of this volume can contribute insights into the American ethnic experience.
[Review Of] James Craig-Holte. The Ethnic I: A Sourcebook For Ethnic-American Autobiography, Samuel Hinton
[Review Of] James Craig-Holte. The Ethnic I: A Sourcebook For Ethnic-American Autobiography, Samuel Hinton
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This is indeed a fascinating collection from a diverse group of ethnic-Americans. The book generally fulfills a need for the study of ethnic perspectives from the standpoint of literature and culture. Autobiographical insights, though basically personal, present us with historical, social, cultural, sexual and racial perceptions which are crucial to the interpretation of life, role, and identity in a pluralistic society. The major goal of Craig-Holte's book is "to provide an overview of the genre of ethnic-American autobiography and to examine the work of representative writers from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and historical periods."