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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From ongoing reports of police brutality to the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on Black Americans, 2020 brought a renewed awareness to the deep-rootedness of racism and white supremacy in every facet of American life. Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, The Black Agenda is the first book of its kind-a bold and urgent move towards social justice through a profound collection of essays featuring Black scholars and experts across economics,...
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
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Description
"In his most recent book, Who We Be, Jeff Chang looked at how art and culture effected massive social changes in American society. Since the book was published, the country has been gripped by waves of racial discord, most notably the protests in Ferguson, Missouri. In these highly relevant, powerful essays, Chang examines some of the most contentious issues in the current discussion of race and inequality. Built around a central essay looking at...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
xviii, 904 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
As part of the Oxford History of the United States series, this volume is a portrait of an era that saw dramatic transformations in American life. The author illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. This narrative portrays revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
x, 219 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In The Long Shadow of War, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson considers why the Civil War retains such a hold on our national psyche and identity. Though the drama and tragedy of the subject, from the war's scope and size--an estimated death toll of 750,000, far more than all the rest of the country's wars combined--to the nearly mythical individuals involved--Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson--help explain why the...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Second edition
Physical Desc
xxiii, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America is a comprehensive and user-friendly manual for understanding and preparing for the looming changes to reproductive rights law, and getting the health care you need. Activist and writer Robin Marty guides readers through various worst-case scenarios of a post-Roe America, and offers ways to fight back, including: how to acquire financial support, how to use existing networks and create new ones, and how to,...
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Free Press trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Offers the latest research about the disease, proposals on ways to support both the patient and caregiver, and essays written by patients, family members, and caregivers about living with the disease.
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