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Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1414410891 |
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Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress: For Congress, The Nation & The World (Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress)
Manufacturer: Bernan Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0890599718 |
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An easy-to-use, in-depth, information-packed resource .......2005-03-14
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Encyclopedia of the World's Nations And Cultures
Manufacturer: Facts on File ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0816063079 |
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Great Debates at the United Nations: An Encyclopedia of Fifty Key Issues, 1945-2000
Robert F. Gorman Manufacturer: Greenwood Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0313313865 |
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Perfect for promoting student debate, and critical thinking, and ideal for use by Model UN clubs, this ready-reference guide provides information and critical examinations of the 50 most important issues debated in UN history. Since the inception of the UN in 1945, its member nations have hotly debated the most incendiary global political issues, from human rights and Cold War conflicts to many regional and local clashes, most recently in Kosovo. The 50 entries are organized in chronological order based on their first appearance on the UN agenda. Each entry consists of four narrative sections: the significance of the issue; the historical, social and economic background of the issue; the history of the UN debate and intervention on the issue and the positions of various nations; and the outcome of the debate. Each entry concludes with a list of suggested further reading. More than fifty photos accompany the text. Among the issues debated are those of UN peacekeeping efforts around the globe; issues of concern to Third World countries; the nuclear arms race; regional conflicts in the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central America; human rights; world population growth; the environment; laws of the sea; issues of food; the status of women; and racism. Cross-references will help the user to locate related topics. A timeline of events in the history of the UN, a bibliographic essay, a glossary, and a number of appendices including lists of UN world years, UN peacekeeping operations, Secretaries General of the UN and Presidents of the UN General Assembly add reference value to the work.
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Ireland: A Reference Guide From The Renaissance To The Present (European Nations)
John P. McCarthy Manufacturer: Facts on File ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0816053782 |
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Both high school and college-level audiences will appreciate.......2006-11-05
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Encyclopedia of the World's Nations (Facts on File Library of World History)
George Thomas Kurian Manufacturer: Facts on File ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0816041393 |
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Encyclopedia of the New American Nation Edition 1.
Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0684313464 |
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How did the U.S. evolve toward nationhood? Which factors prompted its turn away from Colonial status to independence? How was the Revolutionary War fought and won against such overwhelming odds? What were the conceptual underpinnings of the new society in its wake? These questions fuel class discussions and research assignments for students in junior high/middle school, high school and college every day, as well as the Supreme Court decisions that make our headlines. For the secondary and college student -- as well as the general reader -- this set is the definitive work answering these and other questions.Coverage begins just prior to the American Revolution, including the Revolution, the framing of the American Constitution, the organization of a new national government, the development of the party system, the Louisiana Purchase, the second war with Britain, the acquisition of Florida and the Monroe Doctrine. Chronologically, this period is roughly from 1754 (beginning of the Seven Years' War) to the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson (1829). Woven among this set of political markers and milestones are entries outlining the cultural development of the new nation, including entries on art, music, literature, dress and daily life.
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The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, its People and their Origins
James Jupp Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0521807891 |
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Documenting the dramatic history of Australian settlement, this monumental work describes the rich ethnic and cultural inheritance of the nation through the contributions of its people. It is one of the largest reference works of its kind, with approximately 250 contributors and almost one million words. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and- white, the book is both a comprehensive encyclopedia and a survey of the controversial debates about citizenship and multiculturalism now that Australia has attained the centenary of its federation. A first edition, which appeared in 1988, quickly became recognized as the standard reference and for many smaller ethnic groups, the only reliable resource. This new edition incorporates data from the 1996 Census, gives greater weight to immigrants from outside Europe, and provides some fascinating essays on "Building a Nation" in the final section. This unique reference will appeal to a general and an academic audience. It will be a lasting resource within Australia as well as internationally.
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The World's Wit and Humor, An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of All Ages and Nations, Vol 3 American, Taylor to Sill
Joel Chandler, Lang, Andrew and Etal Harris Manufacturer: The Review of Reviews Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KZBXPQ |
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Battleships of World War 1: An illustrated encyclopedia of the battleships of all nations, 1914-1918
Antony Preston Manufacturer: Arms and Armour Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0853684960 |
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THE BEST REFERENCE BOOK FOR WORLD WAR 1 BATTLESHIPS OF ALL NATIONS !!!!!.......2006-04-20
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We Can't Go Home Again: An Argument about Afrocentrism
Clarence E. Walker Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0195095715 |
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Afrocentrism has been a controversial but popular movement in schools and universities across America, as well as in black communities. But in We Can't Go Home Again, historian Clarence E. Walker puts Afrocentrism to the acid test, in a thoughtful, passionate, and often blisteringly funny analysis that melts away the pretensions of this "therapeutic mythology." As expounded by Molefi Kete Asante, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, and others, Afrocentrism encourages black Americans to discard their recent history, with its inescapable white presence, and to embrace instead an empowering vision of their African (specifically Egyptian) ancestors as the source of western civilization. Walker marshals a phalanx of serious scholarship to rout these ideas. He shows, for instance, that ancient Egyptian society was not black but a melange of ethnic groups, and questions whether, in any case, the phaoronic regime offers a model for blacks today, asking "if everybody was a King, who built the pyramids?" But for Walker, Afrocentrism is more than simply bad history--it substitutes a feel-good myth of the past for an attempt to grapple with the problems that still confront blacks in a racist society. The modern American black identity is the product of centuries of real history, as Africans and their descendants created new, hybrid cultures--mixing many African ethnic influences with native and European elements. Afrocentrism replaces this complex history with a dubious claim to distant glory. "Afrocentrism offers not an empowering understanding of black Americans' past," Walker concludes, "but a pastiche of 'alien traditions' held together by simplistic fantasies." More to the point, this specious history denies to black Americans the dignity, and power, that springs from an honest understanding of their real history.Customer Reviews:
Gasping through straws..........2005-08-01
A non-scientific look at a maligned scientific discipline at heart.......2005-07-07
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A good book that shows the flaws in Afrocentrism.......2003-02-05
Examining Afrocentrism's Egyptian branch.......2002-07-29
Walker's project might be described thusly: he subverts central Afrocentrist tenets about race, culture, and historical origins by demonstrating that most of these supposedly critical arguments actually derive from outmoded European beliefs. Most seriously, he shows how Afrocentric ideas of race borrow from the newly "scientific" racism of the mid- and late-19th century. Elsewhere, he catalogs ludicrous errors in Afrocentric history texts; examines methodological problems in Afrocentric research on Egypt; and attacks the anti-Semitism he sees endemic to some strands of this discourse. He also argues that Afrocentrism finds itself unable to deal with American slavery, a problem that is an artifact of one of the most serious problems with Afrocentrism as a disciplinary approach: it seems incapable of engaging in dialogue with "mainstream" scholarship.
This is an exasperated book. Walker has no patience with those who define "blackness" by one's willingness to toe a particular intellectual and political line. He is equally irritated with what he describes as the "therapeutic" trend in Afrocentrist historiography, which substitutes psychological uplift for the complexities of historical study. His use of the word "Negro" is political, since he sees nothing particularly "African" about "African-Americans." (As Walker points out, many Africans refuse to consider African-Americans "one of them.") Since Walker is writing a jeremiad and not an in-depth analysis of Afrocentrism's own history (see, e.g., Wilson Moses' _Afrotopia_), the book occasionally irons out difficulties and lumps when it ought to split. In particular, it is not always clear that Walker himself understands the particularities of contemporary Egyptology. The book hardly constitutes an assault on the study of Black history, however; it is, rather, a plea for a Black history written without romantic blinkers on.
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We Can't Go Home Again: an Argument about Afrocentrism.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Southern History
Charles Pete Banner-Haley Manufacturer: Southern Historical Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008E0NQY Release Date: 2005-07-31 |
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on August 1, 2003. The length of the article is 783 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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We Can't Go Home Again An Argument About Afrocentrism
Clarence E. Walker Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OK9REQ |
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