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SUBJECTS
The following list is arranged according
to the Library of Congress classification system.
ACADEMIES
AND LEARNED SOCIETIES
- Ref. AS911.A2.A67 2001 Annual Register
of Grant Support: A Directory of Funding Sources, 34th ed., 2001.
(Details over 3,000 grant support programs of institutions, government
agencies and individuals arranged by subject area. Includes subject,
organization, geographic and personnel indexes.)
PHILOSOPHY
- B121.U53 1993 Understanding
Non-Western Philosophy: Introductory Readings/ edited by Daniel
Bonevac and Stephen Phillips (Readings from historical and modern
works of Asia, Africa and Spain arranged geographically. Includes
introductory notes to each section ,timelines, maps, topical index
and suggested parallels with western works.)
- B127.T3.G69 1989 Disputers
of the Tao: Philosophical Argument in Ancient China/ A.C.
Graham (History of the different philosophical schools of Ancient
China.)
- B5619.G4.G84 1995 An Essay on African Philosophical
Thought: The Akan Conceptual Scheme/ Kwame Gyekye. (Philosophical
clarification and interpretation of the concepts in the ontology,
philosophical psychology, theology and ethics of the Akan of Ghana.)
PSYCHOLOGY
- BF108.E85.E865 1995 Contemporary Psychology
in Europe: Theory, Research, and Applications/editors James Georgas,
Marina Manthouli, Elias Besevegis, and Anna Kokkei. (Distillation
of the many streams of current psychology in Europe presented
by executives of European psychological organizations and societies.)
- BF241.B29 1997 Visual Intelligence: Perception,
Image and Manipulation in Visual Communication /Ann Marie Barry.
(Examination of how we derive meaning from images and the role
the media plays in creating images.)
RELIGIONS BACK
TO SUBJECT LIST
- BL65.V55.S66 1995 Perspectives on Pacifism:
Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Views on Nonviolence and International
Conflict/ David R. Smock. (Report of discussions held by participants
in a one-day symposium on religious perspectives of pacifism.)
- BL1900.C5.E5 1996 Basic Writings/ translated
by Burton Watson. (Writings of Chuang Tzu , the leading
philosopher of the Taoist school of thought.)
- BL1910.R63 1997 Taoism: Growth
of a Religion/ Isabelle Robinet. (Historical survey of Taoism
arranged chronologically from the third century B.C. to the fourteenth
century A.D. The author feels that religious Taoism is simply
the practice of philosophical Taoism.)
- BL1920.S2813 1993 Taoist
Body/ Kristofer Schipper (An introduction to Taoism which not
only describes the physical and spiritual elements of Taoism but
also describes its traditional practices and everyday activities
in China.)
- BL 2532.R37.C43 1998 Chanting Down
Babylon: The Rastafari Reader/ edited by Nathaniel Samuel Murrell,
William David Spencer and Adrian Anthony McFarlane. (International
scholars describe the history, culture, ideology and evolution
of Rastafarianism in Jamaica and throughout the world.)
- BL2565.N38 2001 Nation Dance: Religion,
Identity, and Cultural Difference in the Caribbean/edited by Patrick
Taylor (Essays explore the diverse religious traditions of Caribbean
religions: Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Santeria,
Palo Monte, Voudou, Rastafarianism, Confucianism and others. Theology
is examined in a social and political context. The last part of
the book examines questions of identity and diaspora.)
- L2566.T7.H68 1995 Spirits, Blood, and Drums:
The Orisha Religion in Trinidad/ James T. Houk (Orisha originated
in Nigeria and combines elements of five traditions: African (Yoruba),
Catholic, Hindu, Protestant (Spiritual Baptist) and Kabbalah.
It is a powerful presence in the social structure, culture and
politics of Trinidad.)
HISTORY
- Ref. CB9.D53 1999 Dictionary of Global
Culture/ edited by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates
Jr.(Devotes equal time to the cultural
contributions of the non-Western world alongside those of
Europe and North America.)
- CB235.A33 1996 African Intellectual Heritage:
A Book of Sources/ edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Abu S. Abarry.(Compendium
of ancient and historical documents from Africa and
the countries and cultures of the African diaspora arranged
thematically. Includes an African chronology and notes on African
sources.)
- D13.I76 1993 Islamic
and European Expansion: The Forging of a Global Order/ edited
by Michael Adas (Essays with a cross-cultural approach by prominent
historians which examine religion, gender colonialism and economic
issues in world history.)
- D860.G872 2000 Peoples Versus States: Minorities
at Risk in the New Century/ Ted Robert Gurr. (Sequel to the study
"Minorities at Risk". Surveys the world for signs of conflict
between governments and "identity" groups.)
- DA125.A1.W448 2000 Complexion of Race:
Categories of Difference in Eighteenth-Century British Culture/
Roxann Wheeler. (Traces the emergence of skin color as a predominant
marker of identity in British thought.)
GERMAN
HISTORY
- DD222.K67 2000 From Monuments to
Traces: Artifacts of German Memory, 1870-1990/ Rudy Koshar. (Follows
the evolution of German ‘memory landscapes’ from the period of
national unification through world wars, division and reunification.)
EASTERN
EUROPEAN HISTORY
- DJK51.K39 2001 Modern
Hatreds: Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War/ Stuart J. Kaufman. (Examines
myths and symbols as the roots of ethnic violence in Eastern European
countries.)
RUSSIAN
HISTORY
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- DK32.M18 2000 Russia Under Western Eyes:
From the Bronze Horseman to the Lenin Mausoleum/ Martin Malis.
(Chronicle of western images of Russia from the time of Peter
the Great to the fall of the Soviet Union)
- DK508.57.R9.L54 1999 Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal
Rivalry/ Anatol Lieven. (Exploration of the complex ethnic and
political relationship of Ukraine and Russia.)
- DK759.C45 K47 2000 Antler on the Sea: The Yup'ik
and Chukchi of the Russian Far East/ Anna M. Kerttula (Anthropological
study of Sirenki, a Siberian village and the three rival ethnic
groups there: the Yup'ik, native hunters of sea mammals; the Chukchi,
nomadic reindeer hunters; and Russians of European ancestry enticed
by incentive programs to colonize the Russian Far East.)
SPANISH
HISTORY
- DP96.F8418 1988 El Espejo Enterrado/ Carlos
Fuentes. [spanish edition] (Chronicle of the history and culture
of Spain and the Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas.)
BALKAN
HISTORY
- DR479.E85.K47 2000 Future
of Turkish-Western Relations: Toward a Strategic Plan/ Zalmay
Khalizad, Ian O. Lesser, F. Stephen Larrabee (Research report
of the changing parameters of Turkish-Western relations which
includes a suggested agenda for closer strategic cooperation in
the U.S.-Turkish-European triangle.)
- DR1246.B87 1997 Burn
This House: The Making and Unmaking of Yugoslavia/ edited by Jasminka
Udovicki and James Ridgeway. (Discussion of the history of the
Yugoslavs and the roots of the 1991-95 war from the viewpoints
of Muslim, Croatian, and Serbian journalists and historians.)
ASIAN
HISTORY
- DS35.74.H53 1997 Islamic Activism and
U.S. Foreign Policy/ Scott W. Hibbard and David Little. (Examination
of the nature of Islamic activism and the options for policymakers
by a group of policy analysts, practitioners and scholars.)
- DS38.9.S73 2000 Veils and Daggers: A Century
of National Geographic’s Representation of the Arab World/ Linda
Steet. (Analysis of the discourses of Orientalism, patriarchy,
and primitivism in the magazine’s representation of the Arab world.)
- DS63.2.E8.L45 2000 Middle East Mosaic:
Fragments of Life, Letters and History/selected by Bernard
Lewis. (Collection of historical accounts, letters and documents
from both European, American and Middle Eastern viewpoints on
each other's societies, customs and cultures.)
- DS154.16.P19.A28 1999 Jordanians, Palestinians
and the Hashemite Kingdom in the Middle East Peace Process/ Adnan
Abu-Odeh (Exploration of the relationship between Transjordanians
and Palestinians from the 1920's to the very latest attempts to
cope with competing national identities to sustain a peace process.)
- DS247.O68.K43 1995 Oman
and the World: The Emergence of an Independent Foreign Policy/
Joseph A. Kechichian.( A comprehensive review of Oman's foreign
policy and the historical factors which have shaped it over the
years.)
- DS269.B33.S37 2000 Black Tents of Baluchistan/
Philip Carl Salzman. (Anthropological study of the complex history
and society of the nomadic Blanch of southeastern Iran, with a
comparison to other livestock-rearing mobile peoples of the Middle
East, Africa and South Asia.)
- **DS423.G33
2002 Culture and Customs of India / Carol E. Henderson. (General
reference that provides coverage of the land, people, history;
religion; world view; art and literature of India. Information
on Indian architecture, food and dress, social structure, festivals,
leisure activities, arts, social customs and lifestyles are also
provided. Written at a high school level. Part of the Culture
and Customs of Asia series.)
- DS 493.9.G84.M344 2001 Love
and Honor in the Himalayas: Coming to Know Another Culture/ Ernestine
McHugh. (Ethnographic memoir of an American anthropologist among
the Gurung people of Nepal and their Buddhist appreciation for
equanimity.)
- DS664.D57 1995 Discrepant
Histories: Translocal essays on Filipino Cultures/ edited by Vicente
L. Rafael. (Collection of essays written about Filipino culture
and history by scholars based in Western English language institutions
during the late 1980's to the early 1990's . The essays
probe the foundations of the Philippine nation-state and translocal
cultures: mestizo social hierarchy, colonial medicine, penal colonies,
nationalist desire, diasporic literatures, and gay beauty pageants.)
- **DS664.R63
2001 Culture and Customs of the Phillipines/ Paul A. Rodell (The
wide variety of Philippine traditions is seen in each topic covered:
the land, people, history, religion and thought, literature and
art, architecture, cuisine and fashion. The book also covers gender,
marriage and family; festivals, media, film, and leisure activities,
the arts, social customs, and lifestyles. Includes a historical,
geographical and economic overview. Part of the Culture and Customs
of Asia series.)
- DS775.2.M63 2000 Modern Chinese Literary
and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory: Reimagining a Field/
edited by Rey Chow. (Examination of Chinese literature, art, film,
popular culture, history, migration, and literary and cultural
criticism by an international group of scholars.)
- DS721.H71114 1999 Encountering the Chinese:
A Guide for Americans/ Hu Wenzhong and Cornelius Grove. (Practical
and sensitive cross-cultural analysis of Chinese culture as well
as insights on how best to communicate and interact with the people
of China.)
- CMC DS799.5.T72 1985 Traditional Chinese
Celebrations: Continuity and Change in Taiwan/ [Wendy L. Wong]
(Includes background information on
Taiwan, lesson plans, and a slideshow about the Lantern Festival,
Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, and the Moon Festival.)
- CMC DS821.C66 1990 Cooperation in Japan:
Elementary Literature Series, Part I-Grades Kindergarten-Third/
developed by Gary Mukai, The Japan Project. (Includes lesson plans,
audiotape and slideshow based on the Japanese children's book,
Oyoge Ooki na Koinobori [Fly, Big Carp Streamer] about the
celebration of Children's Day.)
AFRICAN
HISTORY
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- DT19.A3 1993 Africa and the
Disciplines: The Contributions of Research in Africa to the Social
Sciences and Humanities/ edited by Robert H. Bates, V.Y. Mudimbe
and Jean O’Barr. (Traces the impact of research in Africa on the
disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science, philosophy,
art history, world history and literature.)
- DT30.5.A3545 2000 Africa in
World Politics: The African State System in Flux /edited by John
W. Harbeson, Donald Rothchild. (Addresses the interrelationship
of Africa and global politics and their effect on one another.
Also covers the variety of changing state systems in the continent.)
- DT38.7.D36 1991 Beyond Safaris:
A Guide to Building People-to-People Ties With Africa/ Kevin Danaher.
(Directory of global exchange programs available in Africa for
students, volunteers, travelers, corporate and government workers.)
- **DT70.A83
2002 Culture and Customs of Egypt/Molefi K. Asante(Asante, a noted
scholar provides an overview of the land, people, history, education,
tourism, religion, art and architecture, food, social customs
and lifestyles, literature, media, cinema, and performing arts
of Egypt. Part of the Culture and Customs of Africa series.)
- CMC DT 428.5.M87 1995 What Do We Need
to Live on Planet Earth? : A Case Study of Traditional Rural Life
in East Africa : A Curriculum Unit for History and Social Studies
Grades 2-4 / developed by Carol Murphey and Kendra R. Wallace.
(Examines survival through the Masai and Kikiyu tribes of East
Africa)
- **DT510.4.S25
2002 Culture and Customs of Ghana/Steven J. Salm (Narrative on
the cultural life and institutions in Ghana which have been influenced
by a long history of Islamic and European contact. The book also
covers recent changes in the cultural landscape. Part of the Culture
and Customs of Africa series)
- **DT515.4
.F35 2001 Culture and Customs of Nigeria. / Toyin Falola (Falola,
Nigerian historian of renown, provides an up-to-date discussion
of Nigerian culture that introduces to a Western audience the
complexity of its society and the emerging lifestyles among its
various peoples, comprising over 250 ethnic groups. Part of the
Culture and Customs of Africa series.)
- **DT649
.M85 2002 Culture and Customs of the Congo / Tshilemalema Mukenge.
(This work contains information about Congolese geography, economy,
politics and history from the slave trade to dictatorship. It
also includes information on ancestral religions and changes wrought
by western faiths. Coverage includes information on the ancestral
literary heritage of the Congo as well as a survey of the arts,
lifestyle, life events, and traditional and modern music and dance.
Part of the Culture and Customs of Africa series. )
- DT1949.R36.A3 1999 Across Boundaries: The Journey
of a South African Woman Leader/ Mamphela Ramphele. (Memoir of
the South African doctor, activist, university president, and
colleague and lover of Steven Biko.)
- **DT2908
.O96 2002 Culture and Customs of Zimbabwe/ Oyekan Owomoyela (Contains
a range of information from n explanation of the beer culture
to a discussion of marriage, family, and gender roles from the
Zimbabwean perspective. The author also conveys the coexistence
of traditional and Western forces today in such areas as religion
and music. A chronology and glossary accompany the text Part of
the Culture and Customs of Africa series. )
UNITED
STATES
- E158.A46 1988 American Ways: A Guide for
Foreigners in the United States/ Gary Althen. (Cultural guide
to U.S. customs, communicative styles and relationships written
for non-Americans
UNITED
STATES-RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
- E183.8.C5 T856 2000 Turning Bricks: Critical
Incidents for Mutual Understanding Among Chinese and Americans/Mary
Margaret Wang, Richard W. Brislin, Wei-zhong Wang, David Williams
, and Julie Haiyan Chao. (Collection of forty-one actual
incidents of cultural misunderstanding, with discussions of possible
solutions.)
- E183.8.J3.M55 2001 Leaving Japan: Observations
On the Dysfunctional U.S.-Japan Relationship/ Mike Millard. (Narrative
of short vignettes that are interwoven with interviews and
personal reflections of an American writer who lived in Japan
for eleven years. )
ETHNIC
GROUPS
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- E184.A65.S48 1997 Bint Arab: Arab
and Arab American Women in the United States / Evelyn Shakir.
(Historical survey of Arab women in the United States from the
19th century to the present.)
- E184.A1.H214 2000 Shopping
for Identity: The Marking of Ethnicity/ Marilyn Halter. (Examines
the theory that as immigrant groups gain economic security they
tend to reinforce their ethnic identification by shopping and
exercising their purchasing power with consequent effects on the
marketplace and economy.)
- E184.L34.A25 1997 Children of the Roomje:
A Family's Journey from Lebanon/ Elmaz Abinder. (Chronicle of
four generations of a Lebanese-American family, the conflicts
between their cultural traditions and their assimilation
in the U.S, and stories of those they left behind to endure
war, famine, epidemics and family rivalries.)
- E184.06.A28 1999 Across the Pacific: Asian
Americans and Globalization/ edited by Evelyn Hu-DeHart. (Eight
essays explore how transnational relationships and interactions
in Asian American communities are articulated within the international
context of the Pacific Rim. Topics covered include cultural dislocation,
assimilation, the impact of new migrations on Asian American politics,
and Asian American activism and U.S. foreign policy.)
- E184.O6.L48 1998 Orientals:
Asian Americans in Popular Culture/ Robert G. Lee. (Historical
survey of Asian-Americans in the United States with deconstructions
of popular music, movies and personalities to show the creation
of Asian-American stereotypes.)
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
- Ref. E185.S574 1998 Atlas of African-American
History and Politics: From the Slave Trade to Modern Times/ Arwin
D. Smallwood with Jeffrey M. Elliot. (Visual history of African-American
history and politics from 900 A.D. to the present. Includes
survey of African ancient history, the diaspora and American
exploration, enslavement, rebellion, freedom and religious and
political movements.)
- E185.61.B474 1998 Between Race and Empire:
African - Americans and Cubans Before the Cuban Revolution/ edited
by Lisa Brock and Digna Castaneda Fuertes. (Scholars from the
United States and Cuba present eleven essays that trace the relations
and racial perspectives of Cubans and African-Americans from the
abolitionist era to the Cuban Revolution of 1959.)
- E185.615.W493 1998 Seeing a Color-blind
Future: The Paradox of Race/ Patricia J. Williams. (Five Reith
lectures, which examine the part race and racial beliefs, play
in our culture and a prescription for anti-racism.)
- E185.97.P94.A3 1990 A Black Woman's Odyssey through
Russia and Jamaica: the Narrative of Nancy Prince (Nineteenth
century memoir of a well traveled African-American woman from
New England. Prince's husband, who was also African-American,
was a member of Tsar Alexander's court during the years 1825-33.
In 1840 after her husband's death, Prince went to post-emancipation
Jamaica as a missionary. )
MEXICO
BACK TO SUBJECT LIST
- F1210.C658 1997 Good Neighbors:
Communicating with Mexicans/ John C. Condon. (Comparison of the
cultures of Mexico and the United States, the misperceptions the
inhabitants of these countries have of one another and suggestions
for bridging the gap.)
- F1210.C65818 1988 Buenos Vecinos: Communicandose
con los mexicanos/ John C. Condon (Spanish edition of Good Neighbors:
Communicating with Mexicans.)
GUATEMALA
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**F1466.5.S52
2001 Culture and Customs of Guatemala / Maureen E. Shea.(The blend
of Mayan and Ladino (Spanish speaking )cultural identities that
shape Guatemala today permeates the author's discussion of history,
religion, social customs, media, literature, cinema, performing
arts, and contemporary art. Part of the Culture and Customs of
Latin America and the Caribbean series)
-
**F1483
.B64 200 Culture and Customs of El Salvador / Roy C. Boland (Overview
of the smallest Hispanic country in the Western Hemisphere's history
of wars and devastating earthquakes. Contains information about
the land, history, people, economy, religion, education, traditional
culture, popular entertainment, literature, media, and the arts.
Part of the Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean
series.)
-
**F1548
.H45 2000 Culture and Customs of Costa Rica / Chalene Helmuth
Includes discussions of the biodiversity, ethnic makeup, history,
education policies, and women's roles of Costa Rica. Also contains
information indigenous faiths and Catholicism, as well as national
traits, cuisine, family roles, media, literature, the arts and
sports. Part of the Culture and Customs of Latin America and the
Caribbean series.)
CUBA
- **F1787 .L945
2000 Culture and Customs of Cuba / William Luis Provides detailed
insight into Cuban culture in its historical context, religion,
customs, economy, media, performing and creative arts, and cinema.
Included in this discussion are contributions of Cubans in exile
which the author considers an inherent part of Cuban culture.
Part of the Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean
series.)
- F1789.N3.C37 2000 Reyita: The life of
a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century as told to her Daughter
Daisy Rubiera Castillo /Maria de los Reyes Castillo Bueno.
(Ninety years of the life of a Cuban woman known as “Reyita”.
Begins with an account of the abduction of Reyita’s grandmother
from Africa.)
JAMAICA
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**F1874
.M67 2001 Culture and Customs of Jamaica / Martin Mordecai and
Pamela Mordecai (Focuses on the people, history, religion, education,
language, social customs, media and cinema, literature, music,
and performing and visual arts of Jamaica. Also contains information
on Jamaican Creole and the Jamaican education system. Part of
the Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean series.)
-
**F1938.45
.B76 1999 Culture and customs of the Dominican Republic / Isabel
Zakrzewski Brown(Contains chapters on the land, its history, and
people; religions; social customs; media and film; literature;
performing arts; architecture, art, sculpture, and photography.
Attention is also given to the Dominican community in New York
City, the Dominacanyors". Part of the Culture and Customs
of Latin America and the Caribbean series.)
PUERTO
RICO
- F1976.D38 1987 Sponsored Identities:
Cultural Politics in Puerto Rico/ Arlene M. Davila. (Focuses on
the creation of a national identity by government and other agencies
and the effect of commercialism.)
HAITI
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**F1982.2
.D37 2001 Culture and Customs of Haiti / J. Michael Dash (Covers
the evolution of this diverse society through discussions of the
Haitian people, history, religion, social customs, media, literature
and language, and performing and visual arts. Includes a section
on writing in Creole. Part of the Culture and Customs of Latin
America and the Caribbean series.)
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**F2326
.D55 2001 Culture and Customs of Venezuela / Mark Dinneen (Authoritative
overviews of the land, economy, people, and history; religions;
social customs; media; cinema; literature; performing arts; and
art and architecture of this oil-rich nation. Part of the Culture
and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean series.)
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**F2279
.W55 1999 Culture and Customs of Colombia / Raymond Leslie Williams
and Kevin G. Guerrieri. (The authors highlight the most notable
aspects of contemporary Colombian culture including coffee production,
Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, painter Fernando Botero,
vallenato music. Introduces Colombia's history, geography, and
economy, and the importance of the formalities of Catholicism
in daily and civic life, as well as the significance of traditional
foods and clothing. Part of the Culture and Customs of Latin America
and the Caribbean series.)
CHILE
- **F3099 .C286
2000 Culture and Customs of Chile / Guillermo I. Castillo-Feliú
Contains chapters on history and people, religion, social customs,
broadcasting and print media, literature, performing arts, fine
arts and architecture. It also has a chronology and appendix of
the Spanish of Chile. Part of the Culture and Customs of Latin
America and the Caribbean series)
- F3285.J4.A35 1998 Always
From Somewhere Else: A Memoir of My Chilean Jewish Father/ Marjorie
Agosin. (Companion to A Cross and A Star: Memoirs of a Jewish
Girl in Chile. Recounts the story of the author's father's life
and his family's migration from Odessa to Istanbul to Marseilles
to Chile and finally to the United States.)
PERU
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**F3448
.F37 2003 Culture and Customs of Peru / César Ferreira
and Eduardo Dargent-Chamot (Surveys the breadth of Peru's culture
from pre-Columbian times to today. Examines the progress toward
social integration of the Indian and Hispanic populations. The
authors illustrate how the diverse geography of the country--the
Andes, coast, and jungle--has also had a role in shaping cultural
and social expression, from history to art. Part of the Culture
and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean series)
-
**F3738
.H34 2000 Culture and Customs of Ecuador / Michael Handelsman.
Presents an overview of the history, religious institutions, literature,
social customs, cinema, media, and visual and performing arts
of Ecuador. Presents Ecuadorian society as a blend of pre-Colombian,
colonial, modern, and postmodern cultural forces. Part of the
Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean series.)
-
G465.S627 2001 Moving Live:
20th Century Women's Travel Writing/ Sidonie Smith (Examines the
impact of technological advances in transportation on women's live
and in their changing concepts of femininity, boundaries, personal
space and freedom through their personal narratives. Includes essays
on the work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Amelia Earthart, Beryl Markham,
Alexandra David-Neel and others.
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**Ref.
G1046.P97.B34 2001 The Penguin Atlas of Media and Information/Mark
Balnaves, James Donald and Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (An accessible
and visually engaging global review of the state of media and information
services at the end of the twentieth century. Information is concisely
presented in maps, charts and tables . There are not many statistics
on developing countries.)
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**Ref. G1046.R1.S65
2003 The Penguin Atlas of War and Peace/Dan Smith (An accessible
and visually engaging global review of the global wars, disagreements,
conflicts and disputes, with concise background information. Information
is presented with the aid of cleverly designed maps, charts and
graphs.)
ETHNOLOGY-
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
- GN320.H328 1989 Cows, Pigs, War and Witches:
The Riddles of Culture/ Marvin Harris. (Explanations of taboos,
beliefs and practices of different cultural groups.)
- GN496.C33 2000 Identifying
Potential Ethnic Conflict: Application of a Process Model/ edited
by Thomas S Szayna. (Outlines a theoretical model for anticipating
the occurrence of communitarian strife and applies the model to
two retrospective case studies, Yugoslavia and South Africa and
two prospective case studies, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia.)
- GN496.G87 1993 Minorities at
Risk: A Global View of Ethnopolitical Conflicts /Ted Robert Gurr.
(Analysis of ethnopolitical conflict in every region of the globe
to provide a comprehensive survey of 233 politically active communal
groups.)
- GN502.H36 1997 v.3 Handbook of Cross Cultural
Psychology-Volume 3-Social Behavior and Applications. 2nd. edition/edited
by John Berry, Marshall H.Segall, Cigdem Kagitcibasi. (Sequel to
volume 5 [Social] and volume 6 [Psycho pathology] of the first edition
of the Handbook of Cross Cultural Psychology. )
- GN502.H86 1999 Human
Behavior in Perspective: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology/
Marshall H. Segall, Pierre R. Dasen, John W. Berry, Ype H. Poortinga.
(Essays on gender, cognition, acculturation, and development
which demonstrate that human behavior is linked with the socio-cultural
context in which it occurs.)
- **GN 650.S65 A34
2001 Culture and Customs of Somalia/, Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (Highlights
include discussion of handcrafts and artisanry, distinctive architecture
and nomad housing, camel culture, intriguing food and eating customs,
rites of passage, leisure and economic pursuits, education, and
the Somali musical genres. Also contains a chronology, glossary,
and numerous photos. Part of the Customs and Cultures of Africa
series.)
- **GN659.K4
.S63 2003 Culture and Customs of Kenya/ N. W. Sobania (Narrative
overviews highlighting Kenyan history, as well as the beliefs, vibrant
cultural expressions, and various lifestyles and roles of the Kenyan
population. Chapters on the land, people, and history; religion
and worldview; literature, film, and media; art and architecture;
cuisine and traditional dress; gender roles, marriage, and family;
and social customs and lifestyle are up to date and written by a
country expert. Part of the Customs and Cultures of Africa series.)
- Juv. 301.2.C225 Cannibal In the Mirror
/ Paul Fleishman. (Quotations and illustrations from historical
documents describing the activities of “primitive cultures”
are paired with photographs of contemporary U.S. cultural practices.)
FOLKLORE
- CMC GR335.R33 1995 The Rabbit In the Moon:
Folktales From China and Japan a curriculum unit for upper elementary
grades. (Collection of lesson plans, activities and a slideshow
based on eight Chinese and Japanese folktales that introduce students
to different world perspectives and similarities of other
cultures to their own.)
MANNERS
AND CUSTOMS
- GT498.F66.W36 2000 Aching
for Beauty: Footbinding in China/ Wang Ping. (Examines the relationship
of footbinding to Chinese culture, violence, sex, and language.)
- GT2295.A35.H35 2000 Hair in African Art and
Culture/ edited by Roy Sieber and Frank Herreman. (Field photographs
and sculptures sample the rich variety of hair arrangements past
and present in African life and art. Includes commentary on African-American
hair and art.)
SPORTS
- GV863.25.A1.J26 2000 Full Count: Inside
Cuban Baseball /Milton H. Jamail. (Provides a framework for understanding
importance and organization of Cuban baseball and its utilization
by Fidel Castro as a unifying nationalistic force.)
SOCIAL
STUDIES
-
**CMC
H62.5.C27 S62 2002 Social Studies Through Discovery /(Jamaican teacher's
handbookwithlesson plans.)
-
**HF1359
.W39 1995 Globalization / Malcolm Waters. (Guide to the concept
of globalization in social theory and the social, economic and political
consequences of globalization.)
ECONOMICS
- HB501.H466 1995 Triumph of the Market:
Essays on Economics, Politics, and the Media/ Edward S. Herman.
(Collection of essays that examine the increasing national and global
power and the reach of the market and its growing impact on all
aspects of human from the Persian Gulf War to reparations
.)
- HB2114.A3.S65 1999 Contesting Citizenship
in Urban China: Peasant Migrants, the State and the Logic of the
Market/Dorothy J. Soling. (Study of the Chinese peasant migration
to cities during the transition from socialism in the early 1980's
to the late 1990's, and their marginalization in urban life.)
- HC59.15.B74 1998 Global Village or Global
Pillage: Economic Reconstruction from the Bottom Up/Jeremy Brecher
and Tim Costello. (Critique of the new economic world order which
offers evidence that economic globalization largely benefits the
affluent and harms the less affluent.)
- Ref. HC59.8.G73 2000/01
Grants for Foreign and International Programs/Foundation Center
( Covers grants to organizations in foreign countries and to U.S.
domestic recipients for international activities.)
NATIONAL
PRODUCTION
BACK TO SUBJECT LIST
- HC427.92.O35 1999 Rural China Takes Off:
Institutional Foundations of Economic Reform/Jean C. Oi. (Study
of the rural industrialization in China during the 1980’s
and how institutional changes, altering fiscal flows and property
rights prompted local officials to pursue rapid industrial growth.)
- HC462.9.J3283 1993 Japanese Cities in the
World Economy/edited by Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill. (Essays
on the urban and industrial development of Japan's largest cities.)
INDUSTRY
- HD30.2.M365 1996
Managing Knowledge: Perspectives on Cooperation and
Competition/edited by Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos. (Examination
of current research on management of knowledge and knowledge transfer
between and within organizations)
- HD62.4.R 36 1999 Prism of Globalization:
Corporate Responses to the Dollar /Subramanian Rangan and Robert
Z. Lawrence. (Examination of international pricing, sourcing
and trade responses of multi-national enterprises to shifts
in the dollar)
- HD78.S34 1999 New Perspectives on Economic
Growth and Technological Innovation / F .M. Scherer. (Traces
the evolution of economic growth theory from the Industrial Revolution
to the present and examines the effect of technological change.)
- HD1691.E43 1999 Hydropolitics in the Third
World: Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins/ Arun
P. Elhance. (Examination of the physical, economic and political
geography of six of the world's largest river basins, the possibilities
for conflict and the efforts to develop agreements for sharing water
resources.)
- HD2336.T28.H75 1996 Living Rooms as Factories:
Class, Gender, and the Satellite Factory System in Taiwan/ Ping-Chun
Hsiung. (Study of the experiences of married women who work in the
small-scale subcontracting factories of Taiwan and how their work
and family lives have contributed to the GNP growth over the last
three decades.)
- HD5660.989.T43 1992 Technological Change
and Co-Determination in Sweden/ Ake Sandberg, Gunnar Broms, Arne
Grip, Lars Sundstrom, Jesper Steen, Peter Ullmark. (Examines how
labor unions and corporations negotiate and cooperate on job design,
computerization and technological change in the workplace.)
- HD6057.5.U5.P84 1996 Puerto Rican Women
and Work: Bridges in Transnational Labor/edited by Altagracia Ortiz.
(Chronologically arranged essays offering historical, ethnographic
and statistical information on Puerto Rican women writers in Puerto
Rico and the United States.)
- HD6073.C62.P164 1994 Global Production:
The Apparel Industry on the Pacific Rim/edited by Edna Bonacich
et. al..( Examines the social and political consequences of the
globalization of the apparel industry in Asia, Mexico, Central America,
the Caribbean and the United States and the role of workers especially
women.)
LAND
USE
-
**HD
7287.95.C67 1999 No Trespassing!: Squatting, Rent Strikes, and Land
Struggles Worldwide/ Anders Corr (Cross-cultural global look at
the story of property struggle from the perspective of the homeless
or landless participant. Considers the arguments for and against
squatting in both urban and agricultural settings. The book contains
examples of successes of movements organized by religious, social
or economic groups. The different tactics employed such as legal
remedies, political remedies, mass media campaigns or violent revolts
are also described.)
GLOBALIZATION
BACK TO SUBJECT LIST
- HF1359.F74 1999 The Lexus and the
Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization / Thomas L. Friedman.
(Views globalization as the integration of capital, technology,
and information forming not only a single global market but also
a global village.)
- H1359.W39 1995 Globalization
/ Malcolm Waters. (Guide to the concept of globalization in
social theory and the social, economic and political consequences
of globalization.)
- HF1359.S277 1998 Globalization
and Its Discontents : essays on the new mobility of people and money/
Saskia Sassen.(Deals with topics such as the “global city”, gender,
migration, information technology and the new dynamics of inequality
between metropolitan business centers and lower income inner cities.)
- HF1418.5.G582 1998 Globaphobia: Confronting
Fears About Open Trade/Gary Burtless, Robert Z. Lawrence, Robert
E. Litan, Robert J. Shapiro. (Examination of the economic benefits
of globalization.)
- HF1418.5.L39 1996 Vision For the World Economy:
Openness, Diversity and Cohesion/ Robert Z Lawrence,. Albert Bressand,
Taketoshi Ito. (Presents a blueprint for an international
policy of economic integration in which the nation is the fundamental
political unit but joins other nations in pursuing common objectives.)
- HF1746.R62 2000 Negotiating NAFTA: Explaining
the Outcome in Culture, Textiles, Autos, and Pharmaceuticals/ Maryse
Robert. (The author uses a theoretical framework of structure and
process to examine the NAFTA negotiations and explain the mix of
resources and tactics which created the outcomes.)
JOBS
ABROAD
- Ref. HF5381.K688 1999 Jobs for People
Who Love to Travel: Opportunities at Home and Abroad/ Ron and Caryl
Krannich. ( Contains information on effective job search strategies,
study-abroad and internship opportunities and careers leading
to overseas employment.)
- Ref. HF5382.55.D57 2000 Directory
of Jobs and Careers Abroad/ Elisabeth Roberts. (Includes three sections:
job searches including rules and regulations, specific careers and
opportunities and contacts within Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa
and Australasia.)
- Ref. HF5382.56.A78.G75 1996
Working in Asia/ Nicki Grihault. (In-depth facts on Asian countries,
employment sources, student exchanges, addresses, and everyday
life, arranged by country.)
ADVERTISING
- HF5813.U6.S55 1998 Soap, Sex and Cigarettes:
A Cultural History of American Advertising / Juliann Sivulka. (Cultural
examination of the effects of advertising from colonial times to
the present in the United States.)
SOCIOLOGY
BACK TO SUBJECT LIST
- HM101.R54 1992 Globalization:
Social Theory and Culture/ Roland Robertson. (An analysis
of globalization which examines the relative autonomy of culture,
world systems theory, concepts of civilization, the historical development
of the modern world and modernity.)
- HM101.T633 1999 Globalization and
Culture / John Tomlinson. (Explores the cultural implications of
complex connectivity: global culture, cultural experience apart
from locality, and the role of culture in "cosmopolitan politics".)
- HM136.A93 1998 Culture and Conflict Resolution/
Kevin Avruch. (Explores divergent theories of social conflict, differing
strategies that shape the conduct of diplomacy and the role that
culture plays in conflict resolution.)
- HM258.C843 2000 Culture Communication and
Conflict: Readings in Intercultural Relations/ edited by Gary R
Weaver. (Sixty-nine chapters sequenced to move from the interpersonal
and domestic to international experience selected from academic
texts, scholarly journals, major newspapers and magazines.)
- HM621.C69 2002 Creative Destruction; How Globalization
is Changing the World's Cultures/ Tyler Cowen (Covers the impact
of technology on native arts, the impact of Hollywood movies, and
the "dumbing down" of societies. Also examines the impact
of cross-cultural trade on Trinidadian steel bands, Indian hand-weaving
and music from Zaire.)
HOMOSEXUALITY
AND LESBIANISM
- Ref. HQ75.13.G37 2000 Gay Histories and
Cultures: An Encyclopedia/ edited by George E. Haggerty. (Covers
the complex history and wide cultural diversity of gay life. Includes
a subject guide and an index.)
- Ref. HQ75.5.L4395 2000 Lesbian Histories
and Cultures : An Encyclopedia/ edited by Bonnie Zimmerman.
(Covers the complex history and wide cultural diversity of lesbian
life. Includes a subject guide and an index.)
- HQ76.5.G56 1999 Global Emergence of Gay and
Lesbian Politics:National Imprints of a Worldwide Movement/ edited
by Barry D. Adam, Jan Willem Duyvendak and Andre Krouwel (Discussions
of the gay and lesbian movements and cultural and political life
in the European Union, North America, Australia, Latin America,
Eastern Europe, Japan and South Africa.)
PROSTITUTION
BACK
TO SUBJECT LIST
- HQ117.M46 1999b Men Who Sell Sex: International
Perspectives on Male Prostitution and HIV/Aids/ edited by Peter
Aggleton. (Collection of essays which examine the motivations for
male prostitution, the circumstances in which the sale of sex occurs,
the meanings attached to the acts and the HIV-related risks of male
sex workers in twenty-one countries.)
FAMILY
- HQ 518.H85 2001 Families
As We Are: Conversations from Around the World/Perdita Huston(Topically
arranged interviews with families from Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand,
China, Mali, Uganda, Egypt, Jordan, Brazil, El Salvador and the
United States of America.)
- **HQ586.5.F35 1998
Family and the Quality of Gender relations in the Caribbean/ Wilma
Bailey, Clement Branche, Gail Mc Garrity and Sheila Stuart
(Report of a study conducted in Jamaica, Barbados and Dominica on
the effect of family and culture on female stress, health and responsibility.
It also explores male privileging in the society.)
- **HQ586.5.G46
1998 Gender and the Family in the Caribbean: Proceedings of the
Workshop
"Family and the Quality of Gender Relations" 5-6 March
1997 / edited by Wilma Bailey.(Papers by Caribbean researchers and
policy analysts to ascertain the current state of knowledge and
understanding of the problems described in the study "Family
and the Quality of Gender relations in the Caribbean". Examines
gender relations conflicts, concepts of masculinity, power and authority
structures in the household and patterns of spousal and domestic
violence.)
- Juv.O12 Always Prayer Shawl/Sheldon Oberman.(Follows
the importance of a traditional prayer shawl and the name
Adam, in a family that immigrates from Russia to the new world)
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
- HQ777.9.H34 1998 Half + Half: Writers on
Growing Up Biracial +Bicultural/ edited by Claudine Chiawei
O’Hearn.(Personal reflections on having dual or multiple heritages
and the meaning of race and culture.)
GENDER
- HQ1058.5.I5.C54 2000 Perpetual Mourning:
Widowhood in Rural India/ Martha Alter Chen ( Focuses on the day-to-day
realities of Hindu widows in rural India, and analyzes the effect
of religious ideological constructions of widowhood on customary
practices and norms and the social and economic challenges
widows pose to the social order.)
- HQ1075.5.E852.G35 2000
The Politics of Gender After Socialism: A Comparative -Historical
Essay/ Susan Gal and Gail Kligman. (Systematic comparison of East
Central European gender relations with those of western welfare
states and with the presocialist, bourgeois past.)
- **HQ1090.7.C27.C48
2001 Learning To Be A Man: Culture, Socialization and Gender Identity
in Five Caribbean Communities/ Barry Chevannes (Study on male socialization
based on qualitative research in urban and rural communities in
Dominica, Guyana and Jamaica. Topics discussed include gender identity,
gender relations, male socialization, parenting skills and differences
between Afro-Caribbean and Indo-Caribbean communities.)
- HQ1170.A73 1996 Arab Women: Between Defiance
and Restraint/ edited by Suha Sabbagh.(Compilation of essays and
interviews by prominent Arab women feminists examining the diverse
daily lives and accomplishments of Arab women.)
- HQ1170.W595 1991 Women, Islam and the State/
edited by Deniz Kandiyoti. (Collection of essays which examines
the diversity of Islamic societies through the perspective of state
political projects and their effects on women's lives.)
- HQ1181.A78.W66 1995 Changing Lives: Life
Stories of Asian Pioneers in Women's Studies/edited by the Committee
on Women's Studies in Asia (Essays in which thirteen women's
studies pioneers from eleven Asian countries, describe their individual
passages into feminism and their work in women's studies.)
- HQ 1190.B74 1994 Nomadic subjects: Embodiment
and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Feminist Theory/ Rosi Braidotti.
(Philosophical exploration of feminism. )
- HQ1206.C755 1986 Cross-Cultural Study
of Women: A Comprehensive Guide/edited by Margot I. Duley and Mary
I Edwards (Essays on gender inequity from theoretical perspectives:
gender stratification, economic status of women, Marxist and modernization
theories, and studies of women and religion; area studies
are also included: India, China, Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin
America, and the Islamic Middle East and North Africa.)
- HQ1233.E55 1993 Sexual Politics at the End
of the Cold War: The Morning After/ Cynthia Enloe. (Focuses
on the relationships between the politics of militarism and the
politics of sexuality, the author links jobs, domestic life, military
networks and international relations.)
- HQ 1236.R57 1995 A Rising Public Voice:
Women in Politics Worldwide/ edited by Alida Brill ( Essays , profiles
and interviews women in politics from around the world, describe
their elections, party politics, agendas and how their political
styles differ from men. Includes articles about: Dianne Abbott,
Gloria Bonder, M. Eugenia Charles and Wu Quing.)
- HQ1240.D37 1999 Dangerous
Intersections: Feminist Perspectives on Population, Environment,
and Development/edited by Jael Silliman and Ynestra King. (Collection
of essays which highlight the intersections of sexism, racism, and
classism that blame women of color and third world women for the
"population problem" linked with today's environmental crisis.)
- HQ 1240.5.A357 A36 1997 African Feminism:
The Politics of Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa edited by Gwendolyn
Mikell. (Ten case studies of ten African states and the emergence
of a distinctly African feminism.)
- HQ1240.5.D44.S44 1995 Seeds 2: Supporting
Women's Work Around the World/ edited by Ann Leonard ( Seven case
studies of projects to generate income for women, improve their
economic status and integrate them into various sectors of development
both social and economic.)
- HQ1240.5.L29.W67 1995
Women in the Latin American Development Process/ edited by Christine
E. Bose and Edna Acosta-Belen. (Interdisciplinary studies that provide
a historical and international framework for understanding the changing
role of women in the political economy of Latin America and the
Caribbean. Includes studies of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.)
- HQ1657.J3.A3313 1996 Memories: My Life as
an International Leader in Health, Suffrage, and Peace /Aletta Jacobs
(English translation of the autobiography of the Dutch feminist,
pacifist and medical pioneer who was a contemporary and colleague
of Carrie Chapman Catt, Jane Addams and Susan B. Anthony.)
- HQ1762.J38 1995 Japanese Women: New Feminist
Perspectives in the Past, Present and Future/ edited by Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow
and Atsuko Kameda. (Essays that examine the growing gap between
stereotypes and assumptions about women's roles and changing realities
in Japan.)
- HQ1767.W39 1999 Women in the Chinese Enlightenment:
Oral and Textual Histories/ Wang Zheng. (History of the development
of Chinese feminism during the May Fourth era [1915-1925] with narratives
of five activists of the period.)
- HQ1784.S19 1997 Nawal El Saadawi Reader /
Nawal El Sadaawi. (Compilation of non-fiction by the eminent
Egyptian feminist, writer, doctor and militant.)
- HQ1793.S5.A3 1987 Harem
years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist 91879-1924) /Huda Shaarawi.
(Memoir of the Egyptian feminist leader, born to a wealthy upper-class
family, married at 13 against her wishes, rebelled against gender
constraints and contributed to Egypt's nationalist struggle which
culminated in independence in 1922.)
CRIMINOLOGY
- HV6604.C7.G37 1996 Noticia de un Secuestro/
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. (Examination of the 1990 kidnapping of journalists
in Colombia by Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellin drug cartel.)
- HV6322.3.A7.C37 1996 I Remember Julia: Voices
of the Disappeared/ Eric Steiner Carlson. (A reconstruction
of the life of one of Argentina’s “disappeared” by a member of the
team of forensic anthropologists who exhumed and identified her
remains.)
COMMUNISM
- HX40.H5673 1998 Red Atlantis:
Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism/J. Hoberman (Collection
of essays which survey the work of Soviet and Eastern European artists,
writers and filmmakers.)
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
BACK TO SUBJECT LIST
- JA84.A337.H36 1992 Handbook of Political
Science Research on Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends from the 1960’s to
the 1990s/ edited by Mark W. DeLancey. (Surveys of political research
in the regions of Lusophone Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa,
the Horn of Africa, Cameroon, and Equatorial Africa.
Additional country surveys of South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana
and Nigeria.)
- JC311.A656 1991 Imagined
Communities /Benedict Anderson (Examines the sense of nationality,
the personal and cultural feeling of belonging to a nation and the
processes that have created communities based on national identities:
territorialization of religious faiths, development of vernacular
languages-of-state and decline of antique kingship.)
- JC 571.G525 2001 Giving Meaning to Economic Social
and Cultural Rights/ edited by Isfahan Merali and Valerie Oosterveld
(Essays by a group of human rights scholars and activists who call
for the reintegration of economic, social and cultural rights into
the human rights agenda. The contributors examine traditional notions
of human rights which make categorization possible, then they discuss
how a more holistic framework would produce a more meaningful analysis,
and finally they consider how the rights can be monitored and enforced.)
- JC599.I65.A38 2001 Human Rights in Iran:
The Abuse of Cultural Relativism/ Reza
Afshari (Examination of the claim of cultural exception to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights by the Islamic Republic of Iran. A case
study of how Islamic culture and Iranian politics since the fall
of the Shah have affected human rights policy in the state.)
- JF1061.S57 1996 Power
Sharing and International Mediation in Ethnic Conflicts/ Timothy
D. Sisk (Study which draws on the activities and initiatives of
the United States Institute of Peace, and includes a survey
of principal approaches, problems and successes, and suggestions
for policymakers.)
- JK4473.M35 1996 Managing Global Chaos: Sources
and Responses to International Conflict/ edited by Chester A. Crocker
and Fen Osler Hampson with Pamela Aall. (Forty essays examine traditional
and emerging sources of discord and the full range of solutions
for managing and resolving conflict. Includes seven case studies
from various areas of the world.)
- JN3971.A98.G723293 1998 German Greens: Paradox
Between Movement and Party/ edited by Margit Mayer and John Ely.
(Critical essays by German social scientists and activists and a
selection of primary documents provide a comprehensive picture of
the Green movement and party.)
- JQ1879.A5.E43 1998 Elections and Conflict
Management in Africa/ edited by Timothy D. Sisk and Andrew Reynolds.
(Compilation of papers presented at an international symposium.
Part I focuses on the role of electoral systems. Part II addresses
the debate over electoral system choice: plurality or proportional
representation.)
IMMIGRATION
- JV6483.R45 1998 Unwelcome Strangers:
American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration/ David M. Reimers.
(Examination of the development of pro and anti- immigration arguments:
cultural, economic, environmental and their effects on current policy.)
- JV7048.F65 2000 From Ellis Island
to JFK: New York’s Two Great Waves of Immigration/ Nancy Foner. (Comparative
analysis of characteristics of recent immigrant groups with those
of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.)
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
- JZ1238.U6.C37 1997 Careers
in International Affairs/ edited by Maria Pinto Carland, Michael
Trucano ( Overview of job opportunities in the private, public,
government and non-profit sectors for persons interested in international
affairs. Briefly describes the application process and job contacts
for each employer.)
- JZ1305.P74 2001 Preventive Negotiation:
Avoiding Conflict Escalation/ edited by William Zartman. (Examination
of the use of negotiation in eleven issue areas of preventive
diplomacy including : ethnic conflict, divided states, global natural
disasters boundary problems and state disintegration.)
- JZ1616.S34 1998 Russian Negotiating Behavior:
Continuity and Transition / Jerrold L. Schecter. (Examination of
strategies used in the Russian approach to negotiating for business,
politics and diplomacy with cultural and historical background information.)
- JZ1305.C64 1997 Negotiating Across Cultures:
International Communication in an Independent World/ Raymond Cohen.
(Exploration of the cultural factors that have affected U.S. dealings
with Japan China, India, Egypt and Mexico. Conclusion contains ten
specific recommendations for the intercultural negotiator.)
- JZ6010.P42 1997 Peacemaking in
International Conflict: Methods and Techniques/ edited by I. William
Zartman and J. Lewis Rasmussen. (Presentation of traditional approaches
to peacemaking: bargaining and negotiation, third party mediation,
arbitration and adjudication. Also contains “nonofficial” approaches
such as problem-solving workshops, conflict transformation and training.)
LAW
- KL5194.L39 2001 Law and Sexuality:
The Global Arena/ edited by Carl Stychin and Didi Herman. (International
group of scholars of law and sexuality examine the current state
of the global intersections between law, sexuality and social change.)
- KMK1527.K34 2000 Reproducing Jews: A Cultural
Account of Assisted Conception in Israel/ Susan Martha Kahn. (Ethnographic
study of new reproductive technologies in Israel and the cultural
meanings and contemporary rabbinic responses to them.)
EDUCATION
BACK TO SUBJECT LIST
- **LA217.2.C86
1997 Brave New Schools: Challenging Cultural Illiteracy Through
Global Learning Networks/ Jim Cummins and Dennis Sayers (The authors
advance an educational concept in which children, connected by the
Internet, communicate across geographical, cultural, and other barriers.
Also serves as a guide for parents and teachers, with a listing
of K-12 networking resources, lists of materials, and descriptions
of successful networking activities. Annotation copyright by Book
News, Inc., Portland, OR)
- LA227.4.K65 1998 Failing the Future: A Dean
Looks at Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century/ Annette Kolodny.
(Examination of the challenges of changing demographics on campus,
accelerating globalization of higher education and advanced research,
and the necessity for greater interdisciplinarity in higher education.)
- **CMC LB43.U53 2003
Understanding Your International Students: An Educational, Cultural
and Linguistic Guide/edited by Jeffra Flaitz (Short entries on countries
whose students top the international student enrollment in U.S.
schools, such as Haiti, Japan, Egypt, Morocco, and Korea.) Each
country profile includes cultural summary, educational information
on curricula, class size, student-parent-teacher interactions, teaching
and learning styles, appropriate classroom behavior, and problem/
solution scenarios in U.S. classrooms. )
- LB43.R43 2000 Non-Western
Educational Traditions: Alternative Approaches to Educational Thought
and Practice/Timothy Regan. (Examines the educational traditions
of African, MesoAmerican, Native American, Chinese, Hindu,
Buddhist, Rom and Islamic peoples.)
- LB45.T64 1990 Transcending Stereotypes:
Discovering Japanese Culture and Education/ edited by Barbara Finkelstein,
Anne E. Imamura, Joseph J. Tobin. (Cultural primer and intercultural
text which presents an overview of Japanese society, culture and
education together with an examination of intergroup tensions.)
- LB1044.Z45 2000 Film and
Video Resources for International Educational Exchange/ Lee Zeigler
( Catalog of documentary and feature films to support international
exchange programs on topics such as orientation to other countries,
cultural interaction and conflicts and reentry. A Subject
index is provided.)
- LB1044.87.H54 1998 High Wired: On the Design,
Use , and Theory of Educational MOOS/edited by Cynthia Haynes and
Jan Rune Holmevik. (Informative essays on the context, history,
technology creation and administration of MOOS, [multi-user object-oriented
environments] by experts in the field.)
- LB1068 .M47 1994 Visual "literacy":
image, mind, and reality / Paul Messaris. (Analyzes the process
by which people interpret and respond to visual media and discusses
the social and political agendas that may underlie the use of visual
manipulation.)
- LB1578 .C75 1998 Critical issues in
early second language learning: building for our children's future
/ edited by Myriam Met.(Professional resource book provides state
of the art insights and information about second language study
in the elementary school.)
- LB1576.K83 2001 Dimensions of Literacy : A Conceptual
Base for Teaching Reading and Writing in School Settings/Stephen
B. Kucer (Provides in depth coverage of the linguistic, cognitive,
sociocultural and developmental literacy. Links between theory and
research to actual practice are included in each chapter.)
- LB1715 .P734 1997 Preparing
teachers for cultural diversity / edited by Joyce E. King, Etta
R. Hollins, Warren C. Hayman. (Researchers in teacher education
explore the theoretical parameters and practical dimensions of change
needed to prepare teachers to be effective in culturally diverse
settings.)
- **CMC LB2157.A3.S9
2002 Student Teacher's Handbook: a guide for effective teaching
practice / Hyacinth Rose and Ralston Rose. (Handbook encompassing
orientation, observation, accountability, classroom management,
learner characteristics, strategies and an overview of the Jamaican
educational system developed in Jamaica for Caribbean teachers.)
- V2113 A Different Place: The Intercultural
Classroom and Creating Community (Intercultural experiences in a
college classroom, includes a written guide.)
- V2135 Pedagogy, Research,
and Practice: Case Studies of Change (Documents changes in two secondary
school classrooms and explores the rationale for change)
HIGHER
EDUCATION / STUDY ABROAD
- LB2322.2.G56 1998 Globalization of
Higher Education/ edited by Peter Scott. (Proceedings of the 1998
Conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education that
examined prospects of global change now facing higher education)
- Ref. LB2337.2.F586 1996 Financial Resources
for International Study: A Guide for U.S. Students and Professionals
/edited by Marie O’Sullivan and Sara J. Steen.
- LB2343.A39 1995 Handbook
of Foreign Student Advising/Gary Althen. (Handbook based on personal
and professional experience which examines the issues and processes
underlying effectively dealing with foreign students on United States
college campuses.)
- LB2361.5.R43 1998 Reforming the Higher Education
Curriculum: Internationalizing the Campus (Based on papers presented
at a faculty/student seminar at the University of Minnesota)
- LB2375.H467 1997 Studying Abroad/Learning
Abroad: an abridged edition of the Whole World Guide to Culture
Learning/ J.Daniel Hess. (An exploration of and guide to culture
learning. Includes a discussion of the re-entry experience)
- LB2375.O67 1990 Impacts of Study Abroad
Programmes on Students and Graduates / Susan Opper, Ulrich Teichler
and Jerry Carlson. (Analysis of leading examples of study abroad
programs in United Kingdom, France, the Federal Republic of Germany,
Sweden and the United States which examines effects on students’
foreign language competence, cultural impacts, academic performance,
learning strategies and future employment.)
- Ref. LB2375.V32 2000/01 Vacation Study
Abroad 2000/2001/edited by Sara J. Steen. (Information on summer
programs and short courses during the academic year, over half of
which are sponsored by U.S. accredited colleges and universities)
- Ref. LB2376.A22 2000/01 Academic Year Abroad
2000/2001 /edited by Sara J. Steen. (Information on study abroad
programs that take place during the academic year.)
- LB2376.K38 1992 Students Abroad: Strangers
At Home: Education for a Global Society / Norman L. Kauffmann, Judith
N. Martin, Henry D. Weaver with Judy Weaver. (Survey of research
findings concerning myriad student outcomes resulting from study
abroad opportunities.)
- LB2376.L3 1994 Encounters with Difference:
Student Perceptions of the Role of Out-of-Class Experiences in Education
Abroad/ Michael R. Laubscher. (Examination of the extra-curricular
cultural learning experiences of students in study-abroad programs.)
- LB2376.N26 1997 NAFSA's
Guide to Education Abroad for Advisers and Administrators/ edited
by William Hoffa and John Pearson. (Topically arranged handbook
which covers: advising, financial aid, and program development and
evaluation. Bibliography of resources is included.)
- LB2376.W26 2000 Writing Across
Cultures: An Introduction to Study Abroad and the Writing Process./
Kenneth Wagner and Tony Magistrale (Describes creation of an analytical
notebook in which study abroad students can record and analyze their
cross-cultural observations and develop new understandings of their
experiences.)
EDUCATIONAL
SOCIOLOGY
-
**LC210.8.J25.E82
2001 Inside Jamaican Schools/ Hyacinth Evans. Collection of ethnographic
research articles that provide the first up - close view of Jamaican
schools and classrooms based on the actual experiences from the
perspectives of students and teachers. Includes chapters on streaming,
Creole language, curriculum and teaching with a historical survey
of the development of attitudes and practices, and their connection
to educational theory.
DISCRIMINATION
IN EDUCATION
BACK TO SUBJECT LIST
- LC212.2 .H68 1999 We Can't Teach
What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools / Gary R.
Howard. (Compendium of personal experiences, educational theories
and research on multiculturalism including reflections on racism,
social dominance and the transformation necessary to become an effective
teacher of students of diverse backgrounds.)
INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION
- LC1090.B69 1992 Bridges to the Future:
Strategies for Internationalizing Higher Education/edited by Charles
B. Klasek. (Essays by leaders in the field of international education.)
- LC 1090.K38 1996
Learning From Success : Campus Case Studies in International Development
/ Ann Kelleher. (Reports of programs from 25 campuses.)
MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION
- **CMC LC 1099.2.G47
1996 47% American: Coping With Cultural Issues In Middle School:
Teacher's Guide with Complete Student Text/Lucie Germer (An integrated
curriculum text for ESL students. Addresses difficulties in negotiating
a new culture, and the problems of adolescence. Also addresses stereotypes
and biases.)
- LC1099.3.D55 1999 Race and Culture in the
Classroom: Teaching and Learning Through Multicultural Education/
Mary Dilg. (Essays written from teacher's point of view about the
effects of race and culture on students and teachers.)
- CMC LC1099.3.C84 2001
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Lesson Planning for Elementary and
Middle Grades/ Jacqueline Jordan Irvine and Beverly Jeanne Armento
et. al. (Contains lesson plans in four units: science, social studies
, mathematics and language arts, that integrate the history and
culture of specific minority groups into examples for instructional
use by teacher education students.)
- LC1099.3.M85 1997 Multicultural Education:
Issues and Perspectives/ edited by James A. Banks and Cherry A.
McGee Banks. (Nature of culture and groups in the United States:
social class, religion, gender, race , ethnicity and language and
the way in which they interact to influence student behavior.)
- LC1099.3.P64 2000 Politics of Multiculturalism
and Bilingual Education: Students and Teachers Caught in the Crossfire/Carlos
J. Ovando and Peter McLaren. (Leading scholars provide an examination
of both the theory and practice of multiculturalism and bilingual
education and their political and pedagogical effects.)
- LC1099.3.S69 2000 Intersection of Cultures:
Multicultural Education in the United States and the Global Economy
2nd. ed. /Joel Spring. (Comprehensive survey of multicultural education
which covers the topics of dominant, dominated and immigrant cultures,
cultural frames of reference and teaching perspectives. Each chapter
concludes with questions for personal reflection.)
ETHNIC
MINORITIES
- LC3731.S68 2001 Deculturalization and the
Struggle for Equality : A Brief History of Dominated Cultures in
the United States (3rd.ed) / Joel Spring. (Focuses on the educational,
legal, and social construction of race and racism, and educational
practices related to deculturalization, segregation and the civil
rights movement.)
NATIONAL
MUSIC
- **CMC ML2115.T39 2002
Let Us Sing: Hymns, Songs and Choruses for Caribbean Schools/ Compiled
by Godfrey Taylor, Claudette Campbell and Dolores Flemming (Collection
of 150 songs from Caribbean and African-American and European traditions.
The collection includes songs with reggae, mento and calypso rhythms.
Each song has an accompanying music score. Songs are arranged by
topic such as patriotism, courage and Christian holidays.)
- Spec. Coll. ML 3465.A95 1997 Merengue: Dominican
Music and Dominican Identity/Paul Austerlitz. (Explores the African
and Iberian roots of merengue and traces its growth under dictator
Rafael Trujillo and its renewed popularity as an international music.)
- Spec. Coll. ML3565.M37 2000 East Indian Music
in the West Indies: Tan-Singing, Chutney and the Making of Indo-European
Culture/ Peter Manuel. (Study of the cultural and musical traditions
of the descendants of East Indians in Trinidad and Guyana.)
- ML3760.E9 2000 In Griot
Time: An American Guitarist in Mali/Banning Eyre. (Account of an
American's six-month musical apprenticeship to Djelimady Tounkara,
a leading Malian musician.)
- V2146 JVC Anthology of World
Music and Dance (30 tapes) (Brief examples of folk music and dance
of more than thirty countries, with explanations in the accompanying
guide.)
MUSIC
INSTRUCTION AND STUDY
BACK TO SUBJECT LIST
- CMC MT1.W93 1996 World Musics in
Education/ edited by Malcolm Floyd. (Examination of world musics,
its part in intercultural policy, practical applications in the
classroom, and the experiences of its uses in music education in
Ghana and Kenya.)
ART
- N6502.5.B36 2001 Twentieth Century Art
of Latin America/Jacqueline Barnitz (Examines Latin American Art
from the points of views of its own artists and critics.)
ADVERTISING
ART
- NC730.C69 1995 Cross-Cultural
Design: Communicating in the Global Marketplace/ Henry Steiner and
Ken Haas. (Collection of designs created by leading graphic
designers handling assignments outside of their own cultures. Includes
practical information for working in foreign countries.)
- NC998.4.A125 1997 6 Chapters
in Design: Bass, Ivan Chermayeff, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, Ikko
Tanaka, Henryk Tomaszewski (Six modern designers who have indelibly
marked world culture.)
LANGUAGE
AND LITERATURE
PHILOLOGY
AND LINGUISTICS
- P40.5.L562.S716 2001 Multilingualism in Spain:
Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Aspects of Linguistic Minority
Groups /Edited by Teresa Turrell (Essays and analysis of the different
linguistic groups in Spain. Essays include treatment of the established
minority groups , Catalan, Basque and Galician as well as the Occitan,
Asturian, Sign Language, Gitano, and Jewish communities. Newer immigrant
groups such as the Brazilian, Cape Verdean, Chinese, Italian, Maghrebi,
Portuguese, UK and US communities are also covered.)
- P40.8.V65 2001 Voices of
Authority: Education and Linguistic Difference /Monica Heller and
Marilyn Martin-Jones. (Essays which examine the question of whose
language is to be spoken in the public and private life spheres.
Essays examine the topic in Peru, Botswana, England, Australia and
Burundi and other countries.)
- Ref. P51.R66 2000 Routledge Encyclopedia
of Language Teaching and Learning/ edited by Michael Byram. (International
encyclopedia for professionals in language teaching: teachers, teacher
educators, assessors, testers, curriculum designers and materials
producers. Includes a thematic list of entries and an index.)
- P51.F58 2000 Form and Meaning: Multiple
Perspectives/edited by James F. Lee and Albert Valdman. (Essays
commenting on theory, research and pedagogical applications
of the relationship and relative importance of the formal
treatment of grammar and communicative competence in language learning.)
- P53.45.K73 1993 Context and Culture in Language
Teaching/ Claire Kramsch. (Regards cultural knowledge in language
learning as an essential educational objective as well as
a necessary aspect of communicative competence.)
- P95.54 .W55 1995 Rooster's Egg:
On the Persistence of Prejudice / by Patricia J. Williams.
(Examination of the racial, social and gender stereotypes found
in contemporary U.S. society.)
- P96.T42.D45 1997 Parchment, Printing
, and Hypermedia: Communication in World Order Transformation /Ronald
J. Deibert. (The author uses media theory and historical analysis
to explore the effect of new digital-telecommunication technologies
on the distribution of political power.)
- Ref. P106.C765 2000 Words on Words: Quotations
About Language and Languages/David Crystal and Hilary Crystal. (Linguistic
quotations arranged thematically by subject : language languages,
analyzing language, good and bad language, words, style, genre and
variety. Contains indexes
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