1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790647603321

Autore

Lemert Charles C. <1937-, >

Titolo

Dark thoughts : race and the eclipse of society / / Charles Lemert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-135-33703-9

0-415-93445-1

0-203-95240-5

1-135-33696-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Disciplina

344

Soggetti

Racism - United States

United States Race relations

United States Race relations Psychological aspects

United States Social conditions 1980-2020

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. The beginnings of a millennium, 1990s -- part II. The last new century, 1890s -- part III. Between, before, and beyond, 1873-2020.

Sommario/riassunto

In Dark Thoughts, eminent sociologist Charles Lemert dares to say, and explain, what everyone already knows - that the modern world was built on the need of white people to pretend they are not as dark as the next person.Delving poignantly into the history and literature of domination, Lemert retells key moments of the twentieth-century by profiling figures like W.E.B. DuBois, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anna Julia Cooper, Nella Larson, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali. In a rare and unflinching look at his own complicated history, Lemert also explores his own racism, his struggle wi



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969341703321

Autore

Odo Franklin

Titolo

No sword to bury : Japanese Americans in Hawai'i during World War II / / Franklin Odo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c2004

ISBN

9786612566967

9781282566965

1282566962

9781592138036

1592138039

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Asian American history and culture

Disciplina

305.895/60969/09041

Soggetti

Japanese Americans - Hawaii

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941

World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Japanese American

Hawaii Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-314) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: The Making of a Model Minority; 1 Immigrant Parents; 2 Generation on Trial: The 1920's; 3 Before the Fire: The 1930's; 4 Pearl Harbor; 5 Hawai`i Territorial Guard; 6 The Varsity Victory Volunteers; 7 Schofield Barracks; 8 The Front Lines: Battlefront and Home Front; 9 After the War; Conclusion; Appendix: Roster of Varsity Victory Volunteers; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

When bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese American college students were among the many young men enrolled in ROTC and immediately called upon to defend the Hawaiian islands against invasion. In a few weeks, however, the military government questioned their loyalty and disarmed them.  In No Sword to Bury, Franklin Odo places the largely untold story of the wartime experience of these young men in the context of the community created by their immigrant families and its relationship to the larger, white-dominated society. At the heart of the book are vivid oral historical