Signs of the times [[electronic resource] ] : the visual politics of Jim Crow / / Elizabeth Abel |
Autore | Abel Elizabeth <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.800975 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Segregation - Southern States - History - 20th century
Visual communication - Southern States - History - 20th century Signs and signboards - Southern States - History - 20th century Photography - Social aspects - Southern States - History - 20th century Racism in popular culture - Southern States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
1960s
1970s 19th century african americans america american culture american south civil rights activists cultural history cultural memory historians jim crow laws jim crow signs nonfiction political history political tension public spaces racial issues racism regional history regional practices retrospective segregation signs semiotics social history social sphere united states us history visual communication visual politics |
ISBN |
1-283-27721-2
9786613277213 0-520-94586-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Jim Crow's Cultural Turns -- 1. American Graffiti: The Social Life of Jim Crow Signs -- 2. The Signs of Race in the Language of Photography -- 3. Cultural Memory and the Conditions of Visibility: The Circulation of Jim Crow Photographs -- 4. Restroom Doors and Drinking Fountains: Perspective, Mobility, and the Fluid Grounds of Race and Gender -- 5. The Eyeball and the Wall: Eating, Seeing, and the Nation -- 6. Double Take: Photography, Cinema, and the Segregated Theater -- 7. Upside Down and Inside Out: Camera Work, Spectatorship, and the Chronotope of the Colored Balcony -- 8. Remaking Racial Signs: Activism and Photography in the Theater of the Sit-Ins -- Afterword: Contemporary Turns -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791870403321 |
Abel Elizabeth <1945->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Signs of the times [[electronic resource] ] : the visual politics of Jim Crow / / Elizabeth Abel |
Autore | Abel Elizabeth <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.800975 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Segregation - Southern States - History - 20th century
Visual communication - Southern States - History - 20th century Signs and signboards - Southern States - History - 20th century Photography - Social aspects - Southern States - History - 20th century Racism in popular culture - Southern States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
1960s
1970s 19th century african americans america american culture american south civil rights activists cultural history cultural memory historians jim crow laws jim crow signs nonfiction political history political tension public spaces racial issues racism regional history regional practices retrospective segregation signs semiotics social history social sphere united states us history visual communication visual politics |
ISBN |
1-283-27721-2
9786613277213 0-520-94586-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Jim Crow's Cultural Turns -- 1. American Graffiti: The Social Life of Jim Crow Signs -- 2. The Signs of Race in the Language of Photography -- 3. Cultural Memory and the Conditions of Visibility: The Circulation of Jim Crow Photographs -- 4. Restroom Doors and Drinking Fountains: Perspective, Mobility, and the Fluid Grounds of Race and Gender -- 5. The Eyeball and the Wall: Eating, Seeing, and the Nation -- 6. Double Take: Photography, Cinema, and the Segregated Theater -- 7. Upside Down and Inside Out: Camera Work, Spectatorship, and the Chronotope of the Colored Balcony -- 8. Remaking Racial Signs: Activism and Photography in the Theater of the Sit-Ins -- Afterword: Contemporary Turns -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819513803321 |
Abel Elizabeth <1945->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Silence at Boalt Hall [[electronic resource] ] : the dismantling of affirmative action / / Andrea Guerrero |
Autore | Guerrero Andrea <1970-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 340/.071/179467 |
Soggetto topico |
Affirmative action programs - Law and legislation - California
Discrimination in education - Law and legislation - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
1995
admission policies affirmative action behind the scenes california cultural studies discussion books high profile case higher education insider perspective journalism law school legal issues minority students nonfiction account nonfiction politics of race racial discrimination racial diversity racial equality racial issues sociopolitical issues students and faculty united states university of california us history |
ISBN |
1-282-76262-1
0-520-93634-5 9786612762628 1-59734-898-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Balancing the scales -- Pursuing excellence -- Dismantling diversity -- Reaching for answers -- Listening to the silence. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450537903321 |
Guerrero Andrea <1970->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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Solidarity divided [[electronic resource] ] : the crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice / / Bill Fletcher Jr., Fernando Gapasin |
Autore | Fletcher Bill, Jr. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.880973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GapasinFernando <1946-> |
Soggetto topico | Labor movement - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
american history american manufacturing analysis career contemporary crisis cultural history cultural studies cultural environment global globalization history international labor movement labor union labor landmines modern world social history social justice social movements social studies solidarity trade union united states history united states trade union united states us history us labor |
ISBN |
1-282-35942-8
9786612359422 0-520-93474-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Challenges facing the U.S. labor movement -- Dukin' it out : building the labor movement -- The new deal -- The cold war on labor -- The civil rights movements, the left, and labor -- The revolution will not be televised -- Whose welfare matters, anyway? -- What's left for us? -- Organizing to organize the unorganized -- Sweeney's grand gesture -- The new voice coalition takes office -- Developing strategy in times of change -- Globalization : the biggest strategic challenge -- Could'a, would'a, should'a : central labor councils and missed opportunities -- International affairs, globalization, and 9/11 -- When silence isn't golden -- Restlessness in the ranks -- Change to win : a return to gompers? -- Anger, compromise, and the paralysis of the Sweeney coalition -- Left behind -- The way forward : social justice unionism -- The need for social justice unionism -- The need for a global outlook -- Realizing social justice unionism : strategies for transformation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780915903321 |
Fletcher Bill, Jr.
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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Solidarity divided [[electronic resource] ] : the crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice / / Bill Fletcher Jr., Fernando Gapasin |
Autore | Fletcher Bill, Jr. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.880973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GapasinFernando <1946-> |
Soggetto topico | Labor movement - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
american history american manufacturing analysis career contemporary crisis cultural history cultural studies cultural environment global globalization history international labor movement labor union labor landmines modern world social history social justice social movements social studies solidarity trade union united states history united states trade union united states us history us labor |
ISBN |
1-282-35942-8
9786612359422 0-520-93474-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Challenges facing the U.S. labor movement -- Dukin' it out : building the labor movement -- The new deal -- The cold war on labor -- The civil rights movements, the left, and labor -- The revolution will not be televised -- Whose welfare matters, anyway? -- What's left for us? -- Organizing to organize the unorganized -- Sweeney's grand gesture -- The new voice coalition takes office -- Developing strategy in times of change -- Globalization : the biggest strategic challenge -- Could'a, would'a, should'a : central labor councils and missed opportunities -- International affairs, globalization, and 9/11 -- When silence isn't golden -- Restlessness in the ranks -- Change to win : a return to gompers? -- Anger, compromise, and the paralysis of the Sweeney coalition -- Left behind -- The way forward : social justice unionism -- The need for social justice unionism -- The need for a global outlook -- Realizing social justice unionism : strategies for transformation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814965603321 |
Fletcher Bill, Jr.
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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Spaces of conflict, sounds of solidarity [[electronic resource] ] : music, race, and spatial entitlement in Los Angeles / / Gaye Theresa Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Gaye Theresa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 979.4/94 |
Collana | American crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Community development - California - Los Angeles - History
Minorities - Political activity - California - Los Angeles - History Minorities - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions Popular music - Social aspects - California - Los Angeles |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
african americans anti racist alliances black americans chicanos cultural expressions historians institutional repression interracial alliances los angeles minority communities music and culture music historians music history postwar era power imbalances race and class issues race issues racial alliances regional music social repression spatial entitlement spatial politics us history working class |
ISBN | 0-520-95485-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Future Has a Past -- Chapter 1. Luisa Moreno, Charlotta Bass, and the Constellations of Interethnic Working-Class Radicalism -- Chapter 2. Spatial Entitlement -- Chapter 3. Cold Wars and Counter WAR(s): Coalitional Politics in an Age of Violence -- Chapter 4. "Teeth-Gritting Harmony": Punk, Hip-Hop, and Sonic Spatial Politics -- Chapter 5. Space, Sound, and Shared Struggles -- Conclusion: In This Great Future . . . -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786186103321 |
Johnson Gaye Theresa
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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Spaces of conflict, sounds of solidarity [[electronic resource] ] : music, race, and spatial entitlement in Los Angeles / / Gaye Theresa Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Gaye Theresa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 979.4/94 |
Collana | American crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Community development - California - Los Angeles - History
Minorities - Political activity - California - Los Angeles - History Minorities - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions Popular music - Social aspects - California - Los Angeles |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
african americans anti racist alliances black americans chicanos cultural expressions historians institutional repression interracial alliances los angeles minority communities music and culture music historians music history postwar era power imbalances race and class issues race issues racial alliances regional music social repression spatial entitlement spatial politics us history working class |
ISBN | 0-520-95485-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Future Has a Past -- Chapter 1. Luisa Moreno, Charlotta Bass, and the Constellations of Interethnic Working-Class Radicalism -- Chapter 2. Spatial Entitlement -- Chapter 3. Cold Wars and Counter WAR(s): Coalitional Politics in an Age of Violence -- Chapter 4. "Teeth-Gritting Harmony": Punk, Hip-Hop, and Sonic Spatial Politics -- Chapter 5. Space, Sound, and Shared Struggles -- Conclusion: In This Great Future . . . -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820556503321 |
Johnson Gaye Theresa
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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Steeltown, USSR : Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era / / Stephen Kotkin |
Autore | Kotkin Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1991] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
Disciplina |
947.87
947/.87 |
Soggetto topico | Perestroĭka - Russia (Federation) - Magnitogorsk |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american history communism cultural history dictator economics economy elections gorbachev journalism newspaper political politics russia russian culture russian history scholarly socialism soviet russia soviet society soviet union stalin steel workers steel true story united states history us history ussr |
ISBN |
1-282-35602-X
9786612356025 0-520-91100-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface To The Paperback Edition -- Preface -- Select Chronology -- 1. The Steel Cage: The Politics Of Economic Restructuring -- 2. Glasnost: A City Newspaper Rises, A Theater Declines -- 3. Squaring The Circle: Reform Of And By The Communist Party -- 4. "Is Life Going To Go On Like This Forever?" Hopes Raised, Then Lowered -- 5. Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! Regeneration Through Elections? -- 6. A Stalin Mausoleum: The Past In The Present -- Afterword -- Epilogue -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780432003321 |
Kotkin Stephen
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1991] | ||
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Steeltown, USSR : Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era / / Stephen Kotkin |
Autore | Kotkin Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1991] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
Disciplina |
947.87
947/.87 |
Soggetto topico | Perestroĭka - Russia (Federation) - Magnitogorsk |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american history communism cultural history dictator economics economy elections gorbachev journalism newspaper political politics russia russian culture russian history scholarly socialism soviet russia soviet society soviet union stalin steel workers steel true story united states history us history ussr |
ISBN |
1-282-35602-X
9786612356025 0-520-91100-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface To The Paperback Edition -- Preface -- Select Chronology -- 1. The Steel Cage: The Politics Of Economic Restructuring -- 2. Glasnost: A City Newspaper Rises, A Theater Declines -- 3. Squaring The Circle: Reform Of And By The Communist Party -- 4. "Is Life Going To Go On Like This Forever?" Hopes Raised, Then Lowered -- 5. Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! Regeneration Through Elections? -- 6. A Stalin Mausoleum: The Past In The Present -- Afterword -- Epilogue -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817580203321 |
Kotkin Stephen
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1991] | ||
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Strangers at the gates : new immigrants in urban America / / editor, Roger Waldinger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.9/0691 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WaldingerRoger David |
Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - United States - Social conditions
Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions Foreign workers - United States Cities and towns - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
african american
american history city life city living essay anthology essay collection geography immigrant history immigrant stories immigrants immigration indigenous people minority groups native born poverty race issues race racism united states history urban america urban life urban living us history |
ISBN |
1-282-35589-9
9786612355899 0-520-92771-0 1-59734-922-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Strangers at the Gates -- 2. New Immigrants in Urban America -- 3. Up from Poverty?: "Race," Immigration, and the Fate of Low-Skilled Workers -- 4. A Tale of Five Cities?: Trends in Immigrant and Native-Born Wages -- 5. The Geography of Immigrant Poverty: Selective Evidence of an Immigrant Underclass -- 6. On the Back of Blacks?: Immigrants and the Fortunes of African Americans -- 7. The Immigrant Niche: Pervasive, Persistent, Diverse -- 8. Progress, Decline, Stagnation?: The New Second Generation Comes of Age -- 9. Conclusion: Immigration and the Remaking of Urban America -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783319003321 |
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 | ||
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