Local actions [[electronic resource] ] : cultural activism, power, and public life in America / / edited by Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman |
Autore | Checker Melissa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
Disciplina | 306/.0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CheckerMelissa
FishmanMaggie |
Soggetto topico |
Social change - United States
Social participation - United States Community life - United States |
ISBN | 0-231-50242-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword / Ginsburg, Faye -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Checker, Melissa / Fishman, Maggie -- 1. Treading Murky Waters:Day-To-Day Dilemmas in the Construction of a Pluralistic U.S. Environmental Movement / Checker, Melissa -- 2. Creating Art, Creating Citizens: Arts Education as Cultural Activism / Fishman, Maggie -- 3. Creating a Political Space for American Indian Economic Development: Indian Gaming and American Indian Activism / Spilde, Katherine A. -- 4. "The Calculus of Pain": Violence, Anthropological Ethics, and the Category Transgender / Valentine, David -- 5. We Shall Overcome? Changing Politics and Changing Sexuality in the Ex-Gay Movement / Erzen, Tanya -- 6. Sins of Our Soccer Moms: Servant Evangelism and the Spiritual Injuries of Class / Elisha, Omri -- 7. Food Fights: Contesting "Cultural Diversity" in Crown Heights / Goldschmidt, Henry -- 8. FOBby or Tight? "Multicultural Day" and Other Struggles at Two Silicon Valley High Schools / Shankar, Shalini -- 9. Gathering "Roots" and Making History in the Korean Adoptee Community / Kim, Eleana -- 10. Activism and Exile: Palestinianness and the Politics of Solidarity / Abdulhadi, Rabab |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777006603321 |
Checker Melissa | ||
New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Local actions [[electronic resource] ] : cultural activism, power, and public life in America / / edited by Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman |
Autore | Checker Melissa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
Disciplina | 306/.0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CheckerMelissa
FishmanMaggie |
Soggetto topico |
Social change - United States
Social participation - United States Community life - United States |
ISBN | 0-231-50242-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword / Ginsburg, Faye -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Checker, Melissa / Fishman, Maggie -- 1. Treading Murky Waters:Day-To-Day Dilemmas in the Construction of a Pluralistic U.S. Environmental Movement / Checker, Melissa -- 2. Creating Art, Creating Citizens: Arts Education as Cultural Activism / Fishman, Maggie -- 3. Creating a Political Space for American Indian Economic Development: Indian Gaming and American Indian Activism / Spilde, Katherine A. -- 4. "The Calculus of Pain": Violence, Anthropological Ethics, and the Category Transgender / Valentine, David -- 5. We Shall Overcome? Changing Politics and Changing Sexuality in the Ex-Gay Movement / Erzen, Tanya -- 6. Sins of Our Soccer Moms: Servant Evangelism and the Spiritual Injuries of Class / Elisha, Omri -- 7. Food Fights: Contesting "Cultural Diversity" in Crown Heights / Goldschmidt, Henry -- 8. FOBby or Tight? "Multicultural Day" and Other Struggles at Two Silicon Valley High Schools / Shankar, Shalini -- 9. Gathering "Roots" and Making History in the Korean Adoptee Community / Kim, Eleana -- 10. Activism and Exile: Palestinianness and the Politics of Solidarity / Abdulhadi, Rabab |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826367403321 |
Checker Melissa | ||
New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Makeover Nation : The United States of Reinvention / / Toby Miller |
Autore | Miller Toby |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbus : , : The Ohio State University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 209 p.) : : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 306.4/20973 |
Soggetto topico |
Social change - United States
Social problems - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The psy-function : making over minds -- Ritalin : making over youth -- Metrosexuality : making over men. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524661803321 |
Miller Toby | ||
Columbus : , : The Ohio State University Press, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Making waves and riding the currents [[electronic resource] ] : activism and the practice of wisdom / / Charles Halpern |
Autore | Halpern Charles <1939-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
Disciplina |
973.92092
B |
Collana | BK Currents |
Soggetto topico |
Political activists - United States
Social reformers - United States Lawyers - United States Wisdom - Social aspects - United States Social change - United States Public interest - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-29935-2
9786612299353 1-57675-546-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Prologue; 1: Awakening; 2: Breaking Out; 3: Social Entrepreneur; 4: Creativity in the Courtroom; 5: Community and Consciousness; 6: Facing a Tough Reality; 7: Beginning Meditation; 8: Convergence; 9: The Northwest Passage; Epilogue: Practicing Wisdom; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography and Resources; Index; About the Author; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454227203321 |
Halpern Charles <1939-> | ||
San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Making waves and riding the currents [[electronic resource] ] : activism and the practice of wisdom / / Charles Halpern |
Autore | Halpern Charles <1939-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
Disciplina |
973.92092
B |
Collana | BK Currents |
Soggetto topico |
Political activists - United States
Social reformers - United States Lawyers - United States Wisdom - Social aspects - United States Social change - United States Public interest - United States |
ISBN |
1-60994-414-3
1-282-29935-2 9786612299353 1-57675-546-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Prologue; 1: Awakening; 2: Breaking Out; 3: Social Entrepreneur; 4: Creativity in the Courtroom; 5: Community and Consciousness; 6: Facing a Tough Reality; 7: Beginning Meditation; 8: Convergence; 9: The Northwest Passage; Epilogue: Practicing Wisdom; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography and Resources; Index; About the Author; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782515803321 |
Halpern Charles <1939-> | ||
San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Making waves and riding the currents [[electronic resource] ] : activism and the practice of wisdom / / Charles Halpern |
Autore | Halpern Charles <1939-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
Disciplina |
973.92092
B |
Collana | BK Currents |
Soggetto topico |
Political activists - United States
Social reformers - United States Lawyers - United States Wisdom - Social aspects - United States Social change - United States Public interest - United States |
ISBN |
1-60994-414-3
1-282-29935-2 9786612299353 1-57675-546-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Prologue; 1: Awakening; 2: Breaking Out; 3: Social Entrepreneur; 4: Creativity in the Courtroom; 5: Community and Consciousness; 6: Facing a Tough Reality; 7: Beginning Meditation; 8: Convergence; 9: The Northwest Passage; Epilogue: Practicing Wisdom; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography and Resources; Index; About the Author; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828404503321 |
Halpern Charles <1939-> | ||
San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Multicultural geographies [[electronic resource] ] : the changing racial/ethnic patterns of the United States / / edited by John W. Frazier and Florence M. Margai |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.800973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FrazierJohn W
MargaiFlorence M |
Collana | A Global Academic Publishing book |
Soggetto topico |
Cultural pluralism - United States
Human geography - United States Immigrants - United States - Social conditions Minorities - United States - Social conditions Multicultural education - United States Social change - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4384-3683-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Multiculturalism and multicultural education in the United States : the contributory role of geography / Florence M. Margai and John W. Frazier -- Culture, cultural landscapes, and the historical contexts for economic expansion, immigration, and group settlements in the United States / John W. Frazier and Florence M. Margai -- U.S. Black geographies -- Black American geographies : the historical and contemporary distributions of African Americans / Eugene Tettey-Fio -- The plight of African Americans in Michigan : residential segregation, and predictable outcomes in mortgage lending and educational achievement / Joe T. Darden -- Predatory lending and race : a case study of a Washington, D.C. lender / David H. Kaplan -- Low birth weight and the contribution of residential segregation, New York City, 2000 / Sue C. Grady -- U.S. Asian geographies -- Asians in America : some historical and contemporary patterns / John W. Frazier -- What color is segregation? : changing spatial segregation of Asians : 1980-2000 / David W. S. Wong -- From the ghetto to the invisiburb : shifting patterns of immigrant settlement in contemporary America / Emily Skop and Wei Li -- Refugee resettlement in Utica, New York : opportunities and issues for community development / Ellen Percy Kraly and Kristin VanValkenburg -- U.S. Latino geographies -- Changing Latino geographies in the United States / Mark E. Reisinger and Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Determinants of Latino migration to Allentown, PA / Mark E. Reisinger -- Latino landscapes and Latino-Black districts : a study of Allentown, PA / Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Diversity comes to a small city : the case of Binghamton, NY / Suzanna Klaf, Karima Legette, and John W. Frazier -- Methods of racial/ethnic data portrayal and analysis -- Reading and mapping America's changing ethnic geomorphologies and palimpsest geographies / Stanley D. Brunn -- The use of a 3-D mapping technique to portray racial and ethnic change / Lucius S. Willis -- A comparison of traditional and spatial measures of segregation : some empirical findings / David W.S. Wong -- Using geo-data techniques to analyze environmental health inequities in minority -- neighborhoods : the case of toxic exposures and low birth weights / Florence M. Margai -- Summation -- Summary and conclusions / Florence M. Margai and John W. Frazier. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464065603321 |
Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Multicultural geographies [[electronic resource] ] : the changing racial/ethnic patterns of the United States / / edited by John W. Frazier and Florence M. Margai |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.800973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FrazierJohn W
MargaiFlorence M |
Collana | A Global Academic Publishing book |
Soggetto topico |
Cultural pluralism - United States
Human geography - United States Immigrants - United States - Social conditions Minorities - United States - Social conditions Multicultural education - United States Social change - United States |
ISBN | 1-4384-3683-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Multiculturalism and multicultural education in the United States : the contributory role of geography / Florence M. Margai and John W. Frazier -- Culture, cultural landscapes, and the historical contexts for economic expansion, immigration, and group settlements in the United States / John W. Frazier and Florence M. Margai -- U.S. Black geographies -- Black American geographies : the historical and contemporary distributions of African Americans / Eugene Tettey-Fio -- The plight of African Americans in Michigan : residential segregation, and predictable outcomes in mortgage lending and educational achievement / Joe T. Darden -- Predatory lending and race : a case study of a Washington, D.C. lender / David H. Kaplan -- Low birth weight and the contribution of residential segregation, New York City, 2000 / Sue C. Grady -- U.S. Asian geographies -- Asians in America : some historical and contemporary patterns / John W. Frazier -- What color is segregation? : changing spatial segregation of Asians : 1980-2000 / David W. S. Wong -- From the ghetto to the invisiburb : shifting patterns of immigrant settlement in contemporary America / Emily Skop and Wei Li -- Refugee resettlement in Utica, New York : opportunities and issues for community development / Ellen Percy Kraly and Kristin VanValkenburg -- U.S. Latino geographies -- Changing Latino geographies in the United States / Mark E. Reisinger and Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Determinants of Latino migration to Allentown, PA / Mark E. Reisinger -- Latino landscapes and Latino-Black districts : a study of Allentown, PA / Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Diversity comes to a small city : the case of Binghamton, NY / Suzanna Klaf, Karima Legette, and John W. Frazier -- Methods of racial/ethnic data portrayal and analysis -- Reading and mapping America's changing ethnic geomorphologies and palimpsest geographies / Stanley D. Brunn -- The use of a 3-D mapping technique to portray racial and ethnic change / Lucius S. Willis -- A comparison of traditional and spatial measures of segregation : some empirical findings / David W.S. Wong -- Using geo-data techniques to analyze environmental health inequities in minority -- neighborhoods : the case of toxic exposures and low birth weights / Florence M. Margai -- Summation -- Summary and conclusions / Florence M. Margai and John W. Frazier. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788355803321 |
Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Multicultural geographies [[electronic resource] ] : the changing racial/ethnic patterns of the United States / / edited by John W. Frazier and Florence M. Margai |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.800973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FrazierJohn W
MargaiFlorence M |
Collana | A Global Academic Publishing book |
Soggetto topico |
Cultural pluralism - United States
Human geography - United States Immigrants - United States - Social conditions Minorities - United States - Social conditions Multicultural education - United States Social change - United States |
ISBN | 1-4384-3683-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Multiculturalism and multicultural education in the United States : the contributory role of geography / Florence M. Margai and John W. Frazier -- Culture, cultural landscapes, and the historical contexts for economic expansion, immigration, and group settlements in the United States / John W. Frazier and Florence M. Margai -- U.S. Black geographies -- Black American geographies : the historical and contemporary distributions of African Americans / Eugene Tettey-Fio -- The plight of African Americans in Michigan : residential segregation, and predictable outcomes in mortgage lending and educational achievement / Joe T. Darden -- Predatory lending and race : a case study of a Washington, D.C. lender / David H. Kaplan -- Low birth weight and the contribution of residential segregation, New York City, 2000 / Sue C. Grady -- U.S. Asian geographies -- Asians in America : some historical and contemporary patterns / John W. Frazier -- What color is segregation? : changing spatial segregation of Asians : 1980-2000 / David W. S. Wong -- From the ghetto to the invisiburb : shifting patterns of immigrant settlement in contemporary America / Emily Skop and Wei Li -- Refugee resettlement in Utica, New York : opportunities and issues for community development / Ellen Percy Kraly and Kristin VanValkenburg -- U.S. Latino geographies -- Changing Latino geographies in the United States / Mark E. Reisinger and Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Determinants of Latino migration to Allentown, PA / Mark E. Reisinger -- Latino landscapes and Latino-Black districts : a study of Allentown, PA / Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Diversity comes to a small city : the case of Binghamton, NY / Suzanna Klaf, Karima Legette, and John W. Frazier -- Methods of racial/ethnic data portrayal and analysis -- Reading and mapping America's changing ethnic geomorphologies and palimpsest geographies / Stanley D. Brunn -- The use of a 3-D mapping technique to portray racial and ethnic change / Lucius S. Willis -- A comparison of traditional and spatial measures of segregation : some empirical findings / David W.S. Wong -- Using geo-data techniques to analyze environmental health inequities in minority -- neighborhoods : the case of toxic exposures and low birth weights / Florence M. Margai -- Summation -- Summary and conclusions / Florence M. Margai and John W. Frazier. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825955603321 |
Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New class culture [[electronic resource] ] : how an emergent class is transforming America's culture / / Avrom Fleishman |
Autore | Fleishman Avrom |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (154 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Elite (Social sciences) - United States
Social classes - United States High technology - Social aspects - United States Social change - United States Popular culture - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-46873-4
9786610468737 0-313-01265-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455740403321 |
Fleishman Avrom | ||
Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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