Some effort is made to account for those not otherwise counted, such as unresponsive households, the homeless, and transients (Anderson and Fienberg 1999; Citro, Cork, and Norwood 2004). Prior to the abolishment of slavery in the ...
Foreword by Neil Schiff In the early 1980s , Cloe Madanes , one of the co - directors of the Family Therapy Institute of Washington , D.C. , observed offhandedly that in many of the couples and families that came to the Institute for ...
I searched deeper and found that Dumas was of African descent and that much of the imagery surrounding the story is in tribute to his black father who was a persecuted general in Napoleon's Army. I knew I had found another gem that I ...
Rogosin's narrative pulls the veil off these "invisible men" and gives us a glorious chapter in American history.
This memorable narrative, filled with the memories of many surviving Negro League players, pulls the veil off these "invisible men" who were forced into the segregated leagues.
Award-winning research psychologist Michael E. Addis identifies and provides answers surrounding the long-unspoken epidemic of silence and vulnerability in men Drawing on scientific research, as well as his own personal and clinical ...
The social and cultural environments that formed these extraordinary artists are deftly detailed by Quattro in this must-have book!
Using primary source material from World War II-era Black newspapers and magazines, this book profiles pioneers like E.C. Stoner, a descendant of a person enslaved by George Washington, who became a renowned fine artist of the Harlem ...
Invisible Men is the most comprehensive study to date of the lives and work of English police constables on foot patrol in the early part of the twentieth century.
In this remarkable, intimate book, Nandini Krishnan burrows deep into the prejudices encountered by India's transmen, the complexities of hormonal transitions and sex reassignment surgery, issues of social and family estrangement, and ...
This is a dazzling mix of short stories, from an homage to Rick Moody ("The Virgins") to "The Invisible Invisible Man," where magic overalls keeps an overburdened husband out of sight. A delightful fabulist strain runs throughout.
What emerges is a glorious chapter in African American history and an often overlooked aspect of our American past. This edition features a new introduction by the author.
Invisible Men focuses on the tremendous growth of periodical literature from 1850 to 1910 to illustrate how Victorian and Edwardian thought and culture problematized fatherhood within the family.
Based on five years of research that included interviews with surviving Negro league players, this fact- and anecdote-filled account recreates the world o such legendary figures as Satchel Paige and...
The book shows that more than a half century after the first civil rights legislation, the dismal fact of mass incarceration inflicts widespread and enduring damage by undermining the fair allocation of public resources and political ...
Off duty, some socialized predominantly with other policemen, some kept up civilian friendships, and others did both. Men had long careers, careers cut short by disciplinary offences or health problems, or they left for other ...