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  • Mainstream and Margins

    Jews, Blacks and Other Americans

    by Peter I. Rose ...
    This volume of commentaries on racial and ethnic relations is a sociological assessment of a changing society and a personal statement about many of the most pressing racial issues since the 1954 Brown-Supreme court decision. From the perspective of humanistic sociology, Peter Rose shows that sociology need not be a cold, artless science and argues that sociological enterprise should treat future ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • They and We

    Racial and Ethnic Relations in the United States and Beyond

    by Peter I. Rose ...
    The first edition of They and We was published shortly after the March on Washington in August 1963, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his memorable “I Have a Dream” speech, and just before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed by Congress. Now read by tens of thousands, this book has been updated and expanded seven times since then as it continues to provide a basic grounding in the ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Americans from Africa

    Slavery and its Aftermath

    Edited by Peter I. Rose ...
    Americans from Africa seeks to convey varying perspectives on the "Black Experience" in the United States and its controversial history. This volume, Slavery and Its Aftermath, deals with four major issues: the extent of African influences on the lives of those enslaved and brought to America, beginning with an essay on "Africanisms in Everyday Life" by Melville J. Herskovits; the impact of ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Americans from Africa

    Old Memories, New Moods

    Edited by Peter I. Rose ...
    This book is the second of a two-volume set exploring the controversies about the experiences of Americans from Africa. It contains essays on the roots of protest, including the original "Confessions of Nat Turner;" the background and character of the Civil Rights Movement; the origins and impact of Black Power; and, finally, in "Negroes Nevermore," varied views on the meaning of Black Pride ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Ecocriticism in Taiwan

    Identity, Environment, and the Arts

    Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
    Ecocriticism is a mode of interdisciplinary critical inquiry into the relationship between cultural production, society, and the environment. The field advocates for the more-than-human realm as well as for underprivileged human and non-human groups and their perspectives. Taiwan is one of the earliest centers for promoting ecocriticism outside the West and has continued to play a central role in ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • The Good War of Consul Reeves

    by Peter Rose ...
    Months before the start of the Pacific War in 1941, John Reeves – his career and marriage failing – is posted as British consul to the tiny Portuguese colony of Macao in southern China. The Japanese soon declare war on the West with their attacks on Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong. But because Portugal is neutral, Macao is left alone and becomes a tiny island of neutrality, an Asian Casablanca ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • As My Accountant Instructed and other writings

    by Peter Rose ...
    A collection of short stories and poetry Adventure, history, thrills and intrigue all mixed with insight and meaning. ... Read more

    $1.33 USD

  • Tropes of Intolerance

    Pride, Prejudice, and the Politics of Fear

    by Peter Rose ...
    Tropes of Intolerance is a Baedeker of bigotry, a short course on xenophobic racism and populist nationalism – both enduring threats to the social fabric of democratic societies.Each chapter is a self-contained commentary and a building block. In the first, the author considers the concepts of pride and prejudice and discusses patterns of discrimination and strategies of resistance. This is ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Postmonitions of a Peripatetic Professor

    by Peter Rose ...
    Postmonitions of a Peripatetic Professor describes the lucky journey of Peter Rose, an octogenarian sociologist, ethnographer, writer, teacher and world traveler. In the pages of this colorful memoir, the author comments on six decades of academic life in the U.S. and abroad, his work as researcher, editor and consultant, his excursions as a travel journalist, and some intimate portraits of those ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Food, Drink and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch

    by Peter G Rose ...
    The renowned food historian delves into the early culinary traditions of Dutch settlers in New York state and their influence on the American kitchen.In 1609, Henry Hudson, under contract with the Dutch East India Company, set out to discover the lucrative Northwest Passage. The Hudson River Valley is what he discovered instead, and along its banks Dutch culture took hold. While the Dutch ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Delicious December

    How the Dutch Brought Us Santa, Presents, and Treats: A Holiday Cookbook

    by Peter G. Rose ...
    Series series Excelsior Editions
    Food and history combine in this exploration of the Dutch influence on American holiday traditions. Includes more than one hundred easy-to-make holiday recipes.Delicious December mixes food and history in a celebration of Dutch and American Christmas traditions. In more than one hundred tried-and-true recipes, award-winning food historian Peter G. Rose draws on traditions that date back to the ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Class in Archaic Greece

    by Peter W. Rose ...
    Archaic Greece saw a number of decisive changes, including the emergence of the polis, the foundation of Greek settlements throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea, the organization of panhellenic games and festivals, the rise of tyranny, the invention of literacy, the composition of the Homeric epics and the emergence of lyric poetry, the development of monumental architecture and large scale ... Read more

    $47.59 USD