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The Derrick Bell Reader (Critical America)
Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic
NYU Press, 2005
View the Table of Contents . Read the Introduction . "A growing number of scholars have helped us understand the law's impact on both the major events and the minutia of our daily lives. It's safe to say, however, that few do so with the provocative verve and vigor of Derrick Bell. This volume is a must read for long-time followers of Derrick Bell's work as well as casual readers looking for ...
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Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World (New Directions in Archaeology)
Cambridge University Press, 1994
Factionalism is an important force of social transformation, and this volume examines how factional competition in the kinship and political structures in ancient New World societies led to the development of chiefdoms, states and empires. The case studies, from a range of New World societies, represent all levels of non-egalitarian societies and a wide variety of ecological settings in the New ...
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The Historical Jesus Question: The Challenge of History to Religious Authority
Gregory W. Dawes
Westminster John Knox Press, 2001
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Black Panthers
Greybull Press, 2002
In 1968, FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover vilified the Black Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States." That same year photographers Pirkle Jones and wife, Ruth-Marion Baruch, documented the Black Panthers for an exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. Their hope was to expose the public to the Panthers as they saw them--symbols of pride and ...
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Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future
Hamid Dabashi
Verso, 2001
Abbas Kiraostami planted Iran firmly on the map of world cinema when he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival in 1997 for his film A Taste of Cherry . Here the growing reputation of Iranian cinema from its origins in the films of Kimiai and Mehrjui, through the work of established directors such as Kiraostami, Beyzai and Bani-Etemad, to young film-makers like Samira Makhmalbaf and ...
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Intifada
South End Press, 1999
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Palestinians in the Arab World
Laurie Brand
Columbia University Press, 1988
Traces the history of the Palestinians from their uprooting in 1948 to the present. Brand explores the development of the sociopolitical institutions that served as bases for the reemergence of the Palestinian national movement. Institutions among students, women, teachers, and workers in the Palestinian communities of Egypt, Kuwait, and Jordan are explored.
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Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools
Ward Churchill
City Lights Publishers, 2004
A core contribution to Native American Studies
From 1880 to 1980 the families of Native Americans were cruelly disrupted by the United States and Canadian governments who forcibly removed children from their homes and relocated them in residential schools. The stated goal of this intrusive and brutal governmental program was to "kill the Indian ...
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Sacred Space And Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi'ite Islam
Juan Cole
I. B. Tauris, 2002
Exellent book but not a primer on Shia
+ Excellent collection of Essays on Shi'ism
This book is an excellent exploration of a subject not well studied by Western scholars. While this book is well written, I would suggest reading a primer on middle-eastern or Islamic history first. The book is aimed at people who have a general understanding of the subject but are looking to add ...
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Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema
Verso, 2006
A lively celebration of the genius and power of Palestinian cinema. Over the last quarter-century, Palestinian cinema has emerged as a major artistic force on the global scene. Deeply rooted in the historic struggles for national self-determination, this cinema is the single most important artistic expression of a much-maligned people. Despite the extraordinary social and artistic significance ...
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Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America
Ward Churchill
AK Press, 2007
Small but indispensable book
+ Almost impossible to refute
+ A Review of Churchill's, "Pacifism and Pathology"
+ comfort zone politics
+ A sobering assessment of white illusions
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Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundation of the Islamic Revolution in Iran
Transaction Publishers, 2005
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Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror
David Cole, Jules Lobel
New Press, 2007
A cogent critique of the new "preventive paradigm" in counterterrorism policy by two of the nation's leading legal scholars. "If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long." —President George W. Bush, defending the National Security Strategy doctrine "preemptive war," Commencement Speech at West Point, June 1, 2002 In Steven Spielberg's science fiction ...
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And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest For Racial Justice
Derek Bell
Basic Books, 1989
Excellent historical perspective and overall analysis
+ An Excellent Book
This book provides a chilling account of traditional race relations in the United States, and also forces the reader to confront the problems with many of the proposed modern solutions. I recommend this book to anyone who has ever grappled with the issue of race in this country--even if one does ...
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My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations
Mary Frances Berry
Vintage, 2006
PRIDE
+ The Brilliance of this Historiography
+ Good unknown history
+ Another Racial Alibi Eliminated
+ Should be required reading for American History classes
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