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From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii (Revised) (Latitude 20 Books)
Haunani-Kay Trask
University of Hawaii Press, 1999
Trask is the light for truth
+ From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii
+ What it is we should know.
"From a Native Daughter" is very intelligently written with strong academic and historical references. Who can fault Trask for being so passionate and angered about Hawaii's wrongful past? For over 110 years, Hawaii has been seized and administered illegally by the United States. The native ...
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The Archaeology of Collective Action (American Experience in Archaeological Perspective)
DEAN J. SAITTA
University Press of Florida, 2007
Saitta examines historical archaeology’s success in reconstructing collective social action in the past and considers the implications of these reconstructions for society today. Recognizing that studies of the past can serve different social interests, creating knowledge that can be used to oppress or emancipate elements of society, Saitta argues that historical archaeology needs to move ...
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The China Reader: The Reform Era
Vintage, 1998
Enjoyable and Informative!
+ A Great Resource on China
'The China Reader'offers a good selections of reading on Chinese culture, politics, education, media, economy and foreign relations in the post Mao era. Though some of the articles should prove useful in the long run, many of them will be hopelessly dated in a very short time (the fate of any book ...
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Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice
Howard Zinn
Harper Perennial, 2003
Keeping democracy alive
+ Put this book at the top of your "to read" pile immediately.
+ Good read
"Passionate Declarations" by Howard Zinn is an outstanding collection of essays that were originally published in 1990. The new edition from 2003 features a Preface that was written just prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In my view, Dr. Zinn's essays are helpful in understanding many of the ...
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Assignment: Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution (Series in Contemporary Photography, 2)
University of California Press, 2003
valuable images of a bygone era
While very disturbing, to say the least, the pictures in this book are a necessary part of a history that remains with us. The privileged life for a few in Shanghai, contrasted with the starving masses eking out a living in their midst. Draconic measures, executions and riots, an emigre community ...
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Stories Hollywood Never Tells
Howard Zinn
AK Press, 2000
What sort of view of our history do we get from Hollywood movies? Why are some stories told and others not? In this informal talk given at the Taos Talking Film Festival, Zinn turns his attention to Hollywood, the stories it tells and the ones it doesn't and makes a few suggestions for films he'd love to see.
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A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
Howard Zinn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
This should be required reading in our schools
Our country will never be able to live up to the lofty ideals of our founding documents unless we come to grips with the truth of how we got where we are. This book tells the truth about how the people on top have butchered and suppressed others in order to STAY on top. The first 10 pages are ...
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Discos and Democracy: China in the Throes of Reform
Orville Schell
Anchor, 1989
In this arresting chronicle of one tumultuous year in China's love-hate relationship with the West, Orville Schell brings us a revealing analysis of the Chinese reform movement.
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The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace
Howard Zinn
Beacon Press, 2002
A Must Read
+ Nice addition to the library
+ Strong selections
This book offers good food for thought about the issues facing our world today. Even though there are works that were omitted, the ideas presented here are very worth reading.
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The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
Howard Zinn
Seven Stories Press, 2003
A wonderful anthology of our greatest historian.
+ Wake up and smell the truth.
+ And It Makes Me Wonder...
+ wonderful, and moving
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The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life
Michael Warner
Harvard University Press, 1999
A great and powerful demolition of the puritanical elements of the gay movement
+ Same-sex marriage != queer liberation
+ wow
+ a little over the top
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Mandate Of Heaven: In China, A New Generation Of Entrepreneurs, Dissidents, Bohemians And Technocra
Orville Schell, Jim Jorgensen
Simon & Schuster, 1995
I learned more about China from this book than anywhere else
+ Examining a Vivid Popular History of Post-Tiananmen China
+ Schell shows the marriage of Chinese Politics and Economy
+ Schell delivers...
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Labor and Industrial Relations Journals and Serials: An Analytical Guide (Annotated Bibliographies of ...
Greenwood Press, 1989
Labor and industrial relations have attracted widespread interest in recent years. Yet in spite of the growing interest in the subject, labor relations continue to be grouped under such fields as economics, history, law, political science, psychology, and sociology making critical examination of the subject quite complex. The purpose of this book is to make this research easier by bringing ...
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A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer
Howard Zinn, Erin Cressida Wilson, ...
Villard, 2007
Ensler examines violence against women
I read this book at the gym and found that I really wished that I had a pack of tissue with me. Ensler's anthology is at times painful to read- the vignettes are harrowing and will leave the reader with a sense of sadness.
I found that I kept on leafing to the back of the book to read the ...
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Colored Museum
George C. Wolfe
Grove Press, 1994
"A life changing event"
+ Where can I find a VHS of "The Colored Museum"
+ I Need VHS
+ Where I Can Buy A Video Of This Production?
+ Poignant Shock
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