Ethnic Studies: Reference

Covers all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day. Using biographies, historical essays, and thematic pieces, many written by foremost scholars, it addresses a wide array of subjects in over 2,300 articles to define in one source the cultural roots, participation in American life, and current condition of the African-American community.

The Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict enables readers to gain better insights into such defining moments in post-Cold War international history as the disintegrations of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia and their respective consequences and the genocide in Rwanda, as well as the relative success of conflict settlement efforts in Northern Ireland, Macedonia, and Aceh.

A comprehensive survey of the history of the indigenous peoples of the New World. The work covers archaeology, anthropology, and history. Volume I provides a comprehensive history of the native peoples of North America from their arrival in the western hemisphere to the present. It describes how indigenous peoples have dealt with the environmental diversity of North America and have responded to the different European colonial regimes and national governments that have established themselves in recent centuries. Volume II gives an authoritative overview of the important native civilizations of the Mesoamerican area, beginning with archaeological discussions of paleoindian, archaic and preclassic societies and continuing to the present. Volume III is the first major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America, from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present, since Julian Steward's Handbook of South American Indians was published half a century ago.

Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era. Delves into the historic origins of ideas of race and racism and explores their social and scientific consequences. Includes biographies of significant theorists, as well as political and social leaders and notorious racists.

Coverage includes conflicts in Southeast Asia, China, the Pacific Rim, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, Western Europe, and the Balkans. Extensive analyses of the dynamics of interethnic hostility as well as of the relevant current and historical social, psychological, political and economic conditions.

Bringing together a range of scholars from a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives, this resource offers an overview of contemporary debates as well as an exploration of new directions in the dynamic field of race and ethnicity.

Developed from their Journal of Black Studies, Sage's Encyclopedia of Black Studies contains a full analysis of the economic, political, sociological, historical, literary, and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent.

Developed from the critically acclaimed Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations, the Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies has been assembled by a world-class team of international scholars to provide an authoritative, single-volume reference work on all aspects of race and ethnic studies.

Provides a wealth of specific information about over 200 North American Indian groups in Canada and the United States.

Arranged alphabetically, entries describe the contributions of Native women in fields like law, medicine, art, and education. Appendixes list entries by areas of specialization, decades of birth, state or province, and tribal affiliation.

Profiles those who have made significant contributions from early contact until 1900. Not limited to chiefs and war leaders, the book also includes traders, prophets and religious leaders, statesmen, artists and photographers, medicine men/women, and scholars and educators.