" The essays in this collection start with the premise that although race, like class and gender, is socially constructed, all three categories have been shaped profoundly by their context in a capitalist society. Race, in other words, is a historical category that develops not only in dialectical relation to class and gender but also in relation to the material conditions in which all three are forged. In addition to discussing an ..."
America's First Black Town(Reprint) Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915 by Cha-Jua, SundiataKeita Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2002 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07080-8, ISBN: 0-252-07080-1
China Forever(Illustrated) The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema (Pop Culture and Politics Asia PA) by Poshek Fu Paperback, 270 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07500-1, ISBN: 0-252-07500-5
"Started in Shanghai in the 1920s, the legendary Shaw Brothers Studio began to dominate the worldwide Chinese film market after moving its production facilities to Hong Kong in 1957. Drawing together scholars from such diverse disciplines as history, cultural geography, and film studies, "China Forever" addresses how the Shaw Brothers raised the production standards of Hong Kong cinema, created a pan-Chinese cinema culture and distributi ..."
America's First Black Town(Illustrated) Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915 by Cha-Jua, SundiataKeita Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2000 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-02537-2, ISBN: 0-252-02537-7
"'Founded by Chance, Sustained by Courage', Brooklyn, Illinois, was a magnet for African Americans from its founding by free and fugitive Blacks in the 1820s. Initially attractive to escaped slaves and others seeking to live in a Black-majority town, Brooklyn later drew Black migrants eager to commute to jobs in East St. Louis and other industrial centers as an alternative to eking out a living in agriculture. Ultimately, however, this v ..."
Lynching Beyond Dixie(1st Edition) American Mob Violence Outside the South by Michael J. Pfeifer Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07895-8, ISBN: 0-252-07895-0
Lynching Beyond Dixie American Mob Violence Outside the South (Hardback) by Michael James Pfeifer, Michael J. Pfeifer Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Illinois Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-252-03746-7, ISBN: 0-252-03746-4
"The distinguished editors of this volume have gathered works that chronicle the historical movement for reparations both in the United States and around the world."