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Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend
Anna May Wong was the best known Chinese American actress during Hollywood's golden age, a free spirit and embodiment of the flapper era much like Louise Brooks. She starred in over fifty movies between 1919 and 1960, sharing the screen with such luminaries as Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Marlene Dietr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties and Literature of Negroes
Amongst other things, this book is a devastating critique of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, in which he mused about black inferiority. Its publication in 1810, after Jefferson's opposition to its appearance, was a major event for African Americans.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1997 -
Writing History with Lightning: Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America
by Catherine Clinton • William L. Andrews • Lesley J. Gordon • John C. Inscoe • Marcus Rediker • John F. Marszalek • John David Smith • Graham Hodges • Matthew Stanley • Diane Miller Sommerville • Michael Burlingame • Joseph Beilein • Matthew C. Hulbert • Brian Rouleau • Tom Lee • Kenneth Greenberg • Jonathon Sarris • Ryan Keating • Donna Barbie • Allison Dorsey • Stephen Whitfield • Nicole Etcheson • Drew Swanson • James Crisp • Kevin Waite • Jacob LeeFilms possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge at... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Root and Branch
In this remarkable book, Graham Hodges presents a comprehensive history of African Americans in New York City and its rural environs from the arrival of the first African--a sailor marooned on Manhattan Island in 1613--to the bloody Draft Riots of 1863. Throughout, he explores the intertwined themes... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1999 -
David Ruggles
David Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist movement in America. Graham Russell Gao Hodges provides the first biography of this African American activist, writer, publisher, and hydrotherapist who secured libe... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Black New Jersey: 1664 to the Present Day
Black New Jersey tells the rich and complex story of the African American community’s remarkable accomplishments and the colossal obstacles they faced along the way. Drawing from rare archives, historian Graham Russell Gao Hodges brings to life the courageous black men and women who fought for their... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Root and Branch: African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863
Drawing upon court records, letters, census data, and a host of other sources, the author traces the history of African Americans in New York and East Jersey from the colonial era until emancipation in 1863. He demonstrates that African Americans developed a vibrant culture, and that the movement t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1999 -
Taxi!: A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver
Why the cabdriver is the real victim of the false promises of Uber and the gig economy.2007 Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton University Industrial Relations SectionHailed in its first edition as a classic study of New York City's history and people, Graham Russe... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
New York City Cartmen, 1667-1850
The cartmen—unskilled workers who hauled goods on one horsecarts—were perhaps the most important labor group in early American cities. The forerunners of the Teamsters Union, these white-frocked laborers moved almost all of the nation’s possessions, touching the lives of virtually every American.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Slavery and Freedom Among Early American Workers
Covering a chronological span from the seventeenth century to the Civil War, the book reunites black and labor history, including such major topics as the formation of slavery in the North, the American Revolution, blacks and the Workingmen's Movement, and interracial marriage before the Civil War. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1998 -
Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend
Anna May Wong remains one of Hollywood's best-known Chinese American actors. Between 1919 and 1960, Anna May Wong starred in over fifty movies, sharing billing with stars such as Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Ramon Novarro, and Warner Oland. Her life, though, is the proto... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Shot Down and On the Run: The RCAF and Commonwealth Aircrews Who Got Home from Behind Enemy Lines, 1940-1945
The stories of many POW escapees are well known, but what about those who miraculously evaded capture in the first place and returned to fight another day? This compelling book tells some of the epic stories of the thousands of shot-down airmen, including Canadians from across the country, who got o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The House Servant's Directory: A Monitor For Private Families (American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection)
Robert Roberts' The House Servant's Directory, first published in 1827 and the standard for household management for decades afterward, is remarkable for several reasons: It is one of the first books written by an African American and issued by a commercial press, and it was written while Roberts (c... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1998 -
Friends of Liberty: A Tale of Three Patriots, Two Revolutions, and a Tragic Betrayal of Freedom in the New Nation
Friends of Liberty tells the remarkable story of three men whose lives were braided together by issues of liberty and race that fueled revolutions across two continents. Thomas Jefferson wrote the founding documents of the United States. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a hero of the American Revolution an... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems: Format-Agnostic Media
by Graham Thomas • Omar Aziz Niamut • Ben Shirley • Georg Thallinger • Oliver Schreer • Javier Ruiz-Hidalgo • Jean-François MacqPresents current trends and potential future developments by leading researchers in immersive media production, delivery, rendering and interaction The underlying audio and video processing technology that is discussed in the book relates to areas such as 3D object extraction, audio event detection;... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
School Zone: A Problem Analysis of Student Offending and Victimization
Schools should be safe—but they are not always safe for everybody. Authors Pamela Wilcox, Graham Ousey, and Marie Skubak Tillyer studied crime among students located across diverse middle- and high-school settings to investigate why some students engage in delinquency—but others do not—and why some ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Re-Thinking Autism: Diagnosis, Identity and Equality
by Dan Goodley • Nick Hodge • Anne Mcguire • Rebecca Mallett • Katherine Runswick-Cole • Graham Collins • Brian Mccabe • Clarice Rios • Ginny Russell • Tom Muskett • Sami Timimi • Gail Simon • Francisco Ortega • Rafaela Zorzanelli • Kim Davies • Mark Haydon Laurelut • Richard Hassall • Saqib Latif • Tom BillingtonChallenging existing approaches to autism that limit, and sometimes damage, the individuals who attract and receive the label, this book questions the lazy prejudices and assumptions that can surround autism as a diagnosis in the 21st Century. Arguing that autism can only be understood through exam... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies: Featuring Dave Anthony, Lord Carrett, Dean Haglund, Allan Havey, Laura House, Jackie Kashian, Suzy Nakamura, Greg ... Schmidt, Neil T. Weakley, and Matt Weinhold
by Doug Benson • Chris Mancini • Mike Schmidt • Greg Proops • Dave Anthony • Graham Elwood • Lord Carrett • Dean Haglund • Allan Havey • Laura House • Jackie Kashian • Suzy Nakamura • Neil T. Weakley • Matt WeinholdA movie guide for film and comedy fans, by filmmakers and comedians, for the movie lover with a good sense of humor. Tired of the usual boring, dry movie discussion? The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies is something new. Is it serious movie discussion? Is it funny? Do the writers know what the he... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Teaching Fairy Tales (Series in Fairy-Tale Studies)
by Gioia Timpanelli • Cristina Mazzoni • Allison Stedman • Ann Schmiesing • Jennifer Schacker • Prof. Nancy L. Canepa • Prof. Jack Zipes • Dean Donald Haase • Lewis C. Seifert • Prof. Anne E. Duggan • Professor Maria Nikolajeva • Prof. Cristina Bacchilega • Associate Professor Christine A. Jones • Julie L. Koehler • Kay Stone • Prof. Maria Tatar • Prof. Victoria Somoff • Prof. Gina Miele • Prof. Linda Kraus Worley • Prof. Faith E. Beasley • Prof. Charlotte Trinquet du Lys • Prof. Benjamin Balak • Prof. Suzanne Magnanini • Maria Kaliambou • Prof. Elio Brancaforte • Prof. William Moebius • Prof. Graham AndersonTeaching Fairy Tales edited by Nancy L. Canepa brings together scholars who have contributed to the field of fairy-tale studies since its origins. This collection offers information on materials, critical approaches and ideas, and pedagogical resources for the teaching of fairy tales in one comprehe... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019