Chasing the american dream in china, Wang, Leslie Kim
Автор: Warikoo Natasha Название: Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools ISBN: 022663681X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226636818 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 21120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: An illuminating, in-depth look at competition in diverse suburban high schools, where parents are often determined to ensure that their children remain at the head of the class. The American suburb conjures an image of picturesque privilege: manicured lawns, quiet streets, and-most important to parents-high-quality schools. These elite enclaves are also historically white, allowing many white Americans to safeguard their privileges by using public schools to help their children enter top colleges.
That's changing, however, as Asian professionals increasingly move into wealthy suburban areas to give their kids that same leg up for their college applications and future careers. As Natasha Warikoo reveals in Race at the Top, white and Asian parents alike will do anything to help their children get to the top of the achievement pile. She takes us into the affluent suburban East coast school she calls "Woodcrest High," with a student body about one-half white and one-third Asian.
As increasing numbers of Woodcrest's Asian students earn star pupil status many whites feel displaced from the top of the academic hierarchy, and their frustrations grow. To maintain their children's edge, those parents complain to the school that schoolwork has become too rigorous. They also emphasize excellence in extracurriculars like sports and theater, which maintains their children's edge.
Warikoo shows how, even when they are bested, white families in Woodcrest work to change the rules in their favor so they can remain the winners of the meritocracy game. Along the way, Warikoo explores urgent issues of racial and economic inequality that play out in affluent suburban American high schools. Caught in a race for power and privilege at the very top of society, what families in towns like Woodcrest fail to see is that everyone in their race is getting a medal-the children who actually lose are those living beyond their town's boundaries.
Автор: Shepherd Terry Название: Chasing Vega, Volume 1 ISBN: 1735150843 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735150840 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 55750.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: When a meth lab bust goes bad, Detective Jessica Ramirez finds herself banished to Flagstaff, Arizona, in pursuit of a serial killer who targets "bad guys who got away with it." Jess and her partner, computer forensic expert Alexandra Clark, soon discover that their perp is involved in something much deeper and much more deadly. Surrounded by an ensemble cast of fascinating characters, Jess and Ali race against the clock to try and prevent a cyber terror attack that could change the course of history.
Автор: Woodman, Sophia Название: Practicing Citizenship in Contemporary China ISBN: 036758705X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367587055 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 42870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Friswell Richard Название: Merchants of Deceit: Opium, American Fortune & the China Trade ISBN: 0996616969 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780996616966 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 25700.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: In the early 19th century, Middletown, Connecticuts waterfront was a busy, international shipping port, rivaling New York, Providence and Newport. It was ideally located twenty-six miles upriver from danger-prone Atlantic waters, and central to the ports principal function: shipping much needed goods to-and-from destinations in the West Indies, home of large White-owned sugar plantations and their enslaved workers. Into this burgeoning New England waterfront scene, Samuel Russell was born, in 1789. Purportedly the son and grandson of ship captains, Russell lived with his extended family just blocks from the riverfront. Russells father died in 1811, when he was just twelve, leaving him, as the eldest boy, to fend for himself and his family on the streets and docks of this town of 5400 residents. Most men in those days were destined for a life of farming. But, for Sam Russell, modern times and unique circumstances of his coming-of-age in this riverfront community took a very different-and life-changing-turn. The bridge between the 18th and 19th centuries marked the corresponding birth of a new American nation and emergence of the Industrial Age. Ideally, the nascent United States, emboldened by a credo of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, had the resources and desire to benefit from the riches of European markets. Living and working in this busy riverfront community, and with a familys sea-going legacy, together with personal qualities, later documented by a peer, of "honesty, integrity, and reliability," soon earned Russell (in his twenties) a European-bound trading assignment. In 1819, after two successful European trips, his employer directed him, as an agent, to repeat the European venture, then sail directly to Canton, China, at the head of the Pearl River, using sales proceeds to set up a trading company. Following a three-month voyage, he would join other Western interests, principally the English, in a location there called, the Thirteen Factories. The objective: selling New England-made goods and produce to the Chinese, in exchange for tea, silks and porcelain. The problem was, the Chinese-long an isolated and self-sufficient nation-werent interested. After a concerted effort, spanning several months, Russell eventual chose a more controversial, but highly profitable route for his new entity, Russell & Co. Writing to his partners in Providence, noting the success of the British East India Company in their wealth-building dealings with local merchants and Cantonese brokers, he notified them of his decision to also deal in opium. The change in strategy was straight forward. First, sail to Turkey or India, where cotton goods were in demand. Trade for local opium and proceed to China, where there was a limitless and eager clientele for opium. Use the proceeds to purchase silks, tea, and porcelain, then head home to place those goods on sale, sometimes right at dockside. Then repeat. This work of historical fiction explores the moral and ethical choices made in a place and time when opium was not illegal but regarded as damaging to a nations productivity and well-being. Colonialism, racial and ethnic bias, and the absence of international regulations had opened many doors for Western businessmen. Merchants of Deceit explores many of these themes, as told through the first-hand perspective of Samuel Russell, rising to prominence in Canton, China, as he unwittingly redirected the course of world history.
Автор: Qi Xiaoying Название: Remaking Families in Contemporary China ISBN: 0197510981 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780197510988 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 145610.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: From civil war to Japanese occupation and communist revolution to market transition, China has undergone and continues to experience enormous economic, political, and social change. In Remaking Families in Contemporary China, Xiaoying Qi explores a number of emerging family practices in China today that result from these ongoing changes. Drawing upon 178 in-depth interviews with young adults, married adults, and grandparents throughout China, she finds that ordinary people are transforming their patterns of behavior and expectations in dealing with a changing world, and in so doing, remaking their families. Filling a gap in the current research, Qi investigates novel aspects of family life, such as the practice of providing a child with its mother's surname rather than its father's in an intriguing exercise of veiled patriarchy. She also identifies a new category of floating grandparents, which consists of rural and small-town grandparents who join their adult children in the massive labor migration that characterizes the modern Chinese workforce in order to provide childcare. In addition, Qi examines other often overlooked topics, including spousal intimacy, divorce, and remarriage and co-habitation in later life. Offering new insights and theoretical developments, Remaking Families in Contemporary China highlights why family-related themes are important to understanding the nature of Chinese society, the forces that underpin social relationships more broadly, and the basis and nature of social change around the world.
As the possibilities of the 21st century appear on the horizon, it seems an appropriate time to look back on and critically analyze the past century which also began with reflection and expectations. Although many people in the United States are sure that "as far as race relations go, things have gotten better," a closer look at examples of material and popular culture from either end of the 20th century illustrates that "things have stayed very much the same."
Some people speak about the shift from earlier blatant to overt forms of racism which might seem to imply that things have gotten better. Instead, It exists a subtle, covert, and possibly more insidious brand of racism that surfaced and created] what has been referred to as America's 'second reconstruction.'
The 'new racism' began to emerge in the late 1970s and solidified in the Reagan era. It has taken the form of social and public policies, sanctioned by the courts and America's political elites. The resulting budget cuts in public education, housing, medical care, and other services that assist the poor ensure that black and Hispanic people remain the poorest Americans. Historically, African Americans consistently remained at the bottom of the social hierarchy, as some immigrants managed to rise to higher levels. Now, new immigration laws prevent "third world" minorities, and particularly "Hispanic" people from becoming a part of the "American Dream."
This more subtle and "new racism" is in reaction to and follows the "racial progress" of the heightened civil rights and black power movements during the 1960s and1970s when black Americans organized nationally and took to the streets to protest racism and oppression. African American's demands for political and social change pushed politicians to begin dismantling the obvious signs of racism. Laws that legislated segregation based on race in education, housing, employment, and suffrage were slowly repealed.
At the beginning of this century, the discipline of anthropology, the "science" of eugenics, and the ideas of social Darwinism continued to build on earlier assumptions and capture the imagination of many people. The relationship between these abstract arguments and concrete culture has maintained a perpetual and vicious cycle, even with a few sporadic doses of antidote. It is important to point out that the negative effect of the white supremacy myth impacts African Americans and Africans in very real ways, and that without social action the mere discussion of racism is ineffective.
This book aims to provide history and context to convince readers to take action and become more vigilant in critiquing the barrage of images and words that influence us every day. The first section provides a broad history of the complex development of ideas and belief systems that form the foundation of racist ideology. In the following two sections, I discuss the background of some stereotypes of Africans and African Americans. The stereotypes of African Americans that are used to symbolically reconstruct segregation and maintain popular opinion have their origins in the images and ideas that first deemed Africans inferior. These ideas are disseminated through images and technologies that allow information to double backward and forwards, and even form new versions of itself. As in earlier eras, stereotypes of Africans and African Americans are often not separated, and they actually target all "black people."
Автор: Subrameyer Raj Название: Skyrocket Your Career: The No Bullsh*t Approach to Find Your Dream Job, Be Successful in It, and Transform Into a Rockstar ISBN: 1735156205 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735156200 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 25730.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Where is the mandate dictating that the study of Scripture should be onerous or stodgy? Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres of literature because it entertains, teaches, and conveys truths, often much better than non-fiction. The Prodigal Daughter combines the lives of Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus of Bethany, and Mary Magdalene, the repentant harlot. Though some question whether these Marys were the same, I believe they were. This story is about a "nice girl" who falls into harlotry, regains her footing with the help of a friend, and then finds grace in Jesus. The book covers many of the events of Jesus` life, particularly his death and resurrection, and touches several events from the early church. The book also gives a plausible reason why Jesus, the Galilean-carpenter-turned-rabbi, has such close friendship with an apparently affluent family in Bethany. The book struggles through a wide spectrum of human emotions, describes many adventures in Jesus` ministry and in the early church, and, of course, contains a love story. The book centers upon grace and our response to it. Only those who are recipients of grace will inhabit the New Heaven and the New Earth. Without God`s unmerited favor towards us, we die. Because I have experienced amazing grace in my life, in many ways similar to what Mary experienced, I hope my writing will provoke others into exploring the grace that God lavishes upon us.
Автор: Alison Rose Jefferson Название: Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era ISBN: 1496201302 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781496201300 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 45980.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: As Southern California was reimagining leisure and positioning it at the center of the American Dream, African American Californians were working to make that leisure an open, inclusive reality. By occupying recreational sites and public spaces, African Americans challenged racial hierarchies and marked a space of Black identity on the regional landscape and social space.
In Living the California Dream Alison Rose Jefferson examines how African Americans pioneered America’s “frontier of leisure” by creating communities and business projects in conjunction with their growing population in Southern California during the nation’s Jim Crow era. By presenting stories of Southern California African American oceanfront and inland leisure destinations that flourished from 1910 to the 1960s, Jefferson illustrates how these places helped create leisure production, purposes, and societal encounters.
Black communal practices and economic development around leisure helped define the practice and meaning of leisure for the region and the nation, confronted the emergent power politics of recreational space, and set the stage for the sites as places for remembrance of invention and public contest. Living the California Dream presents the overlooked local stories that are foundational to the national narrative of mass movement to open recreational accommodations to all Americans and to the long freedom rights struggle.
Автор: Stephen Songsheng Chen, Chen Название: Red circle: china and me 1949-2009 ISBN: 1951886100 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781951886103 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 16000.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
RED CIRCLE: CHINA AND ME, 1949-2009 tells the fascinating story of Stephen Chen and his family. It sketches the history of the People's Republic of China, not merely as a backdrop, but as the driving force of the book's action. RED CIRCLE chronicles the rise and fall and rise again of an extraordinary family. At the same time, it is only one of countless stories that could be told by many millions of Chinese. It tells of the hope, turmoil, and terror in the first 30 years of the PRC and of the transformation, transition, and achievement in the last 30 years. RED CIRCLE is the first work of its kind to cover the making of modern China.
The 60-year cycle encompassed by RED CIRCLE is the basis of the traditional Chinese calendar, astrology, and cosmology. The cyclical nature of life and a return to one's roots are fundamental elements in Stephen's story. The ways in which his life reflects and completes that of his father, the stunning symmetries and recurring cycles of RED CIRCLE make for a remarkable read.
Stephen has seen China from a range of vantage points that few others have experienced. From the palace he grew up in to brutal labor camps to corporate boardrooms, from stark prisons to secret government offices, Stephen has witnessed history. RED CIRCLE is, however, more than the tale of how a family survives or a nation emerges. At its heart, RED CIRCLE is a thrilling testament to the indomitable will and unconquerable spirit of the individual.
While the number of domestic leisure travelers has increased dramatically in reform-era China, the persistent gap between urban and rural living standards attests to ongoing social, economic, and political inequalities. The state has widely touted tourism for its potential to bring wealth and modernity to rural ethnic minority communities, but the policies underlying the development of tourism obscure some complicated realities. In tourism, after all, one person’s leisure is another person’s labor.
A Landscape of Travel investigates the contested meanings and unintended consequences of tourism for those people whose lives and livelihoods are most at stake in China’s rural ethnic tourism industry: the residents of village destinations. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in Ping’an (a Zhuang village in Guangxi) and Upper Jidao (a Miao village in Guizhou), Jenny Chio analyzes the myriad challenges and possibilities confronted by villagers who are called upon to do the work of tourism. She addresses the shifting significance of migration and rural mobility, the visual politics of tourist photography, and the effects of touristic desires for “exotic difference” on village social relations. In this way, Chio illuminates the contemporary regimes of labor and leisure and the changing imagination of what it means to be rural, ethnic, and modern in China today.
More about the author: http://www.jennychio.com/
Автор: Michael L. Clemons, Donathan L. Brown, William H. L. Dorsey Название: Dream and Legacy: Dr. Martin Luther King in the Post-Civil Rights Era ISBN: 1496823281 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781496823281 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 29260.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Contributions by Rosa M. Banda, Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey, Donathan L. Brown, Michael L. Clemons, William H. L. Dorsey, Hannah Firdyiwek, Alonzo M. Flowers III, Helen Taylor Greene, William G. Jones, Athena M. King, Taj'ullah Sky Lark, Jamela M. Martin, Marcus L. Martin, Byron D'Andra Orey, Amardo Rodriguez, Audrey E. Snyder, James L. Taylor, Leslie Walker, and Jason M. Williams.This book examines how Martin Luther King's life and work had a profound, if unpredictable, impact on the course of the United States since the civil rights era. A global icon of freedom, justice, and equality, King is recognized worldwide as a beacon in the struggles of peoples seeking to eradicate oppression, entrenched poverty, social deprivation, as well as political and economic disfranchisement. While Dr. King's work and ideas have gained broad traction, some powerful people misappropriate the symbol of King, skewing his legacy.With unique, multidisciplinary works by scholars from around the country, this anthology focuses on contemporary social policies and issues in America. Collectively, these pieces explore wide-ranging issues and contemporary social developments through the lens of Dr. King's perceptions, analysis, and prescriptions. Essayists bring a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to social policies and current issues in light of his ideals. They strive to glean new approaches and solutions that comport with Dr. King's vision.Organized into three sections, the book focuses on selected issues in contemporary domestic politics and policy, foreign policy and foreign affairs, and social developments that impinge upon African Americans and Americans in general. Essays shed light on Dr. King's perspective related to crime and justice, the right to vote, the hip hop movement, American foreign policy in the Middle East and Africa, healthcare, and other pressing issues. This book infers what Dr. King's response and actions might be on important and problematic contemporary policy and social issues that have arisen in the post-civil rights era.
Автор: Maria Adele Carrai Название: Sovereignty in China: A Genealogy of a Concept since 1840 ISBN: 1108474195 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108474191 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 105600.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Provides a comprehensive history of the emergence and formation of the concept of sovereignty in China from the year 1840 to the present. It will be of interest to students and scholars of international and comparative law as well as scholars of modern China and policy makers.
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