Archive for the ‘African American Studies’ Category

Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

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.

African Writers Series

Monday, January 14th, 2008

African Writers Series

For over 40 years, Heinemann’s African Writers Series has published the key texts of modern African literature. It has a unique importance in the history of postcolonial writing.  This online edition includes over 210 volumes of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fictional prose, including works by Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Steve Biko, Buchi Emecheta, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris Lessing, Nelson Mandela, Dambudzo Marechera, Christopher Okigbo, Okot p’Bitek and Tayeb Salih.

Race Relations Abstracts

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Race Relations Abstracts

Race Relations Abstracts is now available via EBSCOhost’s searchable interface.

Race Relations Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Race, Ethnicity & Education and Ethnic & Racial Studies.