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Gain Insight into Celtic Music
You will love Mick Maloney's warm voice lovingly pouring the poetry of Irish music into your ears. This is not the overused "Danny Boy," but a tremendous exploration of traditional ballads that will open your eyes and ears to Ireland's rich history and music.
A great gift!
This wonderful book tells the story of the Irish immigration to North America through the songs that they sang. Accompanied by a CD containing sixteen songs performed by the author and his band. The songs are wonderfully performed, making the CD worth the purchase price alone. Each of the songs is accompanied by a two to four page write-up that explains the song, and what was going on in the immigrant Irish (Irish-American and Irish-Canadian, though mostly the former) community at that time.Read more

Subjects:  1. Audio Adult: Other    2. Elements In The U.S. Population    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. Ethnic    5. Ethnomusicology    6. Folk & Traditional    7. History and criticism    8. Immigrants    9. Irish Americans    10. Minority Studies - Ethnic American    11. Music    12. Sociology    13. Songs and music    14. United States    15. History / Ireland   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Crime    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. Emigration and immigration    5. Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism    6. Social Science    7. Social aspects    8. Sociology    9. Terrorism    10. Crime & criminology    11. Criminal law    12. Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle   

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Time travel
This is a little box with reproduced artifacts from some of the people who travelled through Ellis Island.It is really clever, because the items look and feel real.There is a book which explains the background of Ellis Island, and then explains the implications of each item in the box.It literally transports the mind into the mind of the person to whom the replica once belonged.
A 'museum in a box' of 23 reproduced replicas of artifacts
The roots of millions of immigrants to the United States are evident in modern generations of mixed cultures, and celebrating the major gateway into this country is Chronicle Books' The Ellis Island Collection: Artifacts From The Immigrant Experience, providing a 'museum in a box' of 23 reproduced replicas of artifacts found at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924 from Irish Catholics and Italians to Hungarians and more. Among the relics in a colorful gift box: an immigrant boarding card, passenger list, Ellis Island lunch menu and much more.
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Subjects:  1. Educational / Scientific Toys    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Social Science    4. Sociology    5. United States - General    6. American history    7. Gift books    8. History / United States / General    9. Immigration & emigration    10. USA   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. California    4. Chang family    5. Chinese Americans    6. Emigration & Immigration    7. Emigration and immigration    8. Ethnic Cultures - General    9. Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies    10. General    11. History    12. Social Science    13. Sociology    14. China    15. Ethnography    16. Immigration & emigration    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Emigration & Immigration    2. Emigration And Immigration    3. Ethics & Moral Philosophy    4. History - U.S.    5. Immigrants    6. Social History    7. Social Science    8. Social ethics    9. Social values    10. Sociology    11. Sociology (General)    12. Sociology - General    13. United States    14. United States - General    15. Cultural studies    16. Political Science and International Relations    17. Religion    18. Social Science / Sociology / General    19. Social research & statistics    20. USA   

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an intriguing blend of many diverse source texts
Even though the United States was still a young country during the nineteenth century - where Shah begins his interweaving of public health, race, and citizenship - a strong enough sense of identity had been established to create a milieu of xenophobia with regard to non-Western cultures.In setting up the perspective of the alien as Other and tracing its influences throughout the health crises of San Francisco into the twentieth century, Shah establishes viral contamination as metaphor for cultural contamination.The threat from invaders comes not merely from their different cultural practices but also from their very biology, conflating a social threat with a physical one.White culture became the normative body by which Chinese difference was articulated.
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Subjects:  1. California    2. Chinese Americans    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. Epidemics    5. Epidemiology    6. Health and hygiene    7. History    8. Medical    9. Medical / Nursing    10. Public Health    11. San Francisco    12. Social Science    13. Asian studies    14. Ethnic studies    15. Health systems & services    16. History / General    17. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    18. Public health & preventive medicine   

Subjects:  1. Emigration & Immigration    2. Emigration and immigration    3. Ethnic Studies - General    4. Ethnic conflict    5. Kurds    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. Turkey    9. Armed conflict    10. Ethnic studies    11. Immigration & emigration    12. Religious conflict   

Subjects:  1. Asia - China    2. China    3. Chinese    4. Communication    5. Emigration & Immigration    6. Emigration and immigration    7. Foreign countries    8. Mass media    9. Media Studies    10. Migration, Internal    11. Social Science    12. Sociology    13. Immigration & emigration    14. Social Science / Ethnic Studies   

Subjects:  1. Economic conditions    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Emigration and immigration    4. Migration (Social Aspects)    5. Migration, Internal    6. Poverty    7. Puerto Rico    8. Sociology    9. United States    10. Economics    11. Immigration & emigration   

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Do I detect an Irish Brogue?;)
I listened to this book as read by the Author. I recommend that, as I read Angela's Ashes and enjoyed it a lot as well, but there is something special about the reading by the author that adds a diminsion to the work that you can't quite catch reading it.
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Subjects:  1. Audiobooks    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Elements In The U.S. Population    6. Emigration & Immigration    7. Irish Americans    8. Literary    9. Personal Memoirs    10. Unabridged Audio - Autobiography/Biography    11. Biography & Autobiography / Literary   

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Another tour de force by one of America's leading public intellectuals. Read more

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Conquests and Cultures
This book demonstrates quite clearly the growth and economic betterment of the people in underdeveloped countries through assistance from the Western Hemisphereworld.The legacies of education, nutrition and economic growth and exchange of cultural knowledge brought about even by conquering armies is quite a surprise.
Stings have no venom.
Despite their best efforts, those who reviewed this book negatively or dismissed it as "been there, done that" expose that either their own preconceived notions ran afoul with Sowell's book.Or, their sacred cows were stripped down to expose the cheap hamburger of ideas. Brilliant, Succinct, Germane!
It's always delightful to read cogent, well-thought-out and carefully written books.This is no exception, as Dr. Sowell continues to apply a broad education and extensive experience to derive insights that, once made, are startlingly clear and obvious.Read more

Subjects:  1. Civilization    2. Conquerors    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. General    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. Imperialism    9. Military - General    10. War and civilization    11. Black studies    12. Cultural studies    13. Economic history    14. Social history    15. World history   

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some good individual chapters; overall weak
Despite some impressive contributors to this edited collection, the overall analysis is intellectually poor and even absurd. The idea that immigration - as a challenge to the state - is more significant thaninternational money flows, trafficked prostitutes or drug trafficking, islaughable. The challenge to the nation state (in this particular area ofresearch) comes not from poor immigrants, but from overpaidpseudo-intellectuals. There are very many far better analyses of thephenomenon of immigration, and this over-priced offering should be avoided.It is arrogant, inaccurate and offensive. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Citizenship    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Emigration And Immigration    4. Europe, Western    5. Government policy    6. Political Process - General    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Public Policy - Social Policy    10. Social Science    11. Sovereignty    12. United States    13. Civil rights & citizenship    14. Europe    15. Immigration & emigration    16. Political Science / Social Policy    17. Political science & theory    18. Political structure & processes    19. Politics | International Studies    20. USA    21. Western Continental Europe   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Africa - West    3. African Americans    4. Civil rights movements    5. Emigration & Immigration    6. Ethnic Issues    7. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    8. Ghana    9. History    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. United States    13. Social Science / African-American Studies    14. expatriates; black expatriates; Kwame Nkrumah; Ghana; citizenship; civil rights; pan-Africanism; decolonization; African nationalism; black nationalism; Malcolm X; nonalignment; black intellectuals; Cold War; Martin Luther King Jr.; George Padmore; W. E. B. Du Bois; Maya Angelou; Richard Wright; Pauli Murray; C. L. R. James; St. Clair Drake; Muhammad Ali; James Baldwin; Julian Mayfield   

Subjects:  1. Australia    2. Congresses    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. Emigration And Immigration    5. Italians    6. Italy    7. Latin America    8. North America    9. Sociology   

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A religious history of the Scot Irish, not a history of the people
Unless you are really interested in all the petty arguments about religion among the protestant, presbyterians and baptists this book is not for you.Data on the Scots Irish people themselves makes up less than 25% of this book and even then it is more into quoting what this official or that official had to say.You don't really get a feel for what the people were like or why they were the way they were.
Curious
The first question I asked myself prior to reading the book was: "How will this book be different than Leyburn's book on the same subject, written in the 60s?" Not much. Given the number of studies, articles, etc covering this very topic it would have been valuable for griffin to have included a bibliographical essay to outline how his study breaks new ground.Still, Griffin does a thorough job outlining why the Protestant Dissenters left Ulster for the shores of America.However, his title "People With No Name" is curious, as these folks had several names (Ulster Scots, Presbyterians, Scots Irish, Dissenters) all of which Griffin acknowledges.It was also dissapointing to see a dissertation/book once again ignore Catholic migrants to America from Ireland. Catholics in Ireland are only mentioned on 7 of this book's 173 pages. No comparison is made between Griffin's Ulster Scots (or whatever he decides to call them) and their Catholic neighbors who surely underwent the same economic, agricultural, etc. trials in the 18th century.Read more

Subjects:  1. 17th century    2. 18th century    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. Europe - Ireland    5. History    6. History - U.S.    7. History: American    8. Scots    9. Scots-Irish    10. Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)    11. United States    12. United States - Colonial Period    13. American History    14. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    15. European History    16. History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)    17. Immigration & emigration    18. North America    19. Northern Ireland    20. Social & cultural anthropology    21. USA    22. c 1600 to c 1700    23. c 1700 to c 1800   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Anthropology - General    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. Ethnic Studies - General    5. Europe, Western    6. History    7. Migrations    8. Puerto Ricans    9. Social Science    10. Sociology    11. Sociology - General    12. United States    13. Ethnic studies    14. Immigration & emigration    15. Puerto Rico    16. Social Science / Sociology / General   

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ridiculous
Uh, the author is a lawyer, which means her first obligation is to uphold the law. This means gathering up the illegal aliens and getting them out of the country, quickly. Instead, this "lawyer" decides that it's more important to figure out how to screw what remains of middle-class America in order to get "rights" and such for the criminals. Nice.

ACall to Action
This book is many things - a history of immigration, a story of politics, and a study of law, public policy and activism.Above all, it is a call to action - an inspirational, educational guide to effecting social change.Suburban Sweatshops illustrates the enormous impact of one person's efforts to aid a disadvantaged and largely unnoticed segment of American society - immigrant workers - not by fighting for them, but by organizing and empowering them to fight for themselves. As Gordon recounts the events preceding the Workplace Project, and leading to its inception, she acknowledges the horror of the relatively few well-publicized atrocities against immigrant workers.Yet such incidents of "super-exploitation," Gordon submits, are only the most graphic illustrations of an infinitely more obscure problem - a web of appalling injustices so frequent as to seem an almost inevitable aspect of immigrant workers' lives.Gordon reveals these injustices in a variety of ways, supplementing examples of particular immigrants' living and working conditions with statistics that emphasize the pervasiveness of such situations. Most compelling, however, are Gordon's gripping portrayals of immigrants' personal stories.In her direct and elegant style, Gordon introduces the reader to a series of individuals whose experiences, though poignant, are studies in strength, courage and ambition.Many of these anecdotes are the result of Gordon's personal involvement in, and exposure to, the lives of her subjects.Her sympathy and respect for the people whose lives she documents are evident, as are her high expectations of them. Gordon describes the development of the Workplace Project in equally balanced terms.Her pride in the enormous success of the project is apparent, and well-deserved.Throughout the book, however, she offers a candid assessment of its challenges and limitations. This book is truly essential reading for students and professionals in the fields of law, sociology, government and history.It will serve as an indispensable reference to anyone seeking to enact social and political change.It will serve as an inspiration to anyone who reads it.
Breaking new Ground
While I understand another reviewer's complaint about the book not being national in scope, and not telling us a lot about the daily lives of immigrants. But the discussion of legal and organizingstrategy is far from arcane or dry. This is really a story about the ongoing process of democratization in our country--which the book makes clear is far from complete (something it would be useful for President Bush and other global democratizers to remember). The book provides a very insightful and thorough examination of how workers in the so called informal and underground economies learn about, use, and deepen their rights in the United States. It also makes a compelling material and moral case for why they deserve those rights. Heartwarming personal stories are nice, but this book expanded my own understanding of the politics of globalization at the micro level. It would make a great case study for college teachers to use with undergrads because it combines an immediate issue with theoretical and philopsophic substance. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alien labor    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Employee rights    4. Labor & Industrial Relations - General    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. United States    9. Workplace Project (Organizatio    10. Current Events / Law    11. Human rights    12. Labour economics   

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Timely educational tool
At a time when immigration is being debated hotly on both sides of the Atlantic, Judith Blohm and Terri Lapinsky have provided a timely tool for educating US children about each other--and in the process, teachers, parents and other members of society.
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Emigration & Immigration    5. Immigrant children    6. Interviews    7. Juvenile literature    8. Multicultural Education    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Social Science    10. United States    11. Personal awareness: family, relationship & social issues    12. True stories   

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Wow! I'm NOT Alone!
I think this book states what most thinking people know via everyday observation, but due to this period of PC "thought control" are unfortunately afraid to discuss with each other except in hushed tones behind closed doors. Nature and evolution are neither good nor bad, nor fair, or unfair, they simply "are," and to try and manufacture egalitarian fantasies re the unquestioned inherent intellectual and moral equality of all, is usually transparent to most with eyes, ears, and a functioning brain. European man did not invent Voodoo or the culture of female genital mutilation, however his/her science and technology landed man on the moon and invented the internet. This is not fiction, but fact. I think this book is very well thought out, well written, and a dire warning re the bleak future of the civilized world, asian/eurocentiric culture, and scientific advancement if we continue on with our social fantasies and tolerance for outright lies by the academic and political powers that be. In all of nature, there are species/races of creatures that excel and those that stagnate and die, and those that are parasitic - only God/Creator knows why. This book humbly attempts to touch on some of these fundamental questions without hate, but in a neutral anddispassionate manner. I rated it four instead of five stars b/c I was a bit disappointed with the authors lack of regard for the benefits of Buddhist thought over straight sole preference for Christianity. But buy it and read with an "OPEN" mind, and maybe you will realize that you're not alone either!

Reveals The Truth about Racial Differences
I first read the Bell Curve (cover to cover), which finally opened my eyes to the reality of race and genetic differences that have serious (ignored) social implications.I then read A Race Against Time, which was just as enlightening.In one text you get a variety of views and perspectives on race and the challenges faced by white america.It is a must read to bring you up to speed on the facts of race.I'm now reading Race, Evolution and Behavior by J. Philippe Rushton.This book is your best investment in reading the facts about race and impacts.

Brave New World
This book dares to say what most of us only whisper behind closed doors. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Discrimination & Racism    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. Ethnic Studies - General    5. Multiculturalism    6. People of Color    7. Race relations    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. Emigration & Immigration    2. Ethnic Studies - General    3. International Relations - General    4. Multiculturalism    5. Pluralism (Social sciences)    6. Political Science    7. Sociology    8. Sociology - General    9. Ethnic studies