60 results for 'Segre'

This memoir offers a unique perspective on growing up in Italy under Mussolini's rule. Dan Vittorio Segre recounts his childhood and adolescence with humility and honesty, revealing the...

Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation of Women and MenThis book explores the persistence of extreme gender segregation in the workforce, despite advances in gender equality. The authors...

Segregation is a stark social reality that persists in contemporary societies. This book provides a thorough discussion of its evolving complexity, exploring both past trends and current state of...

Rye's life as an American writer in Visegrad is one of absurdity and satire. He partners with a loan-shark to settle his fellow expats' outstanding debts, but soon finds himself entangled in a...

Scars, Adhesions and the Biotensegral Body Science, Assessment and Treatment by Jan Trewartha and Sharon Wheeler is a comprehensive guide to understanding the effects of scars and adhesions on the...

Dad's Secret is a heartwarming and engaging book that showcases all the amazing things dads can do. From chef to comedian, taxi driver to singer, this bilingual picture book celebrates the diversity...

Biotensegrity: The Structural Basis of Life, Second Edition explores the concept of biotensegrity and its implications for understanding human movement and anatomy. With full color illustrations...

Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities by Carl H. Nightingale explores how urban divisions have been used to reinforce inequality worldwide. From ancient roots to modern-day manifestations,...

The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers: A Critical Examination of America's Early Childhood Education System. In the United States, preschool has long been touted as a key component in addressing...

Floating Bones explores the author's journey into tensegrity, beginning in ballet and culminating in a model for addressing one's body as a teacher. This unique approach will be of great interest to...

The Resegregation of America's Schools by Stephen Breyer In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. However, ten years later, the Court struck down...

The Road to Resegregation: Northern California and the Failure of Politics by Alex Schafran Northern California's transformation into one of the earliest epicenters of the foreclosure crisis is a...

AQA Chemistry Revision and Exam Practice Book for GCSE 9-1 provides comprehensive support for students preparing for their chemistry exams. This practice and revision book offers in-depth coverage of...

Segregation by Experience explores how our expectations of children of colour affect their learning experiences in school. Filmed and studied in a first-grade classroom, this documentary reveals the...

How Race Is Made: Slavery, Segregation, and the Senses explores how white southerners used all their senses to construct racial difference and define race over at least two centuries. From the...

This edited volume brings together leading researchers from across Europe and North America to examine the processes underlying social-spatial segregation. By exploring new methods and data sources,...

Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth-century South Africa by William Beinart provides a comprehensive introduction to the complex history of racial segregation in South Africa. This collection of...

Cutting School: The Segrenomics of American Education by Noliwe Rooks is a timely critique of the corporate takeover of education and the privatization of separate and unequal schools in America. The...

Roberto Alvarez's story is one of courage and determination in the face of injustice. In 1931, he took his community to court to fight against school segregation in Lemon Grove, California. The case...

Sleepwalking to Segregation? Challenging Myths about Race and Migration by Nissa Finney and Ludi Simpson. This book questions the prevailing claims about race and migration, revealing that many are...

Desegregating the Dollar explores how US businesses have courted black dollars in post-slavery America. Despite African Americans' significant annual spending power, surprisingly little attention has...

In 1957, nine students took a bold step towards equality by attending Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their actions were part of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared...

Everything Moves: How Biotensegrity Informs Human Movement offers a fresh perspective on understanding human movement. This accessible guide provides a practical introduction to the biotensegral...

Everyday borders in the UK and Calais are sites of complex ethical struggle between segregation and solidarity. Borders, once seen as physical barriers, have become ubiquitous in our daily lives,...

Building Atlanta: How I Broke Through Segregation to Launch a Business EmpireHerman J. Russell's remarkable journey from humble beginnings in the Jim Crow South to building one of the nation's most...

The Josephites and the Struggle for Black Priests, 1871-1960 by Stephen J. Ochs explores a pivotal period in American history when the Catholic Church failed to ordain significant numbers of black...

Sheryll Cashin's White Space, Black Hood explores how government policies created and maintained a system of American residential caste, perpetuating inequality. By examining nearly two decades of...

A half century after the Fair Housing Act, residential segregation by race and income continues to shape urban and suburban neighborhoods in the United States. This book brings together expert...

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein is a powerful and disturbing history that exposes how American governments deliberately imposed...

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein is a powerful and disturbing history that exposes how American governments deliberately imposed...

South Africa's Racial Past: A 350-year history of the country's complex racial order, from the mid-seventeenth century to the apartheid era. This comprehensive study periodizes this racial order,...

The Founding Fathers' vision of equality was flawed from its inception. Historian Nicholas Guyatt reveals that most white liberals in America believed in the unity of all human beings, but struggled...

Policing the Racial Divide: Urban Growth Politics and the Remaking of SegregationDaanika Gordon's insightful account sheds light on the complex relationships between policing, urban growth, and...

The NAACP's Legal Strategy Against Segregated Education, 1925-1950 by Mark V. Tushnet This book explores the pivotal role played by the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People...

Black Fundamentalists challenges the conventional view that fundamentalism was an exclusively white phenomenon. This book uncovers voices from the Black community who embraced the doctrinal tenets of...

The Mexican American Experience in Texas Citizenship, Segregation, and the Struggle for Equality by Martha Menchaca This historical account explores the long battle for equality faced by Mexican...

Adam Fairclough's A Class of Their Own chronicles the story of black teachers in the South from emancipation to integration. This narrative offers a bold new vision of black educators, built from the...

American racism was not confined to the South. In fact, it was a national phenomenon that originated in the liberal North. This collection of essays reveals how Jim Crow policies and practices were...

The Detroit School Busing Case: Milliken v. Bradley and the Controversy over Desegregation (Landmark Law Cases and American Society) In 1974, the US Supreme Court's landmark decision in Milliken v...

Sexual segregation in ungulates ecology, behavior, and conservation explores the phenomenon of different sexes living apart for long periods. This approach has far-reaching consequences for hooved...

The Politics of Race and Residence: Citizenship, Segregation and White Supremacy in Britain by Susan J. Smith explores the complex history of 'racial' segregation in Britain, moving beyond...

At the height of the Cold War, southern segregationists exploited anxiety to link the civil rights movement to an international Communist conspiracy. This gripping story explores how fervent...

A powerful portrait of life in the Jim Crow South is presented through first-person accounts. This remarkable work of oral history captures the experience of racial oppression and everyday...

As Long As They Don't Move Next Door: Segregation and Racial Conflict in American Neighborhoods by Stephen Grant Meyer This book offers a powerful analysis of how housing discrimination has been used...

The Organ Thieves: A Landmark Investigation into Racial Inequality in America's Healthcare System. In 1968, a shocking event occurred at Virginia's top research hospital. Bruce Tucker, a black man,...

Telling Memories Among Southern Women explores the complex bond between black female domestic workers and their white employers from the early twentieth century to the civil rights revolution of the...

The Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) established the right to attend a desegregated school as a national constitutional right, but its impact has been complex...

Dividing the Faith: The Rise of Segregated Churches in the Early American NorthRichard Boles examines the often-overlooked participation of African Americans and Native Americans in early Protestant...

Racial Cities: Governance and the Segregation of Romani People in Urban Europe by Giovanni Picker explores how racial logic has shaped the segregation of "Gypsy urban areas" in Europe since World War...

African Americans challenged segregation at amusement parks, swimming pools, and skating rinks throughout the twentieth century as part of their struggle for racial equality. These leisure spaces...

Cradock: A History of Segregation and Apartheid in a South African Town By Jeffrey Butler, published by University of Virginia Press in 2017. This book offers a detailed history of Cradock, a small...

Exploring the complex relationships between work and society, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey examines the sources and consequences of job segregation in his 1993 study.Based on data from the North Carolina...

Massive Resistance and Southern Womanhood explores the complex roles of white supremacist women in segregationist activism across the United States from the late 1940s to the late 1960s.Rebecca...

This book offers a unique international comparative analysis of ethnic residential segregation patterns in Southern European cities. By examining eight cities and exploring new metaphors for...

This comprehensive overview covers major theoretical perspectives in contemporary sociology, including schools of thought and individual scholars. Sandro Segre examines each theory's rigorous...

Carlo Rovelli's groundbreaking book explores the nature of reality, delving into the mysteries of space and time. From ancient philosophers to modern theories of quantum gravity, Rovelli takes us on...

Time is a mystery that continues to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists, and scientists have long explored its meaning, while our understanding of its structure has undergone radical transformations...

Cocaine is a brilliant black comedy that explores the darker side of 1920s Paris. Written by Dino Segre under his pen name Pitigrilli, this novel charts the downfall of its dandified hero Tito...

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is a concise and accessible overview of modern physics, guiding readers through the scientific revolution that continues to shape our understanding of the universe...

On 24-25 July 1938, during the Battle of the Ebro, 2,890 men and 14 women from the XI Mixed Brigade of the Republican Army crossed the river to establish a foothold at Castellets del Segre, where...