Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Iskander, Natasha, Does Skill Make Us Human?: Migrant Workers in 21st-Century Qatar and Beyond. 360 pp. 2021:11 (Princeton U. Pr., US) <664-962>
ISBN 978-0-691-21757-4 hard ¥22,427.- (税込) US$ 99.95 *
ISBN 978-0-691-21756-7 paper ¥6,719.- (税込) US$ 29.95 *

An in-depth look at Qatar's migrant workers and the place of skill in the language of control and powerSkill-specifically the distinction between the "skilled" and "unskilled"-is generally defined as a measure of ability and training, but Does Skill Make Us Human? shows instead that skill distinctions are used to limit freedom, narrow political rights, and even deny access to imagination and desire. Natasha Iskander takes readers into Qatar's booming construction industry in the lead-up to the 2022 World Cup, and through her unprecedented look at the experiences of migrant workers, she reveals that skill functions as a marker of social difference powerful enough to structure all aspects of social and economic life.Through unique access to construction sites in Doha, in-depth research, and interviews, Iskander explores how migrants are recruited, trained, and used. Despite their acquisition of advanced technical skills, workers are commonly described as unskilled and disparaged as "unproductive," "poor quality," or simply "bodies." She demonstrates that skill categories adjudicate personhood, creating hierarchies that shape working conditions, labor recruitment, migration policy, the design of urban spaces, and the reach of global industries. Iskander also discusses how skill distinctions define industry responses to global warming, with employers recruiting migrants from climate-damaged places at lower wages and exposing these workers to Qatar's extreme heat. She considers how the dehumanizing politics of skill might be undone through tactical solidarity and creative practices.With implications for immigrant rights and migrant working conditions throughout the world, Does Skill Make Us Human? examines the factors that justify and amplify inequality.

Bossavie, Laurent / Garrote-Sanchez, D. et al., Skilled Migration: A Sign of Europe's Divide or Integration? (International Development in Focus) 83 pp. 2022 (World Bank, US) <664-971>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1732-8 paper ¥8,673.- (税込) US$ 41.50 *

This book examines the migration trends, drivers, and impacts among skilled workers within the European Union (EU). It assesses the economic benefits and costs of skilled migration in the short and long term and formulates policy recommendations to address the costs that migration induces while maximizing its benefits.

Piro, Valeria, Migrant Farmworkers in 'Plastic Factories': Investigating Work-Life Struggles. (Palgrave Pivot) 151 pp. 2021:6 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <664-975>
ISBN 978-3-030-74508-0 hard ¥15,798.- (税込) EUR 64.99 *

This book provides a fine-grained ethnographic examination of the everyday negotiations and conflicts taking place in greenhouses and packinghouses in an agricultural district in south-eastern Italy (Sicily). In a highly competitive global scenario, driven by multinational corporations and large retailers, small and medium-sized farms largely rely on migrant labour to fill their demand for casualized, flexible and low-paid jobs. By taking the reader into the 'plastic factories' where the author was hired as a farmworker, this book sheds light on the struggles - around the employment contract, the wage and the body - which take place every day between employers and employees. The book contributes to broadening the understanding of the dynamics innervating food production worldwide by recognizing the pivotal role of migrant labour not only as a factor in the restructuring of global supply chains, but also as an actor shaping these processes through its own unpredictable strategies.

Feld, Serge, International Migration, Remittances and Brain Drain: Impacts on Development. (Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development 13) 168 pp. 2021:8 (Springer, GW) <664-940>
ISBN 978-3-030-75512-6 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *

This book provides an analysis of theoretical and empirical researches on the effects of remittances and brain drain on the development of less developed countries (LDCs). It analyzes the most recent global, regional and national data as well as the arguments for and against the emigration of highly skilled personnel and remittances, thereby highlighting policies aimed at optimizing the link between migration and development. The book examines in depth the arguments against "brain drain", namely the loss of skilled labor, wasted public investment in higher education, and reduced tax revenues. It also presents the arguments in favor, emphasizing on the transfer of scientific knowledge, the incentive effect of increased education spending, and participation in international networks. It addresses the central issue of emigration of medical personnel from developing countries and its consequences on the population.The book focuses on the effects of remittances on poverty and inequalities. They improve health conditions, raise education levels and empower women. Positive effects include the stabilizing function of remittances and the improvement of external accounts. Other effects are subject to conflicting assessments such as the reduction of labor supply and the "Dutch disease". The focus is on institutions who integrate economic, social and political incentives in order to establish remittances at the heart of development policies.The book provides a reference for students and research centers devoted to development economics, centers for international migration studies, and research units focusing on population, migration, and development.

Zaveri, Esha / Russ, Jason / Khan, Amjad et al., Ebb and Flow. Volume 1: Water, Migration and Development. 100 pp. 2021 (World Bank, US) <664-863>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1745-8 paper ¥8,987.- (税込) US$ 43.00 *

Borgomeo, Edoardo / Jaegerskog, Anders / Zaveri, E. et al., Ebb and Flow. Volume 2: Water in the Shadow of Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa. 100 pp. 2021:9 (World Bank, US) <664-750>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1746-5 paper ¥8,987.- (税込) US$ 43.00 *

The Middle East and North Africa Region encapsulates many of the issues surrounding water and human mobility. It is the most water-scarce region in the world and is experiencing unprecedented levels of forced displacement. Ebb and Flow: Volume 2. Water in the Shadow of Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa examines the links between water risks (harmful outcomes related to water, from droughts and floods to lack of sanitation), conflict, and forced displacement. It aims to better explain how to address the vulnerabilities of forcibly displaced persons and their host communities, and to identify water policy and investment responses. Contrary to common belief, the report finds that the evidence linking water risks with conflict and forced displacement in the region is not unequivocal. Water risks are more frequently related to cooperation than to conflict at both domestic and international levels. But while conflict is not necessarily a consequence of water risks, the reverse is a real and concerning phenomenon: conflict amplifies water risks. Since 2011, there have been at least 180 instances of intentional targeting of water infrastructure in conflicts in Gaza, Libya, the Syrian Arab Republic, and the Republic of Yemen. Forcibly displaced persons and their host communities face myriad water risks. Access to safe drinking water is a daily struggle for millions of forcibly displaced Iraqis, Libyans, Palestinians, Syrians, Yemenis, and international migrants in the region, heightening public health risks. Tanker trucks often help fill the gap; however, significant issues of water quality, reliability, and affordability remain. Host communities also face localized declines in water availability and quality as well as unplanned burdens on water services following the arrival of forcibly displaced persons. The reality of protracted forced displacement requires a shift from humanitarian support toward a development approach for water security, including structured yet flexible planning to deliver water services and sustain water resources for forcibly displaced persons and their host communities.

Obeng-Odoom, Franklin, Global Migration beyond Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Political Economy. 288 pp. 2021:12 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <664-658>
ISBN 978-0-19-886718-0 hard ¥20,462.- (税込) GB￡ 71.00 *

Global Migration beyond Limits takes a critical approach to mainstream economic accounts of migration, environment, and inequality. Drawing on a range of case studies from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas, Obeng-Odoom argues that much of the crisis of migration can be understood as a reflection of cumulative stratification at different scales in the global system, though the form of migration is conditioned by more than economic forces. Examining the experiences of migrant farmers, street workers, refugees, international students, and many more, this book shows that the so-called migration crisis is an expression of a political-economic system in which socially created value is privately appropriated as rents by a privileged few who use institutions such as land and property rights, race, ethnicity, class, and gender to keep others in their place.

Nabhan-Warren, Kristy (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Latinx Christianity in the United States. (Oxford Handbooks) 376 pp. 2022:3 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <664-496>
ISBN 978-0-19-087576-3 hard ¥2,244.- (税込) US$ 10.00 *

The United States is in the midst of a demographic revolution. It is estimated that by 2050 Latinx Americans will make up thirty percent of the nation's total population. Most Latinx Americans today are Christian. And while, historically, most of those Latinx Christians have been Catholics, that is changing as well, as more Latinx Americans embrace Protestantism or other traditions and practices. Even within the U.S. Catholic Church the demographic changes are being felt, as more than half of young American Catholics are Latinx. The Oxford Handbook of Latinx Christianities in the United States provides an introduction to U.S. Latinx Christianities, helping readers better understand the largest minority group in the United States. The chapters are written by specialists in U.S. Latinx Christianities from fields such as history, theology, and sociology and organized by theme. The essays, taken individually and collectively, pay attention to both historical and contemporary aspects of major Christian denominations and movements. This handbook provides in-depth coverage of specific national groups, denominations, geographies, and theologies, and also attends to themes of gender, sexuality, empire, migration, diaspora, borderlands, and transnationalism. This volume is a go-to source for anyone interested in the role that religion, specifically Christianity, plays in the lives of U.S. Latinxs.

Kim, Matthew D., Preaching to Possible Selves: A Contextual Homiletic for Second Generation Korean Americans. 2nd ed. X, 226 pp. 2021:4 (P. Lang, SZ) <664-457>
ISBN 978-1-4331-8445-1 hard ¥26,142.- (税込) SFR 106.10

This in-depth study on preaching to second generation Korean Americans, the first of its kind, is based on empirical and ethnographic fieldwork. Matthew D. Kim conducted surveys and semi-structured qualitative interviews with Korean American pastors and second generation young adult respondents in three geographic regions of the United States: the Midwest, the West Coast, and the East Coast. His primary conceptual framework employs social psychologists Hazel Markus and Paula Nurius’s theory of possible selves to facilitate the process of congregational exegesis in the second generation Korean American church context. This book offers a new contextual homiletic model that enables Korean American preachers to engage in deeper levels of ethnic and cultural analysis in their sermonic preparation. Simultaneously, the author reconstructs conventional preaching roles of Korean American preachers and second generation listeners so that they may co-creatively imagine new possible selves that radically advance Christian mission and practice in the world. This book will serve as a primary or secondary source for upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses on preaching, communication studies, ethnic and racial studies, cross-cultural ministry, or social psychology.

イスラーム嫌悪、人種、グローバル政治　改訂版
Kazi, Nazia, Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics. Updated ed. 184 pp. 2021:11 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <664-453>
ISBN 978-1-5381-5709-1 hard ¥8,976.- (税込) US$ 40.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5381-5710-7 paper ¥6,283.- (税込) US$ 28.00 *

Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics is a powerful introduction to the scope of Islamophobia in the United States. Drawing on examples such as the legacy of Barack Obama, the mainstream media's portrayal of Muslims, and the justifications given for some of America's most recent military endeavors, author Nazia Kazi highlights the vast impact of Islamophobia, connecting this to a long history of US racism. Kazi shows how American Islamophobia and racism are at once domestic-occurring within the borders of the United States-and global-a matter of foreign policy and global politics. Using Islamophobia as a unique case study, Kazi asks the reader to consider how war and empire-building relate to racism. The book sheds light on the diverse experiences of American Muslims, especially the varying ways they have experienced Islamophobia, and confronts some of the misguided attempts to tackle this Islamophobia.

Khan, Saad Ahmad, Perceptions of Ethnicity, Religion, and Radicalization among Second-Generation Pakistani-Canadians: Unity in Diversity? 234 pp. 2021:1 (Lexington Books, US) <664-454>
ISBN 978-1-79362-730-8 hard ¥24,908.- (税込) US$ 111.00 *

"Why do they hate us?" The answer to a seemingly simple question made famous by U.S. President George W. Bush in the wake of 9/11 has become more complex with the entrance of homegrown terrorists into many armed conflicts. Why do they hate us so much that some of them try to kill us en masse, even though they are born and raised with us, go to school with us, and work with us. This book offers an in-depth analysis to the phenomenon of radicalization of second-generation Pakistani-Canadians. Based on interviews with second-generation Pakistani-Canadians from various backgrounds, Saad Ahmad Khan argues that radicalization is a complex and layered process stemming from multiple sources ranging from childhood experiences to the role of Saudi Arabia in exporting its brand of Islam. Individual, social, national, and international factors need to be addressed holistically, if radicalization of second-generation individuals is to be pre-empted and subsequent generations saved from the scourge of violence and terrorism.

Jantzen, Matt R., God, Race, and History: Liberating Providence. 210 pp. 2021:2 (Lexington Books, US) <664-444>
ISBN 978-1-79361-955-6 hard ¥24,908.- (税込) US$ 111.00 *

In crafting racial visions of the modern world, European thinkers appropriated the Christian doctrine of providence, constructing the idea of European humanity's rule over the globe on the model of God's rule over the universe. As a powerful ordering theory of the relationship between God and creation, time and space, self and other, the doctrine served as an intellectual framework for the theorization of whiteness, as the male European subject replaced Jesus Christ as the human being at the center of world history. Through an analysis of the work of G.W.F. Hegel, Karl Barth, and James H. Cone, God, Race, and History examines this subversion of the Christian doctrine of providence, as well as subsequent attempts within modern Protestant theology to liberate the doctrine from its captivity to whiteness. It then develops a constructive political theology of providence in conversation with Delores S. Williams and M. Shawn Copeland, discerning Jesus Christ at work through the Holy Spirit in the struggles of ordinary, overlooked, and oppressed human creatures to survive and to carve out a flourishing life for themselves, their communities, and their world.

Harvey, Paul, Martin Luther King: A Religious Life. (Library of African American Biography) 224 pp. 2022:1 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <664-433>
ISBN 978-1-5381-1592-3 hard ¥8,751.- (税込) US$ 39.00 *

In the first In the first biography of Martin Luther King to look at his life through the prism of his evolving faith, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King's life through his complex, emerging, religious lives. Harvey will introduce many readers, perhaps for the first or only time, to the King of diverse religious and intellectual influences, of an increasingly radical cast of thought, and of a melange of intellectual influences that he aligned in becoming the spokesperson for the most important social movement of twentieth-century American history. Not only does Harvey chronicle King's metamorphosis and its impact on American and African American life, but he seeks to explain his "afterlives"-how in American culture King became transformed into a mainstream civil saint, shorn of his radical religious critique of how power functioned in America. Harvey's concise biography will allow readers to see King anew in the context of his time and today.

Lovern, Lavonna L., Global Indigenous Communities: Historical and Contemporary Issues in Indigeneity. 290 pp. 2021:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <664-3709>
ISBN 978-3-030-69936-9 paper ¥10,936.- (税込) EUR 44.99

Global Indigenous Communities is a wide-ranging examination of global Indigenous communities that continue to suffer from colonization and assimilation issues, including intergenerational trauma. The scholarship is interdisciplinary; it is not easily categorized as sociology, anthropology, ethnography, or philosophy, but cuts across all of these disciplines, as well as Indigenous methodologies. The book not only presents an academic study of Indigenous issues, covering Indigenous community life, religion, the environment, economic matters, education, and healthcare, but also incorporates contributions from Carol Locust, EdD, that reflect on her lifetime of experience in Indigenous education and healthcare. Each studied prism of Indigenous life is revealed to be impacted by the experience of intergenerational trauma that results from continued colonization. Ultimately, this book aims to bridge the communication gap between Western and Indigenous scholarship and readership, artfully combining Indigenous approaches with a traditional academic style.

Bostic, Joy R. / Mothoagae, Itumeleng et al. (eds.), Black Religious Landscaping in Africa and the United States. 206 pp. 2020:12 (P. Lang, SZ) <664-371>
ISBN 978-1-4331-7258-8 hard ¥26,142.- (税込) SFR 106.10

Black Religious Landscaping in Africa and the United States uses the prism of spatial theory to explore various aspects of Black landscapes on the African continent and Black Atlantic diasporic locations. The volume explores the ways in which Black people in Africa and in the Diaspora have identified obstacles and barriers to Black freedoms and have constructed counter-landscapes in response to these obstacles. The chapters in the book present diverse representations of the Black creative impulse to form religious landscapes and construct social, economic and political spaces that are habitable for Black people and Black bodies. These landscapes and spaces are physical, psychological and conceptual. They are gendered and racialized in ways that are shaped by their specific religious, geographic and socio-historical contexts. These contexts are influenced by colonial systems and institutions of modern slavery. The landscapes that people of African descent struggle to construct, reshape and inhabit are intended to counter the effects of these oppressive systems and institutions and often include attempts to reclaim and adapt sources, concepts, tools and techniques that are indigenous to specific geographical contexts or ethno-racial groups. The contributors hope in this volume to offer a look at how the cartographic struggles and constructive engagements within these Black-inhabited spaces are rooted in Black movements that support the emancipation of Black lives and Black bodies from the oppressive forces of dominant geographies.

Adekson, Mary Olufunmilayo (ed.), African Americans and Mental Health: Practical and Strategic Solutions to Barriers, Needs, and Challenges. 167 pp. 2021:10 (Springer, GW) <664-3720>
ISBN 978-3-030-77130-0 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99 *

This book enumerates the unique challenges, barriers, needs, and trauma of being an African American in the United States, and at the same time highlights what needs to be done to improve and foster the mental health healing of this population. This includes practical applications and strategic solutions that work, such as the family togetherness and ardent spiritual beliefs that form the basis for resilient and vibrant mental health among African Americans. This contributed volume features the authorship of counseling professionals, most of whom are African American themselves. Because of their own personal experiences, they are able to emphasize cogent helping strategies for this population, to show how to move forward with encouragement. The book also highlights ways to promote life that is mentally healthy and holistic for African Americans.Topics covered within the chapters include:Mental Health Challenges Unique to African American Children and AdolescentsDiagnosis Issues with African Americans Culture of Family Togetherness, Emotional Resilience, and Spiritual Lifestyles Inherent in African Americans from the Time of Slavery Until Now The Trauma of Being an African American in the 21st Century Training, Recruiting, and Retaining African American Mental Health ProfessionalsAfrican Americans and Mental Health: Practical and Strategic Solutions to Barriers, Needs, and Challenges is an essential resource for helping professionals who work with this population, including psychiatrists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals. The book also should be of interest to researchers, instructors, and students in Counseling, Social Work, and Psychology.

Alavi, Roksana, Iranian Identity, American Experience: Philosophical Reflections on Race, Rights, Capabilities, and Oppression. (Philosophy of Race) 166 pp. 2021:3 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3721>
ISBN 978-1-4985-7509-6 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) US$ 105.00 *

Iranian Identity, American Experience: Philosophical Reflections on Race, Rights, Capabilities and Oppression is a multidisciplinary study, exploring the meaning of oppression both politically and individually and how to address it. In current studies of oppression, there is a dichotomy of Black and white that leaves out other communities of color. Also, there is little philosophical analysis of theoretical framework to think about race from the perspective of an immigrant community in the United States that appears to be educated and affluent. This book fills this gap with a philosophical case study looking at the Iranian-American population. Roksana Alavi argues that the census classification of Iranian Americans in the United States is a double-edged sword. The United States census classifies people of Middle East identity as "white," asking them to check that race box, but the experiences of individuals say otherwise. Alavi discusses a theory of oppression that not only addresses the external oppression inflicted on people but also the everyday actions that leave them in oppressive situations.

Anaedozie, Emeka C., Africans at Home and in the United States: One People, One Problem, One Destiny. 180 pp. 2021:3 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3724>
ISBN 978-1-79363-486-3 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) US$ 105.00 *

In Africans at Home and in the United States: One People, One Problem, One Destiny, Emeka C. Anaedozie examines Pan-African cultural and intellectual history, focusing on sociocultural commonalities and challenges facing African people. To this end, Dr. Anaedozie argues that, since oppression divided Africans, Pan-Africanism is the natural antidote to the subjugation that forcefully separated, enslaved, and colonized Africans.

社会における人種－永続する米国のジレンマ　第2版
Andersen, Margaret L., Race in Society: The Enduring American Dilemma. 2nd ed. 434 pp. 2021:3 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <664-3725>
ISBN 978-1-5381-4945-4 hard ¥36,801.- (税込) US$ 164.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5381-2983-8 paper ¥13,464.- (税込) US$ 60.00 *

Core textbook for the race and ethnicity course taught at the sophomore/junior level in sociology departments at 4-year institutions. Race in Society is a comprehensive book about the sociology of race in America. The purpose of the book is to introduce readers to current research scholarship on race, emphasizing the socially constructed basis of race and the persistence of racial inequality in American institutions. The book is anchored in contemporary social science scholarship (and some classical works), but is written in a narrative style to engage reader interest and make it accessible to a wide audience.Key Themes include: 1.What does race mean? How does it change and emerge over time?2.How do people think about race and what are the consequences? 3.How is race structured into social institutions?4.What are different policies and approaches for change toward racial justice?

Anzures, Tonatiuh, Opening Pathways, Building Bridges: Skilled Migration of Mexican Scientists and Engineers to the UK. XX, 192 pp. 2021:7 (P. Lang, SZ) <664-3726>
ISBN 978-1-4331-9107-7 paper ¥11,925.- (税込) SFR 48.40

Opening Pathways, Building Bridges explores contemporary skilled migration and the brain drain using a bottom-up approach, based on a case study of Mexican scientists and engineers?or the Brains, as coined by the author?working in the UK. It provides an insight into how the phenomenon is shaped by the migrants’ personal and professional experiences (from Mexico to the UK: ‘opening pathways’) and how their contributions could have valuable effects through diaspora policies (from the UK back to Mexico: ‘building bridges’). The research is based on an analysis of 36 semi-structured, qualitative interviews with Mexicans graduated in STEM fields, who currently work in academia or the private sector in the UK, and the empirical findings are organised into three main topics: transnationalism, professional experience and collaboration at a distance. It is argued that a more balanced exchange between Mexico and the UK can be achieved by building more bridges with the diaspora through long-distance collaborative initiatives. For this to happen, it is important for policy-makers to understand the relevance of skilled individuals’ choices and experiences, the value of their networks and communities of interest, the existing imbalances between developed and developing countries, and the challenges posed by scientific and professional collaborative projects. This book offers some ideas and policy recommendations arising from the research, in order to better understand?and face?the challenges of skilled migration in future years and, ultimately, mitigate the negative effects of the Brains’ departure.

Austin, Duke W. / Bowser, Benjamin P. (eds.), Impacts of Racism on White Americans In the Age of Trump. 354 pp. 2021:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <664-3727>
ISBN 978-3-030-75231-6 paper ¥13,367.- (税込) EUR 54.99 *

In this third iteration of the classic work The Impacts of Racism on White Americans (1981, 1996), a new generation of scholars make the case that racism often negatively affects Whites themselves, especially during the Trump era. In 1981, Impacts introduced an alternative understanding of racism, arguing that it went beyond white-black and/or inter-race relations. Instead, the book proposed that the problem of race in the U.S. is fundamentally one of white identity and culture and that racism has substantial negative effects on White Americans. This volume advances these propositions through three key areas: (1) Trump-era cultural and institutional racism, bolstered by the use of historical notions of racial hierarchy; (2) institutional and interpersonal racism, which in turn drive individual racist behaviors; and finally, (3) racism's interactional sequences and how they impact anti-racism efforts. As each chapter author explores an iteration of these racisms, they also explore how racist attitudes produce disadvantage among White Americans.

Bailey, Alison, The Weight of Whiteness: A Feminist Engagement with Privilege, Race, and Ignorance. (Philosophy of Race) 202 pp. 2021:2 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3729>
ISBN 978-1-79360-449-1 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) US$ 105.00 *

"Check your privilege" is not a request for a simple favor. It asks white people to consider the painful dimensions of what they have been socialized to ignore. Alison Bailey's The Weight of Whiteness: A Feminist Engagement with Privilege, Race, and Ignorance examines how whiteness misshapes our humanity, measuring the weight of whiteness in terms of its costs and losses to collective humanity. People of color feel the weight of whiteness daily. The resistant habits of whiteness and its attendant privileges, however, make it difficult for white people to feel the damage. White people are more comfortable thinking about white supremacy in terms of what privilege does for them, rather than feeling what it does to them. The first half of the book focuses on the overexposed side of white privilege, the side that works to make the invisible and intangible structures of power more visible and tangible. Bailey discusses the importance of understanding privileges intersectionally, the ignorance-preserving habits of "white talk," and how privilege and ignorance circulate in educational settings. The second part invites white readers to explore the underexposed side of white dominance, the weightless side that they would rather not feel. The final chapters are powerfully autobiographical. Bailey engages readers with a deeply personal account of what it means to hold space with the painful weight of whiteness in her own life. She also offers a moving account of medicinal genealogies, which helps to engage the weight she inherits from her settler colonial ancestors. The book illustrates how the gravitational pull of white ignorance and comfort are stronger than the clean pain required for collective liberation. The stakes are high: Failure to hold the weight of whiteness ensures that white people will continue to blow the weight of historical trauma through communities of color.

Berrian, Brenda F., Race, Identity, and Privilege from the US to the Congo. (Critical Africana Studies) 248 pp. 2021:2 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3732>
ISBN 978-1-79364-231-8 hard ¥24,908.- (税込) US$ 111.00 *

In July 1961, five months after Patrice Lumumba's assassination, 14-year-old Brenda F. Berrian's consciousness was raised by her family's move to the turbulent Republic of the Congo. Race, Identity, and Privilege from the US to the Congo traces Berrian's experiences of subsequently traveling the United States, Canada, France, and three other African countries against the backdrop of emerging African independence and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Detailing the complexities she faced in her global identity as a Black woman, Berrian explores how the love and support of her parents and her developing racial, feminist, and political consciousness--strengthened by her embrace of literature and music of the African diaspora--prepared her to deal with adversity, stereotypes, and grief along the way.

Camara, Evandro, The Critical Phenomenology of Intergroup Life: Race Relations in the Social World. 262 pp. 2020:12 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3741>
ISBN 978-1-4985-7768-7 hard ¥27,601.- (税込) US$ 123.00 *

This book is dedicated to a critical analysis of race relations and inequality through the prism of Schutzian social phenomenology, which focuses on the world of intersubjectivity and the complex of meanings that orient the conduct of individuals and groups. The phenomenological approach provides a more intimate look at how the societal imposition of negative racial meanings on racialized persons crucially determines the construction of the minority subjectivity as essential otherness, thus becoming a pivotal support of race-based inequality.

Carty, Victoria, The Immigration Crisis in Europe and the U.S.-Mexico Border in the New Era of Heightened Nativism. 206 pp. 2020:11 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3743>
ISBN 978-1-4985-8389-3 hard ¥24,908.- (税込) US$ 111.00 *

In The Immigration Crisis in Europe and the U.S.-Mexico Border in the New Era of Heightened Nativism, Victoria Carty compares the immigration crises in the European Union and the United States. Beginning in 2014, the Arab Spring upheavals and failed states in Northern Africa and the Middle East overwhelmed many European countries which the European Union system was not prepared for. In the Americas, failed states in Central America such as Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador also led to an unexpected influx of immigrants to the United States, many of them unaccompanied minors, fleeing gangs, violence and poverty. In The Immigration Crisis in Europe and the U.S.-Mexico Border, Carty studies theories of immigration, social movements, and critical race theory to provide a better understanding of the current immigration crises in Europe and the United States. Carty shows that the high volume of immigration in both the EU and the United States has led to a resurgence of nativist sentiments and white supremacy groups.

Chism, Jonathan / DeFreitas, Stacie Craft et al. (eds.), Critical Race Studies Across Disciplines: Resisting Racism through Scholactivism. 318 pp. 2021:4 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3744>
ISBN 978-1-79363-588-4 hard ¥29,845.- (税込) US$ 133.00 *

This book argues that critical race theory (CRT)-which originated within Legal Studies during the 1970s-has permeated multiple academic disciplines and informs the ethical commitments of scholars in diverse fields of study. Critical Race Studies Across Disciplines includes essays by scholars of African American studies from multiple schools and disciplines outside of the legal realm, who directly and indirectly incorporate CRT through signaling a commitment to scholar-activism or scholactivism. Scholars who embrace the scholactivist agenda hope to understand the roots of anti-Black racism and to actively oppose all forms of oppression. Drawing on CRT, the volume contends that race and racial thinking permeate various institutions and influence American culture and life. The volume counters the colorblind rhetoric of conservatives and traditional liberals who dismiss the notion of systemic racism, discount racial inequities, and disregard racial justice advocates as malcontents fanning the flames of racial dissension. The contributors of this collection challenge racism centering the stories, perspectives, and counter-narratives of African American soldiers, teachers, students, writers, psychologists, and theologians who continually defy and resist oppression in myriad ways.

Church, Jonathan D., Reinventing Racism: Why "White Fragility" Is the Wrong Way to Think About Racial Inequality. 250 pp. 2020:12 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <664-3745>
ISBN 978-1-4758-5817-4 hard ¥19,747.- (税込) US$ 88.00 *
ISBN 978-1-4758-5818-1 paper ¥9,873.- (税込) US$ 44.00 *

The theory of white fragility is one of the most influential ideas to emerge in recent years on the topics of race, racism, and racial inequality. White fragility is defined as an unwillingness on the part of white people to engage in the difficult conversations necessary to address racial inequality. This "fragility" allegedly undermines the fight against racial inequality.Despite its wide acclaim and rapid acceptance, the theory of white fragility has received no serious and sustained scrutiny. This book argues that the theory is flawed on numerous fronts. The theory functions as a divisive rhetorical device to shut down debate. It relies on the flawed premise of implicit bias. It posits a faulty way of understanding racism. It has serious methodological problems. It conflates objectivity and neutrality. It exploits narrative at the expense of facts. It distorts many of the ideas upon which the theory relies. This book also offers a more constructive way to think about Whiteness, white privilege, and "white fragility," pointing us to a more promising vision for addressing racial inequality.

Cureton, Steven, Liberation Movements and Black-on-Black Survival Love: It's No Ordinary Love. XIV, 154 pp. 2021:6 (P. Lang, SZ) <664-3747>
ISBN 978-1-4331-8703-2 hard ¥24,873.- (税込) SFR 100.95

Black women are long overdue for proper recognition as primary love interests and researchers who are so inclined must do a better job of uncovering examples of black men who proclaim black women as more than a default companion. A primary objective of this book is to examine love letters, civil rights pursuits, and interpersonal relations amongst prominent liberation icons. Additionally, exploring colorism, black power, nihilism, race manners, race matters, black feminism, secular verification of spirituality and racial casting will hopefully provide insight concerning whether black-on-black love is a survival type of love. This is attractive for any undergraduate and graduate level courses seeking to understand the nature of the black experience in America. Moreover, this book is intended to reach audiences interested in the real thin line between love and hate amongst black men and black women.

Delfino, Jennifer B., Speaking of Race: Language, Identity, and Schooling Among African American Children. 202 pp. 2020:12 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3750>
ISBN 978-1-79360-648-8 hard ¥24,908.- (税込) US$ 111.00 *

Speaking of Race explores the linguistic practices of African American children in an after school program in Washington, D.C. Using the ethnographic methods of "raciolinguistics," it provides an in-depth look at how students used language to transform the meaning of race in relation to ideas about academic success. The book shows that while students often have a sophisticated grasp of language, race, and their relation to academic success, their linguistic practices are often perceived as barriers to learning and achievement. In providing insight into the institutionalized processes by which African American children are seen and heard as "problem students", this book aims to help scholars and practitioners better support minoritized students who are engaged in the project of achieving racial transformation and educational justice in the context of their urban schooling experiences.

Demir, Ipek, Diaspora as Translation and Decolonisation. (Theory for a Global Age) 168 pp. 2022:1 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <664-3751>
ISBN 978-1-5261-3468-4 hard ¥23,344.- (税込) GB￡ 81.00 *

This innovative study engages critically with existing conceptualisations of diaspora, arguing that if diaspora is to have analytical purchase, it should illuminate a specific angle of migration or migrancy. To reveal the much-needed transformative potential of the concept, the book looks specifically at how diasporas undertake translation and decolonisation. It offers various conceptual tools for investigating diaspora, with a specific focus on diasporas in the Global North and a detailed empirical study of the Kurdish diaspora in Europe. The book also considers the backlash diasporas of colour have faced in the Global North.

Dunajeva, Jekatyerina, Constructing Identities Over Time: "Bad Gypsies" and "Good Roma" in Russia and Hungary. (Critical Romani Studies Book Series) 230 pp. 2021:11 (Central European U. Pr., HU) <664-3753>
ISBN 978-963-386-415-9 hard ¥15,274.- (税込) GB￡ 53.00 *

Jekatyerina Dunajeva explores how two dominant stereotypes-"bad Gypsies" and "good Roma"-took hold in formal and informal educational institutions in Russia and Hungary. She shows that over centuries "Gypsies" came to be associated with criminality, lack of education, and backwardness. The second notion, of proud, empowered, and educated "Roma," is a more recent development. By identifying five historical phases-pre-modern, early-modern, early and "ripe" communism, and neomodern nation-building-the book captures crucial legacies that deepen social divisions and normalize the constructed group images. The analysis of the state-managed Roma identity project in the brief korenizatsija program for the integration of non-Russian nationalities into the Soviet civil service in the 1920s is particularly revealing, while the critique of contemporary endeavors is a valuable resource for policy makers and civic activists alike. The top-down view is complemented with the bottom-up attention to everyday Roma voices. Personal stories reveal how identities operate in daily life, as Dunajeva brings out hidden narratives and subaltern discourse. Her handling of fieldwork and self-reflexivity is a model of sensitive research with vulnerable groups.

Dunlap, Michelle, Retail Racism: Shopping While Black and Brown in America. (Perspectives on a Multiracial America) 376 pp. 2021:9 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <664-3754>
ISBN 978-1-5381-3712-3 hard ¥8,976.- (税込) US$ 40.00 *

For minorities in today's society, there may be a greater complexity and risk to moving about in the retail, restaurant, and other consumer marketplaces than some might expect. Based on 20 in-depth interviews with people from various backgrounds across the country, the purposes of this book is threefold. Firstly, to bring greater awareness to minority marketplace experiences both for consumers and marketplaces by offering a tapestry of what shopping and otherwise moving about and engaging in the consumer marketplaces may look like for minorities, even today. Secondly, to increase sensitivity to this issue for all involved. And third, to provide some of the steps and resources that others have taken in an attempt to interrupt, disrupt, or ameliorate the inappropriate handling of minority consumers. To an extent, this book is about not only shopping, but also humane living in America, surviving and making sense of experiences, what to do about it, and the larger issues and contexts that surround the marketplace for minorities.

Fomina, Joanna, Political Dissent and Democratic Remittances: The Activities of Russian Migrants in Europe. (Studies in Migration and Diaspora) 218 pp. 2021:10 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <664-3762>
ISBN 978-0-367-55183-4 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-55184-1 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

With a focus on the most recent wave of political emigration from Russia unleashed during President Vladimir Putin's third term, this book explores the activities of those who voice political dissent after leaving their country. Based on rich ethnographic data and interviews gathered among Russian emigrants to the EU member-states, who are engaged in civic and political participation targeted at their home country, it demonstrates that emigration, particularly forced emigration in which political dissidents are squeezed out of their country, no longer functions efficiently as a means of calming political unrest. Drawing on the concept of social remittances, the author analyses the content, structure and the channels of political democratic remittances sent by political dissidents overseas, the factors that shape them and the perceived effects of these endeavours. A study of the latest wave of politically charged emigration from Russia and emigrants' engagement in 'homeland politics', this volume will appeal to scholars across a range of social sciences working on migration, diaspora and democratisation processes, citizenship, EU studies and Russia studies.

Foner, Nancy, One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America. 232 pp. 2022:1 (Princeton U. Pr., US) <664-3763>
ISBN 978-0-691-20639-4 hard ¥6,271.- (税込) US$ 27.95 *

An in-depth look at the many ways immigration has redefined modern AmericaThe impact of immigrants over the past half century has become so much a part of everyday life in the United States that we sometimes fail to see it. This deeply researched book by one of America's leading immigration scholars tells the story of how immigrants are fundamentally changing this country.An astonishing number of immigrants and their children-nearly eighty-six million people-now live in the United States. Together, they have transformed the American experience in profound and far-reaching ways that go to the heart of the country's identity and institutions.Unprecedented in scope, One Quarter of the Nation traces how immigration has reconfigured America's racial order-and, importantly, how Americans perceive race-and played a pivotal role in reshaping electoral politics and party alignments. It discusses how immigrants have rejuvenated our urban centers as well as some far-flung rural communities, and examines how they have strengthened the economy, fueling the growth of old industries and spurring the formation of new ones. This wide-ranging book demonstrates how immigration has touched virtually every facet of American culture, from the music we dance to and the food we eat to the films we watch and books we read.One Quarter of the Nation opens a new chapter in our understanding of immigration. While many books look at how America changed immigrants, this one examines how they changed America. It reminds us that immigration has long been a part of American society, and shows how immigrants and their families continue to redefine who we are as a nation.

Hart, William David, The Blackness of Black: Key Concepts in Critical Discourse. (Philosophy of Race) 262 pp. 2020:10 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3769>
ISBN 978-1-79361-586-2 hard ¥27,601.- (税込) US$ 123.00 *

This book explores the relations among blackness, antiblackness, and Black people within the discourse of the blackness of black. This critical discourse developed during the last two decades as scholars explored what Saidiya Hartman describes as the afterlife of slavery. Hartman's concept, which argues for a troubling continuity between the status of enslaved and emancipated Black people, is the pivot between discursive tributaries and trajectories. Tributaries of the discourse of the blackness of black comprise five foundational concepts: Frantz Fanon's "phobogenic blackness," Orlando Patterson's "social death," Cedric Robinson's "racial capitalism and the black radical tradition," and Hortense Spillers' "flesh." The book traces three trajectories within the afterlife of slavery: Frank Wilderson's " Afropessimism," Fred Moten's "generative blackness," and Calvin Warren's "black nihilism." This ensemble of concepts enable us to understand what is at state in how we understand the relations among blackness, antiblackness, and Black people.

Hopson, Mark C. / Petin, Mika'il (eds.), Reimagining Black Masculinities: Race, Gender, and Public Space. (Communicating Gender) 208 pp. 2020:10 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3772>
ISBN 978-1-79360-703-4 hard ¥24,908.- (税込) US$ 111.00 *

Reimagining Black Masculinities: Race, Gender, and Public Space addresses how Black masculinities are created, negotiated, and contested in public spaces, focusing on how theory meets praxis when mobilizing for social change. Contributors disentangle complexities of the Black experience and reimagine the radical progressive work required for societal health and wellbeing, forming a mental picture of what the world has the potential to be without excluding current realities for Black boys and men, civic manhood, maleness, and the fluidity of masculinities. These realities are acknowledged and interrogated across private and public contexts, media, education, occupation, and theoretical perspectives. This book encourages readers to reenvision social identity as an ongoing phenomenon, asserting that collective vision informs action and collective action informs possibilities for peace and freedom in the world around us. Scholars of communication, gender studies, and race studies will find this book particularly interesting.

Johnson, Lisa, Moves Spaces Places - The Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal, An Ethnography. (Culture and Social Practice) 200 S. 2021:10 (Transcript, GW) <664-3778>
ISBN 978-3-8376-5808-8 paper ¥9,237.- (税込) EUR 38.00

In the complex and multi-layered process of migration and identity-building, classical migration theories and approaches of transnationalism seem no longer able to grasp how belonging and home are to be found in movement. This ethnography leads the reader into the lives of five Jamaican women in Montreal; their daily practices and experiences, their spaces of communion, their memories and projections for the future. Lisa Johnson sheds light on the mobile biographies and migratory agency of her interlocutors by following the intricate mental and physical trajectories of their deep-rooted yearning to return home.

Joseph-Salisbury, Remi / Connelly, Laura, Anti-Racist Scholar-Activism. 312 pp. 2021:11 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <664-3779>
ISBN 978-1-5261-5795-9 hard ¥23,056.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5261-5796-6 paper ¥7,205.- (税込) GB￡ 25.00 *

Anti-racist scholar-activism raises urgent questions about the role of contemporary universities and the academics that work within them. As profound socio-racial crises collide with mass anti-racist mobilisations, this book focuses on the praxes of academics working within, and against, their institutions in pursuit of anti-racist social justice. Amidst a searing critique of the university's neoliberal and imperial character, Joseph-Salisbury and Connelly situate the university as a contested space, full of contradictions and tensions. Drawing upon original empirical data, the book considers how anti-racist scholar-activists navigate barriers and backlash in order to leverage the opportunities and resources of the university in service to communities of resistance. Showing praxes of anti-racist scholar-activism to be complex, diverse, and multi-faceted, and paying particular attention to how scholar-activists grapple with their own complicities in the harms perpetrated and perpetuated by Higher Education institutions, this book is a call to arms for academics who are, or want to be, committed to social justice.This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, Quality education

Kamphoefner, Walter D, Germans in America: A Concise History. (American Ways) 240 pp. 2021:10 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <664-3780>
ISBN 978-1-4422-6497-7 hard ¥9,424.- (税込) US$ 42.00 *

This book offers a fresh look at the Germans-the largest and perhaps the most diverse foreign-language group in 19th century America. Drawing upon the latest findings from both sides of the Atlantic, emphasizing history from the bottom up and drawing heavily upon examples from immigrant letters, this work presents a number of surprising new insights. Particular attention is given to the German-American institutional network, which because of the size and diversity of the immigrant group was especially strong. Not just parochial schools, but public elementary schools in dozens of cities offered instruction in the mother tongue. Only after 1900 was there a slow transition to the English language in most German churches. Still, the anti-German hysteria of World War I brought not so much a sudden end to cultural preservation as an acceleration of a decline that had already begun beforehand. It is from this point on that the largest American ethnic group also became the least visible, but especially in rural enclaves, traces of the German culture and language persisted to the end of the twentieth century.

Khiari, Sadri, The Colonial Counter-Revolution: From de Gaulle to Sarkozy. Tr. by A. Hodge. (Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series) 240 pp. 2021:9 (Semiotext(e), US) <664-3785>
ISBN 978-1-63590-146-7 paper ¥3,802.- (税込) US$ 16.95 *

Kiewe, Amos, The Rhetoric of Antisemitism: From the Origins of Christianity and Islam to the Present. 212 pp. 2020:10 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3786>
ISBN 978-1-79363-090-2 hard ¥24,908.- (税込) US$ 111.00 *

The Rhetoric of Antisemitism focuses on the initial struggle Christianity experienced with Judaism, intensifying a hatred thereof, and settling on a religious dogma of eternal guilt meant to perpetuate antisemitism for eternity. Kiewe tackles the similar approach Islam has taken in its tension with Judaism and how it was turned centuries later into the Arab-Israeli conflict, significantly with the help of Nazi-antisemitism and propaganda. This book discusses the significant rise of antisemitism in the 19th and 20th centuries, including the forgery pamphlet The Protocols of the Elders of Zion that promoted the charge of Jewish world domination, and the more recent Durban Conference (2001) as a major turning point in conflating antisemitism and anti-Zionism, including the linguistic games used to merge antisemitism with anti-Israelism. Scholars of religious studies, history, and rhetorical studies will find this book particularly useful.

Kratzer, Vinzenz, Governmental Migration Research in Germany: Knowledge Production at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. (Culture and Social Practice) 280 S. 2021:5 (Transcript, GW) <664-3788>
ISBN 978-3-8376-5709-8 paper ¥10,939.- (税込) EUR 45.00

The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) is the central executive authority on migration and integration policy in Germany. Vinzenz Kratzer analyses the Federal Office's research output between 2005 and 2015 with a joint perspective of Ethnography and Political Science. In the wake of political reforms after the ≫paradigm change≪ around the turn of the millennium, the development of practically relevant knowledge can be traced. While governmental researchers were able to establish themselves in the bureaucracy with some success, they bought this influence with uncontroversial, depoliticized knowledge production, while the production of seemingly politically irrelevant knowledge - most importantly on racism and discrimination - is underdeveloped.

Lee, Jane Yeonjae / Kim, Minjin (eds.), The 1.5 Generation Korean Diaspora: A Comparative Understanding of Identity, Culture, and Transnationalism. (Korean Communities across the World) 210 pp. 2020:11 (Lexington Books, US) <664-3791>
ISBN 978-1-79362-111-5 hard ¥26,254.- (税込) US$ 117.00 *

The 1.5 Generation Korean Diaspora: A Comparative Understanding of Identity, Culture, and Transnationalism provides insights into the contemporary experiences of 1.5 generation Korean immigrants around the world. By exploring Korean emigrants' lives in host locations such as Los Angeles, Boston, Toronto, Auckland, Argentina, and Deluth, the contributors study the inherent complexities of being a 1.5 generation immigrant and show that 1.5 generation immigrants are a unique group that deserves further study. The contributors analyze key issues, such as the 1.5 generation's identity negotiations, their occupational trajectories, the role of ethnic communities and institutions, changing values of love and marriage, the cultural tension involved in parenthood, their health needs and services, and ethnic and transnational entrepreneurship.

〔新序文付〕移民の強制捜索の後の家族とコミュニティ
Lopez, William D., Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid. New forword by J. Castro. 232 pp. 2021:8 (Johns Hopkins U. Pr., US) <664-3794>
ISBN 978-1-4214-4178-8 paper ¥5,149.- (税込) US$ 22.95 *

William D. Lopez details the incredible strain that immigration raids place on Latino communities-and the families and friends who must recover from their aftermath.2020 International Latino Book Awards Winner First Place, Mariposa Award for Best First Book - Nonfiction Honorable Mention, Best Political / Current Affairs BookOn a Thursday in November 2013, Guadalupe Morales waited anxiously with her sister-in-law and their four small children. Every Latino man who drove away from their shared apartment above a small auto repair shop that day had failed to return-arrested, one by one, by ICE agents and local police. As the two women discussed what to do next, a SWAT team clad in body armor and carrying assault rifles stormed the room. As Guadalupe remembers it, "The soldiers came in the house. They knocked down doors. They threw gas. They had guns. We were two women with small children . . . The kids terrified, the kids screaming."In Separated, William D. Lopez examines the lasting damage done by this daylong act of collaborative immigration enforcement in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Exploring the chaos of enforcement through the lens of community health, Lopez discusses deportation's rippling negative effects on families, communities, and individuals. Focusing on those left behind, Lopez reveals their efforts to cope with trauma, avoid homelessness, handle worsening health, and keep their families together as they attempt to deal with a deportation machine that is militarized, traumatic, implicitly racist, and profoundly violent. Lopez uses this single home raid to show what immigration law enforcement looks like from the perspective of the people who actually experience it. Drawing on in-depth interviews with twenty-four individuals whose lives were changed that day in 2013, as well as field notes, records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, and his own experience as an activist, Lopez combines rigorous research with moving storytelling. Putting faces and names to the numbers behind deportation statistics, Separated urges readers to move beyond sound bites and consider the human experience of mixed-status communities in the small towns that dot the interior of the United States.

〔新序文付〕人種的不平等の解剖
Loury, Glenn C., The Anatomy of Racial Inequality: With a New Preface. (The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures) 256 pp. 2021:9 (Harvard U. Pr., US) <664-3795>
ISBN 978-0-674-26046-7 paper ¥4,475.- (税込) US$ 19.95 *

"Paints in chilling detail the distance between Martin Luther King's dream and the reality of present-day America."-Anthony Walton, Harper's"Intellectually rigorous and deeply thoughtful...Loury's book deals with racial stigma...in its political and philosophical aspects as a cause of black disadvantage...An incisive, erudite book by a major thinker."-Gerald Early, New York Times Book Review"Lifts and transforms the discourse on 'race' and racial justice to an entirely new level."-Orlando Patterson"He is a genuine maverick thinker...The Anatomy of Racial Inequality both epitomizes and explains Loury's understanding of the depressed conditions of so much of black society today."-New York Times Magazine"Loury provides an original and highly persuasive account of how the American racial hierarchy is sustained and reproduced over time. And he then demands that we begin the deep structural reforms that will be necessary to stop its continued reproduction."-Michael WalzerWhy are Black Americans so persistently confined to the margins of society? And why do they fail across so many metrics-wages, unemployment, income levels, test scores, incarceration rates, health outcomes? Known for his influential work on the economics of racial inequality and for pioneering the link between racism and social capital, Glenn Loury is not afraid of piercing orthodoxies and coming to controversial conclusions. In this now classic work, he describes how a vicious cycle of tainted social information helped create the racial stereotypes that rationalize and sustain discrimination.Brilliant in its account of how racial classifications are created and perpetuated, and how they resonate through the social, psychological, spiritual, and economic life of the nation, this compelling and passionate book gives us a new way of seeing-and of seeing beyond-the damning categorization of race.

Lopez Garcia, Yolanda, Imaginaries of Migration: Life Stories of Mexican Migrants in Germany. (Kultur und soziale Praxis) 300 S. 2021:9 (Transcript, GW) <664-3798>
ISBN 978-3-8376-5841-5 paper ¥10,939.- (税込) EUR 45.00

How do Mexican migrants in Germany perceive themselves and their lives? Innovatively combining theories of interculturality and social imaginaries, Yolanda Lopez Garcia uses the anthropological method of life stories to investigate the understudied area of Mexican migration to Germany. She discusses areas such as quality of life as a motivation for migration, the role of banal nationalism in imaginaries, the dynamic subjective re-construction of Mexicanness, and the process of (imagined) ≫Germanisation≪. Yolanda Lopez Garcia ultimately argues that individuals, as social agents, engage with and construct new emerging imaginaries, which may be viewed as important engines of social change.

Maddox, Lucy, The People of Rose Hill: Black and White Life on a Maryland Plantation. 224 pp. 2021:9 (Johns Hopkins U. Pr., US) <664-3799>
ISBN 978-1-4214-4095-8 hard ¥12,790.- (税込) US$ 57.00 *

What was antebellum life like for the two communities of people-one white and one black-who lived and worked on a plantation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland?Thomas Marsh Forman was in his early twenties when he returned from the Revolutionary War to take over the proprietorship of Rose Hill plantation from his father. The estate lay alongside the Sassafras River in Cecil County, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Rose Hill was a product of its historical moment, a moment in which men like Forman acted on their belief that the future prospects of the country required a continuation not only of their energy, their skills, and their desire to improve the lives of Americans but also of the slave economy they had done so much to shape. A focused study of this one plantation, The People of Rose Hill illuminates the workings of the entire plantation system in the border region between the end of the Revolution and the approach of the Civil War. Lucy Maddox looks closely at the public and private lives of the people of Rose Hill, who labored together in a profitable agricultural enterprise while maintaining relationships with one another that were cautious, distant, sometimes secretive, and often explosive. Making extensive use of the letters of wife, Martha Ogle Forman, Maddox places the experiences of Rose Hill's inhabitants (enslaved and free) within the context of the cultural, economic, and political history of the state. Piecing together the scattered information in these documents, she offers readers fascinating insights into life and labor on the plantation, from grueling daily work schedules to menus for elaborate dinners and teas. Her account includes comparative analyses of family structures and social practices within the Forman family and in the community of enslaved workers. Individual sections profile thirty-eight of the fifty enslaved people at Rose Hill, identifying, as far as possible, that person's primary work responsibilities, family connections, and history at the plantation, thus giving each a recognized place in the larger history of plantation slavery in the Upper South. Maddox's discussion of Rose Hill extends to the places around it where the slave culture of the plantation found confirmation and support: churches, law courts, social gatherings, agricultural fairs and societies, the parlors and sitting rooms of the Eastern Shore elite. The People of Rose Hill is a fascinating look at the intersection of the constricted world of the plantation with the larger world of early America.

Messer, Chris M., The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Crafting a Legacy. 104 pp. 2021:6 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <664-3802>
ISBN 978-3-030-74678-0 hard ¥17,013.- (税込) EUR 69.99

This book examines the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, perhaps the most lethal and financially devastating instance of collective violence in early twentieth-century America. The Greenwood district, a comparably prosperous black community spanning thirty-five city blocks, was set afire and destroyed by white rioters. This work analyzes the massacre from a sociological perspective, extending an integrative approach to studying its causes, the organizational responses that followed, and the complicated legacy that remains.

Morales, R. Isabela, Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom. 336 pp. 2022:4 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <664-3804>
ISBN 978-0-19-753179-2 hard ¥8,523.- (税込) US$ 37.99 *

A poignant, multi-generational saga of a mixed-race family in the US West and South from the antebellum period through the rise of Jim Crow. When Samuel Townsend died at his home in Madison County, Alabama, in November 1856, the fifty-two-year-old white planter left behind hundreds of slaves, thousands of acres of rich cotton land, and a net worth of approximately $200,000. In life, Samuel had done little to distinguish himself from other members of the South's elite slaveholding class. But he made a name for himself in death by leaving almost the entirety of his fortune to his five sons, four daughters, and two nieces: all of them his slaves. In this deeply researched, movingly narrated portrait of the extended Townsend family, R. Isabela Morales reconstructs the migration of this mixed-race family across the American West and South over the second half of the nineteenth century. Searching for communities where they could exercise their newfound freedom and wealth to the fullest, members of the family homesteaded and attended college in Ohio and Kansas; fought for the Union Army in Mississippi; mined for silver in the Colorado Rockies; and, in the case of one son, returned to Alabama to purchase part of the old plantation where he had once been held as a slave. In Morales's telling, the Townsends' story maps a new landscape of opportunity and oppression, where the meanings of race and freedom--as well as opportunities for social and economic mobility--were dictated by highly local circumstances. During the turbulent period between the Civil War and the rise of Jim Crow at the turn of the twentieth century, the Townsends carved out spaces where they were able to benefit from their money and mixed-race ancestry, pass down generational wealth, and realize some of their happy dreams of liberty.

Mulloy, D. J., Years of Rage: From the Klan to the Alt-Right. (American Ways) 224 pp. 2021:12 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <664-3805>
ISBN 978-1-5381-2865-7 hard ¥8,751.- (税込) US$ 39.00 *

Years of Rage is a revealing-and frightening-history of the many and varied white supremacist groups that have operated in the United States from the rebirth of the Klan in 1915 through to the rise of the alt-right and the presidency of Donald J. Trump. Historian D. J. Mulloy explores the motivations and underlying beliefs of these racists, their fears of displacement, their propaganda, their propensity to commit acts of violence and terrorism, and their deep and unwavering sense of rage. He also considers the important role played by women within the movement, as well white supremacy's deep roots in American society. Indeed, Mulloy demonstrates that rather than being consigned to the margins of American history, at times-the 1920s; the 1950s; the presidency of Trump-white supremacy has been remarkably close to the center. Wide-ranging yet accessible, Years of Rage examines a host of fascinating topics and events including the skillful promotion of the Klan by professional salesmen during the 1920s, the vicious campaign of violence directed against the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s, the development of a Nazi-Klan alliance during the 1970s, the centrality of esoteric religious beliefs like Identity Christianity to many white supremacists, the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995, and the critical role played by the Internet, social media, and Donald Trump to the startling resurgence of far right in our own time.