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Africana Cultures and Policy Studies : Scholarship and the Transformation of Public Policy / edited by Z. Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary Black History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America--History.
- America.
- United States--History.
- United States.
- History, Modern.
- Political planning.
- History of the Americas.
- US History.
- Modern History.
- Public Policy.
- Local Subjects:
- History of the Americas.
- US History.
- Modern History.
- Public Policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2009.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book introduces Africana Cultures and Policy Studies as an interdisciplinary field of study, rooted in the historical experience of people of African descent and focusing on policy development, anlaysis, and practical application.
- Contents:
- The fields and functions of African American studies and public policy / Nathaniel Norment Jr.
- A law unto themselves : historical consequences and cultural realities from the neglect of Africana studies in policymaking processes / Seneca Vaught
- Framing the discussion of racism / Wornie Reed
- The wire : media placement and postindustrial landscapes / Robert Smith and Debra Smith
- Institutionalized terror : a social systems analysis of police brutality / Loretta Prater
- African American administration of predominately Black schools : segregation or emancipation in Omaha, NE / Tekla Ali Johnson ... [et al.]
- Born to rebel and born to excel : Black religious intellectuals, Benjamin E. Mays, and the development of Black male leadership / Zachery Williams
- America has the laws and material resources to insure justice for all : historical trajectory of legal critique and experiential voice in Black women's political activism / Greg Childs
- The policy of dating : the effect of romantic relationships on African American adolescents / Kenyatta Phelps ... [et al.]
- Gender and culture : the shaping of British colonial educational policy in West Africa / Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah
- A history of Black immigration into the United States and Canada with culture and policy implications / Babacar M'Baye, Amoaba Gooden, and Wendy Wilson-Fall
- Speaking of Africa and singing of home : the trope of Africa in African American historiography / Tim Lake.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612532542
- 9781282532540
- 1282532545
- 9780230622098
- 0230622097
- OCLC:
- 427853290
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