Fought, Carmen. Language and Ethnicity. 2006
What is ethnicity? Is there a ‘white’ way of speaking? Why do people sometimes borrow features of another ethnic group’s language? Why do we sometimes hear an accent that isn’t …
Hart, Jonathan. Contesting Empires: Opposition, Promotion, and Slavery. 2005
Based on extensive archival research, this book looks at the earlier contest of empires in the New World, especially among Spain, France and England, and then examines the opposition to …
Hart, Jonathan. Empires and Colonies. 2008
“Empires and Colonies” provides a thoroughgoing and lively exploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of western Europe from the fifteenth century and how that process of expansion affected …
Lane, Richard J. The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature. 2011
The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature introduces the fiction, poetry and drama of Canada in its historical, political and cultural contexts. In this clear and structured volume, Richard Lane …
Balderstone, Daniel and Mike Gonzales, eds. Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003. 2004
The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Latin American and Caribbean Literature draws together entries on all aspects of literature including authors, critics, major works, magazines, genres, schools and movements in these regions …
Pérez Rosario, Vanessa, ed. Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration: Narratives of Displacement. 2010
Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration: Narratives of Displacement is a collection of thirteen chapters that explores the literary tradition of Caribbean Latino literature written in the U.S. beginning with Jose …
Ragland, Cathy. Música Norteña: Mexican Migrants Creating a Nation Between Nations. 2009
Música norteña, a musical genre with its roots in the folk ballad traditions of Northern Mexico and the Texas-Mexican border region, has become a hugely popular musical style in the …
Manuel, Peter, ed. Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean. 2009
The contradance and quadrille, in their diverse forms, were the most popular, widespread, and important genres of creole Caribbean music and dance in the nineteenth century. Throughout the region they …
Rodriguez, Clara E. Heroes, Lovers, and Others: The Story of Latinos in Hollywood. 2008
Heroes, Lovers, and Others tells the fascinating history of Latino actors in American film from the silent era to today. Rodriguez examines such Latino legends as Desi Arnaz, Dolores del …
Castells, Manuel. The Rise of the Network Society: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture Volume I. 2009
A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells’ groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first …