First published in 1935, "The Crow Indians" offers a concise and accessible introduction to the nineteenth-century world of the Crow Indians. Drawing on interviews with Crow elders in the early twentieth century, Robert H. Lowie showcases many facets of Crow life, including ceremonies, religious beliefs, a rich storytelling tradition, everyday life, the ties of kinship and the ...(展开全部)

First published in 1935, "The Crow Indians" offers a concise and accessible introduction to the nineteenth-century world of the Crow Indians. Drawing on interviews with Crow elders in the early twentieth century, Robert H. Lowie showcases many facets of Crow life, including ceremonies, religious beliefs, a rich storytelling tradition, everyday life, the ties of kinship and the ...(展开全部)

In exile now for more than twenty years, Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet and critic Ngugi wa Thiong’o has become one of the most widely read African writers. Commencing in “our times” and set in the fictional “Free Republic of Aburiria,” Wizard of the Crow dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburirian people. ...(展开全部)

In exile for more than twenty years, Ngugi wa Thiong'o has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him international attention and praise. His aim in Wizard of the Crow is, in his own words, nothing less than 'to sum up Africa of the twentieth century in the context of 2,000 years of world history.' Commen...(展开全部)

阿德里安娜·里斯本是当代巴西当代著名作家之一，曾获得包括若泽?萨拉马戈奖在内的多个文学奖项，出版了11部作品，包括长篇小说《一线回忆》《白色交响曲》《哥伦比娜之吻》《落柿》《蓝鸦》《河内》以及短篇小说和儿童文学作品。她的作品被翻译成英语、法语、西班牙语、德语、意大利语、罗马尼亚语，并且即将被翻译为阿拉伯语。她最知名的作品当属小说《白色交响曲》（Symphony?in?White，2001），获得2003年的若泽?萨拉马戈文学奖（José?Saramago?Award）?。

阿德里安娜·里斯本是当代巴西当代著名作家之一，曾获得包括若泽?萨拉马戈奖在内的多个文学奖项，出版了11部作品，包括长篇小说《一线回忆》《白色交响曲》《哥伦比娜之吻》《落柿》《蓝鸦》《河内》以及短篇小说和儿童文学作品。她的作品被翻译成英语、法语、西班牙语、德语、意大利语、罗马尼亚语，并且即将被翻译为阿拉伯语。她最知名的作品当属小说《白色交响曲》（Symphony?in?White，2001），获得2003年的若泽?萨拉马戈文学奖（José?Saramago?Award）?。

The New Jim Crow was initially published with a modest first printing and reasonable expectations for a hard-hitting book on a tough topic. Now, ten-plus printings later, the long-awaited paperback version of the book Lani Guinier calls "brave and bold," and Pulitzer Prize–winner David Levering Lewis calls "stunning," will at last be available. In the era of colorblindness, it ...(展开全部)

"Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests. Today, Cotton cannot vote because he, like many black men in the United States, has been labeled a...(展开全部)

The New Jim Crow was initially published with a modest first printing and reasonable expectations for a hard-hitting book on a tough topic. Now, ten-plus printings later, the long-awaited paperback version of the book Lani Guinier calls "brave and bold," and Pulitzer Prize–winner David Levering Lewis calls "stunning," will at last be available. In the era of colorblindness, it ...(展开全部)