Since 1990 more Africans have relocated to the United States and Canada than had been forcibly brought here before the slave trade ended in 1807. The key reason for these migrations has been the collapse of social, political, economic, and educational structures in their home countries. This collection of essays looks at the immigrant experience.

Focuses upon the predicaments of the Orang Suku Laut or 'tribe of sea people', an indigenous people of Indonesia, in view of the challenges imposed upon them by the emergence of new borders on their maritime world.

In 1968-69, Columbia University became the site for a collision of American social movements. An alliance of black students and residents of Harlem and Morningside Heights openly protested the school's ill-conceived plan to build a large, private gymnasium in the small green park that separates the elite university from Harlem.

Discusses the growth and maturation of tribal government and the underlying tensions between Indian society and the non-Indian world. This book presents vignettes of reservation life and recounts some of the memorable legal cases that illustrate the challenges faced by individual Indians and tribes.

Helps readers comprehend the diversity and complexities of the Caribbean region. This book ranges in coverage from history to politics and economics, from the environment to ethnicity, from religion to the Caribbean diaspora. It features maps, photographs, and a table of basic political data.

Discusses the population issues of the Caucasus from the ancient period until the beginning of the 21st century. This title shows the ethnogenesis process of the population of the Caucasus as one of the oldest in the world, and analyses their demographic development in the long historical period.

Tells the amazing story of how George and Ingeborg Woodcock, while travelling in northern India in 1961, encountered many of the Tibetan refugees who had recently fled over the mountain passes. Appalled by the condition of the children, the Woodcocks vowed to help. This was the genesis for the Tibetan Refugee Aid Society (TRAS).

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Focusing on texts that have achieved mainstream popularity, this title shows that while Asian Americans have been disenfranchised from the larger national body - in fact prohibited from circulation - Asian American texts that emphasize economic and social exchange circulate widely.

This is a broad overview of South Africa's evolving historical geography in the light of the dramatic political, social and economic changes of the 1990's. It covers a broad sweep of the country's development from the pre- to the post-apartheid eras.

With a series of lyrical vignettes, this title traces the author's life as an African American woman growing up in middle-class New Orleans in the 1950s and 1960s. It focuses on her relationship with her mother, family, community, and the city itself, while touching upon life after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Offers an insight into the struggle between provinces and central government within Indonesia. This book includes introductory essays that provide an impartial background on regional aspects of the Republic. It features a chronology that covers the major events in the area's political and economic history.

Conveying through 16 essays the continuing importance of American Studies and the excitement to be gained from its study, this book provides an evaluation of America's place in the world and the often tangled paths that led her there. It also examines ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress.

The Internet is developing quicker in Asia than in any other region of the world. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the information society in an Asian context, and the impact of these technologies in Asia.

Spain represents, without any doubt, a very rich and interesting case-study regarding regional problems and regional development policies. This book intends to analyze the regional policies practiced, their objectives, instruments and effects, and provide an analysis on the impact of investments in infrastructure, human capital and other factors.

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This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the Vietnamese situation, identifying the factors shaping social vulnerability and resilience to environmental change and considering prospects for sustainable development.