Lastest HOMER acquistions August 14, 2008 part 1

Hi all,

Here is the first part of my list of our most recent acquisitions of English-language materials for Latin America, Caribbean Studies. The second list, coming shortly, will list English-language books about different Latin American and Caribbean countries and/or region.

Enjoy,
Marisol

Latin American and Caribbean Studies (General/thematic: Ecology, migration, politics, diaspora studies, etc.)

• Baland, Jean-Marie, Pranab K. Bardhan, and Samuel Bowles. INEQUALITY, COOPERATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. New York; Princeton: Russell Sage Foundation; Princeton University Press, 2007. Sustainable development--Case studies--Natural resources, Communal--Commons--Milieubescherming--Sociale klassen--Armoede. Note: CHAPTER 5: Inequality and the Governance of Water Resources in Mexico and South India by Pranab Bardhan and Jeff Dayton-Johnson 97; CHAPTER 8: Wealth Inequality and Overexploitation of the Commons: Field Experiments in Colombia by Juan-Camilo Cardenas 205
  

• Beckles, Hilary and Verene Shepherd. FREEDOMS WON : CARIBBEAN EMANCIPATIONS, ETHNICITIES, AND NATIONHOOD. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Caribbean Area--Economic conditions--Peasantry Caribbean Area--History--Working class Caribbean Area--Caribbean Area Emigration and immigration--Self-determination, National Caribbean Area.
  

• Bolaños, Alvaro Félix and Gustavo Verdesio. COLONIALISM PAST AND PRESENT : READING AND WRITING ABOUT COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA TODAY. SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2002. Latin America--Civilization--Latin America History To 1830--Historiography--Social conditions--In literature--Spanish American literature--Social aspects--History and criticism--Postcolonialism--Postcolonialism in literature
  

• Braziel, Jana Evans. DIASPORA : AN INTRODUCTION. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub., 2008. Emigration and immigration--Social aspects--Globalization.
  

• Brettell, Caroline and James Frank Hollifield. MIGRATION THEORY : TALKING ACROSS DISCIPLINES. New York: Routledge, 2008. Emigration and immigration.
  

• Crepaz, Markus M. L. TRUST BEYOND BORDERS : IMMIGRATION, THE WELFARE STATE, AND IDENTITY IN MODERN SOCIETIES. Contemporary Political and Social Issues. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008. Welfare state--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--Ethnicity--Economic aspects.
  

• Cycon, Dean. JAVATREKKER : DISPATCHES FROM THE WORLD OF FAIR TRADE COFFEE. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Pub., 2007. Coffee industry--Coffee growers--Coffee--Cycon, Dean, 1953---Travel--International trade. Note: Chapter 2: South America case study; Chapter 3: Central America.
  

• Harley, Sharon. WOMEN's LABOR IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY : SPEAKING IN MULTIPLE VOICES. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2007. Minority women Employment--Case studies--Women alien labor--Minority women--Economic conditions--Social conditions—Globalization. Note: Many articles addressing Mexican American, Caribbean Women immigrants and their work in the US.
  

• King, Kendall A. SUSTAINING LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY : ENDANGERED AND MINORITY LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGE VARIETIES. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2008. Language attrition--Linguistic minorities--Language revival--Language policy. Note: Chapters discuss Latin American languages such as Brazilian Portuguese and Guaraní.
  

• Miller, Benjamin. STATES, NATIONS, AND THE GREAT POWERS : THE SOURCES OF REGIONAL WAR AND PEACE. Cambridge Studies in International Relations. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. International relations--World politics--1945-1989--1989-. Note: Chapter about peace process in the Andes.
  

• Miller, Rory, Liz Crolley, and University of London. Institute for the Study of the Americas. FOOTBALL IN THE AMERICAS : FÚTBOL, FUTEBOL, SOCCER. London.: Institute for the Study of the Americas, 2007. Soccer South America--Congresses--Soccer Economic aspects--Soccer Social aspects.
  

• Odell, John S. NEGOTIATING TRADE : DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE WTO AND NAFTA. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Foreign trade regulation--International trade--Negotiation in business--Developing countries—Commerce.
  

• Portes, Alejandro and Josh DeWind. RETHINKING MIGRATION : NEW THEORETICAL AND EMPERICAL PERSPECTIVES. New York: Berghahn Books, 2007. Emigration and immigration Political aspects--Congresses--Emigration and immigration Social aspects--Transnationalism.
  

• Wright, Wynne and Gerad Middendorf. THE FIGHT OVER FOOD : PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS, AND ACTIVISTS CHALLENGE THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM. Rural Studies Series. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. Food supply--Social aspects--Agriculture. Note: A chapter about the Banana industry and another about Puerto Rican agriculture.

Latinos Studies/Multiculturalism/Diversity (General)

• Baber, Harriet E. THE MULTICULTURAL MYSTIQUE : THE LIBERAL CASE AGAINST DIVERSITY. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2008. Multiculturalism--Liberalism.
  

• Gollnick, Donna M. and Philip C. Chinn. MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN a PLURALISTIC SOCIETY. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Merrill, 2009. Multicultural education--United States--Social sciences Study and teaching (Elementary)--Cultural pluralism Study and teaching (Elementary)--Social sciences Study and teaching (Secondary)--Cultural pluralism Study and teaching (Secondary).

Latinos in the US (Literature/Media/Theater)

• Dalleo, Raphael and Elena Machado Sáez. THE LATINO/A CANON AND THE EMERGENCE OF POST-SIXTIES LITERATURE. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. American literature Hispanic American authors--History and criticism--American literature West Indian American authors--American literature 20th century--American literature 21st century--American literature New York (State) New York--Hispanic American authors--Political and social views--Hispanic Americans in literature--West Indian Americans in literature.
  

• Díaz, Junot. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. New York: Riverhead Books, 2007. Dominican Americans--Fiction. Note: Junot Díaz won the 2008 Pulitzer’s Award for Fiction for this his first novel and National Book Critics Circle Award for best novel of 2007.
  

• Garcia, Laura E., Sandra M. Gutierrez, and Felicitas Nuñez. TEATRO CHICANA : a COLLECTIVE MEMOIR AND SELECTED PLAYS. Chicana Matters Series. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008. Teatro de las Chicanas (Theater group)--Mexican American theater California San Diego History--20th century--Feminist theater California San Diego History--American drama--Mexican American authors--Women authors.
  

• Valdivia, Angharad N. LATINA/O COMMUNICATION STUDIES TODAY. New York: Peter Lang, 2008. Hispanic American mass media--Hispanic Americans and mass media.

Latinos in the US/Border Issues/Immigration/Immigrants

• Acuña, Rodolfo. CORRIDORS OF MIGRATION : THE ODYSSEY OF MEXICAN LABORERS, 1600--1933. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2007. Alien labor, Mexican, United States--History--Mexicans United States.
  

• Alfred, Mary Vianna and Raji Swaminathan. IMMIGRANT WOMEN OF THE ACADEMY : NEGOTIATING BOUNDARIES, CROSSING BORDERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2004. Women immigrants Education (Higher)--United States--Minority women educators.
  

• Arnold, Kathleen R. AMERICA's NEW WORKING CLASS : RACE, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY IN a BIOPOLITICAL AGE. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. Working class--United States--Unskilled labor--Working poor--Political culture--Social conflict--Globalization Economic aspects.
  

• Barkan, Elliott Robert, Hasia R. Diner, and Alan M. Kraut. FROM ARRIVAL TO INCORPORATION : MIGRANTS TO THE U.S. IN a GLOBAL ERA. Nation of Newcomers. New York: New York University Press, 2008. United States Emigration and immigration--History--Immigrants United States--United States Ethnic relations--Americanization--Globalization Social aspects--United States.
  

• Brotherton, David and Philip Kretsedemas. KEEPING OUT THE OTHER : a CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TODAY. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. United States Emigration and immigration--Government policy--Emigration and immigration law--United States--Illegal aliens.
  

• Burt, Kenneth C. THE SEARCH FOR a CIVIC VOICE : CALIFORNIA LATINO POLITICS. Claremont, Calif.: Regina Books, 2007. Hispanic Americans California Politics and government--20th century--California Politics and government.
  

• Coutin, Susan Bibler. NATIONS OF EMIGRANTS : SHIFTING BOUNDARIES OF CITIZENSHIP IN EL SALVADOR AND THE UNITED STATES. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007. Citizenship--El Salvador--United States--Emigration and immigration.
  

• Drachman, Diane and Ana Paulino. IMMIGRANTS AND SOCIAL WORK : THINKING BEYOND THE BORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES. Binghamton New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press, 2004. Social work with immigrants--United States--Return migration—Transnationalism.
  

• Enoch, Jessica. REFIGURING RHETORICAL EDUCATION : WOMEN TEACHING AFRICAN AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN, AND CHICANO/A STUDENTS, 1865-1911. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2008. English language Rhetoric Study and teaching--United States--Students with social disabilities Education--Women teachers--Rhetoric Political aspects--Rhetoric Social aspects.
  

• Guzmán, Manolo. GAY HEGEMONY LATINO HOMOSEXUALITIES. Latino Communities. New York ; London: Routledge, 2006. Homosexuality--United States--Hispanic American gays--Race awareness--Gay and lesbian studies--Puerto Rico--Puerto Ricans New York (State)--New York.
  

• Mac Donald, Heather, Victor Davis Hanson, and Steven Malanga. THE IMMIGRATION SOLUTION : a BETTER PLAN THAN TODAY's. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2007. Illegal aliens United States--Social conditions--Mexicans United States--Immigrants Government policy--United States--Mexico--Emigration and immigration.
  

• Romero, Fernando. HYPERBORDER : THE CONTEMPORARY U.S.-MEXICO BORDER AND ITS FUTURE. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2008. Mexican-American Border Region.
  

• Sadowski-Smith, Claudia. BORDER FICTIONS : GLOBALIZATION, EMPIRE, AND WRITING AT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE UNITED STATES. New World Studies. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008. American literature Mexican American authors History and criticism--Theory, etc--American literature Indian authors History and criticism--American literature--Canadian influences--Canadian literature--American influences--Boundaries in literature--Mexican-American Border Region--In literature--Imperialism in literature--Globalization in literature.
  

• Singer, Audrey, Susan Wiley Hardwick, and Caroline Brettell. TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY GATEWAYS : IMMIGRANT INCORPORATION IN SUBURBAN AMERICA. James A. Johnson Metro Series. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2008. "Focuses on the fastest-growing immigrant populations among "second-tier" metropolitan areas. Examines the changes wrought by these new suburban settlement patterns and provides comparative analysis of immigration trends and local policy responses in these gateways. Case examples explore the challenges of newcomer integration, as well as immigration's impact on suburban infrastructure"--Provided by publisher. Immigrants--United States--Social integration--Suburbs--Metropolitan areas--United States Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.