Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

This book details how African American women used lessons in basic literacy to crack the foundation of white supremacy and sow seeds for collective action during the civil rights movement.

<p>After the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1917, post-revolutionary leaders hoped to assimilate the country&rsquo;s racially diverse population into one official mixed-race identity&mdash;the mestizo. This book shows that as part of this vision, the Mexican government believed it could modernize &ldquo;primitive&rdquo; indigenous peoples through technology in the form of education, modern medicine, industrial agriculture, and factory work. David Dalton takes a close look at how authors, artists, and thinkers&mdash;some state-funded, some independent&mdash;engaged with official views of Mexican racial identity from the 1920s to the 1970s.<br /></p>

This innovative collection of essays brings together archaeological research on French colonial sites from Maryland, South Carolina, the Gulf Coast and Lower Mississippi Valley, the Caribbean, and French Guiana to explore the nature of French colonization.

A collection of essays summarizing current knowledge of southeastern Native Americans during the colonial encounter (post 1500). Integrates archaeological, documentary, and ethno-historical evidence in the most comprehensive examination of diverse southe

Now back in print and for the first time in paperback,<I>Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture</I> is a foundational piece in bioarchaeological literature and a central source of information regarding the impact of early farming on socioeconomic evolution. It remains a highly cited reference for archaeologists and physical anthropologists.

This innovative volume brings together sociocultural anthropologists, archaeologists, bioarchaeologists, ethnographers, paleopathologists, and others to develop a unifying theory of migration.