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The Geography of Hate
The uncomfortable truths that shaped small communities in
the midwest
During the Great Migration, Black Americans sought new lives in
midwestern small towns only to confront the pervasive efforts of
white residents determined to maintain their area's preferred
cultural and racial identity. Jennifer Sdunzik explores this
widespread phenomenon by examining how it played out in one
midwestern community. Sdunzik merges state and communal histories,
interviews and analyses of population data, and spatial and
ethnographic materials to create a rich public history that
reclaims Black contributions and history. She also explores the
conscious and unconscious white actions that all but erased Black
Americans--and the terror and exclusion used against them--from the
history of many midwestern communities.
An innovative challenge to myth and perceived wisdom, The
Geography of Hate reveals the socioeconomic, political, and
cultural forces that prevailed in midwestern towns and helps
explain the systemic racism and endemic nativism that remain
entrenched in American life.
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Plain diversity : Amish cultures and identities
Plain and simple. American popular culture has embraced a singular image of Amish culture that is immune to the complexities of the modern world: one-room school houses, horses and buggies, sound and simple morals, and unfaltering faith. But these stereotypes dangerously oversimplify a rich and diverse culture.
In fact, contemporary Amish settlements represent a mosaic of practice and conviction. In the first book to describe the complexity of Amish cultural identity, Steven M. Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers explore the interaction of migration history, church discipline, and ethnicity in the community life of nineteen Amish settlements in Indiana. Their extensive field research reveals the factors that influence the distinct and differing Amish identities found in each settlement and how those factors relate to the broad spectrum of Amish settlements throughout North America.
Nolt and Meyers find Amish children who attend public schools, Amish household heads who work at luxury mobile home factories, and Amish women who prefer a Wal-Mart shopping cart to a quilting frame. Challenging the plain and simple view of Amish identity, this study raises the intriguing question of how such a diverse people successfully share a common identity in the absence of uniformity.
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Heart of a Hoosier
In Heart of a Hoosier: A Year of Inspiration from IU Men's Basketball, authors Del Duduit and Michelle Medlock Adams show readers how the famous moments and personalities of the Indiana Hoosiers can inspire them to reach for success, overcome adversity, be a great team member, and more.
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Valor
The son of Hispanic immigrants, Rogelio \"Roy\" Dominguez grew up
in gang-plagued Gary, Indiana. With strong family support, he
managed to beat the odds, graduating with distinction from Indiana
University, finishing law school after a rough start, and maturing
into a successful attorney and officeholder. Yet there was more in
store for Roy. Ready to start a family and embark on a career as a
deputy prosecutor, he was stricken with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
How he coped with and eventually overcame this debilitating
affliction is a compelling part of his story. The experience
steeled him to meet future crises with wisdom, perspective, and
grit. An inspiring true story, Valor is also a significant and
original contribution to the social, ethnic, and political history
of Indiana.
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Windows on Worlds
Indiana University Bloomington houses exceptional materials from nearly every continent. Windows on Worlds: International Collections at Indiana University takes readers on a visual journey through IU's collections like never before. Ranging in works as diverse as painting, sculpture, costume, rare manuscripts, musical instruments, and much more-the museums, institutes, collections, and other holdings on IU's flagship campus provide unique engagement opportunities for students, researchers, and members of the public. Windows on Worlds showcases the unique and unexpected items from collections across the Bloomington campus, such as the Boulle clock in the Federal Room of the Indiana Memorial Union; the Burmese headdresses in the Mathers Museum of World Culture (now the IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology); the fish-shaped coffin in the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art; the rare manuscripts and puzzles of the world-famous Lilly Library; and, finally, new additions on campus like the IU Metz Carillon. Brimming with beautiful photographs, this book offers readers insight into an extraordinary number of cultures and societies through IU's collections.
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