Architects of Peace or Rethinking the Color Line

Architects of Peace: Visions of Hope in Words and Images

Author: Michael Collopy

Seventy-five of the world's peacemakers - spiritual leaders, activists, scientists, writers - appear in this tribute to the power of nonviolence. Photographer Michael Collopy combines his original tritone portraits of these luminaries, from Nelson Mandela to the Dalai Lama, with moving statements on peace in their own words - most written especially for this book. Including 16 Nobel Peace Prize laureates as well as less known heroes such as Bosnian diarist Nadja Halilbegovich, Architects of Peace offers a message of hope for humanity.

Booknews

Reprint of a 2000 work about which Book News wrote: Presents b&w photos by Collopy, of 75 people, some prominent, some less so, some living, some deceased; these people were selected because they have held to their convictions and contributed in some way to world peace. With each portrait is a statement by the person, ranging in length from a few hundred words (Elie Wiesel) to a couple thousand (Reverend Jesse Jackson). The whole is attractively presented in an oversize format (11.5x11.5<">). The intent is to showcase altruistic achievements and to inspire emulation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Photographer Callopy sets out to bring over seventy of the world's peacemakers in one book: Architects of Peace pairs his photos with their words and opinions, examining cultural and social differences, changes, and achievements of the past century. Much more than an art title, this embraces modern peacemakers and their work.

See also: El Poder de Seis Sigma:un Cuento Inspirador de Como Seis Sigma Transforman el Modo que Trabajamos

Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in Race and Ethnicity

Author: Charles A Gallagher

Rethinking the Color Line is an anthology of current research and writings that examine contemporary issues and explore new approaches to the study of race and ethnicity.

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A collection for an undergraduate course, providing a theoretical framework and analytical tools and discussing the meaning of race and ethnicity as a social construction. The readings are designed to require students to negotiate between individual agency and the constraints of social structure, and to think of race and ethnicity in fluid rather than static terms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

* Indicates New ReadingIntroduction: Rethinking the Color Line: Understanding How Boundaries Shift Part I: Sorting By Color: Why We Attach Meaning To Race RACE AND ETHNICITY AS SOCIOHISTORIC CONSTRUCTIONS How Our Skins Got Their Color by Marvin Harris Racial Formations by Michael Omi and Howard Winant Theoretical Perspectives in Race and Ethnic Relations by Joe R. Feagin and Clairece Booher Feagin *An Overview of Trends in Social and Economic Well-Being, by Race by Rebecca M. Blank from America Becoming Racial Trends and Their Consequences (National Research Council 2001) *The Possessive Investment in Whiteness by George Lipsitz from American Quarterly, Volume 47, September 1995 *Color Blind Privilege: The Social and Political Functions of Erasing the Color Line in Post Race America by Charles Gallagher RACE AS CHAMELEON: HOW THE IDEA OF RACE CHANGES OVER TIME Drawing the Color Line by Howard Zinn Placing Race in Context by Clara E. Rodriguez and Hector Cordero-Guzman (and more...)