To Seek America: A History of Ethnic Life in the United States
Place_Pub: n.p. Jerome S. Ozer, Publisher, 1977. First? Edition. First? Printing. 328, bibliographic essay, index, minor wear and soiling to boards. More
Place_Pub: n.p. Jerome S. Ozer, Publisher, 1977. First? Edition. First? Printing. 328, bibliographic essay, index, minor wear and soiling to boards. More
New York: Rivercross Publishing, c1994. First Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 111, illus., slight wear and soiling to DJ. More
[Taipei]: World Anti-Communist League, 1978. 19 cm, 133, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers, rear cover creased, pencil erasure on table of contents. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway, 1991. First Printing. 24 cm, 705, publisher's ephemera laid in. More
Berkeley, CA: University of CA Press, 1978. First Edition. First Printing. 455, illus., glossary, bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ slightly worn, soiled, and small edge tear. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 784, wraps, notes on sources, bibliography, index, some soiling and sticker residue to covers. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 784, notes on sources, bibliography, index, some soiling to DJ, sticker on rear DJ. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 784, notes on sources, bibliography, index, some soiling & damp stains to DJ, sm creases DJ edges, damp stains ins fr bd/flyleaf. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First edition [Stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xii, 607, [3] pages. Notes. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. No dust jacket present. Inscribed by the author in the fep. Inscription reads: To Ari--Hope you fine more to agree with in this than in :Arab + Jew" Best wishes David K. Shipler. An examination of racial bigotry and racial understanding in America today. Shipler, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the New York Times, provides a nuanced and multilayered portrait of how Americans interact with others of differing backgrounds, and how they are hampered in their understanding by deep-seated and barely conscious attitudes of mistrust and fear. David K. Shipler (born December 3, 1942) is an American author and journalist. He served in the U.S. Navy as an officer on a destroyer, 1964–66. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction in 1987 for Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land. Among his other publications the book entitled, The Working Poor: Invisible in America, also has garnered many awards. Formerly, he was a foreign correspondent of The New York Times and served as one of their bureau chiefs. Since 2010, he has published the electronic journal, The Shipler Report. His book, A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America, based on five years of research into stereotyping and interactions across racial lines, was published in 1997. Shipler was one of three authors invited by President Clinton to participate in his first town meeting on race. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xii, 607, [2] p. Notes. Index. More
Berkeley, CA: University of CA Press, 1974. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 248, chronological table, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1973. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. [10], 310 p.; 22 cm. Source Notes. Index. More
Chicago, IL: Bonus Books, 1986. First Printing. 216, index, DJ worn, torn, and chipped, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: The Free Press, 1993. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. ix, [1], 463, [5] pages. Notes. Index. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Peter Skerry is Professor of Political Science at Boston College and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, where his research focuses on social policy, racial and ethnic politics, and immigration. Professor Skerry has been a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, and served as Director of Washington Programs for the University of California at Los Angeles’ Center for American Politics and Public Policy, where he also taught political science. He was formerly a Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Legislative Director for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York. He serves on the editorial board of the journal American Politics Research and on the board of advisory editors of Society magazine. Professor Skerry is also a member of the Advisory Council on European/Transatlantic Issues at the Heinrich Böll Foundation of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (the German Green Party). His writings on politics, racial and ethnic issues, immigration and social policy have appeared in a variety of scholarly and general interest publications, including Society, Publius, The Journal of Policy History, The New Republic, Slate, The Public Interest, The Wilson Quarterly, National Review, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. His book, Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority (Harvard University Press), was awarded the 1993 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1967. First? Edition. First? Printing. 362, footnotes, notes, index, DJ worn, soiled, and some edge tears/chips. More
New York: Viking, 1997. First Printing. 23 cm, 195, acid-free paper. More
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada: Edan's Publishers, 1994. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Trade paperback. 356, [4] pages. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by author on the title page. Inscription reads To Gwen with best wishes Keithlyn Smith. An in depth study at the workers of Antigua & Barbuda by this noted author - a definitive work. More
Salt Lake City, UT: Stevens & Wallis, 1945. 24 cm, 355, illus., boards somewhat worn, somewhat shaken. More
Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 2003. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 418 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Slight wear to DJ. DJ has small tear at top of rear flap. A University of Wisconsin law professor, Snyder teaches constitutional law, constitutional history, civil procedure, and sports law. He has published articles on constitutional history in the Vanderbilt Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, Law and History Review, UC-Davis Law Review, and Boston College Law Review. Prior to teaching law, he worked as an associate at Williams and Connolly LLP and wrote two critically acclaimed books about baseball: A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood’s Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports and Beyond the Shadow of the Senators: The Untold Story of the Homestead Grays and the Integration of Baseball. More
New York: William Morrow, 2004. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 498 p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. More
Pretoria: Department of Information, (1966). Second Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 303, illus., stamp and coloring on bottom edge, some soiling and edge wear to DJ, small tear in rear DJ. More
College Station, TX: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Inc., 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade Paperback. 232, [4] pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: 1/4/04 Mary--Thanks for all your help and management on this. It was fun to write and it's great knowing you enjoyed it so. I look forward to many more years of working with you. St. Claire. Previous owner's name and notes inside front cover. Told in the vibrant voices of this Irish-American family, St. Patrick's Day is the story of the Riley's of Washington, D.C., who have made their way up from poverty to the well-to-do suburb of Chevy Chase, Maryland. Built around Mary Riley's estrangement from her daughter Mary Kate, the book explores the many faces of love as a family overcomes discrimination and loss to find success and fulfillment, all nudged along by a bitter sweet miracle. This is a volume in the author's Swampoodle Trilogy. More
New York: Avon Books, 1995. First Avon Edition. 274, wraps, covers somewhat worn and soiled. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Warner Books, 2002. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xxviii, 320 p. Index. More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiii, 242 p. Occasional footnotes. Chronology. Selected Sources. Index. More