LibGuides: ISEM101: Facing Race: Books

Books & Movies

This is just a small sample of the resources on this topic. Search the UI online catalog for more titles.

Contemporary ethnic geographies in America
Call Number: E184.A1C5975 2007
ISBN: 9780742537729
Race and ethnicity in America : a concise history
Call Number: E184.A1R244 2003
ISBN: 9780231129404
Why race and culture matter in schools : closing the achievement gap in America's classrooms
Call Number: LC213.2.H67 2010
ISBN: 9780807750711
Everybody's ethnic : your invisible culture
Call Number: DVD GN357.E94 2001
Includes footage of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebration, a Balinese funeral, street life in New Delhi, and compares these to cultural norms in modern American society.
Race : the power of an illusion
Call Number: DVD GN269.R337 2003
Episode one explores how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race. Episode two questions the belief that race has always been with us. It traces the race concept to the European conquest of the Americas. Episode three focuses on how our institutions shape and create race.
Multiculturalism in the United States: a comparative guide to acculturation and ethnicity
Call Number: ebook

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Library of Congress Classification areas that might be useful

Books are located on the 2nd (T-Z), 3rd (H-S), and 4th (A-G) floors organized by the Library of Congress Classification system. Search for books using the library catalog.

Call Number Areas to Browse

Description	Call #	Floor
United States history	E F (states, regions)	4th
Sociology	HM	3rd
Social history and reform	HN	3rd
Communities, classes and races	HT	3rd
Criminology	HV	3rd

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ISEM101: Facing Race: Books