A social history of the role of the Chinese laundry on the survival of early Chinese immigrants in the U.S.during the Chinese Exclusion law period, 1882-1943, and in Canada during the years of the Head Tax, 1885-1923, and exclusion law, 1923-1947. Why and how Chinese got into the laundry business and how they had to fight discriminatory laws and competition from white-owned laundries to survive. Description of their lives, work demands, and living conditions. Reflections by a sample of chi...

The story of how a few Chinese immigrants found their way to the Mississippi River Delta in the late 1870s and earned their living with small family operated grocery stores in neighborhoods where mostly black cotton plantation workers lived. What was their status in the segregated black and white world of that time and place? How did this small group preserve their culture and ethnic identity? "Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton"is a social history of the lives of these pioneering families a...

Woodstock promoted itself as "Three Days of Peace and Music". Due to massive traffic delays and sporadic horrible weather, it actually took place over four days from Friday, August 15 to Monday, August 18, 1969. But it wasn't just four ordinary days in the summer of '69. Woodstock was more than a monstrous and unprepared happening in a farmer's field in the Catskills. It was a significant turning point for a generation that represented a unique part of human history. It was the largest gat...

Joseph Shepherd is a brilliant man whose travels with Luke Greene are chronicled in this adventure. Along the way, Greene and Shepherd encounter men of science, kings, and the most illustrious characters of the 17th century. Shepherd’s influence on science, government and medicine run through the narrative. Follow this journey of adventure, intrigue, exploration, powerful personal stories, and the surprises at the end. You will be moved by Shepherd, and fascinated by his influence.

The Brain Blueprint: Unlocking Optimal Health with Nutrition, Herbs, Acupuncture, and Beyond is a groundbreaking guide that redefines how we understand mental health. Dr. John Jung, a chiropractor and functional medicine practitioner, reveals the powerful connections between the gut, immune system, toxins, and brain chemistry-showing that mental illness doesn't start only in the mind.From depression, ADHD, and bipolar disorder to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and addic...

Jung's discovery of the 'collective unconscious', a psychic inheritance common to all humankind, transformed the understanding of the self and the way we interpret the world. In On the Nature of the Psyche, Jung describes this remarkable theory in his own words, and presents a masterly overview of his theories of the unconscious, and its relation to the conscious mind. Also contained in this collection is On Psychic Energy, where Jung defends his interpretation of the libido, a key factor ...

This book takes up the challenge of the failure of most initiatives in community-based service delivery to address the significant philosophical shift that is necessary to create, implement, and evaluate appropriately these sorts of projects. Challenging the tendency to focus entirely on practicalities, the authors emphasize the centrality of philosophy to any successful community-based undertaking. While fully acknowledging the importance of local knowledge and the guidance of projects by...

This monograph is primarily addressed to the problem of avoidance, noncompliance or defiance of obligations related to international organiza tions by members and nonmembers. Structurally, it is a survey of the practices of uncooperative members and nonmembers set against a general statement of the norms of international organizations. Minor disruptions in international affairs evoke conflicts of inter national obligations and state interests. Today, when the problems are grave and the pro...

The Affect of Difference is a collection of essays offering a new perspective on the history of race and racial ideologies in modern East Asia. Contributors approach this subject through the exploration of everyday culture from a range of academic disciplines, each working to show how race was made visible and present as a potential means of identification. By analyzing artifacts from diverse media including travelogues, records of speech, photographs, radio broadcasts, surgical t...

A young, recently graduated "come-far-away" from the Canadian mainland takes his first professional job as an urban and regional planner in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the early 1970s. Although he felt completely inept and unqualified, he is thrown into assignments where he has to make decisions for the sake of these communities in need of essential planning services.This light-hearted and engaging romp through Newfoundland was at a time when it was still seen as an...

International Book Award Recipient: Woodstock promoted itself as "Three Days of Peace and Music". Due to massive traffic delays and sporadic horrible weather, it actually took place over four days from Friday, August 15 to Monday, August 18, 1969. But it wasn't just four ordinary days in the summer of '69. Woodstock was more than a monstrous and unprepared "happening" in a farmer's field in the Catskills. It was a significant turning point for a generation that represented a unique part of...

Global Book Award: Eden 2084 is about a future in which the leaders of the early part of the century failed to meet the temperature limit necessary to stop the world from overheating. In 2040, the USA is so badly polarized around climate change issues that it splits into Red and Blue States. As the world exceeds 4°C above pre-industrial levels in the 2080s, the existential threat must be halted. Winston and Greta, two climate change crusaders collaborate in 2060 to create a model net-zero ...