Racial integration; and policies intended to achieve greater integration; continue to generate controversy in the United States; with some of the most heated debates taking place among long-standing advocates of racial equality. Today; many nonwhites express what has been referred to as "integration exhaustion" as they question the value of integration in today’s world. And many whites exhibit what has been labeled "race fatigue;" arguing that we have done enough to reconcile the races. Many policies have been implemented in efforts to open up traditionally restricted neighborhoods; while others have been designed to diversify traditionally poor; often nonwhite; neighborhoods. Still; racial segregation persists; along with the many social costs of such patterns of uneven development. This book explores both long-standing and emerging controversies over the nation’s ongoing struggles with discrimination and segregation. More urgently; it offers guidance on how these barriers can be overcome to achieve truly balanced and integrated living patterns.
#1343276 in Books Dena Goodman 2003-03-09 2003-03-27Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .76 x 6.00l; .98 #File Name: 0415933951307 pagesMarie Antoinette Writings on the Body of a Queen
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. College Class BookBy Stephanie K. WorrellMy daughter minored in French. Marie Antoinette is one of her favorite historical figures and she particularly loves this book. Arrived in the nick of time for the ​start of class.4 of 23 people found the following review helpful. This isn't a biographyBy Mary NearsI'm not sure what Goodman was trying to do here; but it didn't work. I mean; if you're interested in Marie Antoinette as a SYMBOl of women-in-high-places brought down; then this is the book for YOU....But right now I'm wanting to know about her life. Because I can't call this book a biography; an analysis of Marie Antoinette; or a review of the revolution and how it effected her; I can't recommend it. The purpose of the book is a mystery to me; except to place Antoinette in the context of women since the beginning of time. YAWN. Yet; I read it and I find myself rereading parts of it again and again. I think I have to commend it because there is thought behind the writing. The writer does give a bit of insight into Antoinette's daughter; who is the reason I began reading everything I could get my hands on about the queen...Thing is; if you want to read about women who have been scape-goated throughout the years; turn to female writers of the 1960s and early 1970s. In their hands; this book would've burned.
