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The Illusion of Inclusion
To many observers, the 1981 election of Henry Cisneros as mayor of San Antonio, Texas, represented the culminating victory in the Chicano community's decades-long struggle for inclusion in the city's political life. Yet, nearly twenty years later, inclusion is still largely an illusion for many working-class and poor Chicanas and Chicanos, since business interests continue to set the city's political and economic priorities. In this book, Rodolfo Rosales offers the first in-depth history of the Chicano community's struggle for inclusion in the political life of San Antonio during the years 1951 to 1991, drawn from interviews with key participants as well as archival research. He focuses on the political and organizational activities of the Chicano middle class in the context of post-World War II municipal reform and how it led ultimately to independent political representation for the Chicano community. Of special interest is his extended discussion of the role of Chicana middle-class women as they gained greater political visibility in the 1980s.
A Need To Know
Nineteen-year-old Mandy McCallister agrees to visit a death-row inmate who has contacted her with a puzzling message, propelling her into a world of mystery and intrigue far beyond any experience she has previously known. The information she receives is related to a violent home-invasion that occurred fifteen years earlier, a crime that did irreparable harm to Mandys typical, middle-class American family. In an effort to uncover the truth behind the brutal assault, Mandy enlists Arlen Holloway--a cynical, hard-drinking, former homicide detective--as her advisor and protector. The trail they follow produces a series of unexpected discoveries. As the mystery of who was behind the home-invasi...
Spectacular Homes of Michigan
This impressive showcase of the top interior designers in Michigan features Greater Detroit, Grand Rapids, and the upscale communities along the Great Lakes' shores.
Gangland
A frightening look at Mexico's new power elite—the Mexican drug cartels The members of Mexico's drug cartels are among the criminal underworld's most ambitious and ruthless entrepreneurs. Supplanting the once dominant Colombian cartels, the Mexican drug cartels are now the major distributor of heroin and cocaine to the U.S. and Canada. Not only have their drugs crossed north of the border, so have the cartels (in 2009, 230 active Mexican drug cartels have been reported in U.S. cities). In Gangland, bestselling author Jerry Langton details their frightening stranglehold on the economy and daily life of Mexico today—and what it portends for the future of Mexico and its neighbours. Offering...
Peruvian Nationalism
Peru is the most interesting model of justice and development in Latin America today. To analyze the sociopolitical progress of this nation, David Chaplin has gathered together and edited this interdisciplinary collection of essays. Peru's development is unique for several reasons. First, it has shown that a military force that was trained largely by the United States can employ its professional expertise not to remain a well-behaved ally but to pull off a genuinely radical nationalist revolution even at the expense of various interests of its "benefactor." Second, Peru has proven that successful economic development need be neither capitalist nor Social-ist. Peruvian Nationalism c...
Shades Of Gray
Frank Rossi is a rich and powerful icon among the “beautiful people” of Orange County California, but Rossi has become a star by wheeling and dealing on both sides of the law. Now, approaching forty, his drug dealing past, which enabled him to build his financial juggernaut, is returning to haunt him. DEA under-cover operative Liv Buchanan will use anyone or any means necessary to get a collar and she’s got her sights set on bringing down Rossi. Her boss, Jared Goff, is a legend within the law enforcement community, but he’s not quite sure what to do when he unwittingly exposes Charlie Warren, one of his “techies”, to Liv. Warren’s obsession with Liv triggers an unforeseen chai...
No Handbook for the Homeless
There is no Handbook for the Homeless. Nobody teaches seminars or gives guided tours that promise to give you the inside scoop on where to flop when you’re homeless. You have to figure it out as you go along. Few of us plan for it. Perhaps, in today’s cliché driven world, it means we planned to fail. But how much farther can you fall than sleeping in the cemetery, curled up on your son’s grave because it’s the only piece of real estate you own. At best, if you find yourself homeless, if you haven’t burned all your karma, you will find a spirit guide. More likely the guide will find you. In this first novel by Joyce Trainor, Aileen Roark’s middle class life is forever changed by ...
Forest Ecology
This volume provides an overview of recent advances in forest ecology on a variety of topics, including species diversity and the factors that control species diversity, environmental factors controlling distribution of forests, impacts of disturbances on forests (fires, drought, hurricane), reproduction ecology of both trees and understory species, and spatial organization of forests. Previously published in Plant Ecology, Volume 201, No.1, 2009.
