Book Notes

Recently Received Books: Regional Focus on Europe & the West

 

Redress for Historical Injustices in the United States: On Reparations for Slavery, Jim Crow, and Their Legacies

Redress for Historical Injustices in the United States:
On Reparations for Slavery, Jim Crow, and Their Legacies
Edited by Michael T. Martin & Marilyn Yaquinto

Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2007. 702pp.

*Cross-listed in Race, Religion, Ethnicity & Culture

Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development

Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance
and Development
Edited by Miriam Jorgensen

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. 2007. 363pp.

*Cross-listed in Global Civil Society
Democracy, Development & Health

Women Migrants from East to West

Women Migrants from East to West:
Gender, Mobility and Belonging in Contemporary Europe
Edited by Luisa Passerini, Dawn Lyon, Enrica Capussotti
& Ioanna Laliotou

New York, NY: Berghahn Books. 2007. 335pp.

*Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender
The Invisible Cure

The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and
the Fight Against Aids
By Helen Epstein

New York: NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2007. 326pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional Focus on Africa & the Middle East
Development, Democracy & Health
Comparative Study on Mandates of National Human Rights Institutions in the Commonwealth

Comparative Study on Mandates of National Human Rights
Institutions in the Commonwealth

London, UK: Commonwealth Secretariat. 2007. 148pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
Human Rights in the Polder: Human Rights and Security in the Public and Private Sphere

Human Rights in the Polder:
Human Rights and Security in the Public and Private Sphere
Edited by Ineke Boerefijn & Jenny E. Goldschmidt

Antwerp, BE: Intersentia. 2007. 185pp.

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