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December, 1998

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
[REF E184 .A1 G14 1995 v. 1-2]

This two-volume, alphabetically arranged reference work includes more than one hundred essays dealing with specific ethnic, ethnoreligious, or Native American groups in the United States. Each essay presents a general overview of the group, and then deals with topics such as acculturation and assimilation; language; family and community dynamics; religion; employment and economic traditions; politics and government; and an important section on individual and group contributions to American life. Whenever possible, information relating to media, organizations and associations, museums and research centers, and sources for additional study of the group is also included. For more information, ask at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Park Library building, or call 989 - 774-3470. 

Voices of Multicultural America: Notable Speeches Delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995
[REF PS663 .M55 V64 1996]

This volume reprints, usually in their entirety, more than 230 speeches delivered by over 130 African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American speakers. Alphabetically arranged by speaker, the work also includes a general introduction to the oratory of each group represented, an introduction to each speaker/speech, an ethnicity index, a speech category index providing access to speeches on particular topics, a keyword index, and an historical timeline. For more information, ask at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Park Library building, or call 989 - 774-3470. 

November, 1998

Thomson, Rosemarie Garland. Extraordinary bodies: figuring physical disability in American culture and literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.
[PS374 .P44 T49 1997]

This book is a groundbreaking exploration of the literary and cultural representations of physical disability in America. It focuses on physical disability as a social construction rather than as a medical condition through the examination of diverse cultural representations such as the works of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Toni Morrison along with the 19th and early 20th century phenomenon of freak shows. There is particular emphasis on the portrayal of disabled women and feminist theory in regard to the body and disability. For more information, ask at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Park Library building, or call 989 - 774-3470. 

October, 1998

Statistical Record of Asian Americans [REF E184.O6 S73 1993]
Statistical Record of Black Americans [REF E185.5 .S83]
Statistical Record of Hispanic Americans [REF E184.S75 S74 1993]
Statistical Record of Native North Americans [REF E98.P76 S73 1993]
Statistical Record of Older Americans [REF HQ1064.U5 S72 1994x]
Statistical Record of Women Worldwide [REF HQ1150 .S73 1991]

This series of reference books provides data on a variety of American minority groups. Each book gives a range of statistical information on a specific minority group, including basic demographics, family characteristics, social and economic conditions, and political behavior. A citation to the original sources of the data is listed at the bottom of each table of statistics. For more information, ask at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Park Library building, or call 989 - 774-3470. 

September, 1998

Ethnic Newswatch

Ethnic Newswatch is a CD-ROM database of full-text articles from more than 50 newspapers and journals of the ethnic and minority press in America, including African-American, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian-American, Hispanic/Latino/Chicano, Jewish, and Native American publications. The database is fully searchable and users may print the articles at the workstation. For more information, ask at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Park Library building, or call 989 - 774-3470.