Fighting Their Own Battles

Fighting Their Own Battles
Author: Brian D. Behnken
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807834785

Between 1940 and 1975, African Americans and Mexican Americans in Texas fought a number of battles in court, at the ballot box, in schools, and on the streets to eliminate segregation and state-imposed racism. Although both groups engaged in civil rights

Deep Cut

Deep Cut
Author: Christine Keiner
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2020-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0820358630

HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; SCIENCE / History; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History.

Invisible Texans

Invisible Texans
Author: Donald Willett
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This anthology about women and minorities in Texas collects eighteen essays by highly respected scholars, examining the latest multicultural interpretations of the Lone Star state and placing them in a historical perspective. The distinctive and diverse nature of Texas history comes alive through the book's focus on topics that have been under-represented in Texas history literature.

Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones

Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones
Author: James Thomas Sears
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813529646

Publisher Fact Sheet. A richly told history of queer Southern life in the 1970s, after the Stonewall uprising.

Cohort Analysis

Cohort Analysis
Author: Norval D. Glenn
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2005-01-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780761922155

A method for studying changes in group patterns -- particularly groups based on age -- cohort analysis seeks to isolate changes attributable to alterations in behaviour or attitudes within an age group; as an example of behaviour change, the pattern of consumption of alcohol within a cohort is analyzed.

Financial Market History: Reflections on the Past for Investors Today

Financial Market History: Reflections on the Past for Investors Today
Author: David Chambers
Publisher: CFA Institute Research Foundation
Total Pages: 306
Release:
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1944960163

Since the 2008 financial crisis, a resurgence of interest in economic and financial history has occurred among investment professionals. This book discusses some of the lessons drawn from the past that may help practitioners when thinking about their portfolios. The book’s editors, David Chambers and Elroy Dimson, are the academic leaders of the Newton Centre for Endowment Asset Management at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries

Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries
Author: Joanna F. Fountain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Public libraries
ISBN: 9781563088537

Provides headings for topics, literary and organizational forms, and names of individuals, corporate bodies, places, works, and so on, that might be needed to catalog a general collection used at least in part by children and readers or viewers interested in popular topics.