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Mexicanos
A History of Mexicans in the United States 3rd ed.
July 1, 2019
Responding to shifts in the political and economic experiences of Mexicans in America, this newly revised and
expanded edition of Mexicanos provides a relevant and contemporary consideration ofthis vibrant community.
Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries ofSpanish contact with indigenous people,
Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonialfrontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what
became the southwestern United States.
Shaped by their Indian and Spanish ancestors, deeply influenced by Catholicism, and often struggling to
respond to political and economic precarity, Mexicans play an important role in US society even as the
dominant Anglo culture strives to assimilate them. With new maps, updated appendicxes, and a
new chapter providing an up-to-date consideration of the immigration debate centered on
Mexican communities in the US, this new edition of Mexicanos provides a thorough and
balanced contribution to understanding Mexicans’history and their
vital importance to 21st-century America.
Indiana University Press
ISBN: 978-0-253-04172-2
A History of Mexicans in the United States 3rd ed.
July 1, 2019
Responding to shifts in the political and economic experiences of Mexicans in America, this newly revised and
expanded edition of Mexicanos provides a relevant and contemporary consideration ofthis vibrant community.
Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries ofSpanish contact with indigenous people,
Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonialfrontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what
became the southwestern United States.
Shaped by their Indian and Spanish ancestors, deeply influenced by Catholicism, and often struggling to
respond to political and economic precarity, Mexicans play an important role in US society even as the
dominant Anglo culture strives to assimilate them. With new maps, updated appendicxes, and a
new chapter providing an up-to-date consideration of the immigration debate centered on
Mexican communities in the US, this new edition of Mexicanos provides a thorough and
balanced contribution to understanding Mexicans’history and their
vital importance to 21st-century America.
Indiana University Press
ISBN: 978-0-253-04172-2
Kiyonuk
An Arctic Alaska Boyhood
February 2019
Sylvester David Kiyonuk Mazen, born in Teller, Alaska in 1928, is known to most as Sandy. His
life's path since graduating from Nome High School in 1946 has taken him from military duty in the Aleutian
Islands and a long career as a teacher and family counselor -- including stints in a prison setting -- to
a year of sailing the South Pacific. And finally home to Alaska. Kiyonuk is his first book.
Hardscratch Press.
Illustrated, full index, 308 pages $20.
ISBN: 978-0-9838628-9-5
Library of Congress Control Number:
2018955400.
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Too Close to Home?
Living with "drill, baby" on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula
Published July, 2016
McKibben Autumn Jackinsky's Russian-Alutiiq great-great-great-grandparents were among the founders of Ninilchik village on the Cook Inlet side of the Kenai Peninsula. As a longtime Alaska journalist she has reported on the oil and gas industry from several perspectives. Now, with what author-activist Adam Briggle calls "an all too rare open-mindedness," she has interviewed families affected pro or con by the industry's presence in the area, as well as civic leaders, alternative energy advocates and others.
In four unsparing chapters woven through Too Close to Home? she also tells her own family and personal story, on the way to a decision about oil and gas exploration on her inherited three-acre share of Jackinsky land. The book, available in bookstores and directly from Hardscratch Press, includes an extensive bibliography and a full index. ISBN: 978-0-9838628-6-4, 400 pages, $24.50 (standard bookstore discounts apply, as well as a courtesy discount for libraries).
"This engrossing account of what it means to ordinary Alaskans when the oil industry shows up on their doorsteps is [also] a good reminder that the damage from fossil fuels can hit hard locally on its way to the atmosphere and the climate."
~ Bill McKibben
(NOTE: Author McKibben Jackinsky's first name is her mother's family name; her only connection with Bill McKibben is their mutual commitment to a healthy planet.)
Living with "drill, baby" on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula
Published July, 2016
McKibben Autumn Jackinsky's Russian-Alutiiq great-great-great-grandparents were among the founders of Ninilchik village on the Cook Inlet side of the Kenai Peninsula. As a longtime Alaska journalist she has reported on the oil and gas industry from several perspectives. Now, with what author-activist Adam Briggle calls "an all too rare open-mindedness," she has interviewed families affected pro or con by the industry's presence in the area, as well as civic leaders, alternative energy advocates and others.
In four unsparing chapters woven through Too Close to Home? she also tells her own family and personal story, on the way to a decision about oil and gas exploration on her inherited three-acre share of Jackinsky land. The book, available in bookstores and directly from Hardscratch Press, includes an extensive bibliography and a full index. ISBN: 978-0-9838628-6-4, 400 pages, $24.50 (standard bookstore discounts apply, as well as a courtesy discount for libraries).
"This engrossing account of what it means to ordinary Alaskans when the oil industry shows up on their doorsteps is [also] a good reminder that the damage from fossil fuels can hit hard locally on its way to the atmosphere and the climate."
~ Bill McKibben
(NOTE: Author McKibben Jackinsky's first name is her mother's family name; her only connection with Bill McKibben is their mutual commitment to a healthy planet.)
Good usage means using the right words at the right time for the right reasons...
The treasure of English is its amazing wealth of nouns and verbs, each with its own shades of tone and meaning.
The right word in the right place adds clarity, strength, and vitality to any kind of writing.
New York Public Library Writer's Guide To Style And Usage
The treasure of English is its amazing wealth of nouns and verbs, each with its own shades of tone and meaning.
The right word in the right place adds clarity, strength, and vitality to any kind of writing.
New York Public Library Writer's Guide To Style And Usage
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