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A LAND TO DIE FOR / Binka Le Breton
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The Brazilian struggle for land reform, viewed through the assassination of Afro-Brazilian priest, Padre Josimo. Recently translated into Portuguese with a preface by Joao Stedile, leader of the huge Brazilian landless movement, the MST, and launched from the Brazilian Congress. "A remarkable book."–Antonio R. Magalhaes , former Vice-Minister of Planning, Brazil."Recommended Reading" –Newsletter, Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin- Madison "A wonderful book…gripping." –Sue Branford, Specialist for Brazil, BBC World Service
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THE RESTRUCTURING OF AMERICA: A Futurist Perspective / William Merwin
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William Merwin's futurist fiction speculates on what might happen in the U.S. by the year 2016 AD if America's dominant Anglo-American population proved unwilling or unable to successfully assimilate its African-American and Hispanic national minorities. If the three major ethnic groups in America became enmeshed in nationalist orientations, could America break apart like the former Soviet Union, with autonomous ethnic territories or even new nations emerging?
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DALIT: The Black Untouchables of India / V. T. Rajshekar
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Originally published in India under the title Apartheid in India, V.T. Rajshekar's passionate work on the plight of the Indian Dalits was the first book in the United States to provide a Dalit view of the roots and continuing factors of the gross oppression of the world's largest minority (over 300 million people) through a 3,000 year history of conquest, slavery, apartheid and worse.
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