Revolutionary Peace through Ethnic Studies / Edition 1

by Jose Hernandez Alvarez

Overview

Revolutionary Peace Through Ethnic Studies, by Jos Hernndez lvarez, explains how Spanish, French and British colonization shaped United States society and the ongoing experience of Americans of Native, African, Latin, Asian and immigrant origin. This researched and readable text calls for all Americans to declare their independence from the culture of conflict prevailing since the Revolutionary War. Pluralism (the concept of many in one) serves to study diversity and conditions needed for a national culture of peace.

Paradigms, from resistance to domination, emphasize women and provide a frame for discovering the universal in how people cope with disadvantages. Each chapters discussion topics stimulate critical thinking, instead of partisan polemics. Supporting active learning, this aims to cultivate mutual understanding and respect, strengthen values of self-determination, equal access, civic participation and cooperative action for peace and prosperity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780757506956
Publisher:	Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/10/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	462
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface

Part I Spanish Colonial Background

1. Cultures of War and Peace
2. The Spanish World System
3. Latin American Syncretism
4. Caribbean Solitude

Part II United States Expansion

5. Sea to Shining Sea
6. Civil War to World Empire
7. Territorial Recovery
8. Obstacles from Defeatism

Part III The Human Revolution

9. Empowerment
10. Spirituality for Peace
11. Ethnic Studies

Index