Reference Sources on Race & Ethnicity
- Africana: the encyclopedia of the African and African American experienceCall Number: Olin Library Reference DT14 .A37435 2005 + (also Africana)Publication Date: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005More than 4,000 articles cover prominent individuals, events, trends, places, political movements, art forms, business and trade, religion, ethnic groups, organizations and countries on both sides of the Atlantic. Subjects range from affirmative action to zydeco and span over four million years from the earlies-known hominids to Sean "Diddy" Combs.
- Asian Americans: an Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political HistoryPublication Date: 2013 ( Grand Central Publishing)...Three volumes that address a broad range of topics on various Asian and Pacific Islander American groups from 1848 to the present day. Provides up-to-date information about Asian ethnic groups, historical and contemporary events, important policies, and notable individuals. Covers roles of women, distinct socioeconomic classes, Asian American political and social movements, and race relations involving Asian Americans.
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: the Black Experience in the AmericasCall Number: Print: Olin Library Reference E185 .E54 2006Publication Date: 2006 (2nd ed.)6 vols. Culture broadly defined provides information on persons, events, and trends. Concludes with a collection of around 35 primary documents, section of "Statistics and Lists," and an overall index.
- Encyclopedia of American Indian Issues TodayCall Number: Olin Library Oversize E76.2 .E527 2013 +Publication Date: 2013Topics covered including reservations, poverty, sovereignty, the problem of solid waste on reservations, and the lives of urban Indians, among other issues. Organized into ten sections, the book also provides sidebars and essays addressing topics on casinos and gaming, sexual identity, education, and poverty.
- Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and SocietyPublication Date: 2008Covers important topics, events, and persons relevant to race and ethicity in society. Also addresses other issues of inequality that intersect with race and ethnicity, including ability status, age, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
- Oxford African American Studies CenterScholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Features articles by top scholars in the field, images, primary sources with specially written commentaries, maps,charts and tables, and biographies.
- Oxford Bibliographies: African American StudiesOffers regularly updated bibliographic articles that identify, organize, cite, and annotate scholarship on key areas of African American Studies -- culture, politics, law, history, society, religion, and economics
- Oxford Bibliographies: Latino StudiesExplores the Hispanic minority in the United States, providing regularly updated scholarly, annotated bibliographies covering a wide spectrum of Latinx studies.
- Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary RacismsPublication Date: Routledge, 2020Brings together thirty-four original chapters from international experts that address key features of contemporary racisms. The Handbook has a global orientation and covers contemporary racisms in both the western and non-western geopolitical environments.
Social Sciences Reference Sources
- Encyclopedia of Social and Political MovementsCall Number: OnlinePublication Date: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013Contains over 400 entries exploring social and political movements and related collective phenomena throughout the world.
- Encyclopedia of Social TheoryCall Number: Also in print: Olin Library Reference HM425 .E47 2005 +Publication Date: Sage, 2005Perspectives from sociology, economics, philosophy, anthropology, political science, women's studies, cultural studies, psychoanalysis, and media theory (among others) are presented in this encyclopedia.
- Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural TheoryPublication Date: Routledge, 2020Covers social and cultural theories, ranging from classical approaches to postmodern, psychoanalytic and post-feminist approaches. There are also chapters on mobilities and migrations, as well as posthumanism.
- Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social TheoryPublication Date: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017An interdisciplinary compendium of original entries focusing on the origins, evolution, and global development of contemporary social theory. Presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview and analysis of all aspects of social theory
- Encyclopedia of Postcolonial StudiesCall Number: Olin Reference PN849.U43 E535 2016 + (print version)Publication Date: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016Covers the period from 1492 to the present, including the dynamics of European conquest from Columbus to China, and critiques of colonialism. Entries are written by leading scholars in the field.
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral SciencesCall Number: Olin Reference H41 .I58x 2001+Publication Date: 2001Authoritative scholarly encyclopedia encompassing 26 volumes.