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Lura Sanborn February 24th, 2010

Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts edited by Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr., Greenwood, 2003.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 305.8 R83

A one-volume guide concerning the study of global ethnic conflict during the 20th Century.  Each of the thirty-eight individual entries discusses the historical background of a particular ethnic conflict, how the conflict was managed, and the impact of the conflict.

Examples include:

• Canada: The Nationalist Movement in Quebec
• China: Ethnic Conflict and the International System
• France: The “Foreigner” Issue
• Middle East: The Arab-Jewish Struggle for Palestine to 1948
• Rwanda: Hutu-Tutsi Conflict and Genocide in Central Africa
• United States: The United States – Puerto Rico Relationship

Helpful for:  Literature of Witness, Middle Eastern Voices, Gender Studies, International Studies, Social History, World Politics, Humanities

Tags: Conflict, gender studies, Genocide, History, Humanities, Literature of Witness, Middle Eastern Voices, New Reference Book, Politics, reference, Religion, Religion and Ethics, Research, Social History

• Geography , History , Humanities , Religion , Research , Social Sciences
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Lisa Laughy November 4th, 2008

Deb Baker – Interim Reference Librarian

Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice edited by Gary L. Anderson and Kathryn G. Herr, Sage Publications, 2007.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: Ref. 303.48 An2 v.1; Ref. 303.48 An2 v.2; Ref. 303.48 An2 v.3.

Each volume of this set includes a list of the 960 entries and a “Reader’s Guide,” which groups related articles under broad subject headings. For example, under “Environmentalism,” the guide lists 40 pertinent entries scattered across all three volumes. The third volume contains an extensive index.

HELPFUL FOR: Literature of Witness, Terrestrial Ecology, Religion and Ethics, Leadership for Social Justice, Biomedical Ethics, Community Outreach

FUN FOR: Eco-Action members, protest song writers, activist poets

Tags: Activism, Biomedical Ethics, Community Outreach, Leadership for Social Justice, Literature of Witness, New Reference Book, Religion and Ethics, Social Justice, Terrestrial Ecology

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Deb Baker September 9th, 2008

Deb Baker – Interim Reference Librarian

It’s a human rights crisis, a regular news item, a campaign issue – and an ongoing reminder of what poet Robert Burns called “man’s inhumanity to man.” Do you wonder how genocide can happen? Want to know more about genocide in history or hear survivors’ narratives from Rwanda and Darfur? Check out the display of books, DVD’s, and articles in the Baker Reading Room, “Genocide: Darfur, Rwanda, Sudan.” For a report on genocide, policy analysis, chronologies, maps, and more, search “Darfur” or “genocide” in CQ Researcher through the Ohrstrom Library website.

HELPFUL FOR: Literature of Witness

Tags: Darfur, Genocide, Literature of Witness, Rwanda, Sudan

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