Product Description: When Barack Obama won the presidency, many posited that we were entering into a post-racial period in American politics. Regrettably, the reality hasn’t lived up to that expectation. Instead, Americans’ political beliefs have become significantly more polarized by racial considerations than they had been before Obama’s presidency—in spite of his administration’s considerable efforts to neutralize the political impact of race...read more

Presents a history of ethnic foods and American eating habits, from the 1600s to the present, and follows the fortunes of dozens of immigrant cooks, grocers, street hawkers, and restaurateurs

Looks at the way Indians are portrayed in books, films, cartoons, and advertising, pokes fun at stereotypes, and corrects misconceptions about the American Indian