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Authors: Keri Iyall-Smith
ISBN-13: 9780415980166, ISBN-10: 041598016X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: February 2007
Edition: ANN

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Author Biography: Keri Iyall-Smith

Keri Iyall Smith is assistant professor of Sociology at Stonehill College in Easton, MA. She teaches courses on globalization, indigenous peoples, and sociological theory. She has published articles on hybridity and world society, human rights, and teaching sociology. She is co-editor, with Judith R. Blau, of Public Sociologies Reader.

Book Synopsis

Using the comparative historical method, this book looks at the experience of indigenous peoples, specifically the Native Hawaiians, showing how a nation can express culture and citizenship while seeking ways to attain greater sovereignty over territory, culture, and politics.

Table of Contents

Chapter
1. INTRODUCTION
2. RESEARCH DESIGN
3. ON INDIGENOUSNESS
4. THE HAWAIIANS
5. GLOBAL, LOCAL, AND/OR HYBRID IDENTITIES?
6. NEW APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
7. CONCLUSION
APPENDIX ONE: CONSTITUTIONAL AMMENDMENTS 1-10:
THE BILL OF RIGHTS

APPENDIX TWO: UNITED STATES PUBLIC LAW 103-150
APPENDIX THREE: THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE OF HAWAII: ARTICLE XII, SELECTED SECTIONS

APPENDIX FOUR: INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968:
25 USC 1302-1303

APPENDIX FIVE: UNIVERSAL DECLARATION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SELECTED ARTICLES

REFERENCES
INDEX

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