politics and government

Explores how the political, military, and administrative leadership of Rwanda became involved in the planning of the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi population.

Examines how Americans of all races and classes sought to control their lives and their government in the face of the political, institutional, and social transformations that took place between 1890 and the end of World War I.

Describes the changing relationship between African-Americans and the U.S. presidents from Washington to Clinton.

Focuses on John Collier's struggle with both the U.S. Congress and the Indian tribes to develop a New Deal for Indians fifty years ago.

Tells the story of Randy Borman, the son of American missionaries who chose to stay and make his life with the Cofan people who live in the jungles of Ecuador, and is now, as their leader, spearheading the fight to keep oil companies from invading and destroying the rainforest.

Describes elite African-American organizations and their role in American society.

Examines important accomplishments and events in the history of African-Americans with a focus on the status of the African-American people in the last decades of the twentieth century. Includes short biographies of notable men and women, a glossary, a list of related Internet sites, and other resources.

Describes the duties and privileges of the President's wife, known as the First Lady, and profiles Nancy Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Pat Nixon, and Lady Bird Johnson.

Argues that young African-Americans can no longer be assumed to be democrats, providing survey results and interviews with politicians and citizens which support the author's contention.