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Best Housing & Urban Development Law

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation―that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Through extraordinary revelations and extensive research that Ta-Nehisi Coates has lauded as "brilliant" ( The Atlantic ), Rothstein comes to chronicle nothing less than an untold story that begins in the 1920s, showing how this process of de jure segregation began with explicit racial zoning, as millions of African Americans moved in a great historical migration from the south to the north. “Masterful…The Rothstein book gathers meticulous research showing how governments at all levels long employed racially discriminatory policies to deny blacks the opportunity to live in neighborhoods with jobs, good schools and upward mobility.”. - Jared Bernstein, Washington Post. “Rothstein’s work should make everyone, all across the political spectrum, reconsider what it is we allow those in power to do in the name of 'social harmony' and 'progress' with more skepticism… The Color of Law shows what happens when Americans lose their natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or in the case of African-Americans, when there are those still waiting to receive them in full.”. - Carl Paulus, American Conservative. “Original and insightful…The central premise of [Rothstein’s] argument…is that the Supreme Court has failed for decades to understand the extent to which residential racial segregation in our nation is not the result of private decisions by private individuals, but is the direct product of unconstitutional government action. “Through meticulous research and powerful human stories, Rothstein reveals a history of racism hiding in plain sight and compels us to confront the consequences of the intentional, decades-long governmental policies that created a segregated America.”. - Sherrilyn A. Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Reviews
"When William Julius Wilson writes that a book is "the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation," it grabs your attention. Rothstein's book is exactly that--a seminal work on the history of housing discrimination that is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect of residential segregation on cities and schools in our country. Stegner and friends formed a cooperative to purchase a 260-acre ranch in Palo Alto in which they planned to build 400 affordable homes for low-paid professors and other working-class families. Because the Veterans' Administration also relied on FHA rules for underwriting, black servicemen were similarly barred from receiving the same VA loans for housing that white vets enjoyed."
"Amazing disclosures learning it is more than housing discrimination factors but so much more that colluded to enforce a system that should be dead but is NOT."
"Rothstein modestly suggests a number of "remedies" to compensate for the financial losses and missed educational opportunities their kids suffered because they were deliberately forced by discriminatory federal government housing and lending policies and local laws to live in segregated low-income city neighborhoods. His book's great value comes from showing readers that it was deliberate government policies, not private choices or voluntary social forces, that created, enforced and perpetuated racial segregation in the North for nearly a hundred years. I wish I had been able to read this book last year when I was writing 30 Days a Black Man: The Forgotten Story That Exposed the Jim Crow South,' which only touches lightly on how Northern cities like Pittsburgh, Portland and Washington, D.C., kept their neighborhoods rigidly segregated."
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation—that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Through extraordinary revelations and extensive research that Ta-Nehisi Coates has lauded as "brilliant" ( The Atlantic ), Rothstein comes to chronicle nothing less than an untold story that begins in the 1920s, showing how this process of de jure segregation began with explicit racial zoning, as millions of African Americans moved in a great historical migration from the south to the north. Based on careful analyses of multiple historical documents, Rothstein has presented what I consider to be the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation.--Wiliam Julius Wilson, author of The Truly Disadvantaged. Through meticulous research and powerful human stories, Rothstein reveals a history of racism hiding in plain sight and compels us to confront the consequences of the intentional, decades-long governmental policies that created a segregated America.--Sherrilyn A. Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Masterful...The Rothstein book gathers meticulous research showing how governments at all levels long employed racially discriminatory policies to deny blacks the opportunity to live in neighborhoods with jobs, good schools and upward mobility.--Jared Bernstein.
Reviews
"When William Julius Wilson writes that a book is "the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation," it grabs your attention. Rothstein's book is exactly that--a seminal work on the history of housing discrimination that is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect of residential segregation on cities and schools in our country. Stegner and friends formed a cooperative to purchase a 260-acre ranch in Palo Alto in which they planned to build 400 affordable homes for low-paid professors and other working-class families. Because the Veterans' Administration also relied on FHA rules for underwriting, black servicemen were similarly barred from receiving the same VA loans for housing that white vets enjoyed."
"Amazing disclosures learning it is more than housing discrimination factors but so much more that colluded to enforce a system that should be dead but is NOT."
"Rothstein modestly suggests a number of "remedies" to compensate for the financial losses and missed educational opportunities their kids suffered because they were deliberately forced by discriminatory federal government housing and lending policies and local laws to live in segregated low-income city neighborhoods. His book's great value comes from showing readers that it was deliberate government policies, not private choices or voluntary social forces, that created, enforced and perpetuated racial segregation in the North for nearly a hundred years. I wish I had been able to read this book last year when I was writing 30 Days a Black Man: The Forgotten Story That Exposed the Jim Crow South,' which only touches lightly on how Northern cities like Pittsburgh, Portland and Washington, D.C., kept their neighborhoods rigidly segregated."
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Best Housing & Urban Development Law

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation—that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Through extraordinary revelations and extensive research that Ta-Nehisi Coates has lauded as "brilliant" ( The Atlantic ), Rothstein comes to chronicle nothing less than an untold story that begins in the 1920s, showing how this process of de jure segregation began with explicit racial zoning, as millions of African Americans moved in a great historical migration from the south to the north. Based on careful analyses of multiple historical documents, Rothstein has presented what I consider to be the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation.--Wiliam Julius Wilson, author of The Truly Disadvantaged. Through meticulous research and powerful human stories, Rothstein reveals a history of racism hiding in plain sight and compels us to confront the consequences of the intentional, decades-long governmental policies that created a segregated America.--Sherrilyn A. Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Masterful...The Rothstein book gathers meticulous research showing how governments at all levels long employed racially discriminatory policies to deny blacks the opportunity to live in neighborhoods with jobs, good schools and upward mobility.--Jared Bernstein.
Reviews
"When William Julius Wilson writes that a book is "the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation," it grabs your attention. Rothstein's book is exactly that--a seminal work on the history of housing discrimination that is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect of residential segregation on cities and schools in our country. Stegner and friends formed a cooperative to purchase a 260-acre ranch in Palo Alto in which they planned to build 400 affordable homes for low-paid professors and other working-class families. Because the Veterans' Administration also relied on FHA rules for underwriting, black servicemen were similarly barred from receiving the same VA loans for housing that white vets enjoyed."
"Rothstein modestly suggests a number of "remedies" to compensate for the financial losses and missed educational opportunities their kids suffered because they were deliberately forced by discriminatory federal government housing and lending policies and local laws to live in segregated low-income city neighborhoods. His book's great value comes from showing readers that it was deliberate government policies, not private choices or voluntary social forces, that created, enforced and perpetuated racial segregation in the North for nearly a hundred years. I wish I had been able to read this book last year when I was writing 30 Days a Black Man: The Forgotten Story That Exposed the Jim Crow South,' which only touches lightly on how Northern cities like Pittsburgh, Portland and Washington, D.C., kept their neighborhoods rigidly segregated."
"I am currently working in the credit analysis area and it was an eye opining for me that the US Government was in-fact institutionalizing discrimination by not insuring (such as the FHA) or not guaranteeing (such as the Veteran's Administration (VA) ) mortgage loans if the builder or the lender was selling to African-Americans (AA)."
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Best Administrative Law

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation―that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Through extraordinary revelations and extensive research that Ta-Nehisi Coates has lauded as "brilliant" ( The Atlantic ), Rothstein comes to chronicle nothing less than an untold story that begins in the 1920s, showing how this process of de jure segregation began with explicit racial zoning, as millions of African Americans moved in a great historical migration from the south to the north. “Masterful…The Rothstein book gathers meticulous research showing how governments at all levels long employed racially discriminatory policies to deny blacks the opportunity to live in neighborhoods with jobs, good schools and upward mobility.”. - Jared Bernstein, Washington Post. “Rothstein’s work should make everyone, all across the political spectrum, reconsider what it is we allow those in power to do in the name of 'social harmony' and 'progress' with more skepticism… The Color of Law shows what happens when Americans lose their natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or in the case of African-Americans, when there are those still waiting to receive them in full.”. - Carl Paulus, American Conservative. “Original and insightful…The central premise of [Rothstein’s] argument…is that the Supreme Court has failed for decades to understand the extent to which residential racial segregation in our nation is not the result of private decisions by private individuals, but is the direct product of unconstitutional government action. “Through meticulous research and powerful human stories, Rothstein reveals a history of racism hiding in plain sight and compels us to confront the consequences of the intentional, decades-long governmental policies that created a segregated America.”. - Sherrilyn A. Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Reviews
"When William Julius Wilson writes that a book is "the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation," it grabs your attention. Rothstein's book is exactly that--a seminal work on the history of housing discrimination that is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect of residential segregation on cities and schools in our country. Stegner and friends formed a cooperative to purchase a 260-acre ranch in Palo Alto in which they planned to build 400 affordable homes for low-paid professors and other working-class families. Because the Veterans' Administration also relied on FHA rules for underwriting, black servicemen were similarly barred from receiving the same VA loans for housing that white vets enjoyed."
"Rothstein modestly suggests a number of "remedies" to compensate for the financial losses and missed educational opportunities their kids suffered because they were deliberately forced by discriminatory federal government housing and lending policies and local laws to live in segregated low-income city neighborhoods. His book's great value comes from showing readers that it was deliberate government policies, not private choices or voluntary social forces, that created, enforced and perpetuated racial segregation in the North for nearly a hundred years. I wish I had been able to read this book last year when I was writing 30 Days a Black Man: The Forgotten Story That Exposed the Jim Crow South,' which only touches lightly on how Northern cities like Pittsburgh, Portland and Washington, D.C., kept their neighborhoods rigidly segregated."
"I am currently working in the credit analysis area and it was an eye opining for me that the US Government was in-fact institutionalizing discrimination by not insuring (such as the FHA) or not guaranteeing (such as the Veteran's Administration (VA) ) mortgage loans if the builder or the lender was selling to African-Americans (AA)."
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Best Urban, State & Local Government Law

The Law
Here, in this 1850 classic, a powerful refutation of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, published two years earlier, Bastiat discusses: what is law?, why socialism constitutes legal plunder, the proper function of the law, the law and morality, "the vicious circle of socialism", and the basis for stable government.
Reviews
"Also, The Law should not be a tool to forcibly redistribute resources/money from taxpayers to citizens deemed (by gov’t) to be in need."
"If you have already read it, read it again."
"This long pamphlet or short book is easily digestible to any reader and will equip the reader with a sound knowledge base from which to analyze economic and political decisions."
"One of the best books by one of the best authors on earth."
"A very important read for anyone who is interested in legal tradition... Something America diverged from post-9/11."
"Bastiat's simple statement of the sanctity of the rule of law produces a visceral conviction that individuals should and will triumph; this should satisfy eveyone who believes that men and women can excell."
"Arrived on time and love it."
"However this review is about the book itself and NOT the word that are printed onto."
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Best Land Use Law

Showdown in the Big Quiet: Land, Myth, and Government in the American West (American Liberty and Justice)
From violent mine wars in the mid-nineteenth century to environmental conservation disputes at the end of the twentieth, people in the West have battled over the role of government and notions of American identity to answer this question. The “New” Western historians of the late 1970s attempted to debunk this theory, revealing the racial and ethnic diversity of the West, reminding us of the role of the environment, and documenting how settlers and later corporations conquered land wrested away from Native Americans. John Bieter is an associate professor of history and co-director of the Center for Basque Studies at Boise State University.
Reviews
"While the history of Mr. Dallas may be found interesting, I fail to see what, if any relevance, it has to do with decision making on the American Frontier. This book will used as footnote material for those future writers who wish to comment on Idaho history."
"Granted, I am biased as I personally know and work with the author."
"Excellent reading and insightful history."
"I could not put down the book."
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Best Public Contract Law

The Spirit of Laws
CHARLES-LOUIS DE SECONDAT, BARON DE MONTESQUIEU (1689-1755), born in the South of France and often known simply as Montesquieu, was a political philosopher and social commentator known for his influential political views, especially for his "separation of power" theory, still used today in constitutions around the world.
Reviews
"great book but disliked the format, too small therefore thick."
"This was a gift for a friend."
"everyone needs to read this book."
"This is one of the excellent resources on government that the framers of our constitution apparently read in their research which led to the checks and balances system of our constitutional republic."
"This book is a wide ranging view of the laws by which people have governed themselves spanning time from ancient Greece and Rome to the Enlightenment."
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Best Emigration & Immigration Law

Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States: Selected Statutes, Regs and Forms
Aleinikoff, Martin, Motomura, and Fullerton's Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States: Selected Statutes, Regulations and Forms serves as a one-stop source for information regarding federal immigration legislation.
Reviews
"Font size was nice and it was easy to find which rule I was looking for quickly."
"Only barely through this book, but learned so much already."
"If you're an immigration attorney, or studying this line of law, this book is for you."
"This is a dry, tense, and boring casebook."
"I ordered a brand new one but received a worn-out one....."
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Best Public Administration Law

Windows 10: Complete Beginners Guide To Microsoft WINDOWS 10 (Tips And Tricks, User Manual, 2017 Updated User Guide)
Tags: Windows 10, user guide, programming, operating system, updated and edited, upgrade, the ultimate guide, beginner’s guide, how to upgrade to windows 10, new Windows 10, Windows 10 features, how to operate, start menu, task view, file explorer, widows Microsoft, Cortana, upgrade, computers, database programming, operating system, Microsoft, updated and edited, upgrade, the ultimate guide, beginner’s guide, how to upgrade to windows 10, new Windows 10, upgrade, computers, php, java, c++, os, tech,technology.
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"This is a great book, brimming with valuable data."
"This book is very good and it contains a lot of new and effective steps and information about Windows 10."
"This is a guide book about operating windows 10 and i had found all the necessary things i need to know.Including all the tips and tricks i would like to mention that david has describes everything about managing accounts and all new features of windows 10 and the most amazing tool is cortana .You need to know all the things about using cortana its a helpful tool."
"I can't believe I have to buy a windows 10 guide to get rid of the tablet mode."
"This is such an interesting and helpful book!"
"This updated windows 10 user guide help make my task easily."
"I do not know much about computers and Windows, but this book is very useful."
"Now, the support systems have become more functional, where there are many functions that make life easier for such simple users like me."
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Best Public Utilities Law

Starting A Business: The 15 Rules For A Successful Business
No matter what you have heard before about business startups, you need to realize that starting a business takes a lot of hard work! The truth is that most people fail to start a successful business. This book provides high-quality content, true value to your business career, strategies, tips, advice and much more to ensure that you succeed in the field of business and entrepreneurship. The Essentials For A Successful Business Start-up Main Factors Why Most People Fail In Business 10 Mindsets That Will Radically Improve Your Business How To Turn Past Failures Into Success The Business Planning Process Step By Step What To Know About Business Law Ways To Grow Your Business Into A Million-dollar Corporation MUCH, MUCH MORE! Series: Starting A Business, Business Startups, How To Start A Business, Building A Business, Passive Income, Passive Income Ideas, Business Startup Guide, Successful Business Startups, Starting A Business, Starting A Business, Starting A Business, Business, Business Rules, Start A Business, Rules Of Business, Starting A Business, Starting A Business, Starting A Business, Starting A Business, Starting A Business, Starting A Business, Starting A Business Starting A Business Starting A Business Starting A Business. Life is meant to be enjoyed and working to make someone else’s dream come true was not the reason I wanted to get out bed for! Well, it all depends on if you want to spend your time on someone who is only interested in emptying your pockets or have someone like me to help whos main priority is to help you achieve your goals! My expertise comes from reading over a thousand books, learning through constant trial and error, hiring high-level coaches etc.
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"I'm additionally inquisitive about numbers, so I enjoyed the insights and points of interest on how much individuals make, how entirely different methodologies may win, and so forth."
"This book is composed in a very easy method to that even a common man can easily comprehend and implement too."
"Starting up a business takes more than just a good idea and motivation, you also need to be persistent and positive."
"I learn many things from this book.It provide detailed information, tips and examples with regards to starting a business, they are all well discussed in a simple and concise manner."
"An unquestionable requirement read for each business person."
"I want to start my own business but before reading I have no knowledge about it.When I complete reading this book I think I may get profit from business and start my own business.I took the basic idea of business from this book and this book idea make me benefited in business."
"This book provides high-quality content, true value to your business career, strategies, tips, advice and much more to ensure that you succeed in the field of business and entrepreneurship."
"This is a well presented and well written book giving good practical advice to those who are wanting to start their own business."
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Best Antitrust Law

Big Data and Competition Policy
Big Data and Competition Policy is the first work to offer a detailed description of the important new issue of Big Data and explains how it relates to competition laws and policy, both in the EU and US. Written by two recognized leading experts in competition law, this accessible work offers practical guidance and theoretical discussion of the potential benefits (including data-driven efficiencies) and concerns for the practitioner, policy maker, and academic alike. Maurice E. Stucke, Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law, Allen P. Grunes, Antitrust Lawyer, The Konkurrenz Group.
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"Great book about data and privacy!!!!"
"It is an interesting book on the relationship between big data and antitrust, worth the read."
"Product and picture description is a bit different."
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Best Civil Law

Civil Litigation
Practical, easy-to-understand, and thoroughly up-to-date, this proven book helps you grasp the details of today's litigation practice, covers the litigation process in a range of contexts, and demonstrates the relationship of litigation to other legal specialties. Peggy N. Kerley is a contract litigation paralegal, working with the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and a former paralegal instructor at Southeastern Paralegal Institute, in Dallas, Texas.
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"Awesome product description at an awesome price...and to top it off, the book arrived earlier than expected!"
"just what was needed for college course."
"Great product fast shipping."
"Great prices and will never buy a book from a school again."
"My book was advertised as used but it was pretty beat up in my opinion."
"Great Book."
"Got my book on time, am happy."
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Best Federal Jurisdiction Law

The Federalist Papers, Including the Constitution of the United States: (New Edition)
Later scholarship has identified the authors to be Alexander Hamilton, George Washington's Chief of Staff and first Secretary of the Treasury; John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States; and James Madison, father of the Constitution, author of the Bill of Rights, and fourth President of the United States.
Reviews
"Less educated from our point of view, but if you read the Federalist Papers you'd think it was only for the highly educated."
"It's a bit of a struggle when it comes to reading and completely understanding, but I'll make it through."
"What stands out most is that the United States Constitution was not build from any abstract political theories but on the practical and self-evident realities of human nature."
"it is a tough read at times if you don't find the content interesting, and some of it is dry, but there are other treasure troves buried in the book."
"How would a citizen say he didn't like the plot line."
"Apparantly the country was about to break up into 13 little countries, or maybe four countries of combined states. These men were convinced that without a uniting Constitution The USA would be conquered by European countries, or that the factions the country would break up into would be a perpetual war with each other over small matters."
"1: It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions, on accident and force."
"If you wonder what the Constitution ought to mean to you today, read this, and the "companion" to it: the Anti-Federalist Papers, penned by other founding fathers (Patrick Henry among them) who felt that the Constitution gave the Federal government too much power."
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Best Administrative Law - Indigenous Peoples

Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples
This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research - specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth.'. Informed by critical and feminist evaluations of positivism, Tuhiwai Smith urges researching back and disrupting the rules of the research game toward practices that are more respectful, ethical, sympathetic and useful vs racist practices and attitudes, ethnocentric assumptions and exploitative research. Using Kaupapa Maori, a fledgling approach toward culturally appropriate research protocols and methodologies, the book is designed primarily to develop indigenous peoples as researchers. In short, Tuhiwai Smith begins to articulate research practices that arise out of the specificities of epistemology and methodology rooted in survival struggles, a kind of research that is something other than a dirty word to those on the suffering side of history." - Patti Lather, Professor Of Educational Policy and Leadership, Ohio State University and author of Getting Smart: Feminist Research and Pedagogy With/In The Postmodern (Routledge, 1991) and Troubling The Angels: Women Living With HIV/AIDS , with Chris Smithies (Westview, 1997). "Finally, a book for researchers working in indigenous context. Stories of research experiences, examples of projects, critical examination, and mindful reflection are woven together to make meaningful and practical designs related to indigenous issues and research." It will empower indigenous students to undertake research which uses methods that are culturally sensitive and appropriate instead of those which they have learned about in Research Methods courses in universities which assume that research and research methods are culture-free and that researchers occupy some kind of moral high ground from which they can observe their subjects and make judgements about them."
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"I would recommend this book to all citizens and especially those working in government administration, planning, research, education economic and or policy contexts."
"A much needed reference for indigenous peoples across the planet."
"Will be recommending to all non-Indigenous researchers as compulsory reading because this challenges every deeply held, colonial belief we have about ourselves and our research."
"It should also be read by educators and leaders, to help realize the tendencies that are employed in order to maintain colonial structures of inequity."
"Great book, information greatly needed by booth native people and non-native."
"All PhD students should have this as required reading."
"This book speaks to the need to not only recognize Indigenous world views in the realm of research but to fully incorporate such into research, policy and practice."
"My wife needed it for school."
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