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Remaking America : how the benevolent traditions of many cultures are transforming our national life
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- Creator
- James A. Joseph
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1995]
- ©1995
- Physical Details
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- xx, 256 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780787900953, 0787900958
- OCLC
- ocm31900975
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
- The tribe as benevolent community -- Chief Seattle: every part of the earth is sacred -- Reuben Snake: walking on the prayers of our grandmothers -- Zikala-Sa: on the Razor's edge between tradition and change -- The cosmology of connectedness -- Thomy Lafon: Black aristocracy and benevolent wealth -- Maggie Walker: self-help and social reform -- Madame C.J. Walker: entrepreneurial philanthropy -- The bridging of cultures -- Le Ly Hayslip: when heaven and earth changed places -- Patrick Okura: in quest of justice -- An Wang: humanity without benevolence invites destruction --
- The primacy of family and church -- Patrick Flores: the Mariachi Bishop -- Sister Isolina: the Mother Teresa of Puerto Rico -- Cesar Chavez: apostle of nonviolence