Routes of Passage: Rethinking the African Diaspora, Part 1: Volume 1, Part 1 Volume 1 (African Diaspora Research Project) - Softcover

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Ruth Simms Hamilton was a teacher and researcher at Michigan State University for 35 years, having won many awards for her work. Ruth taught courses on international inequality and development, comparative race relations, international migration and diasporas, Third World urbanization and change, and sociological theory. She was Professor of Sociology and Urban Affairs, Director of the African Diaspora Research Project, and a core faculty member of the African Studies Center and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Michigan State University.
At the time of her death, in November 2003, Ruth was finalizing an 11 volume series on the African Diaspora, Routes of Passage. TIAA-CREF, a national finacial services leader, created the Hamilton Research Scholarship in 2004, in honor of Hamilton's work in minority and urban issues.