PeopleSmart: Developing Your Interpersonal Intelligence

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Jun 12, 2000 - Business & Economics - 251 pages
WE ARE ALL in the people business because we deal with other people all the time. But do you sometimes reach out to others only to find your efforts misunderstood or rejected? Do you wish your relationships with people close to you were more harmonious and fulfilling? PeopleSmart is a practical guide for anyone who asks these questions, which means most of us at some time or other. It reveals a powerful plan for making your relationships more productive and rewarding-whether they are with a supervisor and coworkers or a spouse, relatives, and friends-by developing your interpersonal intelligence.
 

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THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF WHITENESS
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Free White Persons in the Republic 17901840
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AngloSaxons and Others 18401924
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Becoming Caucasian 19241965
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HISTORY RACE AND PERCEPTION
137
1877 The Instability of Race
139
Looking Jewish Seeing Jews
171
THE MANUFACTURE OF CAUCASIANS
201
The Crucible of Empire
203
Naturalization and the Courts
223
The Dawning Civil Rights Era
246
Ethnic Revival and the Denial of White Privilege
274
Notes
283
Acknowledgments
325
Index
329
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