The Ethnic PhenomenonA gem of a book for scholars in race and ethnic relations and sociobiology. . . . Van den Berghe analyzes various forms that race and ethnic relations have displayed including colonial empires, slavery, middleman minorities, caste systems, and assimilation. The causes and consequences of these systems are brilliantly teased out employing historical and crosscultural examples. Libraries with any work at all on race and ethnic relations or sociobiology should acquire this book. Choice |
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Page 53
... conquered people is that they have so far managed to retain a large measure of economic self - sufficiency and that their forest habitat affords them a refuge . How much longer is problematic . Changes in the environment , such as ...
... conquered people is that they have so far managed to retain a large measure of economic self - sufficiency and that their forest habitat affords them a refuge . How much longer is problematic . Changes in the environment , such as ...
Page 79
... Conquered populations can either be assimilated to the conquering group , selectively at the elite level or in toto ... conquered groups can be administered through a system of indirect rule . Native institutions are modified to suit the ...
... Conquered populations can either be assimilated to the conquering group , selectively at the elite level or in toto ... conquered groups can be administered through a system of indirect rule . Native institutions are modified to suit the ...
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... conquered groups typically retain a territorial basis where they can maintain solidary ties . The outcome of con- quest situations varies widely . Sometimes it is the conquerors who become assimilated by the conquered ; this often ...
... conquered groups typically retain a territorial basis where they can maintain solidary ties . The outcome of con- quest situations varies widely . Sometimes it is the conquerors who become assimilated by the conquered ; this often ...
Contents
Theories and Ideologies | 1 |
The Biology of Nepotism | 15 |
The Ecology | 37 |
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19th century acculturation African Afrikaners American animals apartheid Arab Ashkenazim Asians assimilation Bambuti Bantu basic became become behavior Belgian Belgium Berghe bilingual biological blacks British capitalist chattel slavery clans class and ethnicity colonial common complex conflict conquered conquest consociational consociational democracies consociationalism countries created culture democracy descent developed distinct dominant E. O. Wilson ecological economic elite especially ethnic groups ethnic relations European example exploitation extended favor Flemish French Fulani genes genetic hapu Hausa hierarchy human Hutu ideology immigrants inclusive fitness Indian individual Israel Jews kin selection kinship Kuper labor language linguistic live male million minority multiethnic nation native nepotism organization pariah phenotypically plantation pluralism political polygyny population production Québec race racial racism relationship relatively religious reproductive ruling class Rwanda situation slaves social societies sociobiology South Africa status stigma success Swazi territory trade traditional tropical Tuzi typically United urban villages women
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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |