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 79
... existed before , is allowed a small share of the spoils for doing the dirty job of running the empire cheaply for the benefit of the conquerors . Where no such native ruling class existed before the conquest ( as in stateless societies ) ...
... existed before , is allowed a small share of the spoils for doing the dirty job of running the empire cheaply for the benefit of the conquerors . Where no such native ruling class existed before the conquest ( as in stateless societies ) ...
Page 101
... existed in precolonial so- cieties . The simple schema of colonial rule sketched above was often complicated by the presence of groups other than colonial rulers and native subjects — and by conflicts of interest within the colonial ...
... existed in precolonial so- cieties . The simple schema of colonial rule sketched above was often complicated by the presence of groups other than colonial rulers and native subjects — and by conflicts of interest within the colonial ...
Page 121
... existed . The usual identification of chattel slavery with the capitalist mode of production -- and of domestic slavery with precapitalist societies - breaks down on closer scrutiny . There is a clear difference of scale and of ...
... existed . The usual identification of chattel slavery with the capitalist mode of production -- and of domestic slavery with precapitalist societies - breaks down on closer scrutiny . There is a clear difference of scale and of ...
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 |