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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... male rather than vice - versa . There are fewer females available for insemi- nation than males ready to inseminate . Eggs are big , few and therefore costly ; sperms are small , abundant and therefore cheap . Since females invest much ...
... male rather than vice - versa . There are fewer females available for insemi- nation than males ready to inseminate . Eggs are big , few and therefore costly ; sperms are small , abundant and therefore cheap . Since females invest much ...
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... ( male or female ) is stressed , thereby giving rise to large , cohesive kin groups , known as lineages and clans . In ... male gender . But it must be noted here that there is a simple biological reason why polygamy is a uniquely male ...
... ( male or female ) is stressed , thereby giving rise to large , cohesive kin groups , known as lineages and clans . In ... male gender . But it must be noted here that there is a simple biological reason why polygamy is a uniquely male ...
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... Male slaves were another matter . Their reproductive success was fre- quently seriously impaired by slavery - in extreme cases through castration , a practice almost ubiquitous in Muslim societies and not infrequent in a number of other ...
... Male slaves were another matter . Their reproductive success was fre- quently seriously impaired by slavery - in extreme cases through castration , a practice almost ubiquitous in Muslim societies and not infrequent in a number of other ...
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
References to this book
Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |