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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... period to period . So was the rigidly hierarchical system of ethnic relations that flowed from that political structure . We now examine the colonial system of production that was made possible by this social and political order . THE ...
... period to period . So was the rigidly hierarchical system of ethnic relations that flowed from that political structure . We now examine the colonial system of production that was made possible by this social and political order . THE ...
Page 128
... period antedates the advances of preventive medicine in the latter part of the 19th century , such a rate of population increase is quite remarkable . It was undoubtedly one of the highest in the world at that time and is comparable to ...
... period antedates the advances of preventive medicine in the latter part of the 19th century , such a rate of population increase is quite remarkable . It was undoubtedly one of the highest in the world at that time and is comparable to ...
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... period , but Eu- ropean per capita income in East Africa was at least 20 times that of Africans ( $ 50 to $ 75 a year is an approximate estimate of the latter in late colonial times ) . To be white meant to live in a modern masonry ...
... period , but Eu- ropean per capita income in East Africa was at least 20 times that of Africans ( $ 50 to $ 75 a year is an approximate estimate of the latter in late colonial times ) . To be white meant to live in a modern masonry ...
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 |