The ethnic phenomenon"A 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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Contents
Theories and Ideologies | 1 |
AN EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORK | 13 |
The Ecology | 37 |
Copyright | |
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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 burakumin capitalist chattel slavery clans class and ethnicity coercion colonial common complex conflict conquered conquest consociational consociationalism countries created cultural 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 labor language linguistic live male million minority multiethnic nation native nepotism organization pariah phenotypically plantation pluralism political polygyny population production Quebec 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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| Title | The ethnic phenomenon |
| Author | Pierre L. Van den Berghe |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Elsevier, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 301 pages |
| Subjects | › › Ethnicity Racism Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General Social ethics Sociobiology |
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