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 43
... villages , and these disputes frequently erupt into viol- ence . Violence is carefully graded , from individual stick duels to war raids between villages with several fatalities , but , within villages , violence usually does not ...
... villages , and these disputes frequently erupt into viol- ence . Violence is carefully graded , from individual stick duels to war raids between villages with several fatalities , but , within villages , violence usually does not ...
Page 44
... village com- munity , although some villages were made up of several hapus , and , some- times , a hapu occupied several small villages . At the highest level of social organization was the iwi , or clan , made up of any number of ...
... village com- munity , although some villages were made up of several hapus , and , some- times , a hapu occupied several small villages . At the highest level of social organization was the iwi , or clan , made up of any number of ...
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... villages are cohesive and stable aggregations of hundreds of peo- ple - much larger than any of the Bambuti bands . What modus vivendi have these two groups established between them ? Depending on whether one looks at it from a Bantu or ...
... villages are cohesive and stable aggregations of hundreds of peo- ple - much larger than any of the Bambuti bands . What modus vivendi have these two groups established between them ? Depending on whether one looks at it from a Bantu or ...
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 |