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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... national elite of " Eurocrats . " ( Both NATO and European Common Market headquarters are located in Brussels . ) Secession of either Flanders or Wal- lonia would spell disaster for Brussels and would not solve the “ language problem ...
... national elite of " Eurocrats . " ( Both NATO and European Common Market headquarters are located in Brussels . ) Secession of either Flanders or Wal- lonia would spell disaster for Brussels and would not solve the “ language problem ...
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... national population . So the difference is not one of north versus south . To arrive even at the low figure of 0.4 % , the American Bureau of Indian Affairs has adopted a wide definition of who is Indian . It includes anyone who is ...
... national population . So the difference is not one of north versus south . To arrive even at the low figure of 0.4 % , the American Bureau of Indian Affairs has adopted a wide definition of who is Indian . It includes anyone who is ...
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... national " societies . In Type D societies , the possibility to leave the land and enter nonpeasant occupations is relatively attractive , since the rewards for doing so are often substantial ; but this can only be done by migration ...
... national " societies . In Type D societies , the possibility to leave the land and enter nonpeasant occupations is relatively attractive , since the rewards for doing so are often substantial ; but this can only be done by migration ...
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Theories and Ideologies | 1 |
The Biology of Nepotism | 15 |
The Ecology | 37 |
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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |