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 107
... fact little self- contained theocracies within the larger Spanish and Portuguese empires . This crude typology of colonial systems of labor exploitation is little more than a gross way of putting some order into complex reality . In fact ...
... fact little self- contained theocracies within the larger Spanish and Portuguese empires . This crude typology of colonial systems of labor exploitation is little more than a gross way of putting some order into complex reality . In fact ...
Page 135
... fact that slaves were fetched from far away and , consequently , looked very different from their masters . The history of the United States since 1865 shows that , unfortunately , racism can long survive slavery . In fact , the present ...
... fact that slaves were fetched from far away and , consequently , looked very different from their masters . The history of the United States since 1865 shows that , unfortunately , racism can long survive slavery . In fact , the present ...
Page 189
... fact , conservatism is inherent to the system , for the reasons just mentioned . To the extent that politics becomes an ethnic balancing act , the compromises and accommodations for which the ruling elites of CDs are justly famous all ...
... fact , conservatism is inherent to the system , for the reasons just mentioned . To the extent that politics becomes an ethnic balancing act , the compromises and accommodations for which the ruling elites of CDs are justly famous all ...
Contents
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 |