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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... genetic material that replicates itself — is the gene . But genes are not free - floating . They are bunched together in chromosomes , which are themselves carried in these little bags of proto- plasm we call cells , which are in turn ...
... genetic material that replicates itself — is the gene . But genes are not free - floating . They are bunched together in chromosomes , which are themselves carried in these little bags of proto- plasm we call cells , which are in turn ...
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... genes ; half- siblings , grandparents and grandchildren , uncles - aunts and nephews - nieces share one - fourth ; first cousins , one - eighth , and so on . Reproduction , in the last analysis , is passing on one's genes . This can be ...
... genes ; half- siblings , grandparents and grandchildren , uncles - aunts and nephews - nieces share one - fourth ; first cousins , one - eighth , and so on . Reproduction , in the last analysis , is passing on one's genes . This can be ...
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... gene is virtually absent from the gene pool of East African pastoralists but common in other parts of Africa where the tse - tse fly makes the raising of cattle nearly impossible . The several genes that regulate the amount of melanin ...
... gene is virtually absent from the gene pool of East African pastoralists but common in other parts of Africa where the tse - tse fly makes the raising of cattle nearly impossible . The several genes that regulate the amount of melanin ...
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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 |