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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... live in a state of autarchy and to wage war with each other . Such are the Yanomamö of Venezuela and Brazil , swidden horticulturists who live in stateless , class- less societies where the village ( of size 50 to 200 ) is the basic ...
... live in a state of autarchy and to wage war with each other . Such are the Yanomamö of Venezuela and Brazil , swidden horticulturists who live in stateless , class- less societies where the village ( of size 50 to 200 ) is the basic ...
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... live- stock , especially cattle . It provides the basis of the diet , either directly through meat and milk or indirectly through trading milk and beasts for grain and other crops produced by the sedentary agriculturalists . Each family ...
... live- stock , especially cattle . It provides the basis of the diet , either directly through meat and milk or indirectly through trading milk and beasts for grain and other crops produced by the sedentary agriculturalists . Each family ...
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... live in the Republic of South Africa ( Hilda Kuper , 1947a , 1947b , 1963 , 1978 ; Marwick , 1940 ) . * Unlike many states that are members of the United Nations , but have yet to become nations , the Swazi have been a nation long ...
... live in the Republic of South Africa ( Hilda Kuper , 1947a , 1947b , 1963 , 1978 ; Marwick , 1940 ) . * Unlike many states that are members of the United Nations , but have yet to become nations , the Swazi have been a nation long ...
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 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 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 relatively religious reproductive ruling class Rwanda situation slaves social societies sociobiology South Africa status stigma success Swazi territory trade traditional tropical Tuzi typically United University Press urban villages Western women
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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |