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 139
... opportunities are found in a market economy in the process of expan- sion into hitherto unmonetized primitive exchange economies . 3. MMs usually find themselves in plural societies , i.e. societies containing sharply distinct ethnies ...
... opportunities are found in a market economy in the process of expan- sion into hitherto unmonetized primitive exchange economies . 3. MMs usually find themselves in plural societies , i.e. societies containing sharply distinct ethnies ...
Page 143
... opportunities for MMs are often quite marginal . The native population is typically extremely poor , produces little surplus , has little or no cash and is geographically inacces- sible . There are great difficulties of climatic ...
... opportunities for MMs are often quite marginal . The native population is typically extremely poor , produces little surplus , has little or no cash and is geographically inacces- sible . There are great difficulties of climatic ...
Page 221
... opportunities for maximizing fitness through contacts with outsiders , including intermarriage . Duncan and Lieberson ( 1959 ) have shown the inverse relationship in American cities between the index of spatial segregation and rates of ...
... opportunities for maximizing fitness through contacts with outsiders , including intermarriage . Duncan and Lieberson ( 1959 ) have shown the inverse relationship in American cities between the index of spatial segregation and rates of ...
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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 |