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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... present to some extent in apes and perhaps in other intelligent mammals as well . Certainly , many higher vertebrates ( birds and mammals ) show a considerable ability to learn through experience , to modify their behavior accordingly ...
... present to some extent in apes and perhaps in other intelligent mammals as well . Certainly , many higher vertebrates ( birds and mammals ) show a considerable ability to learn through experience , to modify their behavior accordingly ...
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... present population of the kingdom is approximately 300,000 , some 7 % of whom are non - Swazi , mostly people of European origin ( num- bering about 8000 ) or closely related Bantu - speakers from neighboring ter- ritories . Perhaps ...
... present population of the kingdom is approximately 300,000 , some 7 % of whom are non - Swazi , mostly people of European origin ( num- bering about 8000 ) or closely related Bantu - speakers from neighboring ter- ritories . Perhaps ...
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... present in each of the three zuilen . Indeed , each political party is organized into two ethnic wings , presents ethnically balanced tickets at elections and plays with alacrity the game of proportional ethnic repre- sentation . More ...
... present in each of the three zuilen . Indeed , each political party is organized into two ethnic wings , presents ethnically balanced tickets at elections and plays with alacrity the game of proportional ethnic repre- sentation . More ...
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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 |