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 90
... TROPICS In the tropics or subtropics , the story was quite different . There Europeans were at a biological disadvantage , especially in the Old World tropics where they were highly susceptible to a wide range of tropical diseases such ...
... TROPICS In the tropics or subtropics , the story was quite different . There Europeans were at a biological disadvantage , especially in the Old World tropics where they were highly susceptible to a wide range of tropical diseases such ...
Page 91
... tropical natives , not their colonial masters . As for the ability of Europeans to survive in the tropics with their own technology and labor , it seems to have been quite limited . Attempts at creating self - sufficient European ...
... tropical natives , not their colonial masters . As for the ability of Europeans to survive in the tropics with their own technology and labor , it seems to have been quite limited . Attempts at creating self - sufficient European ...
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... tropics well beyond the reach of the great tropical killer diseases ( malaria , yellow fever , sleeping sickness and bil- harzia ) and imported European diseases ( measles , plague , smallpox and influenza ) conveniently decimated ...
... tropics well beyond the reach of the great tropical killer diseases ( malaria , yellow fever , sleeping sickness and bil- harzia ) and imported European diseases ( measles , plague , smallpox and influenza ) conveniently decimated ...
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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 |