Theories of Ethnicity
Subtitle: A Critical Appraisal (Contributions in Sociology)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780313266362
Subjects: Racism & racial discrimination; Race And Ethnic Relations; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Economic aspects; Ethnic relations; Ethnicity; Race
First sentence: This book is a critique of relatively recent theories purporting to explain humankind's "ethnic nature"the propensity of individuals and groups to be organized and classified on the basis of race (i.e., physical or morphological characteristics) or ethnicity ("tribal," linguistic, national, religious, or other cultural characteristics).