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In this thought-provoking reader of largely new or newly revised articles, scholars link ethnicity to language, nationalism, localism, religion and other issues in various crucial areas around the globe: former Yugoslavia, Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, Sri Lanka, Southeast and East Asia, Africa and Latino communities in the United States. An important professional resource and an excellent teaching tool for courses in anthropology and ethnic studies.
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Contributors look at ethnic identity and ethnicity issues around the world, in sections on theoretical concepts of ethnicity; how ethnic definitions come into being; the formative processes of ethnic allegiance in emerging national states; unresolved ethnic conflict; and processes of change in the inclusion or exclusion of minority groups. For anthropologists and social scientists. This third edition examines the subject in light of contemporary controversies, and includes seven new chapters. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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