Ethnic Identity: Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century

Romanucci-Ross, Lola (Editor) / Vos, George A. (Editor) / Tsuda, Takeyuki (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0759109729 / ISBN 13: 9780759109728

Published by AltaMira Press, 2006

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4th edition. 417 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ethnic Identity: Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century
• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0759109729
• ISBN 13: 9780759109728
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.84 kilograms

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Synopsis

In this thoroughly revised fourth edition, with ten new chapters, the editors provide thought-provoking discussions on the importance of ethnicity in different cultural and social contexts. The authors focus especially on changing ethnic and national identities, on migration and ethnic minorities, on ethnic ascription versus self-definitions, and on shifting ethnic identities and political control. The international group of scholars examines ethnic identities, conflicts and accommodations around the globe, in Africa (including Zaire and South Africa), Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, the United States, Thailand, and the former Yugoslavia. It will serve as an excellent text for courses in race & ethnic relations, and anthropology and ethnic studies.

About the Authors

Lotte Hughes is an historian of Africa and empire, with a Kenya specialism. She was formerly Senior Research Fellow at The Open University (UK), and is now an independent scholar. She has led major research projects on Kenya, including the AHRC-funded 'Managing Heritage, Building Peace' (2008-11, on which research this book is based), and the ESRC-funded 'Cultural Rights and Kenya's New Constitution' (2014-17). She was consultant to the project '“Seeing” Conflict at the Margins', based at the University of Sussex (2017-20). Other key publications include Moving the Maasai: A Colonial Misadventure (2006), and Environment and Empire (2007, co-author William Beinart)

Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) was the winner of the 1978 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. His last book was To Begin Where I Am (FSG, 2001). Many of his works have been translated into English, including, Beginning with My Streets (FSG, 1992), The Year of the Hunter (FSG, 1994), Road-side Dog (FSG, 1998) Milosz's ABC's (FSG, 2001) and To Begin Where I Am (FSG, 2001).