Ethnicity and nationalism are pervasive features of the contemporary world, but how far is
ethnicity a result of cultural differences, and how much is it in fact dependent on the practical …

Ethnicity has been a key concept in anthropology and sociology for many years, yet many
people still seem uncertain as to its meaning, its relevance, and its relationship to other …

'Ethnicity seems to be a new term', state Nathan Glazer and Daniel Moynihan (1975: 1), who
point to the fact that the word's earliest dictionary appearance is in the Oxford English …

Some of the most original thinkers explain popular theories of ethnicity—pluralism,
migration, transnationalism, etc.—in one concise volume From the horrors of ethnic …

This article draws upon Barth and Geertz to offer a general anthropological model of
ethnicity which emphasizes cultural differentiation constructed in the course of social …

Although the term 'ethnicity'has its roots in the Greek term ethnos/ethnikos, which was
commonly used to describe pagans, that is non-Hellenic and, later, non-Jewish (Gentile) or …

Neither nationalism nor ethnicity is vanishing as part of an obsolete traditional order. Both
are part of a modern set of categorical identities invoked by elites and other participants in …

This volume launches a far-reaching exploration into the meaning, manifestations, and
significance of ethnicity in modern society and politics. The authors seek neither to celebrate …

Following recent custom, one of the plenary sessions at this past year's American
Anthropological Association featured a distinguished non-anthropologist whose work has …

The second edition of The Ethnicity Reader offers a comprehensive and challenging
selection of readings for students of sociology, politics, international relations and race …