| View Larger Image | Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Groups, and the State (2nd Edition) | Paperbackby David Maybury-Lewis (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Allyn & Bacon | | Edition: | 2nd Edition | | Page Count: | 160 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 28, 2001 | | Sales Rank: | 566,655th |
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Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Groups, and the State provides a concise introduction to the process of modernization and its effect on tribalism and ethnic parochialism. Part of the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change series, this text focuses on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide. Ethnic conflicts proliferate throughout the world as indigenous peoples are becoming increasingly vocal in demanding their rights, including the right to be different. Readers are invited to reexamine their ideas about the state, the role of ethnicity in it, and the peculiar situation of indigenous peoples, who are ethnic minorities alien to the states in which they live. |
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infromative read by S. Clay (Colorado)  5 Stars
January 27, 2008
The book is clear and concise. It always scholars and just plain readers to access the subject through compelling arguments and infromation.
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clear, informative, important work. 5 Stars
February 24, 1997
Maybury-Lewis's newest work is incredibly clear and informative and offers non-anthroplogist and scholars alike a perceptive and important work
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