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Subject(s)

• Ethnicity—Caribbean Area [Browse]
• Ethnocentrism—Caribbean Area [Browse]
• Racism—Caribeean Area [Browse]
• Caribbean Area—Race relations [Browse]

Summary note

The definition and evolution of the categories of race and ethnicity have long been topics of debate among historians and scholars of social anthropology. This book examines how the meanings and values of race and ethnicity have been constructed historically and how they are represented symbolically, with particular focus on the Caribbean.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 20, 2016).

Language note

English

Contents

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Origins of Racial and Ethnic Awareness and Evaluation; Chapter 3 History of Race and Ethnicity: Europe; Chapter 4 Asia and Africa; Chapter 5 The Caribbean; Chapter 6 Puerto Rico; Chapter 7 Martinique; Chapter 8 Jamaica; Chapter 9 Conclusion; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y

Other title(s)

Race and ethnicity in the Caribbean and the world

ISBN

1-4356-9495-3

OCLC

940437462

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