From Culture to Ethnicity to Conflict: An Anthropological Perspective on Ethnic Conflict

by Jack David Eller

Book Overview

In the post-Cold War era, the most common and often the most violent conflicts are ethnic conflicts. Many people, including many scholars, see ethnic conflicts as a return to the past, as contests between ancient and well-defined groups with long-standing grievances and animosities. Jack David Eller argues instead that these conflicts are a defining phenomenon of the "new world order"--that they are, in many ways, modern-day inventions based only...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472085387
• ISBN13: 9780472085385
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"