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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100275958310

ISBN-139780275958312

eBay Product ID (ePID)538148

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

Publication NameFuture of Ethnicity, Race, and Nationality

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Sociology / General, Life Sciences / Evolution, International Relations / General, Social Psychology

Publication Year1997

TypeTextbook

AuthorWalter L. Wallace

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Science, Psychology

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN97-008865

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"[W]allace's book provides interesting, thoughtful reading, and he backs his claims with major functionalist views....This book is an important work which should be carefully considered, whatever one's position regarding the author's concept of a "global melting pot."" ?

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal303.48/2

Table Of ContentFigures Acknowledgments Introduction The Grand Cycle History and Its Societal Engines Contact Competition Strategies What Next? References Index

SynopsisThis broad-visioned and insightful book examines the march toward global consolidation of our many ethnic, racial, and nationality groups. About 100,000 years ago the dispersion of what was then a homogenous human population from its point of origin in Eastern Africa began. This was slowly followed by the emergence of ethnic and racial differences among the then separated human populations. The Agricultural Revolution, 10,000 years ago, began the long process of re-establishing contact and eventually consolidating the human species once again, but this time globally. Wallace contends that consolidation will contribute greatly to the survival of humankind by reducing the deadly threats humans pose to each other. He also argues that ethnic, racial and nationality consolidation does not imply cultural homogeneity; diversity based on interest, vocation, and other factors will serve as even more fertile replacements. The book is expertly researched.

LC Classification NumberHM131