Ethnicity Books

New and Published Books

1. Guangdong and Chinese Diaspora

   The Changing Landscape of Qiaoxiang

   By Yow Cheun Hoe

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   China’s rapid economic growth has drawn attention to the Chinese diasporic communities and the multiple networks that link Chinese individuals and organizations throughout the world. Ethnic Chinese have done very well economically, and the role of the Chinese Diaspora in China’s economic success...

   Published February 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia

   Considering the Other through Ethnonyms, Territories and Rituals

   Edited by Christian Culas, François Robinne

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   South-East Asia is one of the most complex regions in the world as far as ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity is concerned with an extremely rich ancient and contemporary history. Because of this, it offers an exceptionally rich field of study for inter-ethnic relations. This book examines...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. Black Sportsmen (Routledge Revivals)

   By E. Cashmore

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1982, Black Sportsmen examines the effect that race has had on sportspeople. The book is based on interviews with a wide range of sportspeople from Olympic athletes to schoolchildren and novices. Written at a time when many black youths were turning to, and succeeding in sports...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
4. Cultural Anthropology

   Global Forces, Local Lives, 2nd Edition

   By Jack David Eller

   Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Lives helps students understand the application of anthropological concepts to the contemporary world. It offers an exceptionally clear and readable introduction to cultural anthropology, closely relating it to key topics such as colonialism and...

   Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge
5. Tibetan Studies in Comparative Perspective

   Edited by Chih-yu Shih, Yu-Wen Chen

   Politics, history, and religion have long lent Tibet a glamorous air, particularly in the West. But Tibet can be understood in an astonishingly wide variety of other ways, including linguistic, ecological, environmental and climatological, geographical, geological, economic, biologic, sociologic,...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity

   Edited by Marion Gibson, Shelley Trower, Garry Tregidga

   Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity explores how the mythical and mystical past informs national imaginations. Building on notions of invented tradition and myths of the nation, it looks at the power of narrative and fiction to shape identity, with particular reference to the British and Celtic...

   Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge
7. Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Diaspora

   Edited by Chee-Beng Tan

   With around 40 million people worldwide, the ethnic Chinese and the Chinese in diaspora form the largest diaspora in the world. The economic reform of China which began in the late 1970s marked a huge phase of migration from China, and the new migrants, many of whom were well educated,...

   Published November 5th 2012 by Routledge
8. Social Work in Europe

   Race and Ethnic Relations

   Edited by Charlotte Williams, Mekada Graham

   It is an acknowledged if not accepted fact that all European societies are being fundamentally transformed, and indeed perceptively unsettled, by increased migrations across nations and by the asserted presence of established minorities within their borders. The scale and speed at which these...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
9. Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal

   Identities and Mobilization after 1990

   Edited by Mahendra Lawoti, Susan Hangen

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Identity movements, based on ethnicity, caste, language, religion and regional identity, have become increasingly significant in Nepal, reshaping debates on the definition of the nation, nationalism and the structure of the state. This book analyzes the rapid rise in ethnic and nationalist...

   Published August 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Centuries of Genocide

    Essays and Eyewitness Accounts, 4th Edition

    Edited by Samuel Totten, William S. Parsons

    The fourth edition of Centuries of Genocide: Essays and Eyewitness Accounts addresses examples of genocides perpetrated in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Each chapter of the book is written by a recognized expert in the field, collectively demonstrating a wide range of...

    Published August 13th 2012 by Routledge