Chapter Related Readings

Some of the roots of ethnic conflict in Los Angeles today.

Abelmann, N., and J. Lie. (1995). Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots.. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

The origins of nationalism in Europe and its colonies, with special attention to the role of print, language, and schools.

Anderson, B.. (1991). Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, rev. ed.. London: Verso.

A regional and international focus on nationalism.

Anderson, B.. (1998). The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World. New York: Verso.

Classic discussion of the prominence of differentiation and boundaries (versus cultural features per se) in interethnic relations.

Barth, F.. (1969). Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: The Social Organization of Cultural Difference. London: Allyn and Unwin.

An anthropological account of national cultures and ethnic variation in Western Europe.

Delamont, S.. (1995). Appetites and Identities: An Introduction to the Social Anthropology of Western Europe. London: Routledge.

American Ethnological Society Monograph Series, no. 2. A series of papers about ethnicity and nationalism in Israel, Romania, India, Guatemala, Guyana, Burundi, and Tanzania.

Fox, R. G., ed.. (1990). Nationalist Ideologies and the Production of National Cultures. Washington, DC: American Anthropological Association.

Issues of ethnic and cultural identity in the face of globalization.

Friedman, J.. (1994). Cultural Identity and Global Process. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Industrialism and nation-building.

Gellner, E.. (1983). Nations and Nationalism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Up-to-date comments from a longtime anthropological student of nationalism.

Gellner, E.. (1997). Nationalism. New York: New York University Press.

Beliefs, identities, and nation-building.

Hastings, A.. (1997). The Construction of Nationhood : Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationalism.. New York: Cambridge University Press.

The making of modern nation-states.

Hobsbawm, E. J.. (1992). Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality, 2nd ed.. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Aspects of diversity in the United States and Canada, plus an original theory of multiculturalism.

Kottak, C. P., and K. A. Kozaitis. (1999). On Being Different: Diversity and Multiculturalism in the North American Mainstream.. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Haitians in today's America.

Laguerre, M. S.. (1998). Diasporic Citizenship: Haitian Americans in Transnational America. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Cross-national review of the roots of ethnic conflict.

Ryan, S.. (1995). Ethnic Conflict and International Relations, 2nd ed. Brookfield, MA: Dartmouth.

A wide-ranging anthology focusing on the United States.

Yetman, N., ed.. (1999). Majority and Minority: The Dynamics of Race and Ethnicity in American Life, 6th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

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