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  • THE IDEA OF RACE
    MICHAEL BANTON
    This book deals with the study of race relations as a general body of knowledge which tries to bring together in a common framework studies of group relations in different countries. It explores the intellectual context within which the old conception of race relations arose. ...

    $1,160.00

  • WEST AFRICAN CITY
    MICHAEL BANTON
    Originally published in 1957 this volume deals with the issue of large scale immigration into Freetown, Sierra Leone from the rural areas in the 1950s and the problems which arose as a result. It analyzes the way traditional social systems had to adjust to the demands of urban life and charts the growth of Freetown from its foundation in the 18th Century. The ethnic composition...

    $980.00

  • ETHNIC AND RACIAL CONSCIOUSNESS
    MICHAEL BANTON
    Ethnic and Racial Consciousness is a completely revised version of the highly acclaimed first edition published in 1988. At that time no one expected the former Yugoslavia would break up with the brutal slaughter of neighbour by neighbour. Few would have predicted the horrific massacres in Rwanda and Burundi which have led to accusations of genocide. The ending of the cold war ...

    $1,760.00

  • THE RELEVANCE OF MODELS FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
    BANTON, MICHAEL
    There has been much discussion in recent years about the construction of theoretical models useful in the explanation of particular areas of social organization. This volume charts that discussion and its results and covers a wide ethnographic range from the Pacific Island of Truk through African pastoral societies, south-east Asia and Hong Kong, back to Polynesia. First publis...

    $1,240.00

  • SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF COMPLEX SOCIETIES
    BANTON, MICHAEL
    This volume illustrates how much the study of social anthropologists has encompassed other, non-primitive societies: rural Italy, urban Africa, village politics in India and the smaller ex-colonial territories of Fiji and Mauritius are just some of the areas covered by the book. The position and contribution of British community studies is also examined, illustrating how micro-...

    $1,320.00