Elliott D. Green (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Industrialization and Assimilation

Understanding Ethnic Change in the Modern World

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Produktbeschreibung

This book appeals to anyone interested in ethnicity and nationalism and the origins of modern ethnic and national identities. It shows that state efforts at nation-building are less important in promoting assimilation than industrialization, which spurs the formation of broader identities via the declining value of rural land.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781009268370
• ISBN-10: 1009268376
• Artikelnr.: 66138740

Autorenporträt

Elliott D. Green is Associate Professor of Development Studies in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics. His research focusses on the origins of ethnic and national identification and the political economy of development, with a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Understanding ethnicity and industrialization
3. Industrialization and assimilation in historical perspective
4. Cross-national evidence
5. Industrialization and assimilation in mid-20th century Turkey
6. Cases of non-industrialization in Africa: Somalia and Uganda
7. 'Cattle without legs': structural transformation in Botswana
8. Ethic change among Native Americans in the United States
9. Ethnic change among the M¿ori in New Zealand
10. Conclusion.