Us and Them in Modern Societies: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Mauritius, Trinidad and Beyond

by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Is nationalism an official ideology, or a personal sentiment, or both? How can ethnic and nationalist ideologies be reconciled? Is ethnicity a modern phenomenon? Do plural societies exist? This book addresses these and other issues concerning ethnicity and nationalism. Drawing on a wide range of examples from Mauritius and Trinidad, Hylland shows the complexity and the ambiguities of ethnic classification in multiethnic societies, the variable social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8200215504
• ISBN13: 9788200215509
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"