Full Description
Geography & Ethnic Pluralism (1984) examines the debate around pluralism - the segmentation of population by race and culture - as a social and state issue, and explores this issue in Third World and metropolitan contexts. The field is opened up by a re-examination of the seminal work of J.S. Furnivall and M.G. Smith and by exploring the significance of racial and cultural diversity in colonial, post-colonial and metropolitan situations. Case studies written by specialists are presented in each chapter; they represent a wide range of locales, indicating the global nature of the theme and emphasising the variable significance of ethnicity in different situations.
Contents
Introduction: Pluralism and Human Geography David Ley, Ceri Peach and Colin Clarke Part 1. Reappraisals of Furnivall 1. Furnivall Reconsidered: Plural Societies in South-East Asia in the Post-Colonial Era Harvey Demaine 2. Pluralism and Plural Societies: Caribbean Perspectives Colin Clarke 3. Pluralism and the Canadian State David Ley Part 2. Aspects of Pluralism in the Third World 4. Social Engineering Through Spatial Manipulation: Apartheid in South African Cities John Western 5. Some Political Causes of Caste and Class Hostility in India Geoffrey Hawthorn 6. Easter Island: Pluralism and Power J. Douglas Porteous 7. Gender Versus Ethnic Pluralism in Caribbean Agriculture Janet D. Henshall Part 3. Third World Colonists in the First World 8. Migration and Social Change in Puerto Rico Peter Jackson 9. The Force of West Indian Island Identity in Britain Ceri Peach 10. Asians in Britain: A Study in Encapsulation and Marginality Vaughan Robinson 11. Tradition and Ethnic Interaction: Second Wave Irish Settlement in Luton and Bolton Bronwen Walter
