Böcker av James B. Minahan

This book addresses the numerous national movements of ethnic groups around the world seeking independence, more self-rule, or autonomy-movements that have proliferated exponentially in the 21st century.

Intended to help students explore ethnic identity-one of the most important issues of the 21st century-this concise, one-stop reference presents rigorously researched content on the national groups and ethnicities of North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

This comprehensive guide to the Pacific and South Asia provides detailed and enlightening information about the many ethnic groups of this increasingly important region of the world.

With the end of the Cold War, any of the world's stateless peoples could be in tomorrow's headlines. This book provides a useful guide to the stateless nations suppressed or ignored during the Cold War. It draws upon more than 200 national surveys to highlight a range of factors.

With the demise of the Cold War, new countries came to the world's attention, as conflicts within the multiethnic populations of these newly independent states broke out. This guide gives information on the states recognized since 1989 and the nations that dwell in their borders.

The essential guide to understanding the history of the ethnic diversity of the former Soviet Union and the current ethnic issues of the region. The Former Soviet Union's Diverse Peoples provides an overview of the peoples and events in the historical development of the Russian and Soviet empires.

An explanation of how so-called Old World groups continue to dominate the world headlines and present the world with some of its most intractable conflicts. It covers nearly 150 groups, surveying these groups from the earliest period of their national histories to the dawn of the 21st century.