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Gonzalez, Vinicio – International Social Science Journal, 1987
This history of the ethnic classification used in various Central American countries provides conceptual and historical background for understanding current systems of classification. It includes tables showing the ethnic composition of Central America during the colonial regime. (JDH)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Colonialism, Ethnic Groups, Ethnology
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Bromley, Yu. V. – International Social Science Journal, 1987
Reviews anthropological thinking on ethnic and racial prejudice. Provides examples of discrimination and cites the major theorists who have played a part in developing anti-racist views of society. Concludes that racism has no scientific or legal justification, that racism is a crime against humanity, and that it is the enemy of peace, culture,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Ethnic Discrimination, Ethnology, Foreign Countries
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Chombart de Lauwe, Paul-Henry – International Social Science Journal, 1983
The various forms of oppression in urban daily life include oppression in living conditions, production, consumption, and use of space, and ideological oppression. Responding to this oppression is a "subversive" culture. Based on individual and group awareness of creative potential, it opposes oppression and is the source of change. (CS)
Descriptors: Community Satisfaction, Developing Nations, Ethnology, Foreign Countries