{"product_id":"natural-hierarchies-isbn-9780631209492","title":"Natural Hierarchies","description":"This original and provocative text provides an approach to understanding the emergence and development of social rank through race and caste. The struggles we face in race and ethnic relations today are explored through anthropological, historical and sociological lenses to understand the roots of social hierarchy drawing on examples from the Indian subcontinent, the Caribbean, and mainland America.  List of Figures. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Race, Caste, and Hierarchy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Race and Caste as Natural Hierarchies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Race.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Caste.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. History and Ambivalence: a Place in the Sociological Debate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Theoretical Constructions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Essentialism and Anti-essentialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Culture, Practice, and Symbol.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Economic and Political Formations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. European capitalism, Indian Capitalism?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Political formations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. India.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Nations and Citizenries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Race, Slavery, and Colonialism.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Race and colonial society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Race and Political Thought in Early Modern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Race, Caste and the Person.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Race, Caste and Kinship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Caste, kinship, and Gender in India.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Race, Kinship, and Gender in the Caribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Race, Caste and the Nation.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Race and the Creolization in the Caribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Euro-creole.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Afro-creole.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Caudillismo.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Caste, communalism, and the Nation in Contemporary India.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Hierarchy and Politics.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Hierarchy and a Sociology of Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Hierarchy and a Politics of Sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Natural Hierarchies is an insightful study of the complex ways in which race and social relations are grounded in specific historical and cultural contexts. Through its rare combination of clearly argued theoretical analyses and empirical research it forces all of us working on these questions to rethink our research agendas and key concepts.\" \u003ci\u003eJohn Solomos, South Bank University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This wide-ranging book considers political ideologies, European colonialism, and classical and contemporary social theory, especially that of Marx and Levi-Strauss.\" \u003ci\u003eS. D. Borchert, Lake Erie College.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"an interesting work.\" \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Smaje's book is a major contribution to the area. It is ambitious, erudite, and insightful.\" \u003ci\u003eEthnic and Racial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eChris Smaje\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Surrey. He holds degrees in anthropology, health policy, and sociology, and his research interests span the fields of medical sociology and the comparative historical sociology of race and colonialism. He is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Ethnic and Racial Studies and Sociology of Health and Illness.  \u003ci\u003eNatural Hierarchies\u003c\/i\u003e adopts a highly original approach to trace the emergence and development of social rank in our present-day world. The author draws upon traditional methods used in the social sciences, detailed accounts of historical events in Europe, the Indian subcontinent, the Caribbean, and mainland America, to illustrate how meanings of race and caste have been transformed mainly through political struggles, and particularly in the context of colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new and highly provocative analysis looks at ideas of hierarchy in the light of the latest historical, anthropological, and sociological evidence to generate understanding of present struggles in race and ethnic relations. It is a well-reasoned account that illuminates the strong historical links between the idea of hierarchy and concepts of race and caste.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989676605669,"sku":"NP9780631209492","price":48.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631209492.jpg?v=1761785063","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/natural-hierarchies-isbn-9780631209492","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}