Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts

Subjects:

• Multicultural Studies » Multicultural Studies (General)
• History » World History (General)
• Military Studies » Military & Politics

Reviews:

• [S]ucceeds in enlightening its readers about many of the dangerous problems which so perplex the modern world.
  —Reference Reviews January 2004
• Useful for the academic circulating collections.
  —Gale Resources Reference Reviews October 2003
• Even for collections with other sources on ethnic conflicts, Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts will be a useful addition and is recommended for academic and public libraries.
  —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin November 1, 2003
• Students will find this volume to be a useful tool in understanding the history and causes behind some of the major events in today's world.
  —School Library Journal October 2003
• If your high school students are following any of the varied cultural clashes around the world, this is an essential volume....We would classify this as both a first-level and second-level resource because the timelines provide background and the advanced information provides depth. Essential for the high school collection.
  —Gale Resources Reference Reviews July 2003

Table of Contents:

• Bolivia
• Ethnicized Peasant Conflict
• Burma
• The Karen Conflict
• Canada
• The Nationalist Movement in Quebec
• Central Europe
• The Romany, Stateless Minority in a World of States
• China
• Ethnic Conflict in the World's Largest Multinational State
• Cyprus
• Communal Conflict and the International System
• Czechoslovakia
• The Peaceful Breakup of a State
• France
• Ethnic Conflict and the Problem of Corsica
• The "Foreigner" Issue
• Germany
• The Foreign Worker Issue
• India
• Ethnic Conflict and Nation-Building in the Indian Sub-Continent
• Indonesia
• The Struggle to Control East Timor
• Lebanon
• Ethnic Conflict and the Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990
• Malaysia
• The Malay-Chinese Conflict in Malaysia
• Mexico
• The Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico
• Middle East
• The Arab-Jewish Struggle for Palestine to 1948
• The Kurds' Struggle for "Kurdistan"
• The Palestinian Issue
• Nigeria
• Ethnic Conflict in Multinational West Africa
• Rwanda
• Huto-Tutsi Conflict and Genocide in Central Africa
• Soviet Union
• The Ethnic Conflicts in Georgia
• The Nagorno Karabagh Conflict
• Spain
• Basque Nationalism and Conflict in Democratic Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict in India's Backyard
• Sudan
• Ethnic Conflict in the Sudan
• United Kingdom
• Great Britain: The Making of British Race Relations
• Ireland: The "Irish Question" and the Partition of Ireland
• Northern Ireland: The Conflict in Ulster
• Scotland: Scotland and the Scottish Nationalism
• Wales: The Decline and Revival of Welsh Nationalism
• United States
• The Struggle for Survival and Equality of the First Americans
• Racial Violence in the United States, 1900-1919
• Race and the Civil Rights Struggle in Post-World War II America
• The United States-Puerto Rico Relationship
• West Sahara
• Ethnic Conflict and the 20th Century's Last Colonial War
• Yugoslavia
• Ethnic Conflict and the Meltdown in Kosovo
• The Deconstruction of a State and Birth of Bosnia