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Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: The Social Organization of Culture Difference

Maurice Freedman, +1 more
- 01 Jun 1970 - 
- Vol. 21, Iss: 2, pp 231
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This article is published in British Journal of Sociology.The article was published on 1970-06-01. It has received 4205 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social organization & Ethnic group.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an interpretation of the vicissitudes of the ethnical and/or national identity when observed in ambiguous situations, such as the case of Latin American immigrants in the United States or the people from different Spanish regions who emigrated to Barcelona, Spanish Catalans with French and Andorrans living in Andorra, and among the Indigenous people on the Brazilian borders with neighboring countries.
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Ethnic Identity Among Mixed‐Heritage People In Hawaii

TL;DR: In this paper, intensive interviews were used to explore the identity of a sample of mixed-heritage Hawaiin college students from a variety of ethnic groups and found that a great majority of respondents listed at least one multiple-ethnic identity (e.g., Chinese-Japanese).
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Odessa and Lvov or Odesa and Lviv: How Important is a Letter? Reflections on the “Other” in Two Ukrainian Cities

Abstract: Independence forced Ukraine to face a set of statehood and nationhood challenges. State and institution building progressed quickly and effectively. In 1996 the country adopted a constitution and based its institution building on pre-existing ones. Having been a Soviet Republic, Ukraine's institutions were shaped well before 1991—if we exclude the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic corps. The country also diligently quelled Crimean separatism by granting a high level of autonomy to the region, with Kiev retaining control of financial matters.