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Per Axelsson - Indigenous Peoples and Demography: The Complex Relation Between Identity and Statistics - 9780857450005 - V9780857450005
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Indigenous Peoples and Demography: The Complex Relation Between Identity and Statistics

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Description for Indigenous Peoples and Demography: The Complex Relation Between Identity and Statistics Hardcover. When researchers want to study indigenous populations they are dependent upon the highly variable way in which states or territories enumerate, categorize, and differentiate indigenous people. In this volume, anthropologists, historians, demographers, and sociologists examine the historical and contemporary construct of indigenous people.. Editor(s): Axelsson, Per; Skold, Peter. Num Pages: 332 pages, 1 map, 26 figs, 36 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.

When researchers want to study indigenous populations they are dependent upon the highly variable way in which states or territories enumerate, categorise and differentiate indigenous people. In this volume, anthropologists, historians, demographers and sociologists have come together for the first time to examine the historical and contemporary construct of indigenous people in a number of fascinating geographical contexts around the world, including Canada, the United States, Colombia, Russia, Scandinavia, the Balkans and Australia. Using historical and demographical evidence, the contributors explore the creation and validity of categories for enumerating indigenous populations, the use and misuse of ethnic markers, micro-demographic ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857450005
SKU
V9780857450005
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Per Axelsson
Per Axelsson is a Senior Researcher of the Centre for Sami Research at Umeå University, Sweden and a Wallenberg Academy Fellow. His current research focus on a longitudinal study of colonization, state and the health of Indigenous Peoples in Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, 1850-2000. Recent publications include Global Environmental Change, Global Health Action and Dynamis. He co-chairs the network ... Read more

Reviews for Indigenous Peoples and Demography: The Complex Relation Between Identity and Statistics
“This interesting collection looks at changes in population studies and examines indigeneity in contexts as different as Australia and Norway. It is particularly valuable with respect to two broad geographic categories: countries originally settled by British colonists, and states in northern Europe… the study of categorization and enumeration offers valuable insights on how ethnic boundaries are established, and how
inevitably
they are ... Read more

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