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Ethnic Conflict : Commerce, Culture, and the Contact Hypothesis
Ethnic Conflict Commerce Culture and the Contact Hypothesis Author:H. Forbes In this important book Forbes takes a critical look at the "contact hypothesis"--the assumption commonly held by social scientists that increased contact between different ethnic groups gives each group more accurate information about the other and thus reduces friction. By distinguishing aggregate from individual relations, Forbes suggests a wa... more »y out of the perplexities induced by current social science literature on prejudice and discrimination.« less