The effect of recent ethnogenesis and migration histories on perceptions of ethnic group stability

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 131-173

  Moya, Cristina ^a   Scelza, Brooke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural evolution; endogamy; essentialism; ethnicity; Folksociology; inter group perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961291340     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342144     Document Type: Article

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