Encyclopedia of modern ethnic conflicts / edited by Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bolivia: Ethnicized Peasant Conflict / David W. Dent -- Burma: The Karen Conflict / Martin Smith -- Canada: The Nationalist Movement in Quebec / Saul Newman -- Central Europe: The Romany, a Stateless Minority in a World of States / Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. -- China: Ethnic Conflict in the World's Largest Multinational State / Katherine Palmer Kaup -- Cyprus: Communal Conflict and the International System / Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. -- Czechoslovakia: The Peaceful Breakup of a State / Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. -- France: Ethnic Conflict and the Problem of Corsica / Sue Ellen Charlton -- France: The "Foreigner" Issue / Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. -- Germany: The Foreign Worker Issue / John S. Bendix -- India: Ethnic Conflict and Nation-building in a Multiethnic State / Maya Chadda -- Indonesia: The Struggle to Control East Timor / Stephen Zunes -- Lebanon: Ethnic Conflict and the Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 / Marie-Joelle Zahar --

Malaysia: The Malay-Chinese Conflict / Amy L. Freedman -- Mexico: The Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas / Richard Stahler-Sholk -- Middle East: The Arab-Jewish Struggle for Palestine to 1948 / James A. Reilly -- Middle East: The Kurds Struggle for "Kurdistan" / Michael M. Gunter -- Middle East: The Palestinian Issue / Deborah J. Gerner -- Nigeria: Ethnic Conflict in Multinational West Africa / James S. Wunsch -- Rwanda: Hutu-Tutsi Conflict and Genocide in Central Africa / Stephen D. Wrage -- Soviet Union: The Conflict in Chechnya / Robert Bruce Ware -- Soviet Union: The Ethnic Conflicts in Georgia / Stuart J. Kaufman -- Soviet Union: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict / Stuart J. Kaufman -- Spain: Basque Nationalism and Conflict in Democratic Spain / Roland Vazquez -- Sri Lanka: Tamil-Sinhalese Conflict in India's Backyard / Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. -- Sudan: Ethnic Conflict in the Sudan / Ann Mosely Lesch --

United Kingdom: The Making of British Race Relations / Anthony Mark Messina -- United Kingdom: The Irish Question and the Partition of Ireland / Sean P. Duffy -- United Kingdom: The Conflict in Ulster / Sean P. Duffy -- United Kingdom: Scotland and Scottish Nationalism / Robert J. Thompson -- United Kingdom: The Decline and Revival of Welsh Nationalism / Terrence C. Casey -- United States: The Struggle for Survival and Equality of the First Americans / Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. -- United States: Racial Violence in the United States: 1900-1919 / James N. Upton -- United States: Race and the Civil Rights Struggle in Post-World War II America / Kevin J. Mumford -- United States: The United States-Puerto Rico Relationship / Lynn-Darrell Bender -- Western Sahara: Ethnic Conflict and the Twentieth Century's Last Colonial War / Stephen Zunes -- Yugoslavia: Ethnic Conflict and the Meltdown in Kosovo / John C. Scharfen --

Yugoslavia: The Deconstruction of a State and Birth of Bosnia / Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. -- App. Contents by Region.

"This book focuses on 38 ethnic conflicts. Each surveyed conflict is presented with a timeline and an extensive essay that covers the conflict's details, historical background, management, and significance. Sources for further reading are also provided. This book is the perfect starting point for students and general readers seeking information about the complex and often violent forces that have changed - and continue to change - the world's political landscape."--BOOK JACKET.