Reviews for Race relations in the Portuguese colonial empire, 1415-1825

The average rating for Race relations in the Portuguese colonial empire, 1415-1825 based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-27 00:00:00 Timothy Michel So ahead of its time! His exploration into the assumption that race is a determinant of culture is desperately needed and so valuable to counter today's dominant narrative. it's heavy, but read it!

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-05 00:00:00 Michael Peters A very informative book covering a number of topics linked to ethnic conflict. The text emphasized the United States covering Native Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, Jews and Whites over the time span of the last few centuries. It also used Brazil, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Canada as well as Western Europe as international case studies. Marger crams information into this book and occasionally disrupts the text flow with tables and diagrams. The book could have benefited with some photos interspersed here and there accompanied by case studies. The text generalizes quite a bit so it is easy to lose track of that one is actually studying the lives of human beings. Beyond that caveat the read was quite worthwhile adding new information and perspectives to a multiethnic and global world. Unfortunately, ethnic conflict prevails and is likely to continue into the foreseeable future. Marger's book certainly helps a reader to understand and ideally navigate these waters better. It was not very exciting experience to read this text, but certainly worthwhile.