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This dissertation examines the consequences of unique programs of nation-building on the (re)construction of ethnic and national identities in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Unlike many current interpretations of nation building that emphasize the role of the state, I utili…

This thesis addresses general questions about the relationship between the making of gender, the politics of national and ethnic identities, local - global articulations and the process of cultural transformation amongst Muslim Tausug and Sama communities in Sulu, the Southern P…

Phoenicians were among the great civilizers of the ancient world, establishing alphabetic literacy, colonial urbanism and trade networks throughout the Mediterranean. But Classicists have downplayed their alphabetic gift as non-vocalic, their colonies as mere trading posts, and …

This study analyzes competing moral discourses and constitutional options during the period of political transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa from 1990 to 1994 and, specifically, contested visions of the future just society and the place of Indian South African…

This dissertation argues that identity becomes politically salient because of local competition among existing and aspiring group elites for political patronage. Elite competition within the ethnic group is a result of a two stage process whereby the existing ethnic elite and th…