Peter Wade is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Race and Ethnicity in Latin America (Pluto, 2010), Race and Sex in Latin America (Pluto, 2009) and Race, Nature and Culture (Pluto, 2002).

• Preface To Second EditionIntroduction1. The Meaning Of ‘Race’ And ‘Ethnicity’2. Black And Indigenous Peoples In Latin America3. Early Approaches To Blacks And Indigenous People, 1920s-1960s4. Inequality And Situational Identity: The 1970s5. Blacks And Indigenous People In The Postmodern Nation-State And Beyond6. Black And Indigenous Social Movements7. Studying Race And Ethnicity In A Postmodern And Reflexive WorldNotesIndex

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