Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds by Meyer, Karl E.

Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781586488291)

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Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds by Meyer, Karl E.

Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds

$37.00
Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds by Meyer, Karl E.

Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds

$37.00
Format: Hardcover
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In a world replete with stories of sectarian violence, we are often left wondering: Are there places where people of different ethnicities, especially with significant Muslim minorities, live in peace? If so, why haven't we heard more about them, and what explains their success?

To answer these questions, Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac undertook a two-year exploration of oases of civility, places notable for minimal violence, rising life-expectancy, high literacy, and pragmatic compromises on cultural rights. They explored the Indian state of Kerala, the Russian republic of Tatarstan, the city of Marseille in France, the city of Flensburg, Germany, and the borough of Queens, New York. Through scores of interviews, they document ways and means that have proven successful in defusing ethnic tensions. This pathbreaking book elegantly blends political history, sociology, anthropology, and journalism, to provide big ideas for peace.

Author: Karl E. Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac
ISBN-10: 1586488295
ISBN-13: 9781586488291
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Language: English
Published: 03/13/2012
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/23/2012 pg. 157
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2012
Foreword 05/31/2012
Choice 08/01/2012
By Karl E. Meyer
By Karl E. Meyer
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Karl E. Meyer, a Princeton PhD, served on the New York Times editorial board, and previously was a foreign correspondent and editorial writer on the Washington Post. He is author of a dozen books including Dust of Empire, and is emeritus editor of the World Policy Journal.

Shareen Blair Brysac was a prize-winning documentary producer for CBS News and is author of Resisting Hitler: Mildred Fish Harnack and the Red Orchestra. Together they wrote Tournament of Shadows and Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East. The couple live in New York City and Weston, Connecticut.

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