On genetic interests : family, ethnicity, and humanity in an age of mass migration /: family, ethnicity, and humanity in an age of mass migration. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank Salter ; with a new introduction by the author.
• Authors: Salter, Frank K
• Contents: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Maps; Introduction to the Transaction Edition; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Concepts; 1. Introduction: genetic continuity as the ultimate interest; 2. Concentrations of kinship; 3. Immigration and the human dimension of ethnic genetic interests; 4. Who cares? ... and other objections to the concept of genetic interests; Part II: Strategies; 5. Can ethnic altruism be adaptive? Hamilton's rule, free riders, and the distribution of altruism 6. Allocating investment between family, ethny & humanity: optimal and actual fitness portfolios7. Universal nationalism versus multiculturalism in an era of globalisation: Fulfilling the nation state's tribal promise; 8. Fitness portfolios for individuals who are intermarried, of mixed-descent, childless, adopting, homosexual or women in modern societies; Part III: Ethics; 9. On the ethics of defending genetic interests; 10. Afterword; Appendix 1. Kinship and population subdivision (by Henry Harpending); Appendix 2. Glossary; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (388 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 599.93/5; Human genetics; Sociobiology; Ethnicity; NATURE / Animals / Mammals; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351502146; 9781315125589; 1315125587
• Related ISBNs: 135150214X; 9781412805964; 9781138529151
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-376) and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 8, 2017).
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