Ethnicity has been a key concept in anthropology and sociology for many years, yet many people still seem uncertain as to its meaning, its relevance and its relationship to other concepts such as 'race' and nationalism.

Marcus Banks is Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Oxford and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford.

Chapter 1 Introduction: basic positions and the life of an idea; Chapter 2 Ethnicity unearthed; Chapter 3 Ethnicity and race in the United States; Chapter 4 Ethnicity and race in Britain; Chapter 5 Ethnicity and nationalism; Chapter 6 Ethnicity Unbound; Chapter 7 Conclusions;