ABSTRACT
This chapter divides the society into a number of specific contact situations: isolated and less colonial states: states initially controlled by adjacent powers; those dominated by invading whites; and the most colonial, involving slavery and high levels of racial conflict. This view is based on the notion that the more features of the colonial process are present in a particular context, the more conflict-ridden intergroup relations within them tend to be. States lower in colonial foundation tend to reflect limited types of external and internal dominance, higher indigenous populations, and low to medium levels of intergroup conflict. However, situations subject to higher levels of outside dominance and exploitation tend to be more homogeneous demographically, involve slavery in some cases, and experience a variety of conflict types, including the most destructive racial kind.
