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Book of peoples of the world : a guide to cultures / edited by Wade Davis and K. David Harrison ; with Catherine Herbert Howell.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2007.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 383 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781426202384 (regular ed.)
  • 1426202385 (regular ed.)
  • 9781426202391 (deluxe ed.)
  • 1426202393 (deluxe ed.)
Uniform titles:
  • Peoples of the world.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8 22
LOC classification:
  • GN378 .P4616 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
The Genographic Project / Jason Blue-Smith -- Map of regions of the world -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- When languages die / K. David Harrison -- North Africa & The Middle East -- A life on the move / Harrison -- Asia -- To sail by the wisdom of the stars / Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey -- Oceania -- Notes on the world's scales / Miranda Weinberg -- Europe -- Written word, oral world / Robert E. Hart -- North America -- Making a space to live in / Harrison -- Central & South America -- Ethnic groups of the world.
Summary: From the Inuit of the Arctic to the Zulu of southern Africa, from the Ainu of Japan to the Fuegians of Patagonia, this book covers the world's most compelling ethnic groups. It describes rare times of special celebration, and ordinary times of work and play.
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Rev. ed. of: Peoples of the world. c2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 378) and index.

The Genographic Project / Jason Blue-Smith -- Map of regions of the world -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- When languages die / K. David Harrison -- North Africa & The Middle East -- A life on the move / Harrison -- Asia -- To sail by the wisdom of the stars / Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey -- Oceania -- Notes on the world's scales / Miranda Weinberg -- Europe -- Written word, oral world / Robert E. Hart -- North America -- Making a space to live in / Harrison -- Central & South America -- Ethnic groups of the world.

From the Inuit of the Arctic to the Zulu of southern Africa, from the Ainu of Japan to the Fuegians of Patagonia, this book covers the world's most compelling ethnic groups. It describes rare times of special celebration, and ordinary times of work and play.

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