ethnology

This unique guide surveys the role of Spanish explorers, missionaries, and settlers in the United States, in addition to offering valuable information on programs and organizations having a special interest in contemporary Hispanic culture.

Explains some traditions and customs of various African peoples in paragraphs beginning with the letters A to Z.

Uses laminated pages and transparent overlays to introduce different people from around the world.

Contains entries that provide information on over five hundred world cultures, each with coverage of twenty different areas of daily life, focusing on the traditions, living conditions, and personalities of people in modern times, rather than in the past. Grouped by geographic region.

Addresses the cultural needs of ethnic groups within the curriculum and in the library collection.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that describe eighty-eight ethnic groups that have lived in the South since the Mississippian period, and discusses how each group uses folklore, religion, music, literature, and other cultural expressions to maintain its identity.

This six-volume set explores the people and culture of many nations on earth.