Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life / editors, Timothy L. Gall and Jeneen Hobby.

Other author Gall, Timothy L.
Other author Hobby, Jeneen.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoFarmington Hills, MI : Gale, 2009.
Description5 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Subjects
Ethnology--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Manners and customs--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Ethnology--Encyclopedias.
Manners and customs--Encyclopedias.

Portion of title Encyclopedia of cultures and daily life
Contents Volume 1: Africa -- Contributors -- Country index -- Preface -- Introduction -- Afar -- Afrikaners -- Aka -- Algerians -- Amhara -- Angolans -- Azande -- Baganda -- Bakongo -- Bamana -- Banyankole -- Bemba -- Beninese -- Berbers -- Burkinabe -- Burundians -- Cameroonians -- Cape Verdeans -- Central Africans -- Chadians -- Chagga -- Chewa -- Colored people of South Africa -- Comorians -- Congolese -- Congolese (Zairians) -- Coptic Christians -- Creoles of Sierra Leone -- Dinka -- Djiboutians -- Dyula -- Efe and Mbuti -- Egyptians -- Embu -- English in South Africa -- Equatorial Guineans -- Eritreans -- Ethopians -- Ewe -- Fulani -- Gabonese -- Gambians -- Ghanaians -- Gikuyu -- Guineans -- Guineans of Guinea-Bissau -- Guisii -- Hausa -- Hutu -- Igbo -- Ijo -- Ivorians -- Jola -- Kalenjin -- Karretjie people -- Keiyo -- Kenyans -- Libyans -- Luhya -- Luo -- Maasia -- Malagasy -- Maldivians -- Malians -- Malinke -- Mauritanians -- Moroccans -- Mossi -- Mozambicans -- Namibians -- Ndebele -- Nigerians -- Nigerians -- Nuer -- Nyamwezi -- Oromos -- Rwandans -- San -- Sao Tomeans -- Senegalese -- Seychellois -- Shambaa -- Shilluk -- Somalis -- Songhay -- Sotho -- Sudanese -- Swahili -- Swazis -- Tanzanians -- Tigray -- Tonga -- Tuaregs -- Tunisians -- Tutsi -- Twa -- Ugandans -- Wolof -- Xhosa -- Yoruba -- Zambians -- Zimbabweans -- Zulu -- Glossary -- Subject index -- Volume 2: Americas -- Contributors -- Country index -- Preface -- Introduction -- African Americans -- African Brazilians -- Aleuts -- Amahuacas -- American immigrants -- Americans -- Amish -- Antiguans and Barbudans -- Arab Americans -- Argentines -- Armenian Americans -- Ashaninka -- Asian Indian Americans -- Aymara -- Bahamians -- Barbadians -- Belizeans -- Bolivians -- Brazilians -- Cajuns -- Cambodian Americans -- Canadians -- Central Americans in the US -- Chileans -- Chinese Americans -- Choctaw -- Colombians -- Comanches -- Costa Ricans -- CreekS -- Creoles of Louisiana -- Cuban Americans -- Cubans -- Cunas -- Dakota and Lakhota -- Dominican Americans -- Dominicans (Dominica) -- Dominicans (Dominican Republic) -- Dutch Americans -- Ecuadorans -- English Americans -- Filipino Americans -- French Americans -- French Canadians -- French Guianans -- Garifuna -- German Americans -- Greek Americans -- Grenadians -- Guajiros -- Guaranis -- Guatemalans -- Guyanans/Guyanese -- Haitian Americans -- Haitians -- Hawaiians -- Hindus of Guyana -- Hmong Americans -- Hondurans -- Hopi -- Hungarian Americans -- Inuit -- Irish Americans -- Iroquois -- Italian Americans -- Jamaicans -- Japanese Americans -- Jewish Americans -- Jivaro -- Kayapos -- Kittitians and Nevisians -- Korean Americans -- Laotian Americans -- Lebanese Americans -- Mapuches -- Matsigenka -- Maya -- Mennonites of Paraguay -- Mexican Americans -- Mexicans -- Miskito -- Mormans -- Native North Americans -- Navajos -- Nicaraguans -- Norwegian Americans -- Ojibwa -- Paez -- Paiutes -- Panamanians -- Paraguayans -- Pemon -- Peruvians -- Polish Americans -- Puerto Rican Americans -- Puerto Ricans -- Quechua -- Russian Americans -- St Lucians -- St Vincentians -- Salvadorans/Salvadorians -- Scottish and Scotch-Irish Americans -- Seminolesand Miccosukees -- Sudanese Americans -- Sumu -- Surinamese -- Swedish Americans -- Tenetehara -- Tlingit -- Trinidadians and Tobagonians -- Ukrainian Americans -- Uruguayans -- Vaupes -- Venezuelans -- Vietnamese Americans -- Xavante -- Glossary -- Subject index --
Contents Volume 3: Asia And Oceania -- Contributors -- Country index -- Preface -- Introduction -- Acehnese -- Afghanis -- Ahirs -- Ainu -- Alawis -- Ambonese -- Andamanese -- Andhras -- Anglo Australians -- Anglo Indians -- Asmat -- Assamese -- Australian Aborigines -- Azerbaijanis -- Bahrainis -- Bai -- Bajau -- Balinese -- Baluchi -- Bangladeshis -- Banias -- Banjarese -- Batak -- Bedu -- Bengalis -- Bhils -- Bhutanese -- Bhutia -- Brahmans -- Brahui -- Bruneians -- Buddhistsin south Asia -- Bugis, Makassarese, and Mandarese -- Burman -- Buyi -- Chakmas -- Cham -- Chamars -- Chin -- China and her national minorities -- Dai -- Dani -- Derong -- Dong -- Druze -- Emirians (United Arab Emirates) -- Ewenki -- Fijians -- Filipinos -- Gaoshan -- Goans -- Gonds -- Greek Cypriots -- Gujaratis -- Gurungs -- Hakka -- Han -- Hani -- Hazaras -- Hiligaynon -- Hindus -- Hmong -- Hui -- Iatmul -- Iban -- Ifugao -- Ilocanos -- Ilongot -- People of India -- Indo-Fijians -- Indonesians -- Iranians -- Iraqis -- Israelis -- Jains -- Japanese -- Jats -- Javanese -- Jews of Cochin -- Jordanians -- Kachins -- Kadazan -- Kalinga -- Kammu -- Karakalpaks -- Karens -- Kashmiris -- Kazakh Chinese -- Kazakhs -- Kelabit -- Khasi -- Khmer -- Kolis -- Kols -- Konds -- Korean Chinese -- Kurds -- Kuwaitis -- Glossary -- For entries on the Kyrgz through Zhuang see Volume 4 -- Volume 4: Asia And Oceania -- Contributors -- Country index -- Preface -- For entries on the Acehnese through Kuwaitis see Volume 3 -- Kyrgyz -- Lao -- Lebanese -- Lepchas -- Li -- Lingayats -- Ma'dan (Marsh Arabs) -- Madurese -- Malays in Indonesia -- Malaysian Chinese -- Malaysian Indians -- Malaysian Malays -- Man (Manchus) -- Manggarai -- Mangyan (Hanuno'o group) -- Manuvu' (Upland Bagobo) -- Maori -- Maranao -- Marathas -- Maronites -- Melanesians -- Melpa -- Miao in China -- Micronesians -- Minahasans -- Minangkabau -- Minas -- Mognols in China -- Mons -- Moro -- Motu -- Mountain Mon-Khmer groups -- Mundas -- Muslims in South Asia -- Naga -- Naxi -- Negrito (Pinatubo Aeta group) -- Nepalis -- New Caledonians -- New Zealanders -- Newars -- Ngaju Dayak -- Niasans -- Nicobarese -- Ni-Vanuatu -- Omanis -- Orang Asli -- Oraons -- Oriya -- Pakistanis -- Palestinians -- Pamiri -- Parsis -- Pashtun -- Penan -- Polynesians -- Punjabis -- Qataris -- Rajasthanis -- Rajputs -- Rakhines -- Rohingyas -- Sa'dan Toraja -- Samoans -- Santals -- Sasak -- Saudis -- Shans -- Sherpas -- Sikhs -- Sindhis -- Sinhalese -- South Koreans -- Sri Lankans -- Sumbanese -- Sumbawans -- Sundanese -- Syrian Christians in India -- Syrians -- Tagbanua -- Tahitians -- Taiwan Indigenous peoples -- Tajiks -- Tamils -- Tao -- Tausug -- T'boli -- Thai -- Tibetans -- Timorese -- Todas -- Tongans -- Traditional Orthodox Jews -- Tujia -- Turkmens -- Turks -- Uighurs -- Uzbeks -- Veddas -- Vietnamese -- Vietnamese Highlanders -- Yao -- Yazidis -- Yemenis -- Yi -- Zhuang -- Glossary -- Subject index --
Contents Volume 5: Europe -- Contributors -- Country index -- Preface -- Introduction -- Abkhazians -- Adjarians -- Albanians -- Alsatians -- Altays -- Andalusians --Andorrans -- Armenians -- Austrians -- Bashkirs -- Basques -- Belarusans -- Belgians -- Bosnians -- Bretons -- Bulgarians -- Buriats -- Castilians -- Catalans -- Chechens -- Chukchi -- Chuvash -- Circassians -- Croats -- Czechs -- Danes -- Dolgany -- English -- Estonians -- Evenki -- Evens -- Finns -- Flemings -- French -- Frisians -- Galicians -- Georgians -- Germans -- Greeks -- Hungarians -- Icelanders -- Irish -- Italians -- Kalmyks -- Karachai -- Khakass -- Koriak -- Kosovars -- Latvians -- Liechtensteiners -- Lithuanians -- Luxembourgers -- Macedonians -- Maltese -- Maris -- Moldovans -- Montenegrins -- Mordvins -- Nanais -- Nentsy -- Netherlanders -- Nivkhs -- Norwegians -- Ossetians -- Peoples of Dagestan -- Peoples of the Caucasus -- Poles -- Portuguese -- Roma -- Romanians -- Russians -- Sakha -- Sami -- Sammarinese -- Scots -- Serbs -- Slovaks -- Slovenes -- Spaniards -- Swedes -- Swiss -- Tatars -- Tuvans -- Tyrolese -- Udmurts -- Ukrainians -- Vlachs -- Walloons -- Welsh -- Glossary -- Subject index.
Abstract From Publisher's Website: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life covers cultural groups in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa. Each volume is organized for quick reference by continent, cover history, politics, customs, religion, education, human rights issues, teen life and much more for culture groups such as Kurds, Amish, Germans and more than 500 others. Each two- to six-page entry is written and reviewed by subject experts who have in-depth knowledge of a particular world culture and the skill to translate their knowledge in terms that students can understand. The Encyclopedia also gives students a visual learning experience with more than 250 photographs. And, a glossary of terms offers quick reference for difficult or foreign terms.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009004744
ISBN9781414448824 (set)
ISBN1414448821 (set)
ISBN9781414448831 (vol. 1)
ISBN141444883X (vol. 1)
ISBN9781414448909 (vol. 2)
ISBN1414448902 (vol. 2)
ISBN9781414448916 (vol. 3)
ISBN1414448910 (vol. 3)
ISBN9781414448923 (vol. 4)
ISBN1414448929 (vol. 4)
ISBN9781414464305 (vol. 5)
ISBN1414464304 (vol. 5)

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