Peoples, nations and cultures [electronic resource] : an A-Z of the peoples of the world, past and present
2012
Book
Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures is a fascinating and informative guide to the myriad discrete ethnic and cultural groupings that have inhabited our planet over the past 6000 years. It presents - in a simple and easy-to-follow A to Z structure within five regionally based sections (The Americas, Africa, Europe, South and Central Asia and the Middle East, and East and Southeast Asia and Oceania) - clear, concise and readable histories of a significant number of peoples, nations and cultures: from the Assyrians of the ancient Middle East to the modern-day Armenians, from the Belgae of ancient Europe to the modern-day Basques.Abstract: Modern political geography, reflected in the 200-odd states into which the contemporary world is divided, offers at best a simplification of the world's ethnic and cultural complexities. The nation-states that sit at today's United Nations represent but a fraction of the huge number of distinct and identifiable peoples, nations and cultures that have come into being, settled, migrated, flourished, declined, assimilated, and - in many cases - disappeared since the distant beginnings of recorded history.
Main title:
Peoples, nations and cultures [electronic resource] : an A-Z of the peoples of the world, past and present / general editor, John M. MacKenzie.
Imprint:
London [Eng.] : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)
Collation:
1 online resource (2184 entries) : 119 images, digital files.
Notes:
Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: 672 p. : maps
Contents:
The Americas -- Africa -- Europe -- South and Central Asia and the Middle East -- East and Southeast Asia and Oceana.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9780304365500 (print)0304365505 (print)9781849721882 (online)
Dewey class:
306305.803
LC class:
GN316
Language:
English
BRN:
502740
Electronic access:
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