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REF GN 307 .E53 1991, 2002 supplement Levinson, David, editor. Encyclopedia of World Cultures. This 10 volume set is sorted by geographical regions of the world. Volumes 1 through 9 contain a total of about 1500 summaries along with maps, glossaries and indexes of alternate names for the cultural groups. The tenth volume contains cumulative lists of the cultures of the world, their alternate names, and a bibliography of selected publications pertaining to those groups. Each volume contains a preface, an introductory essay by the volume editors, the cultural summaries ranging from a few lines to several pages each, maps pinpointing the location of the cultures, a filmography, an ethnonym index of alternate names and a glossary of scientific and technical terms. All entries are listed in alphabetical order and are extensively cross-referenced. REF GN 307 .C68 2001 Ember, Melvin and Carol R. Ember, editors. Countries and their Cultures. This 4 volume set has country entered ordered alphabetically. A total of 225 countires are described and include cultural summaries, country maps, photographs and an index. Each country summary provides a mix of demographic, historical, social, economic, political and religious information on the country. REF GN 333 .W67 1998 Gall, Timothy L. editor. Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life. This 4 volume set contains articles exploring the ways of life of over 500 culture groups worldwide. The 4 volumes are arranged by geographic region-Africa, Americas, Asia & Oceania and Europe. It focuses on the traditions, living conditions and personalities of many of the world's culture groups. Entries emphasize how people live today rather than how they lived in the past. REF GN 307 .E52 1996 Ember, Marvin and David Levinson, editors. Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. This 4 volume set includes 340 articles covering nine general areas of interest. The editors state in the introduction that because cultural anthropology is so diverse, they tried to ensure that all perspectives-from scientific to humanistic to advocacy-were adequately and fairly represented. REF GN 281 .E53 2000 Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory. From the Introduction-"The Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory is alphabetically arranged with nearly 800 topic headings or entries varying from 50 to 9,000 words in length. As before, each entry supplies reference to other articles in the volume that bear on the subject in question. Despite the unavoidable overlap among articles dealing with related subjects, readers should consult all entries thus indicated to be certain of obtaining full information." REF GN 50.3 .H57 1997 Spencer, Frank, editor. History of Physical Anthropology. This 2 volume set comprises three kinds of entries: those dealing with the development of specific areas of scientific inquiry and theory; the description of the discipline's intellectual and institutional development in specific countries throughout the world; and implicit biographical sketches. |