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Peoples, nations and cultures an A-Z of the peoples of the world, past and present / general editor, John M. MacKenzie.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London [Eng.] : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005 2012.)Description: 1 online resource (2184 entries) : 119 images, digital filesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306 22
  • 305.803 22
LOC classification:
  • GN316 .P385 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
The Americas -- Africa -- Europe -- South and Central Asia and the Middle East -- East and Southeast Asia and Oceana.
Summary: 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.
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Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online GN316 .P385 2005 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 519171

The Americas -- Africa -- Europe -- South and Central Asia and the Middle East -- East and Southeast Asia and Oceana.

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.

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.

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