世界の民族と文化<br>Peoples, Nations and Cultures : An A-Z of the Peoples of the World, Past and Present

世界の民族と文化
Peoples, Nations and Cultures : An A-Z of the Peoples of the World, Past and Present

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 672 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780304365500
  • DDC分類 909

基本説明

Presents - in a simple and easy-to-follow A to Z structure within five regionally based sections clear, concise and readable histories of some 1500 peoples, nations and cultures: from the Assyrians of the ancient Middle East to the Modern-day Basques.

Full Description


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. 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, S & Cent. Asia and the Middle East, and E & SE Asia and Oceania) - clear, concise and readable histories of some 1500 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.Peoples, nations and cultures covered include the inhabitants of present-day nation-states (Americans, French); minority peoples within these (Sorbs in Germany, Basques in Spain); peoples dispersed over a number of nation-states (Kurds, Jews); significant cultural but non-ethnic groupings (Maronite Christians in the Levant); and extinct peoples (Alans, Goths).

Contents

(and consultant editors) The AmericasAfrica: Professor John Mackenzie Europe: Professor Alan Wood, Univ. Lancaster Central Asia: Dr Sergei Savoskul, Russian Acad. Sciences S Asia: Dr Deborah Sutton, Univ. Lancaster SE Asia: Professor Victor King, Univ. Hull Oceania: Professor Jane Samson, Univ. Alberta