ethnology

Contains essays that provide information about 56 ethnic, ethnoreligious, and Native American cultures residing in the U.S., focusing on each group's experiences in the areas of acculturation and assimilation, family and community, language, religion, economics, traditions, politics, and contributions to American society. Arranged alphabetically from Acadians to Garifuna Americans.

Contains 1,438 alphabetically arranged articles that provide information on people, places, concepts, events, laws, and organizations that have shaped multiculturalism in the United States, and includes cross-references, a time line, a resource list, and other research aids.

Contains informative rhymes that provide brief information about twenty-six tribes, or groups, of indigenous peoples around the world--one for each letter of the alphabet.

Translation of: Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen. The classic true adventure of crossing the Pacific by raft.

"Research has shown that racial differences are only skin deep. Then why do humans look so different from one another? Bill will go to any length to find scientific answers--even if it means having his own DNA analyzed"--Container.

Examines the challenges faced by ethnic groups living tribal existences around the world and shows how assimilation into mainstream society and other factors are threatening their cultures.

Written by an Igbo about his own people, this case study penetrates to the heart of the Igbo culture and social system.

Caroline Mac Killian shares the travel adventures and research collected by her great-uncle--the fictional Scotsman--James Mac Killian, who sailed around the world in a motorized hot-air balloon of his own invention. Features fold-out maps and illustrations, along with envelopes that contain letters, sketches, and drawings.