ethnology

"[Presents the author's] perspective on what may be the largest massacre in modern Latin American history . . . includes data from half a dozen field trips, discussions of reconstruction and the fight for justice, and the relation of the massacre to the region"--Provided by publisher.

"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.

Describes practical programs that young adult librarians, school librarians, and adult and young adult services staff can use to introduce children and young adults to a variety of cultures; providing specifics on scheduling, budgets, and age-group requirements; and detailing how to set up an event that focuses on a specific culture.

Contains essays that provide information about 50 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 Georgian Americans to Ojibwa.

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.