Encyclopedia of the Peoples of the World

This book allows us to examine the ethnic infrastructure underlying economic, social, & political change, which has been widespread throughout the world in recent years. Edited & written by a distinguished team of international scholars, the encyclopedia contains more than 2,000 alphabetical entries on all peoples & ethnic groups of the world. Each entry includes the common, indigenous, or self-designated name of the group; geographical location; population; language; religion; & history when relevant or known. The concise & clearly written entries are supplemented with 250 b&w maps & 48 pages of color illustrations.Gonen, Amiram is the author of 'Encyclopedia of the Peoples of the World', published 2000 under ISBN 9780788190605 and ISBN 0788190601.