Encyclopedia of World Cultures, east_and_southeast_asia Vol. 5

This volume, with one hundred new articles, supplements the award-winning 10-volume Encyclopedia of World Cultures, which was also organized and prepared by the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University, and published by G. K. Hall/Macmillan Library Reference between 1991 and 1996. The volume includes three kinds of entries. One kind is an important culture that was not included, for one reason or another, in the original encyclopedia. These new cultures are located in most regions of the world, but especially in Africa and North America. For example, Rwandans and Barundi are now included. New or updated articles on cultures that have been strongly affected by recent political events are a second kind of entry here. For example, the wars in the former Yugoslavia required expansions and updates of the articles on the Bosnian Muslims, Albanians, and Serbs, and the Afghanistan war called for revisions of the articles on the Tajiks and Uzbeks. Finally, there originally were only short entries on some important cultures, including some that are of classic interest in anthropology (for example, Crow, Zulu). These have now been expanded and updated. In preparing this supplement, we have asked for advice from many scholars and contributors. A basic reference source to the cultures of the world. Provides descriptions of all the cultures of each region of the world or of a representative sample of cultures for regions where full coverage is impossible, as well as accurate descriptions of cultures of the past Including all the national cultures, such as Danes, Germans and English, as well as regional cultures such as Castilians, Sicilians and Bretons. This resource also covers linguistic minorities such as the Basques, the Sorbs and the various Gypsy populations This reference set lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture This resource covers Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. Including major groups such as the Vietnamese, Koreans, Japanese as well as the rural and tribal peoples of the mainland, and indigenous peoples of the Philippines.