Encyclopedia of World Cultures, russia, eurasia, china Vol. 6

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. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD CULTURES......Page 2 Title Page - Volume VI - Russia and Eurasia / China......Page 3 ISBN 0816118108......Page 4 Project Staff Editorial Board......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 7 Translators......Page 18 Preface......Page 20 Introduction to Russia and Eurasia......Page 25 Introduction to China......Page 32 Maps......Page 45 Part One - Cultures of Russia and Eurasia......Page 52 A......Page 54 B......Page 100 C......Page 118 D......Page 144 E......Page 160 G......Page 173 I......Page 198 K......Page 203 L......Page 281 M......Page 301 N......Page 323 O......Page 339 P......Page 351 R......Page 358 S......Page 371 T......Page 396 U......Page 424 V......Page 448 Y......Page 453 Part Two - Cultures of China......Page 464 A......Page 466 B......Page 468 D......Page 472 E......Page 482 G......Page 484 H......Page 485 J......Page 503 K......Page 509 L......Page 511 M......Page 515 N......Page 526 O......Page 531 P......Page 532 Q......Page 533 S......Page 537 T......Page 541 U......Page 548 W......Page 550 X......Page 553 Y......Page 554 Z......Page 558 Glossary......Page 562 Filmography......Page 568 Directory of Distributors......Page 571 Ethnonym Index......Page 572 The Editors......Page 576 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 all the peoples of Russia and East Europe, all the minorities of Central Asia, such as the Uzbeks and the Azerbajanis, the Peoples' Republic of China and the national minorities of China.