People of the world
Subtitle: cultures and traditions, ancestry and identity
By: Catherine Herbert Howell ; with K. David Harrison
Contributors: Harrison, K. David, author; National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Edition: Revised and updated edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781426217081
Subjects: Ethnology; Pictorial works
Other titles: National Geographic; Revision of: Book of peoples of the world.
Description: Captures the rich diversity of human life as it examines more than two hundred ethnic groups, large and small, around the world, through a visual study of beliefs, traditions, lifestyles, and environmental conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 375) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Spencer Wells; title: Introduction; title: The Genographic Project; title: About This Book; title: Map of Regions of the World; title: Sub-Saharan Africa; title: North Africa & Middle East; title: Asia; title: Oceania; title: Europe; title: North America; title: Central & South America; title: Genealogy 101; title: Ancestry Testing; title: What's My Line?; title: About the Authors; title: Further Resources; title: Illustration Credits; title: Index.