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Background Sources
A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics
Offers an overview of anthropology's unique contribution to the study of politics. Explores the key concepts and issues of our time - from AIDS, globalization, displacement, and militarization, to identity politics and beyond.
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity, Culture and Social Life. 1994.
This comprehensive survey of contemporary thought in biological, social and cultural anthropology sets the foundation for their future development and integration. The principal rationale behind the Encyclopedia is to overcome the division and fragmentation within the approaches of the humanities and natural sciences to anthropology. It emphasizes interconnections between perspectives and sub-disciplines, producing a complete perspective on what it means to be human.
Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts
"The case studies in this text chart ethnic conflicts that shape human existence in the second decade of the new millennium"
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
This online directory of minorities and indigenous peoples grew out of Minority Rights Group’s encyclopaedic World Directory of Minorities. It is a searchable database containing information on countries, their history, peoples, governance and minorities.