Encyclopedia of World Cultures, middle_america_and_the_caribbean

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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 Volume VIII MIDDLE AmERiCA......Page 1 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD CULTURES......Page 2 Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume VIII MIDDLE AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN......Page 3 ISBN 0816118167......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Project Staff, Editorial Board......Page 6 Contributors......Page 7 Preface......Page 15 Introduction......Page 20 Maps......Page 34 Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume VIII MIDDLE AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN......Page 39 A......Page 41 B......Page 55 C......Page 72 D......Page 136 E......Page 142 F......Page 150 G......Page 151 H......Page 158 I......Page 167 J......Page 174 K......Page 178 L......Page 189 M......Page 195 N......Page 220 O......Page 237 P......Page 245 Q......Page 262 R......Page 265 S......Page 267 T......Page 278 V......Page 337 W......Page 338 Y......Page 343 Z......Page 349 Glossary......Page 357 Filmography......Page 363 Index to Filmography......Page 364 Ethnonym Index......Page 365 The Editors......Page 368