Originally published in 1990, this is the ultimate resource for
geographically locating the myriad of cultures described in
ethnographic literature. The heart of Atlas of World Cultures: A
Geographical Guide to Ethnographic Literature is a set of forty-one
maps that physically locate for the researcher more than 3500
groups, tribes or peoples. For any student or professional reading
ethnographic or cross-culture research, this feature alone is
invaluable. The author does more by providing a comprehensive index
and a 1237-item bibliography that enables the reader to go beyond
geographic location and find some of the classic literature on each
of these groups. Cross references to listings of the cultures in
the Human Relations Area Files and Murdock's Ethnographic Atlas
provide other keys to learning more about the culture in question
and makes this a crucial reference research tool. "The author of
this ethnic atlas is to be congratulated for producing a highly
sophisticated, yet easy to use reference work that will serve those
with the most basic needs as well as researchers initiating more
involved studies. The very highest recommendation for all college,
university and larger public libraries." Choice "This is an amazing
piece of work. The author presents the location of over 5,000
cultural groups around the globe, and includes and extensive
bibliography linking these peoples with ethnographic literature.
The book is vital for any anthropologist or scholar of the
developing world. This has become a standard reference work for
cross-cultural research projects and even the human genome
project." Amazon reviewer David Price is an Associate Professor at
St. Martin's College in Lacey, Washington where he teaches courses
in anthropology, sociology and social justice. A native of the
Pacific Northwest, Price studied anthropology and intellectual
history as an undergraduate at The Evergreen State College. He
received his MA from the University of Chicago, and Ph.D. from the
University of Florida. He has conducted cultural anthropological
and archaeological fieldwork and research in the United States,
Palestine, Egypt and Yemen. David has published articles in The
Nation, CounterPunch, Identities, Critique of Anthropology,
Anthropological Quarterly, Anthropology Today, Anthropology News,
American Anthropologist, Human Organization (and elsewhere) using
documents released under the Freedom of Information Act to
establish various covert relationships between American
anthropologists and military and intelligence organizations. His
book Threatening Anthropology: McCarthyism and the FBI's
Persecution of Activist Anthropologists (Duke University Press, May
2004) uses 30,000 pages of FBI documents to examine governmental
attempts to suppress academic freedom.
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