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People and places : a visual encyclopedia.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: New edition; American editionDescription: 304 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781465483768
  • 1465483764
  • 9781465481771
  • 146548177X
Other title:
  • DK Smithsonian people and places
  • People & places
Uniform titles:
  • People and places (DK Publishing, Inc.)
  • Based on: Encyclopedia of people.
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Our world -- World map -- Life on Earth -- People and culture -- Moving on -- North and Central America -- South America -- Africa -- Europe -- Asia -- The Pacific and Australia.
Summary: Meet the people of the world and find out about some of the fascinating cultures that make up our global community. From Spaniards to Samoans, and the Miao to the Miskitu, this fully updated edition of DK's popular Encyclopedia of People will take you on a worldwide tour of continents, peninsulas, and islands to discover what life is like for the billions of people on our planet. Discover how the Yakut people survive in the Arctic temperatures of Siberia, or why tattoos are so important in Maori culture. Learn about the Mbendeje people's hunting sign language that lets them silently creep up on unsuspecting prey. People and Places: A Visual Encyclopedia allows you to explore different cultures through illuminating photography and bitesize chunks of information. The perfect companion to geography and culture projects for school-aged children, this book is a treasure trove of facts and information about the people that make up our world.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 909.8303 P419 Available 33111009783040
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 909.8303 P419 Checked out 06/19/2024 33111010454110
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Meet the people of the world and find out about some of the fascinating cultures that make up our global community.

From Spaniards to Samoans, and the Miao to the Miskitu, this fully updated edition of DK's popular Encyclopedia of People will take you on a worldwide tour of continents, peninsulas, and islands to discover what life is like for the billions of people on our planet.

Discover how the Yakut people survive in the Arctic temperatures of Siberia, or why tattoos are so important in Maori culture. Learn about the Mbendeje people's hunting sign language that lets them silently creep up on unsuspecting prey. People and Places: A Visual Encyclopedia allows you to explore different cultures through illuminating photography and bitesize chunks of information.

The perfect companion to geography and culture projects for school-aged children, this book is a treasure trove of facts and information about the people that make up our world.

"Updated edition of DK's . . . Encyclopedia of People"--Amazon.com.

Includes index.

Our world -- World map -- Life on Earth -- People and culture -- Moving on -- North and Central America -- South America -- Africa -- Europe -- Asia -- The Pacific and Australia.

Meet the people of the world and find out about some of the fascinating cultures that make up our global community. From Spaniards to Samoans, and the Miao to the Miskitu, this fully updated edition of DK's popular Encyclopedia of People will take you on a worldwide tour of continents, peninsulas, and islands to discover what life is like for the billions of people on our planet. Discover how the Yakut people survive in the Arctic temperatures of Siberia, or why tattoos are so important in Maori culture. Learn about the Mbendeje people's hunting sign language that lets them silently creep up on unsuspecting prey. People and Places: A Visual Encyclopedia allows you to explore different cultures through illuminating photography and bitesize chunks of information. The perfect companion to geography and culture projects for school-aged children, this book is a treasure trove of facts and information about the people that make up our world.

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