| Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 17: Languages Contributor(s): Goddard, Ives (Editor), Sturtevant, William C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0874741971 ISBN-13: 9780874741971 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press OUR PRICE: $94.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2006 Annotation: The Handbook of North American Indians is a 20-volume encyclopedia summarizing knowledge about all Native peoples north of Mesoamerica, including cultures, languages, history, prehistory, and human biology, intended to serve as a standard reference work for anthropologists, historians, students, and the general reader. Each volume contains heavily illustrated chapters by the main authorities on each topic and concludes with an extensive bibliography and index. Volume 6 covers native languages of North America spoken by American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 970.004 |
| LCCN: 77017162 |
| Series: Handbook of North American Indians |
| Physical Information: 2.17" H x 9.24" W x 11.54" (6.89 lbs) 958 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Provides a basic reference work on the Native languages of North America, their characteristics and uses, their historical relationships, and the history of research on these languages. Fold-out, color, volume map. |