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INTERCULTURAL
STUDIES

Below are listed just some of the resources we have that deal with intercultural topics.  
Use these as starting places for your research.

REFERENCE

Facts, statistics, background reading.   Begin here.

Aggression and Conflict:   A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
REF HM 136 .L46

Culturegrams :   The Nations Around Us
REF GT 150 .C85

Do's and Taboos Around the World
REF HF 5387 .D66

Do's and Taboos of Hosting International Visitors
REF HF 5389 .A98

Do's and Taboos of Using English Around the World
REF PE 2751 .A98

Encyclopedia of Marriage, Divorce, and the Family
REF HQ 9 .D38

Encyclopedia of Social Work
REF HV 35 .S6

Encyclopedia of World Cultures
REF GN 307 .E53

Ethnic Relations:   A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
REF GN 496 .L48

European Customs and Manners:   How to Make Friends
REF D 909 .B722

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
REF E 184 .A1 G14 .........also, online

Gestures:   Do's and Taboos of Body Language
REF BF 637 .N66

Growing Up:   A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
REF HQ 767.84 .B76

Handbook of Japanese Popular Culture
REF DS 822.5 .H347

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
REF E184 A1 H35

Hispanic-American Almanac
REF E 184 .S75 H48

Holidays and Anniversaries of the World
REF CE 76 .H65

Human Environments:   A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
REF GF 4 .L49

Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands
RESERVE and REF 5389 .M67

Law and Politics:   A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
REF K 487 .P65 S77

Marriage, Family, and Relationships:   A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
REF GN 480 .B76

Negro Almanac:   A Reference Work on the African American
REF E 185 .N385

Reference Library of Asian America
REF E 184 .O6 R45

Statistical Handbook on the American Family
REF HQ 536 .S727

Traveler's Guide to Latin American Customs and Manners
REF F 1408.29 .D48

NATIVE AMERICAN REFERENCE

This special section is for the convenience of SOC 101 students.

Books on this topic that you can check out are in the General Collection E 76-99.

Atlas of Ancient America
REF E 61 .C66

Atlas of the North American Indian
REF E 77 .W195

Biographical Dictionary of American Indian History to 1900
REF E 89 .W35

British Museum Encyclopedia of Native North America
REF E 76.2 .G74

Encyclopedia of the American Indian Contributions to the World
REF E 54.5 .K46

Encyclopedia of Native American Healing
REF E 98 .M4 L96

Encyclopedia of Native American Religions
REF E 98 .R3 .H73

Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
REF E 76.2 .W35

Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
REF E 77 .G15

Handbook of North American Indians
REF E 76.2 .H36

Indian Tribal Series
REF E 99 .A6 D6

Native America Today
REF E 98 .T77 P75

Native American Education: A Reference Handbook
REF E 97. H138

Native American Ethnobotany
REF E 98 .B7 M66

DATABASES

Try Gale Virtual Reference - Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America and Encyclopedia Britannica to obtain background information on your group.

To locate articles on your ethnic or multicultural group try our General Databases and Newspaper links:

http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/library/databases/general.html and http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/library/databases/newspr.html

And lastly, to obtain country information try - CountryReports.org.

WEBSITES

 
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