Ethnology
Scope Notes
Here, with appropriate local subdivision, are entered works on the discipline of ethnology, and works on the origin, distribution, and characteristics of the elements of the population of a particular region or country. Theoretical works on the concept of groups of people who are bound together by common ties of ancestry and culture are entered under [Ethnic groups.] Works on the subjective sense of belonging to an individual ethnic group are entered under [Ethnicity.] General works on racial, religious, ethnic, or other minority groups are entered under [Minorities.]
Used for
- Cultural anthropology
- Ethnography
- Races of man
- Social anthropology
Examples
Notes under [Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Minorities]
Editorial Notes
individual ethnic groups and peoples, e.g. [Indo-Europeans; Caucasian race; Hopi Indians; Igbo (African people)]
Broader Terms (2)
Hierarchy
Broader groupings:
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