The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary
- ISBN-10
- 0313263876
- ISBN-13
- 9780313263873
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 515
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- James Stuart Olson
Description
"A survey of Amerindian peoples is a most complex subject, and historian Olson has done a magnificent job of compiling a dictionary that is comprehensive and well-supported by cross references and extensive bibliographies. Succinct entries provide social, demographic, and historical data on the 500 extant tribes south of Mexico. . . . [He] has incorporated and updated information from myriad sources, filling a major void in Latin American research materials. There is also an index of tribes by country, extensive bibliographies by ethnic group, and an extensive 15-page chronology. This is a book large libraries cannot afford to be without." Library Journal
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