(Hardback, 2nd edition)

This book addresses the numerous national movements of ethnic groups around the world seeking independence, more self-rule, or autonomy-movements that have proliferated exponentially in the 21st century.

(Hardback)

Covering countries ranging from Afghanistan and China to Kazakhstan and Russia, this encyclopedia supplies detailed information and informed perspectives, enabling readers to comprehend Asian ethnic groups as well as Asian politics and history.

(Hardback)

This comprehensive guide to the Pacific and South Asia provides detailed and enlightening information about the many ethnic groups of this increasingly important region of the world.

(Hardback)

Intended to help students explore ethnic identity-one of the most important issues of the 21st century-this concise, one-stop reference presents rigorously researched content on the national groups and ethnicities of North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

(Hardback)

From Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia to Eritrea and Uzbekistan, this book provides a guide to the states recognized since 1989 and the nations that dwell in their borders.

(Hardback)

With the end of the Cold War, any of the world's stateless peoples could be in tomorrow's headlines. This book provides a useful guide to the stateless nations suppressed or ignored during the Cold War. It draws upon more than 200 national surveys to highlight a range of factors.

(Hardback)

An explanation of how so-called Old World groups continue to dominate the world headlines and present the world with some of its most intractable conflicts. It covers nearly 150 groups, surveying these groups from the earliest period of their national histories to the dawn of the 21st century.

(Hardback)

The essential guide to understanding the history of the ethnic diversity of the former Soviet Union and the current ethnic issues of the region.

These two volumes offer an unprecedented collection of flags, seals, and symbols used every day around the world.

In today's global society it is necessary to recognize and identify not only our own symbols, but symbols from nations and territories far removed from home.