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Some highlights from the myriad of topics covered include oral history, multireligious traditions, wood sculpture, communal ties, cone-on-cylinder housing, changing roles of women, conjugal arrangements, and British and Boer influences.

This timely work expands our knowledge of South Africa beyond the headlines.

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This work describes the variety of landscape, people, and culture that makes up Spain today. Included are a context chapter and others on religion, customs, media, cinema, literature, performing arts, and visual arts.

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Amid Sudan's dark history, saturated with conflicts and tragic events, lies a culture with deep roots, going back as far as 8000 BC. This book helps readers learn how these cultures have blended and collided throughout the centuries, and examines how traditions and customs are kept alive.

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An engaging and thorough overview of Taiwanese culture and customs.

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Culture and Customs of Thailand presents the traditional culture and customs against the backdrop of modern times.

Thailand has always been an important Southeast Asian country. It was the first Asian country to establish diplomatic relations with the United States, and has remained a constant ally.

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Written for high school students and general readers alike, this insightful treatment links the storied past of various Apache tribes with their life in contemporary times.

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With complete coverage on Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, Culture and Customs of the Arab Gulf States is a must-have for every high school and public library shelf.

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The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are thriving after hundreds of years of German colonization, numerous wars of conquest, and demographic Russification.

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Explores contemporary life in three former Soviet Union republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. This book offers material on the traditions and customs of all three nations. It includes Caucasus' history, urban life, religion, literature, cuisine, holidays, and leisure activities, among other topics.

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The Central African Republic is one of the least-known African countries. The aggressive Islamic and Christian evangelizing alongside witchcraft and indigenous beliefs in other deities and spirits in the Central African Republic is covered as well.

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The Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan won their independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The modern culture and customs of the various peoples in these geopolitical hotspots, straddling the far reaches of Europe into Asia, are revealed to a general audience for the first time.

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The city is marked by lifestyles reflecting the prevalence of small business activities and increasing cultural sycretism of customs from different parts of the Congo and Western imports.

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The first overview of the culture and customs of the Dominican Republic.

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For students and general readers, Rodell (history, Georgia Southern U.) begins with a chronology of the history of the Southern Pacific island cluster. Then he considers such aspects as land and people, art and literature, cuisine and fashion, entertainment, music and dance, and social customs and l

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Venezuela, one of the least-known countries in Latin America, is brilliantly spotlighted in Culture and Customs of Venezuela. This oil-rich nation sustained a stable democracy until the economic downturn in the 1980s, and changes in the social and political spheres will bring the country under increasing scrutiny from the outside world.

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Venezuela, one of the least-known countries in Latin America, is brilliantly spotlighted in Culture and Customs of Venezuela. This oil-rich nation sustained a stable democracy until the economic downturn in the 1980s, and changes in the social and political spheres will bring the country under increasing scrutiny from the outside world.

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Zambia stands out in Africa as one of the continent's most peaceful countries. The interesting ways that tradition and modernity conflict and combine in contemporary Zambia are prime considerations in this book.

This book explores Zambia's culture, with an eye toward its historical experiences and its particular endowments.