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Culture and Customs of Haiti begins with an overview of the mountainous island that seemed forbidding to European colonizers. Finally, chapters on the performing arts and visual arts evoke the energy and color of the people in such forms as vaudou jazz and dance, contemporary rara rock, and the folkloric influence on Haitian painting.

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Culture and Customs of Haiti begins with an overview of the mountainous island that seemed forbidding to European colonizers. Finally, chapters on the performing arts and visual arts evoke the energy and color of the people in such forms as vaudou jazz and dance, contemporary rara rock, and the folkloric influence on Haitian painting.

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This book provides a one-stop introduction to the history, culture, and personalities of Hungary, a fascinating country located at the heart of Europe and born at the crossroads of civilizations.

Hungary today is most certainly a Central European nation in terms of a modern geopolitical and cultural understanding of Europe.

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India and the Indian ways of life in the 21st century are overviewed in this volume. Topics include the caste system, Hinduism, the sari, women's roles, festivals, art and literature, landscape and architecture, food and dress, and world view.

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This volume highlights those traditional Japanese elements in modern society, providing an engaging examination of religious rituals, classic and modern literature, performing arts, fine arts and handicrafts, housing, clothing, women's roles and family life, holidays and festivals, and social customs.

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This volume highlights those traditional Japanese elements in modern society, providing an engaging examination of religious rituals, classic and modern literature, performing arts, fine arts and handicrafts, housing, clothing, women's roles and family life, holidays and festivals, and social customs.

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After a solid overview of the land, people, and history in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 covers religion. Highlighted in the Social Customs chapter are the topics of honor, shame, and respect, social clubs, and more on women's roles in the middle class.

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Kenya, a land of safaris, wild animals, and Maasai warriors, perfectly represents Africa for many Westerners. This peerless single-source book presents the contemporary reality of life in Kenya, an important East-African nation that has served as a crossroads for peoples and cultures from Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia for centuries.

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Ideal for high school students and undergraduates, this volume explores contemporary life and culture in Libya.

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Moroccan culture today is a blend of Berber, African, Arab, Jewish, and European influences in an Islamic state. In the Literature and Media chapter, the oral culture of the Berbers and the new preference for Western-style education and use of French and even English are highlights.

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This book provides an overview of the history, culture, and society of Namibia, a country on which little information in English exists.

Namibia is a sizeable and significant country in southern Africa that is little known to the outside world.

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Nigeria, one of the largest and most important countries in Africa, is rich in traditions and customs, both indigenous and modern.

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Nigeria, one of the largest and most important countries in Africa, is rich in traditions and customs, both indigenous and modern.

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This thorough introduction to modern-day Norway and Norwegian culture shows the impact a small country can have on the world in terms of peace building, environmental issues, technological innovation, and more.

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Saudi culture is in constant flux, and the culture gap between the West and Saudi Islamic culture is wide. Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam, and the basic Islamic values of Saudi culture have remained to this day.

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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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An engaging and thorough overview of Taiwanese culture and customs.

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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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This book is the first to balance an account of the traditional life and history of the Hmong as a global people, with a full account of their modern, urban lives.

Culture and Customs of the Hmong takes a global approach to understanding the Hmong, a people who have lived in China for more than 4,000 years.

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Culture and Customs of the Philippines provides the best general overview to the Asian archipelago and to a people with close ties to the United States and a long history of emigration and contributions to this country.

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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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This is the essential reference source to turn to for solid insight into Uganda.

The wealth of detail in the coverage of the subjects above plus the land, people, history, literature, architecture/housing, cuisine, dress, gender roles, social customs and lifestyle, provides readers with broad sense of the country and its inhabitants.

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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.