THIRD WORLD COMMUNITIES

Research Guide

 

FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION

 

The following sources might provide introductory information on individual peasant societies:

 

Hum~ Relations Area File (HRAF) (online, ask at Reference Desk)

From HRAF’s home page, click “BROWSE CULTURES”

 

Atlas of World Cultures. 1989. (ref 0 1046 El P46)

Encyclopedia of World Cultures. 1991- . (ref GN 307 E53)

Handbook of Middle American Indians. 1964. (ref F 1434 H3)

Handbook of South American Indians. 1963. (ref E 51 U6)

Illustrated Encyclopedia ofMankind. 1978. (ref ON 307 144)

The Indians of Central and South America. (ref F 1434 045 1991)

Peoples of the World: Africans South of the Sahara. 1991. (ref GN 645 M6)

Peoples of the World: Latin Americans. (ref F 1408.3 M84 1989)

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life 4v. (ref GN333 W67 1998 4v.)

 

FINDING IN-DEPTH STUDIES

 

To find books and chapters in books, check the CSUB Library Catalog under subjects related to your peasant group. For example, under KEY WORD option:

 

1.   Type a specific group: e.g., AYMAYA

 

2.   Type a geographical region associated with a group:

 

e.g., BOLIVIA* PEASANT*

PERU’S PEASANT*

GUATEMALA* PEASANT*

 

FINDING CURRENT INFORMATION

 

To find news and scholarly articles, look in the following periodical indexes (*available on computer):

 

News

Lexis/Nexis

National Geographic Index (ref 01 N27)

Reader ~ GuidetoPeriodicalLiterature*

Scholarly

Abstracts in Anthropology

Social Sciences Abstracts*

Sociological AbstractsÕ~

Handbook of Latin American Studies

(http://1cweb2.loc.gov/hlas/)

HRAF

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

 

Latin American Network Information Center (http://info.lanic.utexas. edu/~ World Fact Book (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html)

 

Dictionary of Concepts in CulturalAnthropolocy. (ref ON 307 W56 1991)

Dictionary ofRace and Ethnic Relations. (ref ON 496 .C37 1994)

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. (ref ON 307 E52 1996)

Encyclopedia of the Third World. (ref HC 59.7 K87 1992)

Ethnic Relations: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia. (ref ON 496 L48 1994)

Statistical Handbook on Poverty in the Developing World (ref HC59.72 P6 S73 1999)