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Ethnology

Library of Congress Subject Headings · S85045198 · Descriptor revision e46df907d0e7b4e8

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Scope of this subject

Here, with appropriate local subdivision, are entered works on the discipline of ethnology, and works on the origin, distribution, and characteristics of the elements of the population of a particular region or country. Theoretical works on the concept of groups of people who are bound together by common ties of ancestry and culture are entered under [Ethnic groups.] Works on the subjective sense of belonging to an individual ethnic group are entered under [Ethnicity.] General works on racial, religious, ethnic, or other minority groups are entered under [Minorities.]

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Names and connections

Cultural anthropology; Ethnography; Races of man; Social anthropology

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Local answer status

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Numeric address and provenance

Morton address: 326656384475481668 · morton4x16-v1

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