02368cam a2200277 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160080041000330100013000740200015000870350012001020400032001140500023001460820019001692450143001882600059003313000034003905000032004245040051004565050938005075200530014456500034019756500031020097000023020407100027020631999652BD-DhUL20160406155754.0971031s1997    enkb     b    001 0 eng    a97210587  a1873194366  a1999652  aDLCbengcDLCdTOCdBD-DhUL00aGN495.4b.W67 199700a305.56025bWOR00aWorld directory of minorities /cedited by Minority Rights Group ; preface by Alan Phillips ; contributors, Bridget Anderson ... [et al.].  aLondon :bMinority Rights Group International,cc1997.  axvi, 840 p. :bmaps ;c26 cm.  a"Second edition"--P. [xiv].  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPreface / Alan Phillips -- Introduction to the Directory / Miles Litvinoff -- 1. North America / Alex Roslin and Carl Wilson -- 2. Central and South America and the Caribbean / Patrick Costello, Lindsey Crickmay and James Ferguson -- 3. Western Europe / Bridget Anderson -- 4. Central and Eastern Europe / Martyn Rady and Bogdan Szajkowski -- 5. The Commonwealth of Independent States / Anna Matveeva, Neil Melvin and Suzanne Pattle -- 6. The Middle East / David McDowall -- 7. North, West and the Horn of Africa / Julia Maxted and Abebe Zegeye -- 8. Central and Southern Africa / Chris Dammers and David Sogge -- 9. South Asia / Javaid Rehman and Nikhil Roy -- 10. East and South-East Asia / James Chin, David Hawk and Peter O'Neill -- 11. Oceania / John Connell -- Contemporary Legal Standards on Minority Rights / Patrick Thornberry -- Appendix. Basic Documents on Minorities and Indigenous Peoples / Edited by Patrick Thornberry.  aThe World Directory of Minorities is an authoritative, concise and up-to-date reference book on the contemporary situation of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities worldwide. Covering more than 200 states and dependent territories, and over 700 minority groups, this region-by-region and country-by-country study provides a coherent and wide-ranging introduction to international, regional and local minority rights issues, complete with key bibliographical references and listings of organizations active in the field. 0aEthnic groupsxEncyclopedias. 0aMinoritiesxEncyclopedias.1 aAnderson, Bridget.2 aMinority Rights Group.