eHRAF World Cultures
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Primary source materials on hundreds of cultures and ethnic groups. Contains ethnographic and other documents describing cultural and social life that are organized by culture or ethnicity. International scope.
Contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. eHRAF is a compilation of mostly descriptive documents (books, manuscripts, journal articles, dissertations) written by anthropologists, sociologists, other social scientists, travelers, and missionaries. Topics range from how the people of the culture live their daily lives, solve their conflicts, and raise their children; their religious beliefs and practices, history, etc.
Produced by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) at Yale University.
Also Known As:
- HRAF Collection of Ethnography
- eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
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