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This reader presents concise, illustrated sketches of numerous human groups around the world for young readers, explaining physical types, geographic distribution, and distinctive customs across continents. Beginning with Arctic and American peoples and proceeding through Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, each short chapter describes characteristic features, material culture, and daily life while urging respect for cultural difference. The text emphasizes patterns of racial types and migration, supplies photographs, drawings, and a world map, and closes with a bibliography for further study.

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Title: Strange Peoples

Author: Frederick Starr

Release date: July 25, 2020 [eBook #62749]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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AUSTRALIAN (RATZEL).

Ethno-Geographic Reader, No. 1

STRANGE PEOPLES

BY
FREDERICK STARR
BOSTON, U.S.A.
D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS
1901
Ethno-Geographic Readers.
BY FREDERICK STARR.
No. 1. STRANGE PEOPLES. 40 CENTS.
No. 2. AMERICAN INDIANS. 45 CENTS.
No. 3. HOW MEN DO. IN PREPARATION.
D. C. HEATH & CO., Publishers
Copyright, 1901,
By Frederick Starr.
Plimpton Press
H. M. Plimpton & CO., PRINTERS & BINDERS
NORWOOD, MASS., U.S.A.
THIS BOOK
STRANGE PEOPLES
IS DEDICATED TO
WILLIAM FOSTER YOUNG