Peoples of the World

by Mirella Ferrera

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8854003808
• ISBN13: 9788854003804
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: VMB Publishers
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Lovely, but biased

I loved this book. It was very informative and covered many different cultures, but I sensed some racists beliefs. A couple comments about some of tribes seemed like they were written by a... "civilized" person. They were little and unobtrusive enough to ignore but I feel the author could have worded the sentences differently. Also, the Native American section seemed rushed and went into very little detail. It treated the Indians like they were all the same though with little differences. I feel they should have been covered seperately because the Indians in each region differ noticeably. The way some of the sentences are worded makes it sound like a fact that only applies to one tribe applies to all. There is also no mention of past troubles (like the "Trail of Tears" or many relocations) or recent accomplishments (like opening colleges or casinos). The pictures were beautiful, and are never tiring. I love looking through them time after time. The captions are relevant and informative. They explain the picture and give a little background.

Loses one star for some inaccuracy

This book is gorgeous and informative, however there are a couple of mistakes i found in the Maori section: women's tattoos are on their chins, not cheeks, and "mana", meaning pride or esteem or honor, is misspelled as "manu", which means bird. Perhaps there are other mistakes in other sections which i don't know about, but these ones take off a star from what is otherwise a very lovely book.