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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. An outdated edition of European cultures ... but this way the book becomes useful for history, and not just cultural studies, capturing customs and attitudes as they were in 1973, which simply fascinates me. I love the pictures, and the intimate descriptions and stories of people as they were and probably no longer are or ever will be. After 35 years of globalization, I know nothing will ever be the same--quaint, cute, and endearing (I say this partly with tongue-in-cheek)--but Peoples of the Earth recognizes that, identifying changes that have already taken place even apart from America's influence. At the same time, it inspires faith in the lasting power of identity and tradition, because no matter how many ideas are borrowed from the dominating (world) culture, human creativity and originality imposes its own twists and styles, making it, again, all its own. no reviews | add a review
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