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Ethnic groups

LC control no.sh 85045172
LC classificationGN495.4
Topical headingEthnic groups
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Variant(s)Ethnic identities
Ethnic nations (Ethnic groups)
Groups, Ethnic
Kindred groups (Ethnic groups)
Nationalities (Ethnic groups)
Peoples (Ethnic groups)
See alsoindividual ethnic groups, e.g. Hopi Indians
Ethnology
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Scope noteHere are entered theoretical works on the concept of groups of people who are bound together by common ties of ancestry and culture. Works on the subjective sense of belonging to an individual ethnic group are entered under Ethnicity. Works on the discipline of ethnology, and works on the origin, distribution, and characteristics of the elements of the population of a particular region or country are entered under Ethnology, with appropriate local subdivision. General works on racial, religious, ethnic, or other minority groups are entered under Minorities.
Subject example tracingNotes under Ethnicity; Ethnology; Minorities
Found inWikipedia, Feb. 1, 2007 (ethnic groups; ethnic identities; ethnic nations; kindred groups; nationalities; peoples)