Vanishing Cultures
9 total works
Jan Reynolds lived with a family in the Himalaya to document the daily life of the salt traders, who for centuries have traveled by yak between Tibet and Nepal. Told from a young girl s point of view, the simple text is augmented by dramatic full-color photographs. Her books will be a welcome addition to the increasing roster-meeting an increased demand-of multicultural literature for children. -Publishers Weekly
Describes the traditional ways of life of an Inuit family living in the Canadian Northwest Territories and some of the changes they have had to face.
Examines the vanishing culture of the Tiwi tribe, aborigines who live on a small island off the coast of Australia.
Describes, in text and photographs, the vanishing culture of the Samis, the reindeer herders of Lapland.
Describes, in text and photographs, the vanishing culture of the Yanomama, a primitive group that lives in the Amazon Territory of Venezuela.