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Preferred term

Ethnology  

Definition

  • Science that deals with the division of human beings into races and their origin, distribution, relations and characteristics; anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures [Merriam Webster Online]

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Entry terms

  • Anthropology, cultural
  • Anthropology, social
  • Cultural anthropology
  • History, human, ethnology
  • Human history, ethnology
  • Social anthropology

Notation

  • 117637

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-PXSNBH6G-F

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