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Music and Dance
Food
Leisure and Sports
Media and Popular Culture
Each entry concludes with a list of cross references and Further Readings, pointing
readers to additional print and electronic resources that might prove useful.
Following the chapters are appendices, including the feature “A Day in the Life,”
which depicts “typical” days in the lives of people living in that country, from students
to farmers to factory workers to stay-at-home and working mothers. A Glossary, Facts
and Figures section, and Holidays chart round out the appendices. Volumes include a
Selected Bibliography, as well as sidebars that are scattered throughout the text.
The volumes in the Understanding Modern Nations series are not intended to be
comprehensive compendiums about every nation of the world, but instead are meant
to serve as introductory texts for readers, examining key topics from major countries
studied in the high school curriculum as well as important transitioning countries that
make headlines daily. It is our hope that readers will gain an understanding of and ap-
preciation for cultures and histories other than their own.
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