Ethnic groups
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ethnic groups
- Here 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.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045172
- info:lc/authorities/sh85045172
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85045172#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Ethnic identities
- Ethnic nations (Ethnic groups)
- Groups, Ethnic
- Kindred groups (Ethnic groups)
- Nationalities (Ethnic groups)
- Peoples (Ethnic groups)
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Wikipedia, Feb. 1, 2007 (ethnic groups; ethnic identities; ethnic nations; kindred groups; nationalities; peoples)
LC Classification
- GN495.4
General Notes
- Here 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.]
Example Notes
- Notes under [Ethnicity; Ethnology; Minorities]
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2007-03-09: revised
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