Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World

This book addresses the numerous national movements of ethnic groups around the world seeking independence, more self-rule, or autonomy—movements that have proliferated exponentially in the 21st century. In the last 15 years, globalization, religious radicalization, economic changes, endangered cultures and languages, cultural suppression, racial tensions, and many other factors have stimulated the emergence of autonomy and independence movements in every corner of the world—even in areas formerly considered immune to self-government demands such as South America. Researching the numerous ethnic groups seeking autonomy or independence worldwide previously required referencing many specialized publications. This book makes this difficult-to-find information available in a single volume, presented in a simple format accessible to everyone, from high school readers to scholars in advanced studies programs. The book provides an extensive update to Greenwood's Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World that was published more than a decade earlier. Each ethnic group receives an alphabetically organized entry containing information such as alternate names, population figures, flag or flags, geography, history, culture, and languages. All the information readers need to understand the motivating factors behind each movement and the current situation of each ethnic group is presented in a compact summary. Fact boxes at the beginning of each entry enable students to quickly access key information, and consistent entry structure makes for easy cross-cultural comparisons.

Table of Contents:
Preface Introduction Ababda Abaza Abkhaz Aborigine Acehnese Acholi Afar Afrikaner Agul Ahaggar Ahwazi Aimaq Ainu Ajar Alaskan Alawite Albertan Alevi Alsatian Altai Alur Ambonese Amdowa Andalusian Andino Anishinabe Anjouani Ankole Antioquian Anuak Anyi Aragonese Arakanese Aramean Arequipeño Aromanian Artsakhi Ashanti Asiri Assamese Assyrian Astrakhan Tatar Asturian Avar Aymara Azande Baganda Bai Baja Californian Bakassi Bakongo Balawari Balinese Balkar Baloch Balt Bamileke Banateni Banga Banyoro Bari Bashkort Basoga Basque Basrawi Batak Batoro Bavarian Beja Bhil Bhutia Bodo Bougainvillian Brahui Breton British Columbian Bubi Buryat Cabindan Camba Canarian Cantabrian Caper Caribeño Carioca Carpatho-Rusyn Casamancais Cascadian Catalan Cebuano Chaldean Cham Chapaco Chechen Chenoui Chihuahuan Chocoano Chuvash Circassian Copt Corfiot Cornish Corsican Cretan Crimean Tatar Cyrenaican Dagara Dagomba Dai Dalmatian Dargwa Daur Dayak Degar Dhofari Dimasa Don Cossack Dong Dongxiang Druze Dungan Eastern Arabian Eastern Mongol Edo Emilian Erzya Ewe Far Easterner Faroese Fezzani Flemish Florinese Frisian Friuli Fur Gagauz Galician Garifuna Garo Gascon Gaucho Gayonese Gilaki Giulian Gond Gorkha Guanacasteco Guayaco Hadhrami Hani Hausa Hawaiian Hazara Hejazi Hmong Hong Konger Hui Ibibio Igbo Igorot Ijaw Ingrian Ingush Iroquois Isaaq Isan Istrian Iteso Itsekiri Jejuan Jumma Kabard Kabyle Kachin Kalmyk Kanuri Karachay Karakalpak Karapapak Karbi Karelian Karen Karenni Kasaian Kashmiri Katangese Kaurareg Kelantanese Kewri Khakass Khalaj Khasi Khmer Krom Kho Khorasani Turk Khorazemi Koch-Rajbongshi Kodava Komi Kryashen Kuban Cossack Kuki Kumyk Kurd Ladakhi Lahu Lak Lakota Lango Lanna Laz Leonese Lezgin Li Ligurian Limonense Lombard Loretan Lozi Lunda-Chokwe Lur Lusitanian Maasai Madheshi Mahra Manchu Maori Mappila Mapuche Mari Maronite Maya Mazandarani Meithei Merina Merya Meskhetian Miao Minahasan Minangkabau Mingrelian Mishar Miskito Mixe Mizo Moksha Mombasan Mon Monguor Moro Mossi Mozabite Muhajir Myeik-Dawei Nafusi Naga Nahua Najrani Nakhi Navajo Ndebele Ndowe Neapolitan Neoleónese Niasan Nissart Nogai Nordestino Norman Northern Russian Novgorodian Novogallego Nuba Nuer Nung Occitan Ogadeni Ogoni Okinawan Orenburg Cossack Oromo Ossetian Otomi Pa-O Padanian Palaung Palestinian Pamiri Papuan Pashtun Pastuso Patagonian Pattani Paulista Piedmontese Pomak Pomor Provençal Puerto Rican Purépecha Qashqai Qiang Quebecois Quechua Rabha Raizal Riau Riffian Rohingya Romagnol Rutul Rwenzori Sabahan Saharawi Saho Sakha Salar Sami Sandzak Santal Saraiki Sarawakian Sardinian Savoyard Scanian Scot Shabak Shammar Shan Shawia Shilha Shilluk Siberian Siberian Tatar Sicilian Sidama Sikh Silesian Sindhi Somali Bantu Sonorense Soqotri South Azeri South Congolese South Sulawesi South Turkestani South Yemeni Southern Cameroonian Southern Mongol Southerner Srivijan Sulista Sumbanese Szekely Tabasaran Tai Ahom Tai Dam Taiwanese Talysh Tamazight Tamil Tat Tatar Tausug Tay Teke Tenere Tuareg Teptyar Terek Cossack Texan Tibetan Tiv Toubou Transylvanian Tripuri Tsakhur Tuareg Tujia Tumbuka Turkmen Turkmensahra Tuscan Tuvan Tyrolean Ubangi Udmurt Ugrian Uighur Uralnak Urhobo Valencian Venda Venetian Veracruzano Vermonter Vojvodinian Volga Bulgar Volga German Wa Walloon Walser Wayuu Waziri Welsh Western Armenian Yao Yarsan Yezidi Yi Yoruba Yucateco Yusufzai Zalessian Zanzibari Zapotec Zaza Zhuang Zomi Zulian Zulu Appendix A: Declarations of Independence Appendix B: Geographic Distribution and National Organizations Index

About the Author :
James B. Minahan is an independent scholar who has written a number of reference books on international statehood and identity, including ABC-CLIO's Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia and Greenwood's Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World.

Review :
Well sourced and written, this work is worth acquiring to replace the earlier editions, especially if shelf space is at a premium. Summing Up: Recommended. High school, community college, and undergraduate students; general readers. This is an easy-to-use resource that would be at home in any institution that supports a global studies, political science, international relations, human geography or conflict analysis/dispute programme. . . . [I]t is an excellent resource on a timely and important subject matter.