From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8-High-quality, full-color photography combines with clearly written text and meaningful sidebars to create informative and attractive overviews of modern life in other countries. The chapters are well organized and include the most sought-after material for reports such as history, geography, government, economy, society, and religions. They also cover food, festivals, the arts, and leisure activities. Topographical and political maps are clear with map indexes and keys. A "Quick Notes" page, bibliography, and glossary are appended. Both volumes emphasize the influence of geographic location on a country's socioeconomic status. Yemen includes much detail about Arabic culture and the Muslim influence on the area. Mongolia is shown as an interesting blend of the cultures of Asia. Both books provide students with lively and accurate pictures of these modern nations.Elizabeth Stumpf, Clearfield Middle School, PA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Card catalog description
Describes the geography, history, government, economy, people, lifestyle, religion, language, arts, leisure, festivals, and food of Mongolia.
Mongolia ANNOTATION
Describes the geography, history, government, economy, people, lifestyle, religion, language, arts, leisure, festivals, and food of Mongolia.
FROM THE CRITICS
Children's Literature - Uma Krishnaswami
Part of the publisher's "Cultures of the World" series (titles range from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe), this book incorporates the rich photographic imagery characteristic of Time-Life productions. A wide variety of subjects are covered, from lifestyles and religions to geography, history, leisure, and food. A praiseworthy effort has been made to include contemporary as well as traditional images of this ancient culture but relatively young independent nation. A few notes, however, have a decidedly patronizing ring -- why, for instance, should one "expect Mongolian society to be rather underdeveloped from a cultural and artistic point of view" simply because of its nomadic nature? And what does "underdeveloped" mean, anyway, in a cultural and artistic context? A map, notes, glossary, bibliography and index round out the book.
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