Ethnography
Books that tell life stories through the use of personal and eyewitness accounts.
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Immigrant Lives
General Resources
African Americans
Asian Americans
Basque Americans
Dutch Americans
French Americans
French Canadians
German Americans
Germans from Russia
Greek & Armenian Americans
Irish Americans
Italian Americans
Latino Americans
Polish Americans
Russian Americans
Scandinavian Americans
Lives in Stress
Addiction
Crime & Delinquency
Economic Stress
Gangs
Loss
Prison
Lives in Families
Family life
Marriage & relationships
Childhood
Adolescence
Adoption
Foster Care
Orphans
Domestic Violence
Sexuality
Teenage Pregnancy
Lives in Health
Autism & Learning Disabilities
Cancer
Deaf Experience
Depression & Anxiety
Eating Disorders
Epidemics
Mental Health Issues
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Lives in Religion
Early American Religion
20th Century Religion
Christianity:
Amish, Hutterite & Mennonite
Latter Day Saints
Quaker
Islam
Judaism
Lives in Places:
Africa
Asia (East)
Asia (South/Central)
Asia (West/Middle East)z
Europe
Mexico, Caribbean & Central America
Oceania
South America
Native American
North America: N Eastern
North America S Eastern
North America: S. Central
North America: Midwestern
North America: Western
North America: Far West
Lives in Times:
Colonial to 1900
Colonial America through
the American Revolution
America 1784-1860
Civil War Era 1860-1870
America 1870-1920
20th century
1900-1920
America 1920s
America 1930s
America 1940s
Holocaust
Japanese Experience
During the War Years
America 1950s
America 1960s
America 1970s
America 1980s
America 1990s
Lives in Work
Education
Working in America
Craftsmen
Farmers
Farm Workers
Finance & Business
Law & Justice
Logging
Outlaws
Industrialization
Merchants
Miners
Pirates
Railroad & Transportation
Servants
Soldiers & Sailors
Teachers
Traders
 IMMIGRANT LIVES
Ethnography that focuses on the immigrant experience in America and the influences of ethnicity for groups like the Irish, German etc. |  LIVES IN FAMILIES:
Ethnographies about family life, children, relationships. |
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 LIVES IN HEALTH: Ethnographies about the experience of epidemics, health issues and their effect on families. |  LIVES IN RELIGION:
Ethnography that focuses on families that were part of a specific religious movement. |
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 LIVES IN STRESS
Ethnography that focuses on the experiences caused by substance abuse, crime, prison, trauma |  LIVES IN Work
Ethnography that focuses on work, education, occupation |
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 LIVES IN PLACES:
AFRICA |  LIVES IN PLACES:
ASIA (EASTERN)
China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Cambodia & Thailand |
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 LIVES IN PLACES:
ASIA: (CENTRAL)
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Mynamar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet. |  LIVES IN PLACES: WESTERN ASIA (MIDDLE EAST):
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, All Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan,Yemen. |
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 LIVES IN PLACES:
EUROPE |  LIVES IN PLACES:
LATIN AMERICA: Mexico the Caribbean & Central America |
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 LIVES IN PLACES:
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela |  LIVES IN PLACES:
OCEANIA
Australia, Fiji, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Phillipines,] Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu |
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 LIVES IN PLACES:
NORTH AMERICA
Native American |  LIVES IN PLACES:
NORTH AMERICA
NORTHEASTERN
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont - Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island, Canada |
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 LIVES IN PLACES:
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTHEASTERN
Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia |  LIVES IN PLACES:
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH CENTRAL
Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas |
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 LIVES IN PLACES
NORTH AMERICA
MIDWESTERN
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio - Ontario, Canada |  LIVES IN PLACES:
NORTH AMERICA
WESTERN
Colorado, Kansas Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming - Saskatchewan & Manitoba, Canada |
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 LIVES IN PLACES:
NORTH AMERICA
FAR WESTERN
Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington - British Columbia & Alberta, Canada |  LIVES IN TIMES:
Ethnography by time era.
20th century |
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 LIVES IN TIMES:
Ethnography by time era.
Colonial to 1900 |
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