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Cultural Relativity

I. Regional Information

Africa : South of the Sahara
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/zaire.html

Asian Studies (Virtual Library)
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html

Europa, the European Union's Server
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/

Latin American Studies (Virtual Library)
http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html

Middle East Studies- MENIC (Virtual Library)
http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/

WebChron: Historical and Cross-Cultural Chronologies
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/

II. Superstructure of the Target Culture

(General Sources)

Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#about

World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html

a) Geography & Demographics

(Geography)

National Geographic Map Atlas
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/atlas/cindex.html

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html

CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Encyclopedia Britannica

(Demographics)

International Census Database
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/idbsum.html

United Nations Infonation Comparative Statistics
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm

International Statistics Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stforeig.html

Unesco's Statistical Yearbook
http://unescostat.unesco.org/en/stats/stats0.htm

World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm

International Crime Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ijs.htm#UN

b) Government & Politics

Arms Trade Data Base - CDI
http://atdb.cdi.org/

Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html

Elections & Electoral Systems by Country
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/election.htm

World Political Leaders

http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/00index.htm

Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html

Political Resources on the Net
http://www.agora.stm.it/politic/

War, Peace & Security Guide
http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca:80/links/index.html

Patterns of Global Terrorism
http://www.usis.usemb.se/terror

Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html

Amnesty International'sHuman Rights Reports
http://www.amnesty.org/

Homelands: Autonomy, Secession, Independence and Nationalist Movements
http://www.wavefront.com/~homelands/

c) Economics & Business

World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Country Commercial Guides
http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/index.html

Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management - International Business Information Centre
http://www.t-bird.edu/research/ibic/links/default.asp

Social Indicators of Development of Third World Countries
http://www.ciesin.org/IC/wbank/sid-home.html

Trends in Developing Economies
http://www.ciesin.org/IC/wbank/tde-home.html

World Bank Country Data 1999 - 2000 (selected)
http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html

Energy Use & Production by Country
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html

International Food Outlook & Shortages
http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/economic/giews/english/giewse.htm

Agricultural Production by Country
http://apps.fao.org/lim500/agri_db.pl

Agricultural Marketing Information
http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~marketing/market.html

d) Education, Science & Technology

(education)

Unesco's Statistics on Education
http://unescostat.unesco.org/en/stats/centre.htm

Educational Indicators: An International Perspective
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs/eiip/

How the US Compares to its Trade Partners (education)
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/

Unesco's Statistical Yearbook
http://unescostat.unesco.org

(environment)

World Resources 1996-97: a guide to the global environment
http://www.wri.org/wri/wr-96-97/96tocful.html

World Resources 1998-99: a guide to the global environment
http://www.wri.org/wr-98-99

World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Conservation Databases
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/cis/index.html

State of the World's Forests
http://www.fao.org/forestry/forestry.htm

III Infra-structure of the Target Culture

a) Cosmology & Religion

Religion and Philosophy Resources on the Internet
http://www.bu.edu/sth/library/resources.html

Virtual Religion Index
http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/comp_rel.html

World Scriptures : a comparative anthology of sacred texts
http://www.unification.net/ws/

Yahoo: Faiths & Practices
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/

IV Social Structure

(see Reference Books for more indepth information)

Ethnologue: languages of the world
http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/ethnologue.html

Ethnic World Survey
http://www.partal.com/ciemen/ethnic.html

World Wide Holiday and Festival Page
http://www.HolidayFestival.com/

Global Gastronomer - Foods of the World
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/hupfer/global/gastronomer.html

Ethnomusicology
http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/world.html

Ethnic & National Music
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/ethnic.html

(family life & values)

Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#about

(News)

News Sources by Region
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/newsp/news.htm

NewsDirectory
http://www.newsdirectory.com

Reuter's International Headlines
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/wl/

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