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San Blas Islands

(Encyclopedia)San Blas Islands mo͞oläˈtäs [key], archipelago off the northeast coast of Panama. It consists of 332 coral islands. The inhabitants are almost pure-blooded aborigines of Carib origin; fishing and ...

Veríssimo, Érico Lopes

(Encyclopedia)Veríssimo, Érico Lopes ĕˈrēko͝o lo͝opəs vərēsˈsēmo͝o [key], 1905–75, Brazilian writer. Veríssimo lectured and taught in the United States. He wrote (in English) Brazilian Literature (1...

Lévi-Strauss, Claude

(Encyclopedia)Lévi-Strauss, Claude klōd lāˈvē-strous [key], 1908–2009, French anthropologist, b. Brussels, Belgium, Ph.D Univ. of Paris, 1948. He carried out research in Brazil from 1935 to 1939. From 1942 t...

Toulouse

(Encyclopedia)Toulouse to͞olo͞ozˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 365,933), capital of Haute-Garonne dept., S France, on the Garonne River. France's fastest growing region, it is one of France's great cultural and commer...

Douglas, Norman

(Encyclopedia)Douglas, Norman (George Norman Douglas), 1868–1952, British novelist and essayist, b. Scotland. He spent the years from 1894 to 1896 in diplomatic service in Russia but resigned from the foreign ser...

Hewlett, Maurice Henry

(Encyclopedia)Hewlett, Maurice Henry hyo͞oˈĭt [key], 1861–1923, English novelist, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his historical romances, such as The Forest Lovers (1898; based on Malory), The Life a...

New Braunfels

(Encyclopedia)New Braunfels brounˈfəlz [key], city (1990 pop. 22,334), seat of Comal co., S central Tex., on the Guadalupe River; inc. 1847. Portland cement, consumer goods, crushed limestone, furniture, and leat...

Maykop

(Encyclopedia)Maykop mīkôpˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 149,000), capital of Adygey Republic, Krasnodar Territory, S European Russia, at the foot of the Greater Caucasus and on the Belaya River. It has machinery, lum...

Linton, Ralph

(Encyclopedia)Linton, Ralph, 1893–1953, American anthropologist, b. Philadelphia, B.A. Swarthmore College, 1915, Ph.D. Harvard, 1925. He was (1922–28) assistant curator at the Field Museum, Chicago, then taught...

Kwanzaa

(Encyclopedia)Kwanzaa or Kwanza both: kwänˈzə [key], secular seven-day festival in celebration of the African heritage of African Americans, beginning on Dec. 26. Developed by Maulana Karenga and first observed ...