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T h e co st is $47.50, plu s $4.00 ship p in g a n d handling. C o n ta c t R eferen c e Services Press, 1100 In d u stria l R oad, Su ite 9, San C arlos, CA 94070. IS B N 0-918276-15-2. • E n c y c lo p e d ia o f W o r ld C u ltu r e s : V o l­ u m e I I , O c e a n ia , e d ite d by T e re n c e E . H ays (409 p ag es, S e p te m b e r 1991), offers a sociological an d h istorical d e sc rip tio n o f every cu ltu ral g ro u p in th e region. F o r exam ple, th e listing for th e Sengseng p e o p le o f so u th w est N e w B rita in d e ta ils th e ir d e m o g rap h y , linguistic affiliation, h istory a n d cu l­ tu ra l relatio n s, settlem e n ts, econom y, kinship, m ar­ riag e a n d fam ily custom s, sociopolitical organiza­ January 1992 / 55 tion, a n d religious a n d expressive c u lture. T h e first volum e, p u b lish ed in M arch 1991, covers N o rth A merica; th e ten-volum e set will b e co m p lete in 1993. 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