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Dorothea Benton Frank 53
Wilbur Smith 48
Sherryl Woods 46
Nadine Gordimer 36
Staden, Hans 34
South Africa 32
Mary Alice Monroe 30
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 30
Nelson Mandela 27
Charles Darwin 27
Jean de Léry 26
Xavier Albó 25
Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff 25
Garcilaso de la Vega 23
South Carolina. General Assembly. Legislative Audit Council 23
Various 22
Art Gallery of New South Wales. 22
J. M. Coetzee 22
Erland Nordenskiöld 22
Alexander von Humboldt 22
José de Acosta 22
Luis Millones 21
Winston S. Churchill 20
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Judiciary Committee 20
Federico Kauffmann Doig 20
Europa Europa Publications 20
Desmond Tutu 19
South Methodist Episcopal Church 19
Ulrich Schmidel 19
Theodor Koch-Grünberg 18
Ian Knight 18
South Carolina. Constitutional Convention 18
Gray, Stephen 18
Luis Guillermo Lumbreras 18
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 18
Karel Schoeman 18
Proyecto Andino de Tecnologías Campesinas (Peru) 18
South Carolina. General Assembly. Legislative Audit Council. 18
Rafael Karsten 17
Carolyn G. Hart 17
Dave Marx 17
Clive Gibson 17
South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 17
Jim Morekis 17
Christopher Hope 16
Rand McNally 16
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Military Committee. 16
Zakes Mda 16
Johannes Wilbert 16
José de Acosta 15
Hans Dietrich Disselhoff 15
Peru (Viceroyalty) 15
Gavin Hoole 15
John William Colenso 15
England). Statistical Committee Metropolitan Asylums Board (London 15
Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala 14
Jorge Rabassa 14
Wendell Clark Bennett 14
Robin Malan 14
Serrano, Antonio 14
Alcida Rita Ramos 14
Cornelius Pauw 14
Deon Meyer 14
Athol Fugard 14
Rogger Ravines 14
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Ways and Means Committee 14
Free State Archives Depot (South Africa) 14
South Africa. 14
South Africa. Office of the Auditor-General 14
James McClure 14
Bob Sehlinger 13
Christine Feehan 13
Church of South India. 13
Niki Daly 13
Claude Lévi-Strauss 13
Frederic-Andre Engel 13
South African National Gallery. 13
Sušnik, Branislava. 13
Summer Institute of Linguistics. 13
Carlos Ponce Sanginés 13
Bata Passchier 13
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America. 13
South Africa. Office of the Auditor-General. 13
Pedro de Cieza de León 13
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Committee on Incorporations 13
South Dakota. Legislature. State Legislative Research Council. 13
Metropolitan Asylums Board (London, England) 13
Julio C. Tello 13
José Vieira Couto de Magalhães 13
Stephen Birnbaum 12
Louis Baudin 12
Darcy Ribeiro 12
Anne Rivers Siddons 12
Andre Brink 12
L. Divine 12
Alan Paton 12
Jennifer Watson 12
Art Gallery of South Australia. 12
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Indians of South America 12,105
History 8,306
Accessible book 8,073
Protected DAISY 5,578
Antiquities 2,818
Politics and government 2,741
Biography 2,216
Social conditions 1,946
Social life and customs 1,923
Fiction 1,784
South Africa 1,477
Travel 1,349
Description and travel 1,305
Congresses 1,139
South African War, 1899-1902 1,126
Economic conditions 1,122
Government relations 1,028
South africa, fiction 911
South africa, politics and government 903
Missions 895
Race relations 891
Travel - United States 831
Korea (South) 801
University of South Alabama 790
Religion 788
Folklore 773
South carolina, fiction 755
History and criticism 696
Apartheid 667
Incas 667
Juvenile literature 633
Legal status, laws 631
General 603
Guidebooks 586
Pictorial works 577
Bibliography 553
Languages 537
Excavations (Archaeology) 534
South africa, history 532
Blacks 510
Catalogs 503
Education 498
Fiction, historical, general 498
Exhibitions 492
Sources 492
South America 490
South africa, social conditions 466
Foreign relations 457
Republic of South Africa 451
South africa, biography 438
History - General History 434
Travel & holiday guides 425
Civilization 422
United States - South - South Atlantic (General) 415
South africa, race relations 407
Ethnology 405
Land tenure 403
South Carolina 390
Ethnic identity 389
Law and legislation 372
South carolina, history 365
Women 360
Indians of Central America 358
Indians of Mexico 357
Ethnic relations 356
Latin America - South America 348
Fiction, general 346
Church history 343
Economic policy 343
Indians of North America 337
South america, fiction 336
Indigenous peoples 330
Children's fiction 320
South Methodist Episcopal Church 313
Natural history 312
Discovery and exploration 299
Maps & Road Atlases 298
South Carolina Civil War, 1861-1865 291
Agriculture 289
Art 289
United States 284
Indian art 283
African Americans 280
Treatment of Indians 278
Medicine 273
Civil rights 270
Rites and ceremonies 268
Indians 266
Jesuits 266
United States - South Atlantic - Florida 260
South africa, economic conditions 259
Travel - Foreign 258
South asia, politics and government 252
Colonies 251
Histoire 248
Reference 244
South Asians 243
Case studies 235
Maps 235
Indians of south america 234
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People

Nelson Mandela (1918-) 73
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) 31
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) 23
J. M. Coetzee (1940-) 21
Olive Schreiner (1855-1920) 21
Desmond Tutu 16
Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (fl. 1613) 16
Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510-1571?) 16
Winston Churchill Sir (1874-1965) 16
Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) 14
Alan Paton 13
Chung Hee Park (1917-1979) 13
Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon (1865-1958) 13
Gandhi Mahatma (1869-1948) 13
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) 13
Thabo Mbeki 12
Herman Charles Bosman (1905-1951) 11
Nadine Gordimer 11
Ernesto Guevara (1928-1967) 10
Jacob Zuma 10
Jean de Léry (1534-1611) 10
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) 9
Christopher Columbus 9
José Carlos Mariátegui (1894-1930) 9
Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) 9
Roy Campbell (1901-1957) 9
Steve Biko (1946-1977) 9
Zakes Mda 9
Emily Hobhouse (1860-1926) 8
Francisco Pizarro (ca. 1475-1541) 8
Julio C. Tello (1880-1947) 8
Laurens Van der Post 8
Lesslie Newbigin 8
Manuel Quintín Lame Chantre (1883-1967) 8
Winnie Mandela 8
Bartolomé de las Casas (1474-1566) 7
Bessie Head (1937-) 7
Breyten Breytenbach 7
Cetewayo King of Zululand (ca. 1826-1884) 7
David South 7
Evo Morales Ayma (1959-) 7
José de Acosta (1540-1600) 7
Orlando Villas Bôas (1914-) 7
Percy Harrison Fawcett (1867-1925?) 7
Sol. T. Plaatje (1876-1932) 7
Syngman Rhee (1875-1965) 7
Alex La Guma 6
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (1756-1815) 6
Alfred Milner Milner Viscount (1854-1925) 6
Bessie Head (1937-1986) 6
Breaker Morant (1865-1902) 6
Ezekiel Mphahlele 6
Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616) 6
José Gabriel Tupac-Amaru (d. 1781) 6
José de Anchieta (1534-1597) 6
Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rosas (1793-1877) 6
Lope de Aguirre (d. 1561) 6
Redvers Henry Buller Sir (1839-1908) 6
Alcide Dessalines d' Orbigny (1802-1857) 5
Arthur Conan Doyle Sir (1859-1930) 5
Bruce Olson 5
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) 5
Chris Hani (1942-1993) 5
Christiaan Rudolf De Wet (1854-1922) 5
Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts Earl (1832-1914) 5
Gilberto Freyre (1900-) 5
Hans Staden (ca. 1525-ca. 1576) 5
Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892) 5
Hiram Bingham (1875-1956) 5
Ian Hamilton Sir (1853-1947) 5
Johann Baptist von Spix (1781-1826) 5
John Gabriel Stedman (1744-1797) 5
John Law (1671-1729) 5
José María Arguedas 5
Juan Domingo Perón (1895-1974) 5
Lindsay Macmillan 5
Manuel Baigorria 5
Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint 5
Maximilian Wied Prinz von (1782-1867) 5
Pedro Pablo Atusparia (1840-1885) 5
Pedro de Mendoza (1487?-1537) 5
Roque González de Santa Cruz Saint (1576-1628) 5
Sindiwe Magona 5
Solveig Rolfsdottir 5
Theodor Koch-Grünberg (1872-1924) 5
Tupak Katari (1750-1781) 5
Ulrich Schmidel (1510?-1579?) 5
Abraham Lincoln 4
Alexander Dyce (1798-1869) 4
Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512) 4
André Philippus Brink (1935-) 4
António Vieira (1608-1697) 4
B. J. Vorster (1915-) 4
Cláudio Villas Bôas 4
Denmark Vesey (ca. 1767-1822) 4
Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) 4
Francisco de Vitoria (1486?-1546) 4
G. H. von Langsdorff (1774-1852) 4
Gabriel García Márquez (1928-) 4
Guido Boggiani (1861-1901) 4
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Places

South Africa 4,536
Peru 2,553
Brazil 2,118
South Carolina 1,355
United States 1,282
Bolivia 1,069
Argentina 1,012
South America 1,012
Ecuador 959
Colombia 904
India 656
Korea (South) 627
Andes Region 615
South Asia 585
Venezuela 472
Latin America 437
America 401
Great Britain 394
Chile 356
Australia 353
Amazon River Region 321
Paraguay 296
Amazon River Valley 277
South Dakota 225
Massachusetts 209
New South Wales 204
Boston 188
Spain 184
England 163
Georgia (Republic) 162
Mexico 153
Africa 145
Southern Africa 144
North Carolina 136
Canada 126
Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) 124
Andes 113
Charleston (S.C.) 109
Uruguay 107
Cape Town 106
Southern States 106
Transvaal (South Africa) 105
Guyana 104
Bangladesh 93
Florida 84
Georgia 82
Korea 82
Central America 80
Cape Town (South Africa) 79
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) 79
Confederate States of America 79
Pakistan 78
Europe 76
Cape of Good Hope 74
Oceania 74
Charleston 70
China 70
North America 70
South Australia 69
Southeast Asia 68
France 66
London 64
Namibia 64
Johannesburg 62
South End (Boston, Mass.) 60
Amazonas 59
London (England) 59
Foreign countries 58
Johannesburg (South Africa) 58
French Guiana 56
Gran Chaco 56
Boston (Mass.) 55
Germany 55
California 53
Nepal 52
Suriname 52
Developing countries 49
Amérique du Sud 48
Mato Grosso (State) 47
Russia (Federation) 47
Angola 46
Japan 46
Xingu River Valley 46
Zimbabwe 46
USA 45
Amazon River 44
Nāgāland 44
KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) 43
Nāgāland (India) 43
Virginia 43
Korea (North) 42
Transvaal 42
West Bengal 42
Italy 41
Southern Cone of South America 41
New York 39
Southeastern Asia 38
Antarctica 37
Asia 37
New York (State) 37
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Times

20th century 1,263
Civil War, 1861-1865 445
19th century 429
21st century 255
1994- 215
18th century 168
To 1548 111
17th century 86
16th century 82
1836-1909 81
1961- 79
To 1810 78
1775-1865 71
1961-1978 70
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 70
Revolution, 1775-1783 68
1948-1994 64
1960-1988 64
Conquest, 1522-1548 58
1989-1994 57
1978-1989 56
1991- 53
1548-1820 50
1989- 49
1945- 48
1978- 48
To 1809 46
1909-1948 45
1961-1994 42
Wars of Independence, 1806-1830 41
1960- 39
1988- 39
To 1811 39
To 1820 39
1860-1910 37
1982- 36
1980- 35
2002- 32
War of 1880-1881 32
1948-1961 31
1865-1950 28
French colony, 1555-1567 28
1985- 27
Siege, 1899-1900 27
1861-1865 26
To 1836 26
1880-1910 25
To 1806 25
1909-1961 24
1984- 24
1948- 21
1535-1617 20
1951- 20
South African Incursions, 1978-1990 19
1945-1989 17
To 1500 17
1795-1872 16
1817-1860 16
1549-1762 15
1988-2002 15
British occupation, 1765-1947 15
To 1600 15
To 1822 15
1548-1580 14
1946-1990 14
1947- 14
1966- 14
Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 14
1975-1994 13
1985-2002 13
Great Trek, 1836-1840 13
To 1775 13
1500-1548 12
1865- 12
1948-1960 12
1981- 12
To 1814 12
1815-1861 11
To 1556 11
To 1879 11
1788-1851 10
1975- 10
1982-2006 10
South African War, 1899-1902 10
To 1830 10
1933-1945 9
1981-1989 9
1990- 9
2001- 9
Civil War, 1975-2002 9
To 1565 9
To 1795 9
1918- 8
Insurrection of Tupac Amaru, 1780-1781 8
Partition, 1947 8
Revolution, 1971 8
To 1800 8
1919-1968 7
1938-1982 7
1952-1982 7
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First published

2007 1,288
2010 1,249
2001 1,240
2000 1,216
2006 1,216
2009 1,169
2008 1,155
2005 1,141
2011 1,091
2002 1,090
2004 1,073
1999 1,060
2003 1,055
2012 1,018
2013 989
1998 951
1992 914
2014 914
1995 908
1994 901
1997 878
1996 873
1993 834
1989 772
1991 764
1988 761
1987 750
1990 740
1986 708
1985 654
2015 598
1983 559
1982 537
1980 532
1984 509
2016 500
1981 443
1979 442
2017 442
2018 395
1978 388
1977 386
1976 374
1973 329
1975 316
1970 307
1900 298
1972 298
1974 290
1971 272
1969 267
1968 246
1967 233
2019 214
1965 213
1966 212
1964 182
1963 158
1960 150
1961 132
1901 123
1962 119
1862 110
1902 108
1863 105
1958 104
1957 102
1955 94
1959 93
1903 89
2020 81
1946 80
1956 80
1930 79
1954 78
1938 75
1950 75
1899 74
1905 72
1943 71
1936 70
1952 70
1949 69
1953 69
1951 67
1945 64
1861 62
1929 62
1937 62
1939 62
1942 62
1906 61
1920 59
1934 59
1907 58
1924 57
1947 56
1940 55
1721 54
1904 54
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Publisher

Sine nomine 1,142
Taylor & Francis Group 615
Oxford University Press 406
Cambridge University Press 382
University of South Carolina Press 338
Palgrave Macmillan 307
Routledge 300
Jacana Media 238
University of the Witwatersrand 200
Duke University Press 185
University of California Press 185
Icon Group International, Inc. 173
Greenwood Press 146
U.S. G.P.O. 146
Rand McNally & Company 143
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census 143
Springer 127
St. Martin's Press 127
University of Texas Press 126
Oxford University Press, USA 121
Penguin Books 111
For sale by Subscribers Services Section (Publications), Bureau of the Census 110
University of Chicago Press 108
Struik Publishers 107
HarperCollins Publishers 106
Macmillan 106
Ediciones Abya-Yala 102
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations 100
Wits University Press 97
University of North Carolina Press 95
Heinemann 94
Lonely Planet Publications 87
Ohio University Press 85
Archaeopress 83
Penguin 83
Penguin Random House 82
Yale University Press 82
de Gruyter GmbH, Walter 81
Jacana 80
Indiana University Press 79
Westview Press 79
Witwatersrand University Press 79
Ravan Press 78
Juta 77
Icon Group International 76
ADC The Map People 75
HarperCollins 74
Praeger 74
Tandem Library 74
Human & Rousseau 73
Tafelberg 72
University of Nebraska Press 72
Princeton University Press 70
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated 69
Harvard University Press 68
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey 68
Lonely Planet 67
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. 66
University of Illinois Press 66
University of Georgia Press 65
Harper & Row 63
Kessinger Publishing, LLC 61
Stanford University Press 61
Columbia University Press 60
Thorndike Press 59
AuthorHouse 58
University Press of Florida 57
University of Natal Press 56
University of Oklahoma Press 56
Africa World Press 55
Collins 55
D. Philip 55
Universal Map Enterprises 55
P. Lang 54
Ediciones ABYA-YALA 53
Harlequin Enterprises, Limited 53
Palgrave Macmillan Limited 53
Protea Boekhuis 53
Abya-Yala 52
Creative Media Partners, LLC 52
Juta Academic 52
Knopf 52
University of KwaZulu-Natal Press 52
Browntrout Publishers 51
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50
University of New Mexico Press 50
Oxford University Press Southern Africa 49
Unisa Press 49
Ball Publishers, Jonathan 48
Jonathan Ball 48
Vintage 48
Arcadia Publishing 47
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 47
Hodder & Stoughton 47
Little, Brown Book Group Limited 47
Random House 46
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census 46
Zebra Press 46
The Council 45
Human Sciences Research Council 44
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Language

English 29,142
Spanish 7,725
Korean 1,950
Portuguese 1,805
German 829
French 778
Afrikaans 505
Bengali 189
Georgian 187
Undetermined 165
Italian 163
Russian 150
Dutch 134
Japanese 95
Urdu 73
Punjabi 66
Chinese 55
Nepali 43
Polish 40
Hindi 38
Latin 37
Multiple languages 36
Swedish 33
Arabic 28
Hebrew 21
Danish 20
Sindhi 19
Modern Greek 18
South American Indian (Other) 16
Czech 14
Norwegian 13
Vietnamese 13
Tamil 12
Hungarian 11
Quechua 11
Turkish 11
Zulu 8
Yiddish 7
Burmese 6
Catalan 6
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 6
Persian 6
Odia 5
Pashto 5
Santali 5
Gujarati 4
Thai 4
Xhosa 4
Assamese 3
Mandarin 3
Finnish 3
Malayalam 3
Northern Sotho 3
Sino-Tibetan (Other) 3
Ukrainian 3
Welsh 3
Albanian 2
Aymara 2
Azerbaijani 2
Kannada 2
Lahndā 2
Lithuanian 2
Mongolian 2
Munda (Other) 2
Southern Ndebele 2
Romanian 2
Serbian 2
Croatian 2
Sinhala 2
Slovene 2
Sesotho 2
Tsonga 2
Venda 2
Bulgarian 1
Chagatai 1
Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other) 1
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other) 1
Esperanto 1
Ancient Greek 1
Croatian 1
Icelandic 1
Indic (Other) 1
Indonesian 1
Kachin 1
Kazakh 1
Lushai 1
Marathi 1
Nahuatl 1
North American Indian (Other) 1
Northern Ndebele 1
Newari 1
Niger-Kordofanian (Other) 1
Shona 1
Slovak 1
Shona 1
Sinhalese 1
Sotho 1
Telugu 1
Tibetan 1
Tswana 1
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