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Asians
Subject Category
B Rural and Agricultural Sociology
Definition
People identify themselves as having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the India subcontinent.
Definition Source
NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:
http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12931.rdf
Scope Note
Consider using a geographic descriptor for the location of the people being studied.
Persistent URI:
http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12931
Broader Term
nationalities and ethnic groups
Narrower Term
Asian Indians
Chinese people
Japanese people
Koreans
Southeast Asians
Related Term
Asia
Asian Americans
Pacific Islanders
Spanish
asiáticos
Term Number
12931