Re: New Conlang-- Looking for Suggestions!

On Jul 19, 2004, at 17:58, Doug Dee wrote:

> In a message dated 7/19/2004 6:45:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jakob@IMSA.EDU
> writes:
>
>> Thanks to those of you who welcomed me to the world of conlang and
>> gave me
>> suggestions on books-- I'm going to order The World's Major Languages
>> from
>> Amazon.com soon.
>
> Another book I wanted to mention is volume 17 of the Smithsonian
> Institution's _Handbook of North American Indians_.  It is perhaps
> prohibitively expensive
> for many people to buy ( > $100) but it's often found in public
> libraries (in
> my experience in the US).  It has description of 12 languages (about
> 30 pages
> each) plus a lot of other linguistic info.
>
For those with the means, unfortunately not me :((, the Smithsonian
Press lists it:
  957 pages; 8.5 x 11 inches; 141 b/w photographs;
  Anthropology Native American Studies 
  Hardcover: $74.00 0-87474-197-1

see
http://www.sipress.si.edu/books/titles_books/0-87474-197-1.html

James W.