noun
ethnic history; history of a people
Academic term referring to the historical study of a specific ethnic group or people.
この本はアイヌ民族史を詳しく解説している。
This book explains Ainu ethnic history in detail.
彼は大学で日本民族史を専攻した。
He majored in Japanese ethnic history at university.
Folklore studies or ethnology, which examines customs and traditions, while 民族史 is the historical narrative of a people.
Compound of 民族 (みんぞく, 'ethnic group, people') and 史 (し, 'history').