Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups

List of contents

About the author

Stephan Thernstrom was Professor of History, Harvard University, and Director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History.Ann Orlov is a freelance writer and consultant. From 1968 to 1975 she was Editor for the Behavioral Sciences at Harvard University Press.Oscar Handlin, a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, was Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He was the editor of This Was America.

Summary

The Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups is a guide to the history, culture, and distinctive characteristics of the more than 100 ethnic groups who live in the United States. The origins, history and present situation of the familiar as well as the virtually unknown are presented succinctly and objectively.

Product details

• Assisted by: Oscar Handlin (Editor), Handlin Oscar (Editor), Ann Orlov (Editor), Stephan Thernstrom (Editor), Stephan A. Thernstrom (Editor), Thernstrom Stephan (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.1980
• EAN: 9780674375123
• ISBN: 978-0-674-37512-3
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 279 mm x 53 mm
• Weight: 2472 g
• Illustrations: 87 maps, 116 tables
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Population & demography, Population and Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General