Description: The extraordinary proliferation of literature on ethnicity and ethnic groups made possible--and necessary--an effort to take stock. An authoritative, up-to-date synthesis of the current state of knowledge in the field was called for. The Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, published by the Harvard University Press in 1980, is such a synthesis. It provides entries by leading scholars on the origins, history, and present situation of the more than 100 ethnic groups that make up the population of the United States, and 29 thematic essays on a wide range of ethnic topics. As one reviewer said, the volume is 'a kind of summa ethnica of our time.'

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