Volumes 1-9 provide summaries, maps, glossaries, indexes, and bibliographies. Volume 10 includes a list of cultures of the world as well as alternate names for the cultures. This resource can also provide rich background material on the country of origin of many immigrant groups. This work contains over 100 essays. It contains information about country of origin circumstances of major immigration waves and the groups experience in the United States.
Bibliographical references accompany articles and a separate general bibliography is included.
Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press. There is a list of thematic essays on p. xxii. Essays are alphabetical within the main part of the volume. See the tables listed on pp. Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press.