The appendix includes immigration and naturalization tables. There is a general bibliography and an extensive index to the volume. This work describes ethnic groups that have settles in the United States. Information for each group includes immigration history, demography, language, cultural characteristics, and assimilation. The articles are alphabetical by immigrant group.
Bibliographies accompany each article.
This atlas is arranged by country of origin. Many of the maps are based on the 1980 census data. Includes background history of many immigrant groups and includes an index of ethnic populations, an index of places, and bibliographical references. There is a series of books in the Reference area that are a good source for brief chronological history of a particular group in America. There are primary documents in each of the volumes.