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Title The Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America / edited by Thomas Riggs.

Publication Info. Detroit [Michigan] : Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014]
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016.

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Edition 3rd edition.
Description 1 online resource (182 entries) : 595 images ; digital files.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Volume 1. Acadians -- Czech Americans -- volume 2. Danish Americans -- Jordanian Americans -- volume 3. Kenyan Americans -- Puerto Rican Americans -- volume 4. Romani Americans -- Zuni.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary Recognizing that ethnic differences are transforming American education expectations, political ideals and popular culture, Gale presents a vital, new multicultural reference. Gale Encyclopedia Of Multicultural America contains original essays on specific minority and ethnic groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on culture (religions, holidays, customs, language) in addition to information on historical background and settlement patterns.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Description based on title page of print version.
Subject Cultural pluralism -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Ethnology -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Minorities -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
United States -- Ethnic relations -- Encyclopedias.
United States -- Race relations -- Encyclopedias.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Riggs, Thomas, 1963- editor.
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
Added Title Encyclopedia of multicultural America.
Multicultural America
Other Form: Print version: 0787675504 9780787675509 (DLC) 2013049273 4 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
ISBN 9781785397967 electronic version
9780787675509 set : hardcover
9780787675516 vol. 1 : hardcover
9780787675523 vol. 2 : hardcover
9780787675530 vol. 3 : hardcover
9781414432793 vol. 4 : hardcover

 
    
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