HIST 204: History of the American Peoples (D.C.): Overviews and Backround Information

This work includes 23 new culture groups and contains 152 revised entries on specific culture groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on religions, holidays, customs, language, in addition to information on historical background and settlement patterns. The encyclopedia also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans and Amish.

Access to portraits of more than 18,700 men and women, updated quarterly with new and revised entries, features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search capabilities. Includes over 900 articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History, providing historical and social context to the biographies.