Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups

Groups and Definitions
- Acadians [Marietta M. LeBreton]
- Afghans [David C. Champagne]
- Africans
- Afro-Americans [Thomas C. Holt]
- Albanians
- Aleuts [Dorothy M. Jones]
- Alsatians [Frederick C. Luebke]
- American Indians [Edward H. Spicer]
- Amish [John A. Hostetler]
- Anglo-American
- Anglo-Saxon
- Appalachians [Dwight Billings and David Walls]
- Arabs [Alixa Naff]
- Armenians [Robert Mirak]
- Aryan
- Asian
- Assyrians [Arian B. Ishaya and Eden Naby]
- Australians and New Zealanders [Andrew Parkin]
- Austrians [Frederick C. Luebke]
- Azerbaijanis [Alexandre Bennigsen]
- Bangladeshi [Enayetur Rahim]
- Basques [William A. Douglass]
- Belgians [Pierre-Henri Laurent]
- Belorussians [Paul Robert Magocsi]
- Bosnian Muslims [William G. Lockwood]
- Bulgarians [Nikolay G. Altankov]
- Burmese
- Canadians, British [Alan A. Brookes]
- Cape Verdeans [Francis M. Rogers]
- Carpatho-Rusyns [Paul Robert Magocsi]
- Central and South Americans [Ann Orlov and Reed Ueda]
- Chinese [H.M. Lai]
- Copts [Raef Marcus]
- Cornish [John Rowe]
- Cossacks [Paul Robert Magocsi]
- Creole [Richard A. Long]
- Croats
- Cubans [Lisandro Pérez]
- Czechs [Karen Johnson Freeze]
- Danes [Dorothy Burton Skårdal]
- Dominicans [Glenn L. Hendricks]
- Dutch [Robert P. Swierenga]
- East Indians [Joan M. Jensen]
- Eastern Catholics [Paul Robert Magocsi]
- Eastern Orthodox [Thomas E. Bird]
- English [Charlotte J. Erickson]
- Eskimos [Arthur E. Hippler]
- Estonians [Tonü Parming]
- Ethnic Heritage Studies Program
- Filipinos [H. Brett Melendy]
- Finns [A. William Hoglund]
- Foreign Stock
- French [Patrice Louis René Higonnet]
- French Canadians [Elliott Robert Barkan]
- Frisians
- Gentile
- Georgians [Nathela Chatara]
- Germans [Kathleen Neils Conzen]
- Germans from Russia [La Vern J. Rippley]
- Greeks [Theodore Saloutos]
- Gypsies [Ian F. Hancock]
- Haitians [Michel S. Laguerre]
- Hawaiians [Alan Howard]
- Hispanic
- Hungarians [Paula Benkart]
- Hutterites [John A. Hostetler]
- Icelanders [Valdimar Björnson]
- Indochinese [Mary Bowen Wright]
- Indonesians
- Iranians [John H. Lorentz and John T. Wertime]
- Irish [Patrick J. Blessing]
- Italians [Humbert S. Nelli]
- Japanese [Harry H.L. Kitano]
- Jews [Arthur A. Goren]
- Kalmyks [Arash Bormanshinov]
- Koreans [Hyung-chan Kim]
- Kurds [Margaret Kahn]
- Latvians [Edgar Anderson]
- Lithuanians [Arunas Alisauskas]
- Luxembourgers [Paul Robert Magocsi]
- Macedonians
- Maltese
- Manx [Ann Orlov]
- Mexicans [Carlos E. Cortés]
- Mormons [Dean L. May]
- Mother Tongue
- Muslims [Thomas Philipp]
- Nordic
- North Caucasians [Alexandre Bennigsen]
- Norwegians [Peter A. Munch]
- Oriental
- Oriental Orthodox [Thomas E. Bird]
- Orthodox [Thomas E. Bird]
- Pacific Islanders [Bradd Shore]
- Pakistanis [Arif Ghayur]
- Pennsylvania Germans
- Poles [Victor Greene]
- Portuguese [Francis M. Rogers]
- Puerto Ricans [Joseph P. Fitzpatrick]
- Race
- Romanians [Gerald J. Bobango]
- Russians [Paul Robert Magocsi]
- Scotch-Irish [Maldwyn A. Jones]
- Scots [Gordon Donaldson]
- Serbs [Michael B. Petrovich and Joel Halpern]
- Slovaks [M. Mark Stolarik]
- Slovenes [Rudolph M. Susel]
- South Africans [Stanley Moss]
- Southerners [John Shelton Reed]
- Spaniards
- Spanish [Frances Leon Quintana]
- Spanish-Surname
- Swedes [Ulf Beijbom]
- Swiss [Leo Schelbert]
- Tatars [Alexandre Bennigsen]
- Teutonic
- Thai
- Tri-Racial Isolates
- Turkestanis [Alexandre Bennigsen]
- Turks [Talat Sait Halman]
- Ukrainians [Paul Robert Magocsi]
- Welsh [Rowland Berthoff]
- Wends [George R. Nielsen]
- West Indians [Reed Ueda]
- Yankees [Oscar Handlin]
- Zoroastrians [Eden Naby]
Thematic Essays
- American Identity and Americanization [Philip Gleason]
- American Indiand, Federal Policy Toward [Edward H. Spicer]
- Assimilation and Pluralism [Harold J. Abramson]
- Concepts of Ethnicity [William Peterson]
- Education [Michael Olneck and Marvin Lazerson]
- Family Patterns [Tamara K. Hareven and John Modell]
- Folklore [Roger D. Abrahams]
- Health Beliefs and Practices [Noel J. Chrisman and Arthur Kleinman]
- Immigration: Economic and Social Characteristics [Richard A. Easterlin]
- Immigration: History of U.S. Policy [William S. Bernard]
- Immigration: Settlement Patterns and Spatial Distribution [David Ward]
- Intermarriage [David M. Heer]
- Labor [David Brody]
- Language: Issues and Legislation [Abigail M. Thernstrom]
- Language Maintenance [Joshua A. Fishman]
- Leadership [John Higham]
- Literature and Ethnicity [Werner Sollors]
- Loyalties: Dual and Divided [Mona Harrington]
- Methods of Estimating the Size of Groups [Charles A. Price]
- Naturalization and Citizenship [Reed Ueda]
- Pluralism: A Humanistic Perspective [Michael Novak]
- Pluralism: A Political Perspective
- Politics [Edward R. Kantowicz]
- Prejudice [Thomas F. Pettigrew]
- Prejudice and Discriminatino, History of [George M. Fredrickson and Dale T. Knobel]
- Prejudice and Discrimination, Policy Against [Nathan Glazer and Reed Ueda]
- Religion [Harold J. Abramson]
- Resources and Research Centers [Edward Kasinec]
- Survey Research [James D. Wright, Peter H. Rossi, and Thomas F. Juravich]
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