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Such facts and thousands more concerning the clans, tribes and nationalities that made their way to America have now been converted into highly readable scholarship. This week Harvard University Press is bringing out the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, a 1,076-page volume that sells for $60 ($45 until...
...encyclopedia is filled with tales just like those grandfather used to tell. Says Editor and History Professor Stephan Thernstrom: "It's a guide to who the people of the United States are, where they came from, where their ancestors came from. I think we all need it. Nothing like it exists...
...newly-created "supporting foundation" that will receive the stock is an attempt by the Benton Foundation to evade certain tax restrictions on private foundations, Larry Grinnell, spokesman for the encyclopedia in New York, said yesterday...
Since then, in return for 3 per cent of the United States sales, the University of Chicago has given its name and advice to the encyclopedia...
...York Times reported Friday that the encyclopedia does $250 million worth of business each year, and that the 3 per cent royalties given the university since 1943 have added up to $60 million...