Ethnic Americans: A History of Immigration and Assimilation
- ISBN-10
- 0060416475
- ISBN-13
- 9780060416478
- Series
- Ethnic Americans
- Category
- Americanization
- Pages
- 174
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Authors
- David M. Reimers, Leonard Dinnerstein
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