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Peer reviewedHarrington, Joseph; Karns, Edward – New England Journal of History, 1991
Surveys U.S. history texts to determine the coverage given to eastern European immigrants. Reports that Poland is most extensively covered and that the amount of coverage of other eastern European peoples increases with Polish coverage. Suggests a correlation between the frequency an ethnic group is cited and the size of its population in the…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Ethnocentrism, History Textbooks, Immigrants
