(Encyclopedia) Latin American Integration Association (LAIA), organization formed in 1980 by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela,…
(Encyclopedia) Organization of American States (OAS), international organization, created Apr. 30, 1948, at Bogotá, Colombia, by agreement of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,…
Little Saigons by David Johnson Guide to Asian-American Enclaves IntroductionChinatownsFilipinotownsNihonmachi (Japantowns)Little IndiasKoreatownsLittle Saigons Houston, Texas, and San…
(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Mark, 1802–87, American educator, b. Stockbridge, Mass., grad. Williams, 1824, and Berkshire Medical School, 1829. After a few months of medical practice he returned (1830) to…
(2010 Census figures) NamePopulation Navajo Nation (Ariz.-N.M.-Utah) 166,824 Pine Ridge (S.D.-Neb.)16,580 Fort Apache (Ariz.)12,870 Gila River (Ariz.)10,845 San Carlos…
(Encyclopedia) Seabury, Samuel, 1729–96, American clergyman, first bishop of the Episcopal Church, b. Connecticut, grad. Yale, 1748. He studied medicine at the Univ. of Edinburgh, then turned to…
(Encyclopedia) American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. It was formed (1916) out of the belief that the organizing of teachers should follow the model of a labor union,…
